* Announcing a new script: TeXVersion
@ 2004-08-25 7:28 Taco Hoekwater
2004-08-25 9:05 ` Maurice Diamantini
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From: Taco Hoekwater @ 2004-08-25 7:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi,
Sometimes I find it quite hard to discover what version of TeX + ConTeXt
I am actually running. As an aid in debugging problems, I have created a
Perl script that attempts to collect all relevant version information and prints
it to the screen in an organized manner.
Running it will generate output like this:
TeXVersion 0.1 / Taco Hoekwater 2004
texexec : TeXExec 4.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004
texutil : TeXUtil 7.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2002
tex : pdfeTeX, 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5)
context : ver: 2004.8.15
cont-en : ver: 2003.1.31 fmt: 2004.6.19 mes: english
If you are interested, you can download the script from
http://tex.aanhet.net/context/scripts/
This functionality will eventually become part of texexec.
--
groeten,
Taco
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* Re: Announcing a new script: TeXVersion
2004-08-25 7:28 Announcing a new script: TeXVersion Taco Hoekwater
@ 2004-08-25 9:05 ` Maurice Diamantini
2004-08-25 10:03 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Maurice Diamantini @ 2004-08-25 9:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: Diamantini Maurice
Le 25 août 04, à 09:28, Taco Hoekwater a écrit :
> Running it will generate output like this:
>
>
> TeXVersion 0.1 / Taco Hoekwater 2004
>
> texexec : TeXExec 4.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004
> texutil : TeXUtil 7.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2002
> tex : pdfeTeX, 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5)
> context : ver: 2004.8.15
> cont-en : ver: 2003.1.31 fmt: 2004.6.19 mes: english
> ...
> This functionality will eventually become part of texexec.
>
Great script! thanks you Taco,
Just a suggestion:
options for:
- putting the full path of the executables,
- some other informations for finding frequently source of problems
(metapost not operationnal...)
Thanks again,
-- Maurice Diamantini
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* Re: Announcing a new script: TeXVersion
2004-08-25 9:05 ` Maurice Diamantini
@ 2004-08-25 10:03 ` Hans Hagen
2004-08-25 11:00 ` new ConTeXt versions Thomas A.Schmitz
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2004-08-25 10:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Maurice Diamantini wrote:
>
> Le 25 août 04, à 09:28, Taco Hoekwater a écrit :
>
>> Running it will generate output like this:
>>
>>
>> TeXVersion 0.1 / Taco Hoekwater 2004
>>
>> texexec : TeXExec 4.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004
>> texutil : TeXUtil 7.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2002
>> tex : pdfeTeX, 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5)
>> context : ver: 2004.8.15
>> cont-en : ver: 2003.1.31 fmt: 2004.6.19 mes: english
>> ...
>> This functionality will eventually become part of texexec.
>>
>
> Great script! thanks you Taco,
>
> Just a suggestion:
> options for:
> - putting the full path of the executables,
> - some other informations for finding frequently source of problems
> (metapost not operationnal...)
you can use textools for that:
textools --find pdfetex.exe
textools --find texnansi.enc
etc
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* new ConTeXt versions
2004-08-25 10:03 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2004-08-25 11:00 ` Thomas A.Schmitz
2004-08-25 11:16 ` Eckhart Guthöhrlein
2004-08-25 11:25 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Thomas A.Schmitz @ 2004-08-25 11:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
I just used Taco's new script (which I find wonderful, thanks so
much!), and this made me realize a problem: the latest version of
ConTeXt should have updated texexec to version 4.4 -- and it did, sort
of. When I checked, it still said "texexec : TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt /
PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004." I then realized that the new versions of the
scripts sit in texmf/scripts/context, while the old versions (that are
still being called by the binary texexec) reside in
texmf/context/perltk. For the time being, I just copied them over (one
could also put softlinks in there, I suppose), but I wonder if this
behavior can be modified -- I coulnd't find anything in texexec.rme. My
system is tetex on Mac OS X. Anyone else have the same problems?
Best
Thomas
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* Re: new ConTeXt versions
2004-08-25 11:00 ` new ConTeXt versions Thomas A.Schmitz
@ 2004-08-25 11:16 ` Eckhart Guthöhrlein
2004-08-25 11:25 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Eckhart Guthöhrlein @ 2004-08-25 11:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 01:00:03PM +0200, Thomas A.Schmitz wrote:
> I just used Taco's new script (which I find wonderful, thanks so
> much!), and this made me realize a problem: the latest version of
> ConTeXt should have updated texexec to version 4.4 -- and it did, sort
> of. When I checked, it still said "texexec : TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt /
> PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004." I then realized that the new versions of the
> scripts sit in texmf/scripts/context, while the old versions (that are
> still being called by the binary texexec) reside in
> texmf/context/perltk. For the time being, I just copied them over (one
> could also put softlinks in there, I suppose), but I wonder if this
> behavior can be modified -- I coulnd't find anything in texexec.rme. My
> system is tetex on Mac OS X. Anyone else have the same problems?
Here is what I do to be sure that always my own (up-to-date) context is
being used instead of any (almost certainly older) one from a tex
distribution, on all machines I have to use.
- I have context in my private texmf tree in $HOME. By default, this
should be the first texmf being searched.
- I have links to texmf/scripts/context/xxx.pl etc in $HOME/bin (without
suffix pl). $HOME/bin comes first in the search path for executables.
To be sure to notice changes like the new location of the scripts, I
usually remove an existing context before installing a newer one.
Regards,
Eckhart
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* Re: new ConTeXt versions
2004-08-25 11:00 ` new ConTeXt versions Thomas A.Schmitz
2004-08-25 11:16 ` Eckhart Guthöhrlein
@ 2004-08-25 11:25 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2004-08-25 11:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
Thomas A.Schmitz wrote:
> I just used Taco's new script (which I find wonderful, thanks so
> much!), and this made me realize a problem: the latest version of
> ConTeXt should have updated texexec to version 4.4 -- and it did, sort
> of. When I checked, it still said "texexec : TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt /
> PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004." I then realized that the new versions of the
> scripts sit in texmf/scripts/context, while the old versions (that are
> still being called by the binary texexec) reside in
> texmf/context/perltk. For the time being, I just copied them over (one
> could also put softlinks in there, I suppose), but I wonder if this
> behavior can be modified -- I coulnd't find anything in texexec.rme.
> My system is tetex on Mac OS X. Anyone else have the same problems?
Welcome to the changes in tds and distributions. When you also update the binaries, you can use:
textools --fixtexmftrees
The scripts are loaded by so called stubs. If you want to play safe, use texmfstart instead:
texmfstart texexec.pl .....
The indirect way permits me to adapt things to changes in the tree (unfortunately those changes are not always downward compatible, but in texmfstart i can at least try to hide this)
(see texmfstart manual for more features)
Hans
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