Hans Hagen wrote:
> Richard Gabriel wrote:
>> Hello Hans and others,
>>
>> I'd have two comments to the texmf/scripts/context/ruby/base/tex.rb
>> script.
>>
>> 1. I find quite impractical that the formats (cont-en, cont-nl etc.)
>> are hardcoded in the scripts. When one wants to add a new format, then
>> he must add it on 4 or 5 places in the script, and do it again and
>> again everytime when upgrading ConTeXt. :-(
> well, we can use:
>
> def validsomething(str,something)
> if str then
> list = [str].flatten.collect do |s|
> something[s] || s # || s added
> end .compact.uniq
> if list.length>0 then
> if str.class == String then list.first else list end
> else
> false
> end
> else
> false
> end
> end
>
> and then you can say
>
> texexec --all --make --texformats=cont-xx
>
> given that you have cont-xx.tex
>
>> 2. Maybe this is an OS and TeX distribution specific issue...
>> I use TeXLive 2005 on Windows XP.
>> The TeX formats are located in C:\TeXLive\texmf-var\web2c. [the
>> "kpsewhich --show-path=fmt" command also shows this path].
>> When generating a format using "texmfstart texexec --make en", the
>> generated format is placed into C:\TeXLive\texmf-var\web2c\pdfetex.
>> Then, when trying to use the format, it is not found...
>>
>> This is done on line 547 of tex.rb:
>>
>> texformatpath = if getvariable('local') then '.' else
>> Kpse.formatpath(texengine,true) end
>>
>> So I've changed it to "Kpse.formatpath(texengine,false)" and
>> everything is fine.
>>
>> But I don't understand why it is set so by default and why it doesn't
>> work for me.
>> Does anybody experience the same problem?
> we really need the engine path so i wonder why the format
> is not found; maybe an error in the cnf file (should recursively
> search the web2c path for formats)
I have the same observation. The TeXLive 2005 definition is
TEXFORMATS = .;$TEXMF/web2c/{$engine,}
but it seems to me tex binaries do not set $engine variable. If so, it
can be locally solved (without changing binaries and supposing not using
xetex or another engine) by
TEXFORMATS = .;$TEXMF/web2c//
Vit
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