Hi I have downloaded the minimal mswin distribution of context and set it up. I get a runaway argument once \tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex has been loaded, see below. Is this normal? Previously I had been trying to set up the current version of MiKTeX to work with context, this since the end of November. I had it working before but it ran out of capacity when imposing an 11000 word document -- not very impressive. Trying to improve things just broke it. I used MiKTeX because WinEdt answered my needs, however if I can get the pragma-ade minimal tex distribution working correctly is it possible to integrate WinEdt. Thanks for your interest, please save me from Pagemaker 7.0. This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.3) (format=cont-en 2005.1.29) 29 JAN 2005 17:24 entering extended mode \write18 enabled. (f:\tex\texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) **&cont-en hello.tex (./hello.tex ConTeXt ver: 2004.12.06 fmt: 2005.1.29 int: english mes: english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (f:\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! color : palette rollover is available system (E-TEX) : [line 1083] system (E-TEX) : [line 1138] ) system : cont-old loaded (f:\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (f:\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (f:\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->default:default->1->2:2 uk->default:default->2->2 :2 de->texnansi:texnansi->3->2:2 de->ec:ec->4->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2: 2 fr->ec:ec->6->2:2 es->default:default->7->2:2 it->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:2 i t->ec:ec->9->2:2 nl->texnansi:texnansi->10->2:2 nl->ec:ec->11->2:2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded \openout2 = `hello.tui'. system : hello.top loaded (./hello.top specials : loading definition file tpd (f:\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (f:\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex system (E-TEX) : [line 2255] \ifcsname ) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) Runaway argument? \c!directory ={\setupsystem [\c!n =1] \setupsystem [inputfile=hello.t\ETC. ! File ended while scanning use of \dosetupsystem. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> \relax \dodoreadfile ...normalinput \readfilename \relax \the \everyafterreadfile <everyjob> ...file \openutilities \loadoptionfile \checknotes \initializeMPg... l.1 \starttext ? -- yours Julian Haworth portfolio site http://www.julianhaworth.net WIRE | Mental Health News on the Web http://www.machineanswering.me.uk/wire