Hello Otared.
Thanks for inspiring advice. Be sure that I will try everything setting
up so that I ConTeXt work as on my PC and Windows. After 25 years of
using Windows, I would never say that I will experiment with MacBook and
OS-X. At the moment, I am pleased that I cease to be dependent on any OS
platform and freely move between multiple computers with different
operating systems. It's a super feeling that after twenty years, I feel
that I am not dependent on a particular computer. With most of the
software I have no problem, I just ConTeXt still missed on the MacBook.
Now it's all OK.
Thanks for the advice, perhaps maybe I'll ever for you further advice
about ConTeXt on OS-X.
Jaroslav Hajtmar
Dne 17.01.16 v 17:57 Otared Kavian napsal(a):
Hi Jaroslav,
On Mac, you can use TeXShop and your standalone Context very easily.
First create a specific « .engine » file for this and then in TeXShop
use that engine.
Here is what I have when I typeset a file in TeXShop using mkiv ConTeXt:
%%%%% begin file mkiv.engine
#!/bin/bash
export PATH=/Volumes/OK/context-minimal/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin:$PATH
context --synctex=zipped --autogenerate "$1" --purgeall
%%%%% end file mkiv.engine
you should replace the line « export PATH=…. » by the path to your
installation of ConTeXt. More precisely you should replace
/Volumes/OK/context-minimal
with the path going to the folder where your Context installation sits
(in your case it is where you have put the file first-setup.sh).
Then this file « mkiv.engine » should be put in the folder
Library/TeXShop/Engines
Once this is done, you have three solutions in order to use TeXShop
with your standalone Context. Here they are:
Solution 1: add the following line at the top of your source file:
%!TEX TS-program = mkiv
Note that in the above you may replace « mkiv » with whatever engine
name known to your TeXShop installation (for instance « ContextSuite»,
or any other name you have, or (may God forgive both of us…) even «
latex »…).
When you typeset with ConTeXt, then TeXShop will use the chosen engine.
Solution 2: when your source file is open, you should have, at the top
of your window, a small menu named « Program ». Click on that menu and
among the programs (that is the engines) choose the one you want.
Solution 3: open the TeXShop Preferences and in the « Typesetting »
pane , on the upper left part of the resulting window, choose the
radio button « Command listed below » and type the name of your
preferred engine. This method makes a general default, so if you use
some other typesetting packages for some files you have to modify
things for those files.
Best regards: OK
On 17 Jan 2016, at 16:56, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajt...@gyza.cz
<mailto:hajt...@gyza.cz>> wrote:
Hello.
Thanks to Otared and Matthias too for their solutions. Otared's
method is working, Mathias method unfortunaly not working. ConTeXt is
already installed on my MacBookAir. I dont know why, but It seems
that for some reason rsync does not download the first-setup.sh file
into my installation directory. After I put first-setup.sh file
manually into install directory and then I run the installation
script, then everything is all right till the end. At this moment, I
still struggle with settings an appropriate environment variables so
that everything worked like on my Windows PC installation. Running at
(for me) an unfamiliar OS-X it is for me still long run (but
adventurous) :-).
However installation on my MAC is currently commissioned and
operational. Thanks for the advices.
Jaroslav Hajtmar
Dne 17.01.16 v 14:38 Otared Kavian napsal(a):
Hello Jaroslav,
Here is what I do on my Mac:
1) While in the Finder, create a folder named Context-standalone
2) Put the attached file « first-setup.sh » in the folder
Context-standalone
3) Open Terminal and issue the command
cd [Path-to-the-folder-Context-standalone]
4) Then in Terminal issue the command
ls first-setup.sh
you should see something beginning with:
-rwxr-xr-x
that is the file has an « x » in its or your rights, that is it is
executable.
If this not the case, using the command below make sure it has that
right:
chmod +x first-setup.sh
5) Once this is done, issue the command
sh first-setup.sh
6) In principle you should end up with all files necessary for
Context working in the folder Context-standalone
7) If this is not the case, please report at which step things do
not work as expected.
Best regards: OK
On 17 Jan 2016, at 14:08, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajt...@gyza.cz
<mailto:hajt...@gyza.cz>> wrote:
Hello Matthias.
Thank you for the quick response. During installation, no error
occurs, even seems that rsync copied without error message
first-setup.sh to my %HOME/context directory. When then I look into
this directory, then there is no file. Subsequently command sudo sh
./first-setup.sh reports nonexistent file or directory. I tried to
install it into your Applications folder too (I have administrative
access), but not in this way I have not done.
(As you say: home directory should be safe and path no occure any
problematic characters. My home directory is "hajtmar")
Thanx Jaroslav
Dne 17.01.16 v 13:27 Weber, Matthias napsal(a):
Hi Jaroslav,
could you explain a bit more what you mean by "the installation
will fail”?
What error message do you get at what stage?
You need to make sure that you have write permission to the
installation directory; anything inside your home directory should
be safe.
Also, as a general precaution, make sure the path to your
installation directory doesn’t contain unusual characters.
Matthias
On Jan 17, 2016, at 7:19 AM, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajt...@gyza.cz
<mailto:hajt...@gyza.cz>> wrote:
Hello ConTeXist.
I am trying to install a standalone ConTeXt on MacBook. I am
doing everything exactly as instructed on contextgarden.net
<http://contextgarden.net>, but the installation will fail. It
seems that the problem is with rsync, with copying the
installation script first-setup.sh into my Mac. Since I am a
longtime Windows user and I'm a newbie on OS X, I'd like to find
out what the problem may be. I dont know nothing about OS X, but
I suppose that might be a problem with the firewall settings or
access rights to the directories which I use to install ConTeXt
etc. Can someone please advise how to perform the installation?
There is an option to download the installation package and
install ConTeXt differently?
Thanks for replies.
Jaroslav Hajtmar
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