From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/2316 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: A proposal for texexec Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:03:56 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000618230356.0085b6f0@pop.wxs.nl> References: <87bt0z0z2p.fsf@localhost.localnet> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035393105 7823 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:11:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:11:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: Slawek Zak In-Reply-To: <87bt0z0z2p.fsf@localhost.localnet> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:2316 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:2316 At 05:49 PM 6/18/00 +0200, Slawek Zak wrote: >I think that it would be very useful if the file produced by TeX >invoked from texexec was placed under other name than the final >(.ps/.pdf) file and renamed when the compilation is over (=atomic >update). > >It is difficult to work with pdf/ps viewers "watching" modification >time of the resulting file as a sign for redisplay (say gv); as they >try to display the incomplete file and popup a window with error >messages. > >I think that it would be trivial to implement (there already is >--result option for texexec). I can make it an option, but first we need to solve a problem: it is (at least here) impossible to rename a file that gs has opened; somehow overwriting works, but renaming fails. Suggestions? Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.nl -------------------------------------------------------------------------