[NTG-context] mswincontext problems
Hi all (esp. windows users), Last night I tried setting up a Win98SE for use with context using mswincontext.zip (I borrowed a laptop for bachotek, so I could not install linux on it ... ). It went terribly wrong. At first I thought it was just the shoddy Win98 install on that machine, but Olivier tells me he also had problems installing the latest mswincontext, so I hope another someone who uses Windows98 can testrun the installation. I got all sort of errors from command.com (syntax error, out of environment space, command not found, permission denied), and the wiki page is definately incomplete so I could not really debug. In the end, I basically gave up. Cheers, taco ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] mswincontext problems
Le Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:15:40 +0200, Taco Hoekwater a écrit : Hi all (esp. windows users), Last night I tried setting up a Win98SE for use with context using mswincontext.zip (I borrowed a laptop for bachotek, so I could not install linux on it ... ). It went terribly wrong. At first I thought it was just the shoddy Win98 install on that machine, but Olivier tells me he also had problems installing the latest mswincontext, so I hope another someone who uses Windows98 can testrun the installation. I got all sort of errors from command.com (syntax error, out of environment space, command not found, permission denied), and the wiki page is definately incomplete so I could not really debug. In the end, I basically gave up. Cheers, taco After update with 2006-04-24 mswincontext cont-tmf versions, i was unable to compile anything. Everything went fine with previous updates, so I decided to follow exactly wiki method for a Stand-alone ConTeXt distribution : same end. From what i see in scite compilation panel : (new)texexec is unable to find cont-en.fmt As a good end user, I'm unable to investigate more, but obviously wait for an answer/update. (hopefully, i can borrow another xp box for continuing job) Thanks -- olivier Turlier CRP La Rouguière 101 Bd des Libérateurs 13367 Marseille cedex 11 tel : (33) 04 91 66 58 10 fax : (33) 04 91 45 14 48 ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] mswincontext problems
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi all (esp. windows users), Last night I tried setting up a Win98SE for use with context using mswincontext.zip (I borrowed a laptop for bachotek, so I could not install linux on it ... ). It went terribly wrong. At first I thought it was just the shoddy Win98 install on that machine, but Olivier tells me he also had problems installing the latest mswincontext, so I hope another someone who uses Windows98 can testrun the installation. I got all sort of errors from command.com (syntax error, out of environment space, command not found, permission denied), and the wiki page is definately incomplete so I could not really debug. In the end, I basically gave up. C windows 98 has limitation on the env space; the way to get around it is to (1) define a larger value in the comspec (config.sys if i'm right) or to enlarge the value in the associated dos box anyhow, forget about windows 98, just as you forget about suse 2.0 or a linux 0.5 kernel or mac system 9 Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] mswincontext problems
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 12:15:40PM +0200, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi all (esp. windows users), Last night I tried setting up a Win98SE for use with context using mswincontext.zip (I borrowed a laptop for bachotek, so I could not install linux on it ... ). It went terribly wrong. At first I thought it was just the shoddy Win98 install on that machine, but Olivier tells me he also had problems installing the latest mswincontext, so I hope another someone who uses Windows98 can testrun the installation. I got all sort of errors from command.com (syntax error, out of environment space, command not found, permission denied), and the wiki page is definately incomplete so I could not really debug. In the end, I basically gave up. If 'out of environment space' is the root of the problem, then it should be possible to specify a larger environment when starting up a dos box. In a distant past, I used to create specialized dos boxes for TeX with a larger environment and the necessary environment variables. This was for w95. This comment may be way off-base since I haven't tried myself to install mswincontext. -- Siep Kroonenberg ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] mswincontext problems
Hi all (esp. windows users), Last night I tried setting up a Win98SE for use with context using mswincontext.zip (I borrowed a laptop for bachotek, so I could not install linux on it ... ). It went terribly wrong. At first I thought it was just the shoddy Win98 install on that machine, but Olivier tells me he also had problems installing the latest mswincontext, so I hope another someone who uses Windows98 can testrun the installation. I got all sort of errors from command.com (syntax error, out of environment space, command not found, permission denied), and the wiki page is definately incomplete so I could not really debug. In the end, I basically gave up. I had problems too! First of all 'command.com' is the wrong command prozessor for the used batch-files. You should have 'cmd.exe'. Wolfgang ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] mswincontext problems
On 4/27/06, Hans Hagen wrote: anyhow, forget about windows 98, just as you forget about suse 2.0 or a linux 0.5 kernel or mac system 9 And then you land back into reality, hoping that people won't switch to MikTeX 2.5 (too early)! (MikTeX 2.4 was already a nightmare for ConTeXt, in 2.5 it's completely broken.) The first impression makes me feel that you won't need only if (MikTeX) whitches in your ruby scripts, but also if (MikTeX 2.5), ... And what I least understand: the developer puts a lot of effort into development itself (features like improving YaST to display just about every PostScript \special and so on), but completely ignores any requests from ConTeXt users. Mojca ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
