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< [[Text Editors]] > =Nota bene= This page is outdated and describes the old installation and set of files. Thereis an updated manual: [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/scite-context-readme.pdf scite-context-readme.pdf]. This file as well as all files needed are also part of the ConTeXt distribution. There's also a newer and more detailed wiki page on how to install ConTeXt and SciTe on a machine that doesn't use other TeX distribution: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Windows_Installation:_ConTeXt_Suite_with_SciTe. Also have a look at [[Textadept]], a SciTE descendant that already includes the Lua Lexers and is also available for OSX. A Textadept module for ConTeXt is being developed at [https://github.com/stephengaito/ta-context-latex ta-context-latex]. =Introduction=
[http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html SciTE] is a [http://www.scintilla.org/ Scintilla] based text editor for Linux and Windows. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs. The ConTeXt distribution includes files which can be used to configure SciTE for editing and building ConTeXt documents.
==Installing on Windows==
''Note. If you are installing ConTeXt and SciTe simultaneously and do not have any other TeX related systems on your Windows, you may prefer to follow the [[Simple Windows InstallationWindows_Installation:_ConTeXt_Suite_with_SciTe]] instructions instead.''
The following procedure has been found to work, assuming that the current ConTeXt distribution is installed in the folder C:\tools\context.
Now save the settings file, close it, then close SciTE. When you restart SciTE, UTF-8 should be the default encoding.
==Installing on Unix==
Assuming you installed SciTE successfully and followed the instruction in the [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mscite-s.pdf manual] in order to enable ConTeXt support, there may be a problem in correctly using the Tools (like compiling and building from within SciTE). The launcher inside your Applications menu may be unaware of your $PATH variable, which might lead to an error like
<pre>
>mtxrun --autogenerate --script context --pdf myfile.tex
sh: mtxrun: not found
>Exit code: 127
</pre>
To correct this you need to create your own launcher, which executes a script (call it runscite) running SciTE whilst ensuring the $PATH variable is correctly set. You can achieve this by following the code
<pre>
cat <<'EOF' > /tmp/runscite
#!/bin/bash
export PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH
exec scite $@
EOF
chmod +x /tmp/runscite
sudo cp /tmp/runscite /usr/local/bin
</pre>
where the PATH needs to point to your mtxrun (and context) scripts. Then you can have your launcher use the command /usr/local/bin/runscite and then you should be able to build your *.tex files from within SciTE by pressing [F7].
[[Category: Text Editors]]
