Max Chernoff, Bruno, ConTeXt

Folks,

This morning I removed ~/Library/texlive/2026.

Then I reinstalled MacTeX from scratch, and updated to
the current setup using TeX Live Utility. Then I tried the ConTeXt example
discussed by Bruno Voisin and Max Chernoff. It didn't work.

So next I bit the bullet. I removed /usr/local/texlive/2026
and ~/Library/texlive/2026. Then I reinstalled using the
Unix install script. Luckily this is heavily documented on the
MacTeX web pages. 

This time, the ConTeXt example discussed by Voisin
and Chernoff worked like a charm. Congratulations!
Absolutely amazing!

As Bruno pointed out, I added an extra optional feature
to MacTeX with ConTeXT, which calls the synctex provided
by Hans Hagen. So I activated that feature (which requires
two steps, adding an extra "magic line" to the calling
engine, and adding an extra setup line to the context document.
I tried this with the sample above. It worked, and I got a synctex
file, but no syncing. So I tried another more standard sample
which we provide in the TeXShop "Inactive Folder" for
ConTeXt. This time I got a synctex file and moreover
SYNCING ACTUALLY WORKED IN CONTEXT!

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I have taken on an entirely different task for March, April,
and May. I was supposed to mainly do that task in March,
but instead I've been updating TeX Live stuff, even AFTER
the release. Grrr. So I asked for an extension and just got it.
But in the next two to three months, I just cannot do TeX Live
tasks.

However, clearly there is one more exception. I've got to
make a new MacTeX release, this time tased on the latest
sources as above. That new release will have the latest
Ghostscript as well. Making a MacTeX release takes a lot
of time because it has to be notarized by Apple and then
uploaded to TUG. So I won't do it until there is clarity
between Bruno and Chernoff on the syncing issue.
But if the issue os solely that ConTeXt is using an old
sync file, maybe that isn't really an issue because we
have this WORKING method to use ConTeXt sync.
Please give me some guidance.

And extreme congratulations to Bruno for sticking
with this issue until it was solved, and to Chernoff for
finding the solution and making it actually work. 
You are both wonderful.

Now tell me when I can take off and make a new
MacTeX.

Dick Koch