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→Adapting TeXnicCenter for processing ConTeXt documents
You can build and view a ConTeXt document in TeXnicCenter as follows:
* Follow the instructions for installing ConTeXt under Windows.
* Make sure that ruby and perl are in your PATH ''(Start menu -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables; then edit PATH)''. In my system (root = C:\ConTeXt) the first items are: C:\ConTeXt\usr\local\context\ruby\bin; C:\ConTeXt\usr\local\context\ruby\lib; C:\ConTeXt\usr\local\context\perl\bin; C:\ConTeXt\usr\local\context\perl\lib
* Start TeXnicCenter. From the menu select : Build -> Define Output Profiles.
* Add a Profile with the name ConTeXt.
* Check "Run (La)TeX in this profile".
* Under "Command line arguments to pass to the compiler" enter:
texexec.rb, the parameters and "%bm" for the file to be compiled.
In my case this line reads as follows:<rbbr>
texexec.rb --bat --nonstop --pdf --interface=nl --color "%bm"
Now your ConTeXt file should compile after selecting "Build -> Build" from the menu or pressing Ctrl+F7 or clicking on the corresponding menu toolbar icon.
* For installing Acrobat Reader as your viewer again select : Build -> Define Output Profiles.
* Select the tab "Viewer".
* Under "Path of Executable" you enter the path to the program AcroRd32.exe
* Server is "acroview" and Topic: "control"
* Same choices for "Forward Search" and "Close document before running (La)TeX", except for the Command which in the latter case should be: [DocClose("%bm.pdf")]
Automatically deleting unnecessary auxiliary files after compilation is realised as follows:
* Select: Build -> Define Output Profiles.
* Select the tab "Postprocessor".
* Create a new item "cleanup" by clicking on the first icon after the text "Postprocessors to run after the (La)TeX-compiler".
* In the edit line after "Executable" enter:<br>
C:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-mswin\bin\texutil.bat --purgeall<br>
If you have another root, then change C:\ConTeXt accordingly.
