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''Note. Valid as of September 2009. All instructions tested on newly installed Windows Vista mid-October 2009 and it worked. Without Ruby.''

This page gives instructions on how to easily install ConTeXt Minimals Standalone and the SciTe editor on your XP or Vista so that you can compile a document with a few mouse-clicks. If this is not what you want to do, see the [[Installation]] page instead.

* '''ConTeXt''': Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky's [http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-installer/ContextMinimalInstall.exe Windows installer] for the Minimals Standalone is the a hassle-free alternative* '''SciTE''' Editor: Go The easiest way is to Scintillaget Troy Simpson's [http://http://wwwopensource.scintillaebswift.orgcom/SciTEDownload.html SciTE Download Page] and get [http:SciTEInstaller//prdownloads.sourceforge.net/scintilla/wscite201.zip?download full downloadWindows installer for SciTe] 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!''* ('''Acrobat Reader''' or other PDF viewer: if you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader or any other pdf viewer on your computer, download the [http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html Acrobat Reader installer], too)

Now {{note| As of June 2011, The GUI installer still seems to be broken (at least in 64-bit Windows7), so you may have all to [[ConTeXt_Standalone#Command_line_method| install the files standalone from the command line]]. In that case you need will have to add <tt>C:\''yourcontextfolder''\tex\texmf-mswin\bin</tt> to successfully setup ConTeXt on your Windows computer. But do not drop the network connection yet! You will need internet search path (remember to get reboot the rest of computer after this, before you attempt to use your ConTeXt while installing, which is why the Minimals Installer is so small itselfwith SciTE).}}

 == Step 2: Install ConTeXt and SciTE ==

Now all the components of a working system are installed: ConTeXt Minimals Standalone and SciTE for ConTeXt MKIV (only), ConTeXt MinimalsStandalone, SciTE and Ruby for ConTeXt MKIV and MKII. 

== Step 3: Configure for full cooperation ==

# In your ConTeXt files (default name of the main folder is <tt>contextminimal</tt>) locate <tt>scite-ctx.lua</tt>. Copy this file to your recently unzipped SciTE SciTe program folder (by if you used the Windows installer, the default called <tt>wscite</tt>location is under Program Files).# Again in your ConTeXt files, locate <tt>scite-ctx.properties</tt> and <tt>context.properties</tt>. Copy these files to your ''personal profile folder''; in XP that's usually <tt>C:\Documents and Settings\''yourusername''\</tt> (or the equivalent in your language), in Vista and Windows7 <tt>C:\Users\''yourusername''</tt>.# Now open SciTE by double-clicking on the SciTE icon. You still need to tell it where to look for the ConTeXt related settings. For this, go to the ''Options'' menu and click on ''Open User Options File''. You should get a blank page. Now type into the file

# Remember to save the file to save these settings. Then close SciTE. == Step 4: Using ConTeXt == Open SciTE. Open a ConTeXt document (if you have any) or try with a simple "Hello world": <pre>\starttext Hello, world! \stoptext</pre> If you feel courageous, first switch encoding via the File menu to UTF-8 (if you haven't forced your SciTE to do it) and do it in Finnish (just cut and paste from below, if your keyboard doesn't do diacritics): <pre>\starttext Päivää, maailma! \stoptext</pre> Or, if you are really adventurous, first make sure you are using UTF-8, then try to paste the following Russian text into your SciTE (cut-and-paste may give you a few challenges so this may or may not work): <pre>\starttext привет мир \stoptext</pre>  Now you have a simple ConTeXt document. Save the it (file type/extension is <tt>tex</tt>), then press Ctrl+1 (or go to ''Tools'' and then ''Process TeX file ''), sit back and close watch. If everything was done right, first you'll have a lot of text on the right side of your SciTEscreen, then an empty pdf reader opens, then it takes a bit more time and finally you end up with a one-page pdf that has a page number on top and the text a bit below. If you tried Russian and only get the page number, you have a font problem - backtrack a bit and try English or Finnish first... Now you are ready to dive into the world of ConTeXt! '''For tips on how to configure SciTe to suit your ConTeXting needs, see the [[Scite#Configuring_SciTe_with_ConTeXt_on_Windows| Scite page]].''' {{Installation navbox}}