From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/35880 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 18:09:20 +0200 Message-ID: <46BC8DB0.7000009@wxs.nl> References: <46BC35C6.8050806@wxs.nl> <46BC8871.5060907@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 1186762179 26867 80.91.229.12 (10 Aug 2007 16:09:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:09:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users To: Idris Samawi Hamid Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Aug 10 18:09:36 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 1IJX3O-0006Hx-Ln for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:09:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64F2D20348; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:09:34 +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 15606-02-8; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:09:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4FB21FF8B; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:09:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A08C91FCB0 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:09:26 +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 15606-02-7 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:09:25 +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 1F0DF1FF8B for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:09:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.100] (unverified [10.100.1.100]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.7b8) with ESMTP id 9227 for multiple; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:09:25 +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:35880 Archived-At: Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:46:57 -0600, Hans Hagen wrote: >>>> 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 > > =========== > mtxrun --launch cow.pdf > Error in lua file loading: C:\ConTeXt\tex\texmf-mswin\bin\mtxrun.lua:3055: > attempt to index local 'filename' (a nil value) > =========== yes, that was broken, will upload soon > Also, I don't see how this relates to the resizing issue. Is there an > option to mtxrun that, say, launches the pdf through the LNK shortcut > instead of the EXE.? I saw the following lines in conedt.ini: > > ============ > &Acrobat Reader > Acrobat Reader > %P > %$('AcroRead'); "%P\%N.pdf" > Acrobat Reader > %P\%N.pdf > ============ > > Is this where texmfstart gets its launch information for --autopdf etc? > Or am I supposed to leave these alone? dunno, i suppose that you can mtxrun bin:cow.lnk cow.pdf but i didn't test that (no links and need for links here) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________