* Define tex macro on the context command line
@ 2009-11-11 15:32 John Devereux
2009-11-12 7:52 ` Aditya Mahajan
2009-11-12 8:19 ` Peter Münster
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From: John Devereux @ 2009-11-11 15:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
Hi,
Is it possible to define a tex macro on the context command line (MkII)?
For example:
texexec manual.tex --define Title "X99 Operators Manual"
so that
\Title
would expand to the appropriate text?
(I know about modes I think)
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* Re: Define tex macro on the context command line
2009-11-11 15:32 Define tex macro on the context command line John Devereux
@ 2009-11-12 7:52 ` Aditya Mahajan
2009-11-12 9:19 ` Hans Hagen
2009-11-12 8:19 ` Peter Münster
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From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2009-11-12 7:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, John Devereux wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to define a tex macro on the context command line (MkII)?
>
> For example:
>
> texexec manual.tex --define Title "X99 Operators Manual"
>
> so that
>
> \Title
>
> would expand to the appropriate text?
You can do that with pdftex command,
pdftex -progname=context -fmt=cont-en -translate-file=natural.tcx
--output-format=pdf --8bit --jobname=filename
"\\def\\Title{whatever} \\input filename"
but you loose all the goodies of texexec (multiple runs, running bibtex,
sorting index, etc.)
Alternatively, it is possible to read from console during a tex run
\starttext
\immediate\write16{What is the title?}
\read16 to \Title
Title is \Title
\stoptext
Aditya
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* Re: Define tex macro on the context command line
2009-11-12 7:52 ` Aditya Mahajan
@ 2009-11-12 9:19 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2009-11-12 9:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, John Devereux wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it possible to define a tex macro on the context command line (MkII)?
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> texexec manual.tex --define Title "X99 Operators Manual"
>>
>> so that
>>
>> \Title
>>
>> would expand to the appropriate text?
>
> You can do that with pdftex command,
>
> pdftex -progname=context -fmt=cont-en -translate-file=natural.tcx
> --output-format=pdf --8bit --jobname=filename
> "\\def\\Title{whatever} \\input filename"
>
> but you loose all the goodies of texexec (multiple runs, running bibtex,
> sorting index, etc.)
>
> Alternatively, it is possible to read from console during a tex run
>
> \starttext
> \immediate\write16{What is the title?}
> \read16 to \Title
> Title is \Title
> \stoptext
\starttext
test: \env{whatever}
\stoptext
context --arguments="whatever=Test" ...
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* Re: Define tex macro on the context command line
2009-11-11 15:32 Define tex macro on the context command line John Devereux
2009-11-12 7:52 ` Aditya Mahajan
@ 2009-11-12 8:19 ` Peter Münster
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From: Peter Münster @ 2009-11-12 8:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Wed, Nov 11 2009, John Devereux wrote:
>
> Is it possible to define a tex macro on the context command line (MkII)?
Hello,
I don't know, if there is something similar in MKII, but with MKIV, the
following works very nicely:
file.tex:
\starttext
Value of Title: “\getvariable{environment}{Title}”
\stoptext
Command line:
context "--arguments=Title=X99 Operators Manual" file
Cheers, Peter
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