Re: [NTG-context] new tex toy new manual
Hans http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/texmfstart.rb This file seems no longer to be in this location -- Nigel From: Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:41:18 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [NTG-context] new tex toy Hi, One of the problems with the texmf tree is to get the right scripts/documents launched. On linux, runperl/runruby are used for that, on windows there was runperl.exe which is now irun.exe. Those scripts/apps work ok under most circumstances but not all (especially not when one has multiple trees and multiple instances of the tools). So ... a few weeks ago I made a small tool: http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/texmfstart.rb : for those who have ruby in their path http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/texmfstart.exe : for those who don't have ruby installed and are on windows http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexmfstart.pdf : for those who are interested This tool permits things like (on windows): texmfstart --browser examplap.pdf but also calls like: texmfstart texexec.pl optional arguments and alike. Several search strategies are applied (see manual). The few of you who have seen the integrated context environment (around scite) already may have used this tool indirectly. I didn't yet test this new gimmick on linux but will do that asap. The next thing that will be posted is 'texsync' which will synchronize your local minimal tex and/or context tree (or part of it, or (part) of the documentation) with the current distribution. (i'm playing with that right now). Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com - information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf - ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Perl scripts almost unusable under Win32 MiKTeX
On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: Recent ConTeXt updates have rendered some Perl scripts (texshow.pl modules) unusable under MiKTeX because they heavily rely on web2c methods to find binaries and complementary files. And probably under fptex (e.g., TeX Live 2003) if you have spaces in paths (I tried to eliminate spaces in paths when I ran into problems, so I don't know if the subsequent changes have fixed this). Fptex caches the kpathsea lists in shared memory, which is a big performance boost for slower machines on fat32 (but also comes with some caveates -- RTFM). The recent (Dec. 18th??) updates to fptex seem at long last to work properly on Win9x, Win2k, and WinXP. The TeX Live 2003 page has a link to the fptex update page, but the URL for the updates seems to have died with the recent prohibition against symbolic links, so you will want to edit the properties for Maintenance/Add packages to change the command line to use you favorite CTAN mirror, e.g.,: C:\texLive\bin\Win32\TeXSetup.exe --add-package --remote-source-directory ftp://ctan.cms.math.ca/tex-archive/systems/win32/fptex/0.7/. -- George N. White III [EMAIL PROTECTED] Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
