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→File not found: that must be texmf.cnf, context *never* reads context.cnf
This problem is most likely to happen on Windows. There two steps to deal with it:
* You must put the main texmf tree in path without spaces. If you're installing Mark IV via TeXLive 2008, then simply change the top installation path at install time.
* If you're running XP or Server 2003 (and not Vista or Server 2008), you must also set the TeX user home and the Lua cache to paths without spaces. <code>C:/tlhome</code> is a good candidate.** In <code>contexttexmf.cnf</code> set HOMETEXMF to <code>C:/tlhome/$USERNAME</code> or to something similar of your liking. Using $USERNAME in the path will still give a per-user directory, just not under "Documents and Settings". This assumes that the user name doesn't have spaces of course...
** As mentioned above, create/edit <code>texmfcnf.lua</code> and put a line like <code>return { TEXMFCACHE = 'C:/tlhome/$USERNAME/.texlive2008/texmf-var' }</code>, which sets each user's cache inside his space-free TeX home path.
