Re: [NTG-context] showcase on mac?

2008-10-07 Thread Taco Hoekwater


John Culleton wrote:
 On Sunday 28 September 2008 08:13:15 am Hans Hagen wrote:
 Frans Goddijn wrote:
 Willi Egger helped me get a minimal install working on my mac and
 I'm working on a collection of columns illustrated with pictures.
 It's been a while since I used Context so I want to download some
 basic manuals to refresh my memory and learn new things.

 On my Windows machine I can view/navigate and download manuals
 from the http://www.pragma-ade.nl/showcase.pdf
 page, but on my mac this doesn't work. In the Safari browser,
 nothing happens if I click on the manuals link. In Firefox, the
 showcase PDF is downloaded and I can open it. After allowing the
 file to go full screen, I get error messages for the links there
 was an error opening this document/ the file cannot be found',
 execpt on the quit link ;-)

 Is there a simple thing I should change to make it work on the
 mac as well?
 doesn't acrobat work? (the mac pdf browser is somewhat limited);
 best use acrobat reader as plugin

On my linux with AR8.1 as plugin to firefox using showcase.pdf works
fine, but only via the browser window, and I installed the AR rpm
from Adobe directly because the one in my distro (Mandriva 2008.1)
was missing key plugins, weblink in particular.

Best wishes,
Taco
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Re: [NTG-context] showcase on mac?

2008-10-07 Thread Charles P. Schaum
On my Mac I use the PDF Browser Plugin by Manfred Schubert
www.schubert-it.com
That makes everything work right on the web for Mac. And the browser has
personal as well as commercial licenses.

On Ubuntu Linux things work fine on the web. I still run (and shall
continue to run) Windows 98 for me and Windows XP for the family
computer. Thus, I don't do much TeXing on Windows.

OTOH, the Debian-ish nature of Ubuntu allows one to DL the
contect-nonfree pkg, but everything is gzipped. So either use evince or
gunzip everything. Evince doesn't allow links at all, giving an unknown
mime type. If you gunzip and use Adobe Reader, some links create file
not found errors but there is slightly more functionality.

I always thought it was a file hierarchy thing.

BTW, Free/PC-BSD is an environment where you can easily patch ports to
let you install kile and the like without depending directly on a
packaged TeX distro, allowing easy use of the tl-installer and the
minimals as well. If KDE 4 is more stable in the next release cycle or
if I remain a glutton for Gnome punishment, I may go that direction
again, lack of Flash (except under Wine) or not.

Charles

On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 09:32 +0200, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
 
 John Culleton wrote:
  On Sunday 28 September 2008 08:13:15 am Hans Hagen wrote:
  Frans Goddijn wrote:
  Willi Egger helped me get a minimal install working on my mac and
  I'm working on a collection of columns illustrated with pictures.
  It's been a while since I used Context so I want to download some
  basic manuals to refresh my memory and learn new things.
 
  On my Windows machine I can view/navigate and download manuals
  from the http://www.pragma-ade.nl/showcase.pdf
  page, but on my mac this doesn't work. In the Safari browser,
  nothing happens if I click on the manuals link. In Firefox, the
  showcase PDF is downloaded and I can open it. After allowing the
  file to go full screen, I get error messages for the links there
  was an error opening this document/ the file cannot be found',
  execpt on the quit link ;-)
 
  Is there a simple thing I should change to make it work on the
  mac as well?
  doesn't acrobat work? (the mac pdf browser is somewhat limited);
  best use acrobat reader as plugin
 
 On my linux with AR8.1 as plugin to firefox using showcase.pdf works
 fine, but only via the browser window, and I installed the AR rpm
 from Adobe directly because the one in my distro (Mandriva 2008.1)
 was missing key plugins, weblink in particular.
 
 Best wishes,
 Taco
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Re: [NTG-context] showcase on mac?

2008-10-03 Thread Willi Egger
Hi,

This is strange. I use also the 8.1.2 version of Acrobat Reader on a  
MAC with OS 10.4. I have precisely the same problems als Frans  
mentioned. - I now realize that I encountered this already a longer  
time ago, but due to the fact that I download manuals directly from  
the tree, I forgot this.

Kind regards

Willi
On Sep 28, 2008, at 5:21 PM, Stanley Hudson wrote:

 I had the same problem with Safari. I am not a fan of Adobe
 installations and all the extra stuff that goes on with them, but
 installing Reader did fix it.

 Stan

 .
 On Sep 28, 2008, at 9:05 AM, Frans Goddijn wrote:

 When I click on the showcase link, my Firefox 3.0.3 _downloads_ de
 PDF, doesn't show it in the browser. I then double click the
 downloaded file, Adobe Reader 8.1.2 starts up and if I click a link,
 it says There was an error opening this document. This file  
 cannot be
 found.

 I deleted the Reader and downloaded/installed Reader 9.0.0 from the
 Adobe website. This time no error message but also no action when I
 click on any link but quit

 Still, it must be something on my machine, since others don't have
 this problem.

 Best

 Frans



 On 28 sep 2008, at 14:13, Hans Hagen wrote:

 Frans Goddijn wrote:
 Willi Egger helped me get a minimal install working on my mac and  
 I'm
 working on a collection of columns illustrated with pictures. It's
 been a while since I used Context so I want to download some basic
 manuals to refresh my memory and learn new things.

 On my Windows machine I can view/navigate and download manuals from
 the
 http://www.pragma-ade.nl/showcase.pdf
 page, but on my mac this doesn't work. In the Safari browser,  
 nothing
 happens if I click on the manuals link. In Firefox, the showcase
 PDF
 is downloaded and I can open it. After allowing the file to go full
 screen, I get error messages for the links there was an error
 opening
 this document/ the file cannot be found', execpt on the quit
 link ;-)

 Is there a simple thing I should change to make it work on the  
 mac as
 well?

 doesn't acrobat work? (the mac pdf browser is somewhat limited); best
 use acrobat reader as plugin


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Re: [NTG-context] showcase on mac?

2008-10-03 Thread George N. White III
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Frans Goddijn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Willi Egger helped me get a minimal install working on my mac and I'm
 working on a collection of columns illustrated with pictures. It's
 been a while since I used Context so I want to download some basic
 manuals to refresh my memory and learn new things.

 On my Windows machine I can view/navigate and download manuals from the
 http://www.pragma-ade.nl/showcase.pdf
 page, but on my mac this doesn't work. In the Safari browser, nothing
 happens if I click on the manuals link. In Firefox, the showcase PDF
 is downloaded and I can open it. After allowing the file to go full
 screen, I get error messages for the links there was an error opening
 this document/ the file cannot be found', execpt on the quit link ;-)

 Is there a simple thing I should change to make it work on the mac as
 well?

works for me with 10.5.5 safari, although there are so many manuals that
I can't tell which is which.  Time to get a bigger office so I can fit a bigger
screen.

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George N. White III [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
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Re: [NTG-context] showcase on mac?

2008-09-28 Thread Wolfgang Schuster

Am 28.09.2008 um 13:40 schrieb Frans Goddijn:

 Willi Egger helped me get a minimal install working on my mac and I'm
 working on a collection of columns illustrated with pictures. It's
 been a while since I used Context so I want to download some basic
 manuals to refresh my memory and learn new things.

 On my Windows machine I can view/navigate and download manuals from  
 the
 http://www.pragma-ade.nl/showcase.pdf
 page, but on my mac this doesn't work. In the Safari browser, nothing
 happens if I click on the manuals link. In Firefox, the showcase PDF
 is downloaded and I can open it. After allowing the file to go full
 screen, I get error messages for the links there was an error opening
 this document/ the file cannot be found', execpt on the quit  
 link ;-)

 Is there a simple thing I should change to make it work on the mac as
 well?

Works here with Safari and Adobe Reader.

Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] showcase on mac?

2008-09-28 Thread Hans Hagen
Frans Goddijn wrote:
 Willi Egger helped me get a minimal install working on my mac and I'm  
 working on a collection of columns illustrated with pictures. It's  
 been a while since I used Context so I want to download some basic  
 manuals to refresh my memory and learn new things.
 
 On my Windows machine I can view/navigate and download manuals from the
 http://www.pragma-ade.nl/showcase.pdf
 page, but on my mac this doesn't work. In the Safari browser, nothing  
 happens if I click on the manuals link. In Firefox, the showcase PDF  
 is downloaded and I can open it. After allowing the file to go full  
 screen, I get error messages for the links there was an error opening  
 this document/ the file cannot be found', execpt on the quit link ;-)
 
 Is there a simple thing I should change to make it work on the mac as  
 well?

doesn't acrobat work? (the mac pdf browser is somewhat limited); best 
use acrobat reader as plugin


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Re: [NTG-context] showcase on mac?

2008-09-28 Thread Frans Goddijn
I noticed that manuals are available from
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page
as well so I won't worry too much about my Mac browsers' hesitations

Frans

On 28 sep 2008, at 14:08, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:


Am 28.09.2008 um 13:40 schrieb Frans Goddijn:

 Willi Egger helped me get a minimal install working on my mac and I'm
 working on a collection of columns illustrated with pictures. It's
 been a while since I used Context so I want to download some basic
 manuals to refresh my memory and learn new things.

 On my Windows machine I can view/navigate and download manuals from
 the
 http://www.pragma-ade.nl/showcase.pdf
 page, but on my mac this doesn't work. In the Safari browser, nothing
 happens if I click on the manuals link. In Firefox, the showcase PDF
 is downloaded and I can open it. After allowing the file to go full
 screen, I get error messages for the links there was an error opening
 this document/ the file cannot be found', execpt on the quit
 link ;-)

 Is there a simple thing I should change to make it work on the mac as
 well?

Works here with Safari and Adobe Reader.

Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] showcase on mac?

2008-09-28 Thread Frans Goddijn
When I click on the showcase link, my Firefox 3.0.3 _downloads_ de  
PDF, doesn't show it in the browser. I then double click the  
downloaded file, Adobe Reader 8.1.2 starts up and if I click a link,  
it says There was an error opening this document. This file cannot be  
found.

I deleted the Reader and downloaded/installed Reader 9.0.0 from the  
Adobe website. This time no error message but also no action when I  
click on any link but quit

Still, it must be something on my machine, since others don't have  
this problem.

Best

Frans



On 28 sep 2008, at 14:13, Hans Hagen wrote:

Frans Goddijn wrote:
 Willi Egger helped me get a minimal install working on my mac and I'm
 working on a collection of columns illustrated with pictures. It's
 been a while since I used Context so I want to download some basic
 manuals to refresh my memory and learn new things.

 On my Windows machine I can view/navigate and download manuals from  
 the
 http://www.pragma-ade.nl/showcase.pdf
 page, but on my mac this doesn't work. In the Safari browser, nothing
 happens if I click on the manuals link. In Firefox, the showcase PDF
 is downloaded and I can open it. After allowing the file to go full
 screen, I get error messages for the links there was an error opening
 this document/ the file cannot be found', execpt on the quit  
 link ;-)

 Is there a simple thing I should change to make it work on the mac as
 well?

doesn't acrobat work? (the mac pdf browser is somewhat limited); best
use acrobat reader as plugin


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  | www.pragma-pod.nl
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Re: [NTG-context] showcase on mac?

2008-09-28 Thread Stanley Hudson
I had the same problem with Safari. I am not a fan of Adobe  
installations and all the extra stuff that goes on with them, but  
installing Reader did fix it.

Stan

.
On Sep 28, 2008, at 9:05 AM, Frans Goddijn wrote:

 When I click on the showcase link, my Firefox 3.0.3 _downloads_ de
 PDF, doesn't show it in the browser. I then double click the
 downloaded file, Adobe Reader 8.1.2 starts up and if I click a link,
 it says There was an error opening this document. This file cannot be
 found.

 I deleted the Reader and downloaded/installed Reader 9.0.0 from the
 Adobe website. This time no error message but also no action when I
 click on any link but quit

 Still, it must be something on my machine, since others don't have
 this problem.

 Best

 Frans



 On 28 sep 2008, at 14:13, Hans Hagen wrote:

 Frans Goddijn wrote:
 Willi Egger helped me get a minimal install working on my mac and I'm
 working on a collection of columns illustrated with pictures. It's
 been a while since I used Context so I want to download some basic
 manuals to refresh my memory and learn new things.

 On my Windows machine I can view/navigate and download manuals from
 the
 http://www.pragma-ade.nl/showcase.pdf
 page, but on my mac this doesn't work. In the Safari browser, nothing
 happens if I click on the manuals link. In Firefox, the showcase  
 PDF
 is downloaded and I can open it. After allowing the file to go full
 screen, I get error messages for the links there was an error  
 opening
 this document/ the file cannot be found', execpt on the quit
 link ;-)

 Is there a simple thing I should change to make it work on the mac as
 well?

 doesn't acrobat work? (the mac pdf browser is somewhat limited); best
 use acrobat reader as plugin


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