On Mon, 24 Mar 2008, Hans van der Meer wrote: > I looked up what Aditya said can be found in the wiki and did: > > texmfstart texexec --module kpse:mult-ini.tex > > I get the following output on my console: > 108 ~/Temp/tex: texmfstart texexec --module kpse:mult-ini.tex > /usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/ctxtools.rb:641:in > `initialize': Permission denied - > /usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mult-ini.ted > (Errno::EACCES) > from > /usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/ctxtools.rb:641:in > `open' > from > /usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/ctxtools.rb:641:in > `documentation' > from > /usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/ctxtools.rb:629:in > `each' > from > /usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/ctxtools.rb:629:in > `documentation' > from > /usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/ctxtools.rb:2778:in > `send' > from > /usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/ctxtools.rb:2778 > > The permissions of the directory involved can be seen from: > ls -l /usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/tex/context > ==> > drwxr-xr-x 767 sysop staff 26078 11 mrt 18:31 base > > That is, texexec tries to write into a directory for which has no write > access. I operate normally as myself and only for the installation of > software assume the role of system operator (to hinder rogue programs and > protect myself from stupid deletes, for example). > > Do I understand correctly from this, that unless one has write access to the > tex installation directories one cannot typeset the module source? > If so, I urge Hans Hagen to change this and let texexec and friends write > into tmp directories or in the users current directory.
Sometimes I want to run texexec on a file in the different directory. In that case, I find it useful that texexec is run on the directory in which the file lies (otherwise things like \input and \component will not work properly) > But I might be wrong and having something other amiss. You can just copy the file to a local directory and create the documentation. Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________
