I'd like to make a request for an ebuild for the latex macro package ConTeXt <http://www.pragma-ade.nl/> which provides a unified, coherent set of macros instead of the 1300+ latex macros found on CTAN. I've tried installing ConTeXt using the MikTex tools package manager "mpm --install=context" but apparently this installs ConTeXt in such a way that ConTeXt thinks it's running on Windows with MikTeX, and does result in a working ConTeXt installation. So instead, I've downloaded the file http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/current/cont-tmf.zip and unzip'ed cont-tmf.zip to /usr/local/share/texmf/ following the instructions http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/minstall.pdf but I've still not been able to get "texexec myfile.tex" to work with Gentoo's tetex installation. I would appreciate any help getting ConTeXt to work with Gentoo.
[EDIT] my post should've read ...and does NOT result in a working ConTeXt installation.
[EDIT] I've mostly got ConTeXt working. The MikTeX package manager (mpm) apparently installs a ConTeX configured for a Windows installation, so I had to first uninstall all the context packages installed via mpm. Then I unpacked the cont-tmf.zip to /usr/local/share/texmf/ and as root did # TEXFORMATS=`kpsewhich --expand-path='$TEXMFSYSVAR'`'/web2c/{$engine,}' \ texexec --make --all and then modified the various configuration files following the Gentoo guide http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Linux_Installation#Updating_Gentoo_Linux But I've still not got the extra fonts working correctly. I should be able to run texfont.pl on type-tmf.dat and type-buy.dat to generate extra postscript fonts and their associated typescripts: #texfont type-tmf.dat --en=ec --fontroot="/usr/local/share/texmf" --sourcepath="/usr/local/share/texmf" --install --makepath #texfont type-buy.dat --en=ec --fontroot="/usr/local/share/texmf" --sourcepath="/usr/local/share/texmf" --install --makepath But my ConTeXt doesn't seem to find the correct map file entries, although I did get TimesNewRoman to work on my laptop but not on my desktops. All in all it's a very promising addition to the TeX family: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/FAQ#What_are_the_advantages_of_ConTeXt_over_LaTeX.3F
No progress here for over one year; closing WONTFIX. Feel free to reopen with an ebuild.
