From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/4488 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Tip for texexec Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 14:11:15 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20010330141115.01985100@server-1> References: <735442662.20010330000523@bigfoot.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035395153 26197 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:45:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:45:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: Giuseppe Bilotta In-Reply-To: <735442662.20010330000523@bigfoot.com> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:4488 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:4488 At 12:05 AM 3/30/01 +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: >Hello, > >I have a small suggestion for a better texexec, regarding the >--result. > >First of all, MiKTeX has an option to change jobname at invocation >time: > >tex dog.tex --job-name=cat > >Thus, it would be nice if texexec took advantage of this feature while >executing the --result option under MiKTeX. i'll give it a thought, because then i have to test there for miktex; there is --passon="--job-name=cat" >More in general, I find the way texexec acts now (producing the >correctly named pdf/dvi and then renaming it) is not the best: a >better way, IMHO, would be to rename the source file, process it, and >then take it back to the original name (or: copying it, processing it, >deleting it). Hm. The reason for the current approach is that it leaves the original untouched. I can then better make something --jobname that copies and runs th ealternative. >Why I came to such a conclusion? I'm writing three linked documents, >which I want to produce in both electronic and printable form, with >different settings in the two environments. This is no problem, using >the mode commands. Yet it causes problems because: hm, are you sure that this is due to the --result? I assume you couple all right? [see pdftex-t.tex for an example] >1) I cannot couple the printed and electronic form (even if I have >commands like \coupledocument[get-e][gettex-e][][Procurarsi il TeX] at >the top of my document); see remark >2) If I compile the documents in one form, I have to remove the >temporary files before being able to compile the docs in the other >form; texutil --purge will be your friend. Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------