I am trying out ConTeXt for the very first time, hoping to assess
whether it's worth re-tooling from LaTeX for authoring scientific
textbooks.
I am using a fresh installation of TeX Live 2009 (installed via MacTex
on a MacBook running Mac OS X 10.6), and I'm trying to process a
sample file I
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 17:10, Grant W. Petty wrote:
I am using a fresh installation of TeX Live 2009 (installed via MacTex
on a MacBook running Mac OS X 10.6),
You may prefer to install MacTeX 2010 (this is just a link to testing
page, but that's more or less what will get burnt into DVDs):
I am using a fresh installation of TeX Live 2009 (installed via MacTex
on a MacBook running Mac OS X 10.6)
ConTeXt doesn't work in TeX Live 2009 (it will in the 2010 release
that is being finalized). The culprit is that, as you have read, the
LuaTeX binary (the program that is actually being
You may prefer to install MacTeX 2010 (this is just a link to testing
page, but that's more or less what will get burnt into DVDs):
http://ftp.cstug.cz/pub/tex/local/tlpretest/
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TeX_Live_2010
(Following up to my previous message)
... or 3. Do what Mojca
Thanks for the advice. I'm glad to hear the problem I described was
not just a manifestation of my own incompetence!
I'm taking the suggestion of downloading MacTeX 2010 and will try that
out as soon as it finishes downloading.
- Grant
