Difference between revisions of "Windows Installation: ConTeXt Suite with SciTe"
(Created page with "==Download ConTeXt== ===Step 1: Get the installer=== ===Step 2: Download ConTeXt=== ==Install SciTe== ===Step 1: Get SciTe=== ===Step 2: Fetch and install lexer add-in=== =...") |
(Downloading bit written.) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | {{Note | You will need admin rights to your Windows to manage the installation process. If you don't have that, get somebody who does.}} | ||
| + | |||
==Download ConTeXt== | ==Download ConTeXt== | ||
===Step 1: Get the installer=== | ===Step 1: Get the installer=== | ||
| + | Download [http://standalone.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-mswin.zip context-setup-mswin.zip] onto your computer. It contains a folder called <code>context</code>, '''unzip/extract that folder into the location where you want your final ConTeXt installation'''. It is recommended not to use folders with space in their name. | ||
| + | Mari usually puts hers directly onto the main hard disk, i.e. C, so ConTeXt is normally located at <code>C:\context</code> on her Windows computers (both XP, Vista and W7). | ||
| − | ===Step 2: | + | ===Step 2: Get the ConTeXt Suite=== |
| + | |||
| + | Now go to your ConTeXt folder (e.g. <code>C:\context</code>). Run file <code>first-setup</code> (= <code>first-setup.bat</code>). | ||
| + | If you just want the latest version of ConTeXt without any frills, you can just double-click the file name and it'll do the rest. | ||
| + | If you want to install third-party modules like SimpleSlides, or if you prefer to install the most recent stable version of ConTeXt, you'll have to use Command Prompt. | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | ===Step 3: Add texmf to path=== | ||
==Install SciTe== | ==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.) | ||
===Step 1: Get SciTe=== | ===Step 1: Get SciTe=== | ||
| + | |||
| + | There's a SciTe included in your ConTeXt Suite, but you'll get less hassle with user rights and such if you use Troy Simpson's [http://opensource.ebswift.com/SciTEInstaller/ Windows installer for SciTe]. Keep accepting everything it suggests and you'll get a very standard Windows program installed without any hassle. | ||
===Step 2: Fetch and install lexer add-in=== | ===Step 2: Fetch and install lexer add-in=== | ||
| + | |||
| + | The ConTeXt versions dated September 20, 2011, or later use ''external lexers'' and for that you have to [http://code.google.com/p/scintillua/downloads/list Download the add-in zip] (just get the top-most file of those listed). | ||
| + | |||
| + | Then extract/unzip the contents of the lexer zip into a temporary directory. You get a directory <code>scintillua''xxx-n''</code> (e.g. <code>scintillua229-1</code>). Go to that directory and copy everything in it to your SciTe folder. | ||
==Adjust SciTe to work with ConTeXt== | ==Adjust SciTe to work with ConTeXt== | ||
Revision as of 07:04, 18 October 2011
 |
NOTE: You will need admin rights to your Windows to manage the installation process. If you don't have that, get somebody who does. |
Contents
Download ConTeXt
Step 1: Get the installer
Download context-setup-mswin.zip onto your computer. It contains a folder called context, unzip/extract that folder into the location where you want your final ConTeXt installation. It is recommended not to use folders with space in their name.
Mari usually puts hers directly onto the main hard disk, i.e. C, so ConTeXt is normally located at C:\context on her Windows computers (both XP, Vista and W7).
Step 2: Get the ConTeXt Suite
Now go to your ConTeXt folder (e.g. C:\context). Run file first-setup (= first-setup.bat).
If you just want the latest version of ConTeXt without any frills, you can just double-click the file name and it'll do the rest.
If you want to install third-party modules like SimpleSlides, or if you prefer to install the most recent stable version of ConTeXt, you'll have to use Command Prompt.
Step 3: Add texmf to path
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.)
Step 1: Get SciTe
There's a SciTe included in your ConTeXt Suite, but you'll get less hassle with user rights and such if you use Troy Simpson's Windows installer for SciTe. Keep accepting everything it suggests and you'll get a very standard Windows program installed without any hassle.
Step 2: Fetch and install lexer add-in
The ConTeXt versions dated September 20, 2011, or later use external lexers and for that you have to Download the add-in zip (just get the top-most file of those listed).
Then extract/unzip the contents of the lexer zip into a temporary directory. You get a directory scintilluaxxx-n (e.g. scintillua229-1). Go to that directory and copy everything in it to your SciTe folder.
