If you don't need the very very latest version, do yourself a favor and download the gwTeX installer from
http://www.tug.org/mactex/morepackages.html It's big, but it does it with one click, and it's only a month old. On the other hand, it would be convenient if we could quickly upgrade to the latest ConTeXt on a Mac. ctxtools --update gives me unable to fetch cont-tmf.zip Matthias On Jun 6, 2007, at 2:24 PM, David Arnold wrote: > All, > > I got myself in trouble by using gwTeX i-installer and tried to use > Context Updater. The result was that the format files didn't match > the base files (error message). Then I tried ctxtools --update. Now I > have the font problem error described below. > > Here's part of a log file prior to my problem. > > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.0-rc4 (Web2C 7.5.5) > (format=cont-en 2007.1.3) 3 JUN 2007 20:21 > entering extended mode > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/web2c/natural.tcx) > **hans.tex emergencyend > (./hans.tex > > ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.02 13:44 MK II fmt: 2007.1.3 int: english/ > english > > language : language en is active > system : cont-new loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex > systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex > \boislevel=\count210 > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) > system : cont-old loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex > loading : Context Old Macros > ) > system : cont-fil loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex > loading : Context File Synonyms > ) > system : cont-sys.rme loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) > bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded > > You can see that it is using this path: usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs. > > After my attempts at updating, note that it is now using an entirely > different area of my tex tree: > > context $ texmfstart texexec meta > TeXExec | processing document 'meta' > TeXExec | no ctx file found > TeXExec | tex processing method: context > TeXExec | TeX run 1 > TeXExec | writing option file meta.top > TeXExec | using randomseed 890 > TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex > TeXExec | tex format: cont-en > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.0-rc4 (Web2C 7.5.5) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) > entering extended mode > (./meta.tex > > ConTeXt ver: 2007.06.06 09:53 MKII fmt: 2007.6.6 int: english/ > english > > language : language en is active > system : cont-new loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex > systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) > system : cont-old loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex > loading : Context Old Macros > ) > system : cont-fil loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex > loading : Context File Synonyms > ) > system : cont-sys.rme loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) > > > Note the path: /usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local > > I think what I should have done after using i-installer, is try using > texmfstart texexec --make --all. > > Not sure how best to proceed. Does ctxtools have an uninstall? Does > ctxtools install in texmf.local by default? > > > On Jun 6, 2007, at 9:23 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > >> Quoting David Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> Neither option worked. I am now getting the famous error: >>> >>> Transcript written on mfput.log. >>> grep: rm-lmr7.log: No such file or directory >>> mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; >>> input rm-lmr7' failed to make rm-lmr7.tfm. >>> kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. >>> ! Font \*7ptmmmrrm*=rm-lmr7 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not >>> found. >>> <to be read again> >> >> Usually this is because latin modern fonts are not present. Try to >> download the fonts, unzip them in your texmf tree, run mktexlsr and >> try >> again. >> >> Aditya >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> _ >> _____________ >> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an >> entry to the Wiki! >> >> maillist : [email protected] / 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 >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> _ >> _____________ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _____________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an > entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : [email protected] / 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 > ______________________________________________________________________ > _____________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : [email protected] / 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________
