On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 10:35:30AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
or, if you have a bit experience, you can straight away add
deb http://www.tug.org/texlive/Debian/ context/
to your /etc/apt/sources.list file and install context. After this,
please tell us our
Gerhard Kugler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 10:35:30AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
or, if you have a bit experience, you can straight away add
deb http://www.tug.org/texlive/Debian/ context/
to your /etc/apt/sources.list file and install context. After this,
please
Frank � wrote:
Yes, it is. ConTeXt does not support only pdfetex, but all major
engines, like XeTeX and Aleph. I have formats in:
$TEXMF/web2c/aleph/
$TEXMF/web2c/luatex/
$TEXMF/web2c/pdfetex/
$TEXMF/web2c/xetex/
Ah, okay, that's clear. Has this already been this
Frank Küster wrote:
Can you point me to the place where it is documented which calls are
needed to be called
I was going to say: on the wiki, but that clearly wouldn't work
this time.
To actually update ConTeXt, assuming you already have a relatively
modern context installed, you say
Frank � wrote:
Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
A system-wide installation, if done cleanly, would be much easier
(as plink pointed out). If you (or 'texexec --make' to generate the
formats) ask kpathsea where to put the format files, it'll give you
a
Taco Hoekwater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Frank Küster wrote:
Can you point me to the place where it is documented which calls are
needed to be called
I was going to say: on the wiki, but that clearly wouldn't work
this time.
To actually update ConTeXt, assuming you already have a
Frank � wrote:
After a succesful update, you have to run
# texexec --make --all [--xetex | --aleph | --pdftex] formats
Where formats are the desired formats to run. The accepted list
at the moment is: the eight ConTeXt formats, in both long
(cont-en etc.) and short from
Frank Küster wrote:
After a succesful update, you have to run
# texexec --make --all [--xetex | --aleph | --pdftex] formats
..
So I guess this is the call that would also be needed if the update
itself goes via a package management, i.e. if one installs a new version
of the Debian
Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
concerning fmtutil: there was a time that texexec could call fmtutil,
but the lack of engine support (as taco explained, it was a trade off
for simplifying the fmt suffix but part of the bargain was nog kept)
as well as all kind of messy 'aliasing' going on
Frank � wrote:
Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
concerning fmtutil: there was a time that texexec could call fmtutil,
but the lack of engine support (as taco explained, it was a trade off
for simplifying the fmt suffix but part of the bargain was nog kept)
as well as all kind of messy
Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[ horror story snipped ]
anyhow, by now, no alias file should be present in any tex root any
more; it was a bad idea anyway
I always thought that the purpose of the aliases file was that a
non-existent (no, nay, never, nowhere ever) filename was aliased to
Frank � wrote:
Ah, I didn't know that. pdftex 1.40 doesn't have this already, has it?
not that i know, but the latest mp may do it already (esp mp is tricky
because binary and pool have different names)
Karl (or was it Olaf?) once said there are plans for a complete
replacement of
Hi everybody,
this mail has a double purpose. At the end, there's a call for testers
of a new (planned) Debian ConTeXt package that would be updated more
frequently than now (at least in unstable and testing), where ConTeXt is
tied to teTeX's or TeXlive's release cycles. But first, I'd like to
Hi Frank,
A ConTeXt's package for debian will be great !
Frank Küster a écrit :
Hi everybody,
this mail has a double purpose. At the end, there's a call for testers
of a new (planned) Debian ConTeXt package that would be updated more
frequently than now (at least in unstable and testing),
Hi Frank,
Frank Küster wrote:
Are some of the people around who wrote this? I found some information
I do not use Debian and did not write that page, but I can answer your
questions partially, at least.
- Is it intended that context formats end up in $TEXMF/web2c/pdfetex/?
If yes, why
Taco Hoekwater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Frank,
Frank Küster wrote:
Are some of the people around who wrote this? I found some information
I do not use Debian and did not write that page, but I can answer your
questions partially, at least.
Thank you - yes, this helps.
- Is it
Frank Küster wrote:
- Is it intended that context formats end up in $TEXMF/web2c/pdfetex/?
If yes, why is that so? If not, we should rather find out why it
happens and fix it.
Yes, it is. ConTeXt does not support only pdfetex, but all major
engines, like XeTeX and Aleph. I have formats in:
Taco Hoekwater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To me, as a TeXlive and teTeX guy, it seems preferrable to choose option
1 and fix the existing distribution scripts. However, I don't know yet
what else is needed when ConTeXt is updated, therefore I might be wrong,
and switching to texexec might
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Debian_installation
Are some of the people around who wrote this?
I wrote some of it (hangs head in shame) by typing in all the steps I
had to use on my Debian stable/testing system to get a newer ConTeXt
to work with tetex 3.0 as the basis. I agree, it is
Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
A system-wide installation, if done cleanly, would be much easier (as
plink pointed out). If you (or 'texexec --make' to generate the
formats) ask kpathsea where to put the format files, it'll give you a
directory in TEXMFHOME, so a per user install. But how do you ask
Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
A system-wide installation, if done cleanly, would be much easier
(as plink pointed out). If you (or 'texexec --make' to generate the
formats) ask kpathsea where to put the format files, it'll give you
a directory in TEXMFHOME, so a
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