[NTG-context] tcsh: texexec: Command not found.
I am working from a backup of my ConTeXt/teTeX installation (in MacOS X 10.4.2) and find that when I try to typeset files, I now get the error message: tcsh: texexec: Command not found. In trying to deal with this, I discovered that the alias of teTeX in my Library folder is broken. I guess the question is “How do I re- establish the link?”, given that the original seems to be invisible. Or is there something else I must do (too)? I apologize for the newbie question—my dream is to have some time to learn about unix and the teTeX installation. ’Til now I have relied on Gerben’s i-installer to do most of the thinking for me. Indeed, I would just re-install everything, were it not for the fact that I am currently limited to access by 56K modem. Cheers, Alan___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] tcsh: texexec: Command not found.
Alan, re-establishing the link is not difficult: in the Terminal, type cd /Library sudo ln -s /usr/local/teTeX ./teTeX But you're aware that the broken link has nothing to do with your problem, right? Best Thomas On Aug 26, 2005, at 3:27 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: I am working from a backup of my ConTeXt/teTeX installation (in MacOS X 10.4.2) and find that when I try to typeset files, I now get the error message: tcsh: texexec: Command not found. In trying to deal with this, I discovered that the alias of teTeX in my Library folder is broken. I guess the question is “How do I re-establish the link?”, given that the original seems to be invisible. Or is there something else I must do (too)? I apologize for the newbie question—my dream is to have some time to learn about unix and the teTeX installation. ’Til now I have relied on Gerben’s i-installer to do most of the thinking for me. Indeed, I would just re-install everything, were it not for the fact that I am currently limited to access by 56K modem. Cheers, Alan___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] tcsh: texexec: Command not found.
Thomas— At this point I am not sure how to diagnose the problem(s) or to solve it (them). But, for the record, when I open Terminal and type cd /Library sudo ln -s /usr/local/teTeX ./teTeX the teTeX alias is regenerated. Yet, when I try to open teTeX by double clicking the alias icon, I get The alias “teTeX” could not be opened because the original item could not be found. Is the original still somewhere on my backup disk (a clone of my setup back home) or has it been destroyed? And you are right, I still cannot get past the tcsh: texexec: Command not found error when I try to process a file. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I am hoping to get some writing done while I am away, and I am committed to using ConTeXt in the various projects. Best, Alan On Aug 26, 2005, at 1:31 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Alan, re-establishing the link is not difficult: in the Terminal, type cd /Library sudo ln -s /usr/local/teTeX ./teTeX But you're aware that the broken link has nothing to do with your problem, right? Best Thomas On Aug 26, 2005, at 3:27 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: I am working from a backup of my ConTeXt/teTeX installation (in MacOS X 10.4.2) and find that when I try to typeset files, I now get the error message: tcsh: texexec: Command not found. In trying to deal with this, I discovered that the alias of teTeX in my Library folder is broken. I guess the question is “How do I re-establish the link?”, given that the original seems to be invisible. Or is there something else I must do (too)? I apologize for the newbie question—my dream is to have some time to learn about unix and the teTeX installation. ’Til now I have relied on Gerben’s i-installer to do most of the thinking for me. Indeed, I would just re-install everything, were it not for the fact that I am currently limited to access by 56K modem. Cheers, Alan___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] tcsh: texexec: Command not found.
This sounds like the problem is not with your symlink, but with your TeX installation. Are you sure it has been copied to your backup disk? How did you clone the disk? What does the command ls -al /usr/local/teTeX return? Best Thomas On Aug 26, 2005, at 8:37 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: Thomas— At this point I am not sure how to diagnose the problem(s) or to solve it (them). But, for the record, when I open Terminal and type cd /Library sudo ln -s /usr/local/teTeX ./teTeX the teTeX alias is regenerated. Yet, when I try to open teTeX by double clicking the alias icon, I get The alias “teTeX” could not be opened because the original item could not be found. Is the original still somewhere on my backup disk (a clone of my setup back home) or has it been destroyed? And you are right, I still cannot get past the tcsh: texexec: Command not found error when I try to process a file. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I am hoping to get some writing done while I am away, and I am committed to using ConTeXt in the various projects. Best, Alan On Aug 26, 2005, at 1:31 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Alan, re-establishing the link is not difficult: in the Terminal, type cd /Library sudo ln -s /usr/local/teTeX ./teTeX But you're aware that the broken link has nothing to do with your problem, right? Best Thomas On Aug 26, 2005, at 3:27 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: I am working from a backup of my ConTeXt/teTeX installation (in MacOS X 10.4.2) and find that when I try to typeset files, I now get the error message: tcsh: texexec: Command not found. In trying to deal with this, I discovered that the alias of teTeX in my Library folder is broken. I guess the question is “How do I re-establish the link?”, given that the original seems to be invisible. Or is there something else I must do (too)? I apologize for the newbie question—my dream is to have some time to learn about unix and the teTeX installation. ’Til now I have relied on Gerben’s i-installer to do most of the thinking for me. Indeed, I would just re-install everything, were it not for the fact that I am currently limited to access by 56K modem. Cheers, Alan___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] tcsh: texexec: Command not found.
Thomas— ls -al /usr/local/teTeX returns total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 68 Aug 26 16:12 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Aug 26 16:12 .. I take it that my installation has been crunched, and my guess is that it happened in the process of configuring the cloned backup for use on my laptop (i.e., in installing the version of OSX appropriate for a PowerBook as opposed to the original PowerMac). The process creates a folder called “Previous System” and the promise is that it will move all the stuff across that it can. But I now think that it has just clobbered my TeX installation. Does that seem right to you? Alan On Aug 26, 2005, at 4:09 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: This sounds like the problem is not with your symlink, but with your TeX installation. Are you sure it has been copied to your backup disk? How did you clone the disk? What does the command ls -al /usr/local/teTeX return? Best Thomas On Aug 26, 2005, at 8:37 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: Thomas— At this point I am not sure how to diagnose the problem(s) or to solve it (them). But, for the record, when I open Terminal and type cd /Library sudo ln -s /usr/local/teTeX ./teTeX the teTeX alias is regenerated. Yet, when I try to open teTeX by double clicking the alias icon, I get The alias “teTeX” could not be opened because the original item could not be found. Is the original still somewhere on my backup disk (a clone of my setup back home) or has it been destroyed? And you are right, I still cannot get past the tcsh: texexec: Command not found error when I try to process a file. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I am hoping to get some writing done while I am away, and I am committed to using ConTeXt in the various projects. Best, Alan On Aug 26, 2005, at 1:31 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Alan, re-establishing the link is not difficult: in the Terminal, type cd /Library sudo ln -s /usr/local/teTeX ./teTeX But you're aware that the broken link has nothing to do with your problem, right? Best Thomas On Aug 26, 2005, at 3:27 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: I am working from a backup of my ConTeXt/teTeX installation (in MacOS X 10.4.2) and find that when I try to typeset files, I now get the error message: tcsh: texexec: Command not found. In trying to deal with this, I discovered that the alias of teTeX in my Library folder is broken. I guess the question is “How do I re-establish the link?”, given that the original seems to be invisible. Or is there something else I must do (too)? I apologize for the newbie question—my dream is to have some time to learn about unix and the teTeX installation. ’Til now I have relied on Gerben’s i-installer to do most of the thinking for me. Indeed, I would just re-install everything, were it not for the fact that I am currently limited to access by 56K modem. Cheers, Alan___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] tcsh
On 9 juin 2005, at 16:38, Adam Lindsay wrote: If you don't find anything you could try to put a dummy file in that place: mkdir -p /sw/bin touch /sw/bin/init.csh Many thanks, Adam: that's what I did without knowing the whereabouts and mysteries of fink, tcsh, etc... Regarding X11 and OS X, sometimes (actually quite seldom) I use OroborOSX which can be found at http://oroborosx.sf.net/ Best regards: OK ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] tcsh
Dear Contexters, Recently I upgraded to MacOS X 10.4 and after that ConTeXt didn't work: upon trying to typeset a file it says: tcsh: /sw/bin/init.csh: No such file or directory. and everything stops. This behaviour seems to be specific to ConTeXt, called from within TeXShop, since typesetting with Plain TeX or LaTeX works without problems. Also typesetting with ConTeXt from a command line interface works fine. Is this natural or I have messed up something? Thank you for your attention. Best regards: OK ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] tcsh
On 9 juin 2005, at 16:33, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Otared, that's typical behavior when you used to have a fink installation before the upgrade. Somewhere in your profile (I don't use tcsh, so I don't know the name of the file), there's a line saying source /sw/bin/init.sh to add fink-specific path-variables. Now /sw is gone, so your shell can't execute this command. You'll have to either reinstall fink or delete the offending line. And you should probably stop using tcsh, bash is the standard with newer versions of OS X. Hi Thomas and Taco, Thank you very much for your help. I didn't find the appropriate file where to cancel the offending line, but I created a directory called /sw/bin/ and there I put an empty file called init.sh... Now everything works with this small trick! (Actually I do use TeXShop 2.03 and the latest gwTeX). However I haven't been bold enough to install the latest ConTeXt: I'll do it later when I am sure nothing is broken in my installation. Best regards: OK ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[OT: Re: [NTG-context] tcsh]
Thomas A. Schmitz said this at Thu, 9 Jun 2005 16:33:00 +0200: And you should probably stop using tcsh, bash is the standard with newer versions of OS X. There may be other reasons for using bash, but I wouldn't say that it being the current default is one. Apple doesn't rely on your choice of shell for anything. You should use the shell you're most comfortable with. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lancaster University, InfoLab21+44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] tcsh
Taco Hoekwater said this at Thu, 9 Jun 2005 16:24:39 +0200: Otared Kavian wrote: Dear Contexters, Recently I upgraded to MacOS X 10.4 and after that ConTeXt didn't work: upon trying to typeset a file it says: tcsh: /sw/bin/init.csh: No such file or directory. Sound like a problem in TeXShop (or possibly gwTeX). ConTeXt does not deal with tcsh, all included scripts are driven by either perl or ruby. From the website I understand that perhaps you have to update TeXShop for 10.4, but I'm only guessing... It's because you installed fink once and it is no longer installed. (I hate fink.) You could track down which of the files fink modified and delete the line referring to the /sw/bin/init.csh file. (look in ~/.tcshrc and ~/.login first) If you don't find anything you could try to put a dummy file in that place: mkdir -p /sw/bin touch /sw/bin/init.csh (You probably will need to prefix both commands with 'sudo' and enter your password at the prompt the first time.) -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lancaster University, InfoLab21+44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [OT: Re: [NTG-context] tcsh]
On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 03:45:06PM +0100, Adam Lindsay wrote: There may be other reasons for using bash, but I wouldn't say that it being the current default is one. Apple doesn't rely on your choice of shell for anything. Of course you're right Adam. Nevertheless, inexperienced users will run into trouble because recipes for doing things will usually involve bashish commands. For somebody who is not at home on the command-line, it's non-trivial to translate export foo=bar into something that tcsh will understand. So I would still recommend switching to bash (or zsh, my favorite shell). Best Thomas ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] tcsh
Adam Lindsay wrote: mac x driver ok now Driver? their x-windows system (on top of their own stuff); it was that part that conflicted with finks' x-stuff Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] tcsh
Hans Hagen said this at Fri, 10 Jun 2005 00:36:41 +0200: Driver? their x-windows system (on top of their own stuff); it was that part that conflicted with finks' x-stuff Yes, Apple's X11 is *so* much better than just about any other option now. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lancaster University, InfoLab21+44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
