Am Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:38:38 -0700 schrieb David Arnold: >>> I saw your note on blog.miktex.org: If you still want to run ConTeXt >>> on MikTeX while it has been removed, you may create a file >>> texmfstart.bat in C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7 \miktex\bin with the >>> content: >>> @echo off >>> ruby "C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\scripts\context\ruby >>> \texmfstart.rb" "%*" >>> and extract www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip into C: >>> \Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7. Then, update filename database and >>> generate formats, and everything should work again.
>>> I followed this advice, installed texmfstart.bat, unzipped cont- >>> tmf.zip properly, updated the filename database, then got stuck. At >>> the dos prompt: >>> $ texmfstart --help >>> Worked just fine. However, >>> $ texmfstart texexec --help >>> Did not work. >> Can you please try what happens if you install MikTeX in some folder >> with no spaces in base path? > I'll give your idea of no spaces a try tomorrow. Meanwhile if you can > think of anything less drastic, as I have to do this on 20 different > machines, .... You could try to unzip cont-tmf.zip in a separate root without spaces. E.g. C:\contextfiles\... Then add C:\contextfiles as a new root. -- Ulrike Fischer ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
