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| − | What is ConTeXt? What can I do with it? Let’s see. Take your favourite text editor | + | |
| + | What is ConTeXt? What can I do with it? Let’s see. Take your favourite [[text editor]], type in the following document and save it as a file <code>hello.tex</code>. | ||
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It shows already a ConTeXt essential: everything's between <tt>\startsomething</tt> and <tt>\stopsomething</tt>. | It shows already a ConTeXt essential: everything's between <tt>\startsomething</tt> and <tt>\stopsomething</tt>. | ||
| − | + | I you don't have ConTeXt [[install|installed]] (yet), you can first try out the latest version using the web interface http://live.contextgarden.net. | |
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| + | If you already installed it, you can go to the shell/command line and type in | ||
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entering extended mode | entering extended mode | ||
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| − | ConTeXt ver: | + | ConTeXt ver: 2005.08.19 fmt: 2005.8.19 int: english mes: english |
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Revision as of 21:47, 26 August 2005
< Main Page | Second Step >
What is ConTeXt? What can I do with it? Let’s see. Take your favourite text editor, type in the following document and save it as a file hello.tex.
\starttext Hello World \stoptext
It shows already a ConTeXt essential: everything's between \startsomething and \stopsomething.
I you don't have ConTeXt installed (yet), you can first try out the latest version using the web interface http://live.contextgarden.net.
If you already installed it, you can go to the shell/command line and type in
texexec --pdf hello.tex
and now ConTeXt will start. It will give you some output on your terminal
TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
executable : pdfetex
format : cont-en
inputfile : test
output : standard
interface : en
current mode : none
TeX run : 1
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
(/opt/context/current/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx)
entering extended mode
(./test.tex
ConTeXt ver: 2005.08.19 fmt: 2005.8.19 int: english mes: english
language : language en is active
<protectionstate 0>
...
Don’t be worried. This is the way it should look. Once texexec has finished, it will leave behind a file called hello.pdf. Open it and you will see a "Hello world" on a virtual A4 paper and a page number.
