> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Linas Stonys <lsto...@vtex.lt> > Subject: luatex engine new option request > Date: 5 February 2019 at 12:26:35 CET > To: dev-luatex-ow...@ntg.nl > > Hi, > tex engine provides several compilation modes: > --interaction=STRING set interaction mode > (STRING=batchmode/nonstopmode/scrollmode/errorstopmode) > --halt-on-error stop processing at the first error > > But it lacks one very important where one could hide > all the output from terminal except errors (when tex waits for stdin). > And tex engine would interact with user by letting him decide what to do next > instead of killing at first error or compiling with errors til the end. > > For typsetter or a simple tex user terminal messages ar just a "white noise". > While there is no errors. It just slows down all the compilation. If there is > a lot of messages you can gain several seconds by hiding all the output. > > What I want to offer is a new option: > --output-on-prompt=LINES_NO output to terminal only on input prompt > (LINES_NO lines of buffered stdout, all of it if 0) > > It works like a "batchmode" but pics all the stdout. And when stdin > is required it will print latest nuber of stodout lines (LINES_NO). > After hitting enter (or what ever tex says to do) it will hide the output > again till next stdin. > Lets say --output-on-prompt=20 then on error user will see all the error > and can decide what to do next. > > We have implemented such a feature to luatex 1.09.2 and it works perfectly. > Could we send some how a patch to request implement this feature for future > releases? We could provide the code for the latest release. > > Thanks, Linas >
Taco Hoekwater Elvenkind BV
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