From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/35878 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Batch Files and texmf Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:46:57 +0200 Message-ID: <46BC8871.5060907@wxs.nl> References: <46BC35C6.8050806@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1186760839 21885 80.91.229.12 (10 Aug 2007 15:47:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:47:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users To: Idris Samawi Hamid Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Aug 10 17:47:16 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IJWhm-0005MY-1S for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:47:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B88D52039D; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:47:12 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 13510-09-9; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:47:05 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D41A220394; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:47:05 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7630120395 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:47:04 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 13139-03-9 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:47:01 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74AF12038C for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:47:01 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.100] (unverified [10.100.1.100]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.7b8) with ESMTP id 9220 for multiple; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:47:01 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) In-Reply-To: X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-274017400 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:35878 Archived-At: Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:54:14 -0600, Hans Hagen wrote: > >>>> I want to create a batch file to open a program so that it will >>>> search the >>>> contents of C:\ConTeXt, which contains my entire system, including >>>> subdirectories. For example, if foo.tex is a file in C:\ConTeXt, and >>>> goo.exe is some program, then for >>>> >>>>> goo.bat foo.tex >>>> I want goo to seach C:\ConTeXt for foo.tex. Is there a >>>> straightforward way >>>> to edit the following to get this effect? >>>> >>>> ============================ >>>> rem batch file >>>> >>>> goo % >>>> ============================ >>>> >>>> Any pointers will be appreciated. >> >> well, if it's part of the tree ... > > > But what if it's not part of the tree? For example > >> Acrobat.lnk cow.pdf > > Now you will say, "Why not use texmfstart --file=showcase.pdf > --program=context" > > Answer: Because texmfstart always resizes the acrobat window, and I want > to keep the relative positions of my editor and viewer the same at all > times. (of course showcase.pdf is full screen-mode but the restore > position is still resized). This is also why I don't use the --autopdf > option. > > If one opens Acrobat with a link file this does not happen: the relative > position generally stays the same as when it was last closed. If I make > LNK executable in System Properties then I can use the following batch file > > Acrobat.lnk %* > > which will start its argument without resizing the window. So what I > need is a batch file such that, from a console, I can say > > Acrobat.bat cow.pdf > > and C:\context will be searched for the file. > > How can I do this? > > I hope this is clearer. I wrote the question more abstractly because > there could be many programs one may want to operate on the context tree. mtxrun --launch cow.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________