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Simple Windows Installation (view source)
Revision as of 20:05, 8 September 2009
, 20:05, 8 September 2009→Step 1: Download all bits and pieces
== Step 1: Download all bits and pieces ==
* '''ConTeXt''': Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky's [http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-installer/ContextMinimalInstall.exe Windows installer] for the Minimals is the a hassle-free alternative
* '''SciTE''' Editor: Go to Scintilla's [http://http://www.scintilla.org/SciTEDownload.html SciTE Download Page] and get [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/scintilla/wscite201.zip?download full download] in the "Windows executables" section. Make sure you get wscite.zip (''not'' scite.zip).
* '''Ruby''' (only needed for running pdftex, i.e. ConTeXt MKII): if you have files that need to be run in MKII/pdftex, [http://rubyinstaller.org/ download Ruby] (a scripting language, a bit like Perl); ''if you start from scratch, Ruby is not needed!'' Now * ('''Acrobat Reader''' or other PDF viewer: if you don't have all the files you need to successfully setup ConTeXt Adobe Acrobat Reader or any other pdf viewer on your Windows computer. But do not drop the network connection yet! You will need internet to get the rest of ConTeXt while installing, which is why download the Minimals Installer is so small itself[http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html Acrobat Reader installer], too)
Now you have all the files you need to successfully setup ConTeXt on your Windows computer. But do not drop the network connection yet!
You will need internet to get the rest of ConTeXt while installing, which is why the Minimals Installer is so small itself.
== Step 2: Install ==
