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Install ConTeXt MkIV with the GUI installer and accept the default options upon installationThis assumes you are not already using a LaTeX distribution like MikTeX. This will install Context in folder c:\contextminimal
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{{Note note | October 18, 2011: The contents of this page are partly obsolete. To start with, MK IV is warmly recommended nowadays, and the command used for various operations is no longer <code>texexec</code>, in MK IV it is (usually) <code>context</code>. At least try the other Windows installation pages, linked to this page, before following these instructions.}}
== Requirements ==
= [[ConTeXt Standalone]] with TexWorks =
# You do not need to install Ruby first unless you want to run MkII.# Download the ConTeXt Standalone [http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-mswin.zip here]# Run <code>first-setup.bat</code> from the command line. By default, this will download the beta version. If you want the stable version, add <code>--context=current</code># It is probably a good idea to make sure ConTeXt is visible from the PATH. In Windows 7, you should go to System > Advanced > Environment Variables and add <code>C:\context\tex\texmf-mswin\bin</code> to your user PATH, assuming you put your ConTeXt folder in <code>C:\</code>. This will allow you to run ConTeXt from the command line anywhere, using <code>context filename.tex</code>.# Install the [http://www.tug.org/texworks/ TexWorks] standalone and accept the default options upon installation. Goto EDIT# Go to Preferences >PREFERENCESTypesetting and add the directory where <code>EDITORcontext.exe</code>SYNTAX COLORING: is located. It is the same one you added to your PATH. SELECT CONTEXT## Next, under Processing Tools, create a new one and call it anything you want. In the Progream field, enter the path of <code>TYPESETTINGcontext.exe</code>DEFAULT>SELECT CONTEXT>PROCESSING TOOLS: CONTEXT>EDIT, the same as above. In the Arguments section, add <code>PROGRAM: context.cmd and ARGUMENTS: only $fullname</code>OK>OKand you are done.# Now populate the screen with ConTeXt code, select ConTeXt and press Typeset. A PDF screen should pup pop up with the document. == Compiling == After you've done all that, you can finally use your favourite editor to write your [[First Document|first document]]. To compile it, open the command line again (Start -> Run ... -> type '''cmd''' or '''command''') and run texexec yourfilename
# Create a file <code>pragmatex.bat</code> (the name doesn't really matter) with this content: <pre>C:\Programs\context\usr\local\context\tex\setuptex.bat C:\Programs\context\usr\local\context\tex</pre> and make sure that this file is visible by <code>PATH</code>.
# You can safely continue using your old TeX distribution (MikTeX, TeX Live, ...). If you want to invoke the stand-alone distribution, just execute <pre>pragmatex</pre> from the command-line and all the subsequent calls to <code>texexec</code> will use files from the stand-alone tree (you'll notice the difference in file names when running ConTeXt).
# To avoid the need to open a new prompt each time you want to run ConTeXt, create another .bat file in your .tex file's folder with the following content:
<pre>call C:\Programs\context\usr\local\context\pragmatex.bat
context filename.tex</pre>
If you place the <code>pragmatex</code> file in your ConTeXt directory, this will allow you to call ConTeXt from anywhere on your computer with one click. The disadvantage is that it's linked to a specific .tex file.
===Use the same .bat file to run ConTeXt with any .tex file===
# You can use the .bat file above for any .tex file you have.
Just do the following modification:
<pre>call C:\Programs\context\usr\local\context\pragmatex.bat
context %1</pre>
and save it as ConTeXtthis.bat. Now, you can use it this way:
<pre>ConTeXtthis.bat anyfile.tex </pre>
Where anyfile.tex is your main ConTeXt source file. This whole instruction works well whit TeXnicCenter
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