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Sadly I have to work in Windows at times. Context seems to not be the most supported Windows platform. (The link to the Windows simplified package is 404) There
by baldfat 11y ago
Sadly I have to work in Windows at times. Context seems to not be the most supported Windows platform. (The link to the Windows simplified package is 404) There is a New Installer http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Windows_Installation_new http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Windows_Installation_new which does not contain a working binary. The only way to find anything for windows leads to a tar file.
I still think there is a better way to do typesetting in 2016 but all I have seen are a bunch of smaller projects without much support.
Personally I would love a markup language redefined with built in PDF-X support and a simple infrastructure. Context is Ruby, Tex, and ConText. I find LaTex to work well (for the most part) but it is not very flexible but I found the MikText Package Manager as a big step forward.
- jstarks 11y agoI wonder if it works under the new Linux subsystem.
- xemdetia 11y agoFor LaTeX on Windows I enjoy http://miktex.org/ http://miktex.org/.
- baldfat 11y agoWell ConTex is in addition to MikTex
- maxerickson 11y agoI thought ConText was using Lua for scripting things. This suggests that: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Mark_IV http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Mark_IV
- FraaJad 11y agoI wish I could answer this.. but I'm a Mac and Linux user. with the new "Bash for windows", it will hopefully get easier in future.
- baldfat 11y agoWell the BIG issue is you can't create new files on Window files only save as. I use virtual machines but my Window computers at work are long in the tooth machines.
- groovy2shoes 11y agoBoth the TeX Live and MiKTeX distributions provide binaries for Context on Windows.