On Sun, Mar 15, 2026 at 13:35 (+0100), Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Am 15.03.26 um 12:55 schrieb Max Chernoff via ntg-context: >> Hi Hans,
>> On Sun, 2026-03-15 at 12:40 +0100, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: >>> (btw, last week at hrabans context workshop we found out that installing >>> context from texlive is broken and unuseable; >> Hmm, sorry, that's unfortunate. The ConTeXt in TL works for me and I >> haven't heard any recent complaints, so I'm not entirely sure what's >> wrong. If you or Hraban (or anybody else) is able to reproduce the >> issue, please either report it on GitHub >> https://github.com/gucci-on-fleek/context-packaging >> or email me and I'll try and fix it. > Hi Max, I wanted to report but found no time so far. > On one participant’s Mac (clean TL26 installation, no previous TeX) we could > generate the file database and make the format, but afterwards, “context” > didn’t find the existing format. It worked if we called context with the > full path. > (I think it was Harald who tracked it so far.) > AFAIR others had the same problem. I was a bit overwhelmed because I tried > to overcome the deficiencies of the aging beamer (blurry, too dark, > psychedelic colors) with really big font sizes in all used programs. > Additionally, TeXworks crashed all the time (Debian/GNOME; reproducible > crashes with ConTeXt’s arranging=imposition features). > With at least two other participants (Linux and Windows, AFAIR) it worked, > but it’s possible that files from TL25 were used. FWIW... I usually use the stand-alone distribution, but (when trying to compile a math manual) I tried the TL26 context, and didn't run into any problems with ConTeXt itself, as far as I can tell. (My problems seem to be with missing fonts and/or incorrect file font names.) Having said that, I have installed both using my regular userid, not as root. (Also FWIW: I use Slackware64 15.0, so no Debian-specific issues here.) Jim ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : [email protected] / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
