Re: Modes for configuration

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Alan Bowen wrote:

> Following the example in the ConTeXt Wiki (http:// 
> wiki.contextgarden.net/Modes) I have defined an environment file that  
> specifies two modes (screen, print) for the production of the same  
> source file. This works well when the appropriate texexec commands  
> are given at the command line.
>
> The problem is that I am trying to set  this production up for users  
> who are happier with a GUI. Is there a way to do generate diverse  
> outputs from the same source file without resorting to the command  
> line? I have experimented with TeXShop�the users tend to works on Macs 
> �but without success thus far.

(1) at the top of the file you can say:

% modes=...

i can think of a 'plugin' in texexec that pops up a menu asking what 
mode to use (maybe you should put it put it on the wish list in the 
context portal -)

Hans


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