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==Chapter 4: Install SciTe==
Now you have ConTeXt. To complement it, i.e. to easily write and compile ConTeXt files, install the SciTe editor. It is a nifty open source editor that, with some adjustments, will be able to highlight ConTeXt code and run ConTeXt from inside the editor. (And it is pretty useful for e.g. html and php editing, too.)==Chapter 4: Install TeXworks==
===Step 1: Get SciTe===Now you have ConTeXt. To complement it, i.e. to easily write and compile ConTeXt files, install the TeXworks editor.
There's a SciTe included in your ConTeXt Suite, but you'll get less hassle with user rights and such if you use ===Step 1: Get TeXworks===Browse to [httpshttp://www.ebswifttug.comorg/texworks/scite-text-editor-installerhttp://www.tug.html Windows installer for SciTeorg/texworks/]. Keep accepting everything it suggests and you'll get a very standard Windows program installed without any hassle. I recommend not using download the 'context menu' during setup (you can right-click any text exe file (html, php, tex, txt) and give command "Edit with SciTe in New Tab" or "Edit with SciTe in New Window"execute it to install TeXworks.)
===Step 2: Fetch and install lexer add-in=Ready, steady, test!==Start TeXWorks.
See also https://foicica.com/scintillua/manual.htmlIn the dropdown, select "ConTeXt (LuaTex)"
The up-to-date ConTeXt version uses ''external lexers'' and for that Now you have are ready to [http://foicica.com/scintillua/download Download the lexer add-in zip] (just get the top-most file of those listed in the download directory)go.
Then extract/unzip the contents of the lexer zip into a temporary directory. You get a directory <tt>scintillua''xxx-n''</tt> (e.g. <tt>scintillua375-1</tt>). Insite the temp folder, look for a folder called 'lexers'.Type in:
Locate your SciTE installation, typically C:\Program Files\SciTE<pre>\ for Windows for Linux.Move the 'lexers' directory to the root of your SciTE installation.starttext
Also leave the SciTe program folder open. You'll need it nextHello, world!
==Chapter 5: Adjust SciTe to work with ConTeXt== === Copy setup files === Go to <tt>C:\context\tex\tex\texmf-context\context\data\scite\context\lexers</tt>. Copy everything from this folder to your SciTe program lexers folder. If you only plan to use SciTe for ConTeXt, you can replace all files. If you want to keep all the existing functionality, copy the subfolder contents by hand, but make sure you get everything. === Import settings into SciTe === Open SciTe. Go to the <code>Options</code> menu and choose <code>Open Global Options File</code>. Scroll all the way to then end of the file and write <pre>import lexers/lpegimport scite-context-userstoptext
and save Save the filedocument as <tt>helloworld.tex</tt>.
Close/restart SciTeNow click on the green button to build your file.
==ReadyAfter there are some lines of compiler output, steady, test!== Now you are ready to go. Start SciTE a pdf file should open and open a ConTeXt document (if you have any) or try with a simple should see your "Hello hello world": <pre>\starttext.
Hello, world!=Other ConTeXt distributions={{note | This part needs to be checked if it is still up-to-date in 2019 }}
\stoptext</pre>As a Windows user, you can choose between the following installation alternatives:
Save the document as <tt>''something''.tex</tt>, e.g. helloworld.tex. The syntax highlighting should come on and show the * ConTeXt codes differently than the text itself. standalone distribution
[[File:helloworld.png|600px]]* MikTeX
Now press F4 or menu/tools/build to build your file.I get the error message:<pre>>texexec --pdf Test.tex>Exit code: 1</pre>I expected to read:<pre>>context --pdf Test.tex</pre>* Texlive
Anyway. Other manuals write this, maybe it works for you:* W32TeX
Now press Ctrl+F12 to process your file and auto-open the resulting pdf in your default pdf reader (most often Adobe Acrobat Reader). The first run will take a while, but if things starts happening, you probably have working ConTeXt.
==Literature==
Windows 10 64 bit Installation 2019 (view source)
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{{note | NOTE: You will need admin rights to your Windows to manage the installation process. If you don't have that, get somebody who does. }}
This instruction was written 2019 April 13 and is intended to install Context ConTeXt standalone distribution (Mark IV).
My intent is to deliver a up-to-date manual that every noob can use, and not to refer to old versions (e.g. from 2011).
==Chapter 1: Detect Windows 32 or 64 bit Version==
At fist, get to know if I’m Running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows.
Please follow [https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21726/how-do-i-know-if-im-running-32-bit-or-64-bit-windows-answers/ https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21726/how-do-i-know-if-im-running-32-bit-or-64-bit-windows-answers/] or other tutorials.
Open Command promt. Do this by using Cortana: Search for cmd.exe. Right click on the search result and select "run as admin".
Command prompt should be in C:\Users\MyUserName\
Type in "cd.. " -> Enter -> Once again type in "cd.. " -> Enter Now you are should be at path "C:\". If not, repeat "cd.." Type in "cd context"
You are now at C:\context
Tpe in <tt>first-setup.bat</tt> -> Enter.
This should print out much output and take a while (maybe 5 mins).
Check if there is a folder C:\context\tex
If no such folder has been created, this step failed. (It failed for me using <tt>C:\Programme\context</tt> and I resolved it by using <tt>C:\context\</tt>
===Step 3: Add ConTeXt to Windows search path===
(Please also note [https://superuser.com/questions/284342/what-are-path-and-other-environment-variables-and-how-can-i-set-or-use-them]) You will have to go to the system settings of your Windows and add you will have to add <tt>C:\context\tex\texmf-win64\bin</tt> (or <tt>C:\context\tex\texmf-mswin\bin</tt> for using <tt>context-setup-mswin.zip</tt>) to the search path (environment variable <tt>path</tt> under advanced system properties). If you are the only user on the computer needing ConTeXt, you can put it under "user variables", otherwise add it to the existing search path listing"global variables".
Do this by:
Right click on "Dieser PC" or "this PCThis Computer" and select "Eigenschaften/Settings".Then on the left side, click on "erweiterte Systemeinstellungen/extended change my environment variables" or something like "Extended Settings".
In the small popup "Systemeigenschaften/System settings" select the slider "Erweitert/extended".Select the button "Umgebungsvariablen/environment Environment variables".
Select PATH, lick on button "edit" and ad a new row with <tt>C:\context\tex\texmf-win64\bin</tt> (or <tt>C:\context\tex\texmf-mswin\bin</tt> for using <tt>context-setup-mswin.zip</tt>)
==Chapter 3: Test ConTeXt==
Now you are ready to test ConTeXt. Start a simple text editor(like 'editor', or Notepad++, or whatever. Create a simple "Hello world":NOT MS WORD)
<pre>
Check if there is a helloworld.pdf. Open it to check its content.
And that's it, basically. If you got your pdf and love to write using this editor, you can continue this way.
Still I'd recommend using TeXworks.
During installation, I recommend to register (only) ".tex" files to the application. Disable the other ones.
</pre>
[http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2008/talks/2008-08-21-willi-aditya-beginners/Tutorial-text.pdf Aditya Mahajan, Willi Egger: Beginners Tutorial ConTeXt. (PDF; 371 kB) 20. August 2008]
[http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf Hans Hagen, Taco Hoekwater: ConTeXt Reference Manual. (PDF; 2,04 MB) 27. September 2013]
