[NTG-context] texmfstart

2004-11-12 Thread David Arnold
Hans, Yes, it was read only. But I thought I tried changing that to no avail. The only solution that worked was renaming the directory to Text. Then it worked. But I'll look more closely on Monday when I am back into my office. Did you have time to look anymore at my texmfstart issue on my Win95

[NTG-context] texmfstart

2004-12-08 Thread Hans Hagen
Hi, A next release of texmfstart will provide texmfstart bin:xsltproc kpse:somefile.xsl somefile.xml this means that one can put for instance xsl scripts (and whatever file) in the tree without the need for explicit paths; another application is: texmfstart bin:scite kpse:cont-sys.tex (or wha

[NTG-context] texmfstart

2006-05-11 Thread Hans Hagen
Hi, I added a feature to texmfstart to make itself independent of libraries, which means, no dependency on 'base', so who had problems with that ... i need a volunteer Hans -- - Hans Hag

[NTG-context] texmfstart?

2006-05-21 Thread Hans van der Meer
Since installing the last ConTeXt update I am aware of the message from texexec:      warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' insteadGood, I call:      "texmfstart texexec --version" instead of "texexec --version"Result:      -bash: texmfstart: command not foundIs my system suddenly incomplete?I am usin

[NTG-context] texmfstart problem

2006-05-19 Thread Richard Gabriel
Hello Hans and others,I've got the following problem...I used to use such a command to compile my documents:texexec --format=cont-cz --mode=print file.texAfter upgrade to latest ConTeXt (2006-05-17), I got a warning "Use 'texmfstart texexec' instead!".So I've changed my batch to call:texmfstart

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart?

2006-05-22 Thread Matt Gushee
Hans van der Meer wrote: > Since installing the last ConTeXt update I am aware of the message from > texexec: > warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead > > Good, I call: > "texmfstart texexec --version" instead of "texexec --version" > > Result: > -bash: texmfstart: command

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart?

2006-05-23 Thread Matt Gushee
Matt Gushee wrote: > Probably you just need either to put the Ruby script directory > ($TEXMF/scripts/context/ruby) on your PATH, or create links from the > scripts you want to use to a directory in your current PATH. Maybe just > link texmfstart--it seems to be a front end for all the Ruby scr

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart?

2006-05-31 Thread Hans van der Meer
On May 23, 2006, at 11:05, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On 5/21/06, Hans van der Meer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Since installing the last ConTeXt update I am aware of the message >> from >> texexec: >> warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead >> >> Good, I call: >> "texmfstart t

[NTG-context] texmfstart texutil

2006-06-09 Thread Hans van der Meer
In order to purge the temporary context files I did (throught an alias) texutil --purgeThis worked fine.Since the introduction of the ruby scripts this call now tells me: remark: 'texutil' is now part of 'texexec' warning: use 'texmfstart texutil' insteadSo I obediently call: texmfstart.rb texutil

[NTG-context] texmfstart trouble

2006-06-15 Thread Hans van der Meer
Recently I reported 2 problems related to metapost usage:1. the loss of transparent color handling2. textext not being able to handle %'s as in textext("15\%")The source of both problems can be nailed down to the one change in supp-mps.tex:\ifx\TEXEXECcommand \undefined \def\TEXEXECcommand{texmfsta

[NTG-context] texmfstart newbie

2006-06-27 Thread David Arnold
OK, I've updated to the latest context via Gerben's i-installer on my mac osx 10.4.6. I have no idea what texmfstart is nor do I understand its purpose. I imagine the first thing I have to do is configure, because it is certainly not found on my system. tmp $ which texmfstart tmp $ texmfsta

[NTG-context] texmfstart texexec

2008-08-12 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
Dear gang, I am upgrading my system to the latest mswincontext distro. After some hiccups, context.cmd finds its target script, so I can generate the mkiv format But for texmfstart.exe texexec I keep getting ruby: no such file to load -- ubygems (LoadError) texmfstart --locate texexec.rb

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart problem

2006-05-19 Thread Hans Hagen
Richard Gabriel wrote: > Hello Hans and others, > > I've got the following problem... > I used to use such a command to compile my documents: > > texexec --format=cont-cz --mode=print file.tex > > After upgrade to latest ConTeXt (2006-05-17), I got a warning "Use > 'texmfstart texexec' instead!".

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart problem

2006-05-19 Thread Richard Gabriel
ConTeXt formats.'texmfstart texexec --version' shows only the version of texexec itself... :-(I've attached a small Czech test file (utf-8 encoded).-RichardFrom: Hans Hagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: mailing list for ConTeXt users [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Fri, 19 May 2006 10:39:13

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart problem

2006-05-19 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Richard Gabriel wrote: > Thanks Hans, > > this way it works! > Anyway, I'd suggest to list this option in the command line help > (texmfstart texexec --help). I find it one of the most important texexec > options... > Another issue: > 'texexec --version' also lists versions of TeXUtil, pdfTeX

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart problem

2006-05-19 Thread Hans Hagen
Richard Gabriel wrote: > Thanks Hans, > > this way it works! here texexec --interface=cz test.tex texexec --format=cz test.tex texexec --format=cont-cz test.tex all work ok Hans -

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart problem

2006-05-21 Thread Richard Gabriel
nTeXt 2006-05-17.-RichardFrom: Hans Hagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: mailing list for ConTeXt users [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Fri, 19 May 2006 15:26:00 +0200Subject: Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart problemRichard Gabriel wrote: > Thanks Hans, > > this way it works! here texexec

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texutil

2006-06-09 Thread Richard Gabriel
alled formats and their version, use now:texmfstart texexec --check-RichardFrom: Hans van der Meer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: NTG ConTeXt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:30:00 +0200Subject: [NTG-context] texmfstart texutilIn order to purge the temporary context files I did (throug

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texutil

2006-06-09 Thread Hans Hagen
Hans van der Meer wrote: > In order to purge the temporary context files I did (throught an alias) > texutil --purge > This worked fine. > > Since the introduction of the ruby scripts this call now tells me: > remark: 'texutil' is now part of 'texexec' > warning: use 'texmfstart texutil' instead >

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texutil

2006-06-09 Thread Hans Hagen
Richard Gabriel wrote: > I'd like to confirm this, i tried > texmfstart texutil.rb test.tui > or > texmfstart texutil.rb --references test.tui > and nothing happened! > Although, texutil is called correctly when processing a file with > texexec (maybe texexec calls methods from texutil.rb directly

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texutil

2006-06-09 Thread Richard Gabriel
Hagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: mailing list for ConTeXt users [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:50:45 +0200Subject: Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texutilRichard Gabriel wrote: > I'd like to confirm this, i tried > texmfstart texutil.rb test.tui > or > texmfstart texutil.r

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texutil

2006-06-09 Thread Hans van der Meer
On Jun 9, 2006, at 11:43, Richard Gabriel wrote: > > Note: To check the installed formats and their version, use now: > texmfstart texexec --check Yes, but is so much more verbose. While previously a neat, short summary of the currently installed formats was printed. Just what I wanted. met

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texutil

2006-06-09 Thread Hans van der Meer
On Jun 9, 2006, at 12:49, Hans Hagen wrote: > Hans van der Meer wrote: >> In order to purge the temporary context files I did (throught an >> alias) >> texutil --purge >> This worked fine. >> > > texutil will go away (i.e. be a wrapper only); the functionality > has been moved to texexec.rb,

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texutil

2006-06-09 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hans van der Meer wrote: > > For those on UNIX(-like) systems that have only texmfstart.rb enabled > as executable (chmod a+x texmfstart.rb) this will not work as none > the ruby scripts in the distribution seem to have their execution > bits set. > The next seems mandatory if only texmfs

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texutil

2006-06-09 Thread Hans Hagen
Hans van der Meer wrote: > On Jun 9, 2006, at 12:49, Hans Hagen wrote: > > >> Hans van der Meer wrote: >> >>> In order to purge the temporary context files I did (throught an >>> alias) >>> texutil --purge >>> This worked fine. >>> >>> > > >> texutil will go away (i.e. be a wrap

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texutil

2006-06-09 Thread Hans van der Meer
On Jun 9, 2006, at 17:21, Hans Hagen wrote: > Hans van der Meer wrote: >> On Jun 9, 2006, at 12:49, Hans Hagen wrote: >> >> >>> Hans van der Meer wrote: >>> In order to purge the temporary context files I did (throught an alias) texutil --purge This worked fine. >> >

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart trouble

2006-06-15 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hans van der Meer wrote: > 2. The mpgraph.1 files differ only slightly, except for a few roundoff > differences: > new format extra lines: (but not a problem, I would guess) > %%MetaPostSpecials: 2.0 123 1000 > %%HiResBoundingBox: -5.66927 -5.66927 359.9991 119.05481 > %%MetaPostSpecial: 7 1 1 1 1

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart trouble

2006-06-16 Thread Hans van der Meer
On Jun 14, 2006, at 12:35, Hans van der Meer wrote:Recently I reported 2 problems related to metapost usage:1. the loss of transparent color handling2. textext not being able to handle %'s as in textext("15\%")The first problem seems to be solved by Taco's remark:Believe it or not, but this is a kn

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart trouble

2006-06-16 Thread Hans Hagen
Hans van der Meer wrote: > However the breaking of the handling of "\%"'s in textext was not > solved by this repair. > Will there be a fix in the forseeable future? i'll check it, for the moment use: \percent\ -

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart newbie

2006-06-27 Thread gnwiii
On 6/27/06, David Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, > > I've updated to the latest context via Gerben's i-installer on my mac > osx 10.4.6. > > I have no idea what texmfstart is nor do I understand its purpose. > > I imagine the first thing I have to do is configure, because it is > certainly

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart newbie

2006-06-28 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 6/27/06, David Arnold wrote: > OK, > > I've updated to the latest context via Gerben's i-installer on my mac > osx 10.4.6. > > I have no idea what texmfstart is nor do I understand its purpose. > > I imagine the first thing I have to do is configure, because it is > certainly not found on my sys

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart newbie

2006-06-28 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Mojca Miklavec wrote: > with the content > ruby path-to-context-ruby-scripts/texmfstart.rb What I have is this simple script (and it should work on MacOSX just as well). Name it 'texfmstart', make it executable, fill in the correct path and put it in a binaries directory. #!/bin/sh r

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart newbie

2006-06-28 Thread David Arnold
Taco, Mojca, Thanks, on my Mac OSX 10.4.6 with Gerben's TeX, I: cd /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/ sudo chmod -R a+x *.rb Then I wrote in .bash_profile: alias texmfstart='/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ ruby/texmfstart.rb' Now I have: chapter1 $ t

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart newbie

2006-06-28 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 6/28/06, David Arnold wrote: > Taco, Mojca, > > Thanks, on my Mac OSX 10.4.6 with Gerben's TeX, I: > > cd /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/ > sudo chmod -R a+x *.rb > > Then I wrote in .bash_profile: > > alias texmfstart='/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart newbie

2006-06-28 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jun 28, 2006, at 20:24, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > 1. either > > alias texexec='/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/ > context/stubs/unix/texexec > > or copy the content of that folder somewhere to PATH. Just make sure > that texexec resolves to "texmfstart texexec" unless you really like >

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart newbie

2006-06-28 Thread David Arnold
G, Nah, I'll hold of on instructions. Much better your way. Thanks. On Jun 28, 2006, at 2:46 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote: > On Jun 28, 2006, at 20:24, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > >> 1. either >> >> alias texexec='/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/ >> context/stubs/unix/texexec >> >> or copy th

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart newbie

2006-09-01 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hello Gerben, [texmfstart on OS X not in PATH] > I will fix (but I have no idea if I can do it before my vacation) the > ConTeXt updater such that texmfstart is supported out of the box. If > you write instructions, make sure you remove them after I have fixed > this. are you back from your v

[NTG-context] texmfstart/pdftex parameters

2007-03-09 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hi all, is there a way to pass parameters from texmfstart texexec to pdftex? I'd like to call pdftex with -file-line-error and -halt-on-error. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl h

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texexec

2008-08-12 Thread Hans Hagen
Idris Samawi Hamid ? ? wrote: > Dear gang, > > I am upgrading my system to the latest mswincontext distro. > > After some hiccups, context.cmd finds its target script, so I can generate > the mkiv format > > But for > > texmfstart.exe texexec > > I keep getting > > ruby: no suc

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texexec

2008-08-12 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
Hi Hans, On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:59:20 -0600, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> texmfstart --locate texexec.rb >> >> gives me >> >> /texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb >> >> Any ideas on what's wrong? > some messy ruby in your path > you can make a small bat file that starts texm

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texexec

2008-08-13 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
Dear gang, On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:59:20 -0600, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Idris Samawi Hamid ? ? wrote: >> Dear gang, >> >> I am upgrading my system to the latest mswincontext distro. >> >> After some hiccups, context.cmd finds its target script, so I can >> generate >

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texexec

2008-08-13 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
Hi Hans, I think I found a clue: If I start a command shell (no scite or npp or other editor) and do setuptex c:\context\tex texmfstart texexec I get TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD TeXExec | --checkcheck versions TeXExec | --figures generate overview of figu

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texexec

2008-08-13 Thread Hans Hagen
Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: > Could there be something screwy in cscite.bat? Or setuptex.bat? what does echo %PATH% report? - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridders

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texexec

2008-08-13 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:26:02 -0600, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: > >> Could there be something screwy in cscite.bat? Or setuptex.bat? > > what does > > echo %PATH% > > report? \test>echo %PATH% C:\ConTeXt\goodies\bin;C:\ConTeXt\xmllib\bin;C:\C

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texexec

2008-08-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: > On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:26:02 -0600, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: >> >>> Could there be something screwy in cscite.bat? Or setuptex.bat? >> >> what does >> >> echo %PATH% >> >> report? > > \test>e

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texexec

2008-08-14 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:15:39 -0600, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: >> On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:26:02 -0600, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: >>> Could there be something screwy in cscite.b

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texexec

2008-08-14 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
Hi Mojca, On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:06:59 -0600, Mojca Miklavec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> But for >> >> texmfstart.exe texexec >> >> I keep getting >> >> ruby: no such file to load -- ubygems (LoadError) >> >> texmfstart --locate texexec.rb >> >> gives me >> >> /texmf-context/scripts/context/r

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texexec

2008-08-14 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
Hi Hans, Mojca, and all, I uninstalled ruby and reinstalled: no joy. Then I uninstalled ruby and reinstalled without installing RubyGems. Believe it or not that worked! I can compile the format and run mkii now. This still leaves open the question as to how RubyGems and cscite.bat (which is t

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texexec

2008-08-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: > Hi Hans, Mojca, and all, > > I uninstalled ruby and reinstalled: no joy. > > Then I uninstalled ruby and reinstalled without installing RubyGems. > > Believe it or not that worked! I can compile the format and run mkii now. > > This still leaves open

[NTG-context] texmfstart with figure library

2006-06-28 Thread David Arnold
All, I have a file figlibSection3.xml which starts like this: College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department Intermediate Algebra Text Chapter 1 Figures for Section 3 section3figs-mpgraph.1 xeqy2a College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department ... When I used to run texexec figlibS

[NTG-context] texmfstart not recognizing $page

2006-10-30 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi Hans, In the latest beta texmfstart --page=1 --file=metafun-p.pdf does not work. This is the verbose output texmfstart version 2.0.0 locating 'metafun-p.pdf' in current path '.' locating 'metafun-p.pdf' in caller path 'f:/Research/Feedback/AC' kpse : direct (forced) using 'kpsewhich' to

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart/pdftex parameters

2007-03-09 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Patrick Gundlach wrote: > Hi all, > > is there a way to pass parameters from texmfstart texexec to pdftex? > I'd like to call pdftex with -file-line-error and -halt-on-error. --passon=-file-line-error There was a recent thread where Sanjoy had trouble passing two parameters

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart/pdftex parameters

2007-03-10 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hi Aditya >> is there a way to pass parameters from texmfstart texexec to pdftex? >> I'd like to call pdftex with -file-line-error and -halt-on-error. > > --passon=-file-line-error > > There was a recent thread where Sanjoy had trouble passing two > parameters to --passon. I do not remember if t

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart/pdftex parameters

2007-03-10 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
> Thanks. From reading the mails I can't see a solution. Perhaps > Sanjoy knows one. I don't know, unfortunately. Hans sent me a proposed fix, but it didn't work. One problem is that passing multiple options is working on Hans's setup, so the problem is elusive. I need to learn a bit of ruby.

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart/pdftex parameters

2007-03-14 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hi all, > is there a way to pass parameters from texmfstart texexec to pdftex? > I'd like to call pdftex with -file-line-error and -halt-on-error. Just for the record: I've found a simple solution, which works OK here on MacOS X (should be the same on any unix): texmfstart texexec --pass=\'-f

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart/pdftex parameters

2007-03-14 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
> texmfstart texexec --pass=\'-file-line-error -halt-on-error\' hello Very sly. And the short form also worked: texexec --pass=\'-file-line-error -halt-on-error\' hello -Sanjoy `Not all those who wander are lost.' (J.R.R. Tolkien) ___ ntg-context

[NTG-context] texmfstart and scite installation problems

2004-11-10 Thread David Arnold
All, F:\miktex\scripts\context\ruby>ver Windows 95. [Version 4.00.] F:\miktex\scripts\context\ruby>ruby --version ruby 1.8.2 (2004-11-06) [i386-mswin32] F:\miktex\scripts\context\ruby>texmfstart --version Bad command or file name F:\miktex\scripts\context\ruby>texmfstart.rb --version Bad co

[NTG-context] texmfstart with i-installed tetex

2006-05-29 Thread Ulf Martin
Hi I am putting this under a new subject to distangle presumably distinct issues. Hans van der Meer schrieb: >> >> Additionally, there is a mysterious line in the end: >> >> warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead >> >> Now, when I do >> >> UMac:~/Projekte/ConTeXt/uma$ texmfsta

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart with figure library

2006-06-29 Thread Hans Hagen
David Arnold wrote: > All, > > I have a file figlibSection3.xml which starts like this: > > > > > > > > > > College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department organization> > Intermediate Algebra Text > Chapter 1 > Figures for Section 3 > > > > section3figs-mpgraph.1 > xeqy2a > College of the Re

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart not recognizing $page

2006-10-30 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: > Hi Hans, > > In the latest beta > > texmfstart --page=1 --file=metafun-p.pdf > > does not work. This is the verbose output > weird > texmfstart version 2.0.0 > locating 'metafun-p.pdf' in current path '.' > locating 'metafun-p.pdf' in caller path 'f:/Research/Feedback/AC

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart and scite installation problems

2004-11-11 Thread Hans Hagen
David Arnold wrote: All, F:\miktex\scripts\context\ruby>ver Windows 95. [Version 4.00.] F:\miktex\scripts\context\ruby>ruby --version ruby 1.8.2 (2004-11-06) [i386-mswin32] F:\miktex\scripts\context\ruby>texmfstart --version Bad command or file name F:\miktex\scripts\context\ruby>texmfstart.rb

[NTG-context] texmfstart fails silently on incorrect input

2006-06-04 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi, when I try texmfstart whatever nothing happens. Shouldn't a warning or an error be given to say that texmfstart could not find 'whatever'. This will make it easier to detect typos while trying out commands by hand. I do get such a message when using texmfstart --verbose whatever, but I t

[NTG-context] texmfstart problem (long time spend somewhere)

2006-12-12 Thread Denis Pinsard
Hello, For near two years I use ConTeXt under the MiTeX distribution. Last weekend I installed the last version of ConTeXt (2006-07-21) available on MikTeX. Since this installation, the program texmfstart don't work correctly. After the command : "texmfstart texexec first.tex" nothing happen for

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart fails silently on incorrect input

2006-06-04 Thread Guðmundur J. Kristjánsson
Hi all. Just a quick note regarding "silentness" in Context. I have on two occasions had problems with silent errors: 1) When using the bib module and putting spaces between citation variables and their value. For example, doing: \startpublication[k = ArcticCorsairTrawling, t

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart fails silently on incorrect input

2006-06-04 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, "Guðmundur J. Kristjánsson" wrote: > Just a quick note regarding "silentness" in Context. > > I have on two occasions had problems with silent errors: > > 1) When using the bib module and putting spaces between citation > variables and their value. For example, doing: > > \star

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart fails silently on incorrect input

2006-06-05 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > >> 2) Is whitespace not allowed before or after when defining with or using >> the "=" sign? >> > > > Parially, space after = is fine, space before = is ignored silently. > changing that would break things (esp when a space is set this way, and not using \space

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart fails silently on incorrect input

2006-06-05 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: > Hi, > > when I try > > texmfstart whatever > > nothing happens. Shouldn't a warning or an error be given to say that > texmfstart could not find 'whatever'. This will make it easier to > detect typos while trying out commands by hand. > > I do get such a message when using

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart fails silently on incorrect input

2006-06-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: > Aditya Mahajan wrote: >> Hi, >> >> when I try >> >> texmfstart whatever >> >> nothing happens. Shouldn't a warning or an error be given to say that >> texmfstart could not find 'whatever'. This will make it easier to >> detect typos while trying out commands

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart fails silently on incorrect input

2006-06-05 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: > > >> Aditya Mahajan wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> when I try >>> >>> texmfstart whatever >>> >>> nothing happens. Shouldn't a warning or an error be given to say that >>> texmfstart could not find 'whatever'. This will make it easi

[NTG-context] texmfstart texexec --make all on the Mac

2006-08-02 Thread David Arnold
All, Looks like: texmfstart texexec --make all Put the format files in: ~/Library/texmf/web2c/pdfetex/ I'll have to remember to delete these when I update using Gerben's Context updater. ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.nt

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart problem (long time spend somewhere)

2006-12-12 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 12/12/06, Denis Pinsard wrote: > Hello, > > For near two years I use ConTeXt under the MiTeX distribution. > Last weekend I installed the last version of ConTeXt (2006-07-21) > available on MikTeX. Try to install MikTeX 2.5. Since the move from 2.4 to 2.5 when the author made our wish true (to

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart problem (long time spend somewhere)

2006-12-12 Thread Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On 12/12/06, Denis Pinsard wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> For near two years I use ConTeXt under the MiTeX distribution. >> Last weekend I installed the last version of ConTeXt (2006-07-21) >> available on MikTeX. >> > > Try to install MikTeX 2.5. Since the move from 2.4 t

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart problem (long time spend somewhere)

2006-12-12 Thread Denis Pinsard
Mojca Miklavec a écrit : >Try to install MikTeX 2.5. ... > >The standalone version should not be influenced by MikTeX by any means >and should work. > Same behaviour with MikTeX 2.5 I have renamed the MikTeX directory and suppressed the reference to MikTeX in the PATH; then the stand alone versi

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart problem (long time spend somewhere)

2006-12-12 Thread Hans Hagen
Denis Pinsard wrote: -- see mojca's answer -- > > > > usually this means that the only way left to locate the script is to scan the whole texmf tree Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE

[NTG-context] texmfstart texexec --pdf --pages=1:2 => empty PDF

2006-05-18 Thread Tobias Burnus
Hello, I freshly switched to the ruby script and have now a problem: texmfstart texexec --pdf --pages=1:2 produces: No pages of output. texmfstart texexec --pdf however, works: Output written on tmp_.pdf (3 pages, 103204 bytes) Tobias ___ ntg-cont

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texexec --pdf --pages=1:2 => empty PDF

2006-05-23 Thread Tobias Burnus
Hello, Tobias Burnus schrieb: > I freshly switched to the ruby script and have now a problem: >texmfstart texexec --pdf --pages=1:2 > produces: No pages of output. >texmfstart texexec --pdf > however, works: Output written on tmp_.pdf (3 pages, 103204 bytes) > I do not know what that op

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texexec --pdf --pages=1:2 => empty PDF

2006-05-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Tobias Burnus wrote: > Hello, > > Tobias Burnus schrieb: > >> I freshly switched to the ruby script and have now a problem: >>texmfstart texexec --pdf --pages=1:2 >> produces: No pages of output. >>texmfstart texexec --pdf >> however, works: Output written on tmp_.pdf (3 pages, 103204 by