Re: [NTG-context] problem in kpse.rb

2006-09-17 Thread Johan Sandblom 
Disappointingly, over here it doesn't work with two backslashes, only
with one. Possibly because there are two texmf.cnf (minimal linux
distro) which give different answers:

./texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf, which claims
% A place for local additions to a standard texmf tree.
% This tree is not used for local configuration maintained by
% texconfig, it uses TEXMFCONFIG below.
TEXMFLOCAL = $SELFAUTOPARENT/../texmf-local

and
./texmf-local/web2c/texmf.cnf, which claims
TEXMFMAIN = $SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf
TEXMFLOCAL= $SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf-local
TEXMFFONTS= $SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf-fonts

Regards, Johan


2006/9/17, Sanjoy Mahajan [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
  path = run(--expand-path=\\\$#{varname}) rescue ''
 
  to
 
  path = run(--expand-path=\$#{varname}) rescue ''

 I also ran into this (a few weeks ago on the list) and the patch I
 sent Hans after testing it on my Ubuntu Linux laptop was to use two
 backslashes:

   run(--expand-path=\\$#{varname})

 so that Unix sees the command as, for example,

   kpsewhich --expand-path=\$TEXMFLOCAL

 which prevents the shell from expanding TEXMFLOCAL as a shell or
 environment variable, leaving it for kpse to find it in texmf.cnf.
 Interesting that \$ also works.  I guess the \ gets passed unchanged,
 so the $ still gets procted from the shell.

 By the way, the rescue '' doesn't do anything, since a failed run of
 kpsewhich doesn't throw an exception.  I think I have a patch for
 that.

 Hans, should I resend those patches?

 -Sanjoy

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Re: [NTG-context] problem in kpse.rb

2006-09-17 Thread Taco Hoekwater 
Johan Sandblom wrote:
I also ran into this (a few weeks ago on the list) and the patch I
sent Hans after testing it on my Ubuntu Linux laptop was to use two
backslashes:

  run(--expand-path=\\$#{varname})

My suggestion would be:

run(--expand-path='$#{varname}')

Taco
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Re: [NTG-context] problem in kpse.rb

2006-09-17 Thread Johan Sandblom 
Yes, that works.

Johan

2006/9/17, Taco Hoekwater [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
 Johan Sandblom wrote:
 I also ran into this (a few weeks ago on the list) and the patch I
 sent Hans after testing it on my Ubuntu Linux laptop was to use two
 backslashes:
 
   run(--expand-path=\\$#{varname})

 My suggestion would be:

 run(--expand-path='$#{varname}')

 Taco



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Re: [NTG-context] problem in kpse.rb

2006-09-17 Thread Hans Hagen 
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
 Johan Sandblom wrote:
   
 I also ran into this (a few weeks ago on the list) and the patch I
 sent Hans after testing it on my Ubuntu Linux laptop was to use two
 backslashes:

  run(--expand-path=\\$#{varname})
   

 My suggestion would be:

 run(--expand-path='$#{varname}')
   
ok

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[NTG-context] problem in kpse.rb

2006-09-16 Thread Johan Sandblom 
Attempting to find out why this happened on linux

~$ texmfstart ctxtools --updatecontext
CtxTools | updating
CtxTools | unable to change to

I found that line 114 of kpse.rb can be changed from

path = run(--expand-path=\\\$#{varname}) rescue ''

to

path = run(--expand-path=\$#{varname}) rescue ''

which allows it to work, that is, the line should be the same under
windows and linux.

~$ ruby --version
ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i486-linux]

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Re: [NTG-context] problem in kpse.rb

2006-09-16 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan 
 path = run(--expand-path=\\\$#{varname}) rescue ''
 
 to
 
 path = run(--expand-path=\$#{varname}) rescue ''

I also ran into this (a few weeks ago on the list) and the patch I
sent Hans after testing it on my Ubuntu Linux laptop was to use two
backslashes:

  run(--expand-path=\\$#{varname})

so that Unix sees the command as, for example,

  kpsewhich --expand-path=\$TEXMFLOCAL

which prevents the shell from expanding TEXMFLOCAL as a shell or
environment variable, leaving it for kpse to find it in texmf.cnf.
Interesting that \$ also works.  I guess the \ gets passed unchanged,
so the $ still gets procted from the shell.

By the way, the rescue '' doesn't do anything, since a failed run of
kpsewhich doesn't throw an exception.  I think I have a patch for
that.

Hans, should I resend those patches?

-Sanjoy

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 --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.
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