mtx-texworks.lua can't find TeXworks on linux

mtx-texworks.lua can't find TeXworks on linux

[Khaled Hosny]

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Running it gives:

$ mtxrun -script texworks -start
MTXrun | unable to locate TeXworks

Though I've texworks on my path:

$ which texworks 
/usr/bin/texworks

I found that the file.split_path(os.getenv("PATH")) call returns a table
with single member containing the full PATH variable (it assumes it is a
semicolon separated list, but on linux it is a colon separated list). 

Even after getting around this, the executable name it is looking for is
'TeXworks' while it should be 'texworks'.

Regards,
 Khaled


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Re: mtx-texworks.lua can't find TeXworks on linux

[Hans Hagen]

Khaled Hosny wrote:
> Running it gives:
> 
> $ mtxrun -script texworks -start
> MTXrun | unable to locate TeXworks
> 
> Though I've texworks on my path:
> 
> $ which texworks 
> /usr/bin/texworks
> 
> I found that the file.split_path(os.getenv("PATH")) call returns a table
> with single member containing the full PATH variable (it assumes it is a
> semicolon separated list, but on linux it is a colon separated list). 

hm, that should be detected automatically; i'll check it

> Even after getting around this, the executable name it is looking for is
> 'TeXworks' while it should be 'texworks'.

oh, so they changed it? good, as this mixed uppercase lowercase is annoying

Hans

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Re: mtx-texworks.lua can't find TeXworks on linux

[Hans Hagen]

Hans Hagen wrote:
> Khaled Hosny wrote:
>> Running it gives:
>>
>> $ mtxrun -script texworks -start
>> MTXrun | unable to locate TeXworks
>>
>> Though I've texworks on my path:
>>
>> $ which texworks /usr/bin/texworks
>>
>> I found that the file.split_path(os.getenv("PATH")) call returns a table
>> with single member containing the full PATH variable (it assumes it is a
>> semicolon separated list, but on linux it is a colon separated list). 

here the splitter works , can you send me the path string?


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Re: mtx-texworks.lua can't find TeXworks on linux

[Khaled Hosny]

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On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 06:40:07PM +0100, Hans Hagen wrote:
> Hans Hagen wrote:
>> Khaled Hosny wrote:
>>> Running it gives:
>>>
>>> $ mtxrun -script texworks -start
>>> MTXrun | unable to locate TeXworks
>>>
>>> Though I've texworks on my path:
>>>
>>> $ which texworks /usr/bin/texworks
>>>
>>> I found that the file.split_path(os.getenv("PATH")) call returns a table
>>> with single member containing the full PATH variable (it assumes it is a
>>> semicolon separated list, but on linux it is a colon separated list). 
>>> 
>
> here the splitter works , can you send me the path string?

$ echo $PATH
/opt/texlive/2009/bin/i386-linux:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/home/khaled/bin:/home/khaled/.local/bin


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Re: mtx-texworks.lua can't find TeXworks on linux

[Hans Hagen]

Khaled Hosny wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 06:40:07PM +0100, Hans Hagen wrote:
>> Hans Hagen wrote:
>>> Khaled Hosny wrote:
>>>> Running it gives:
>>>>
>>>> $ mtxrun -script texworks -start
>>>> MTXrun | unable to locate TeXworks
>>>>
>>>> Though I've texworks on my path:
>>>>
>>>> $ which texworks /usr/bin/texworks
>>>>
>>>> I found that the file.split_path(os.getenv("PATH")) call returns a table
>>>> with single member containing the full PATH variable (it assumes it is a
>>>> semicolon separated list, but on linux it is a colon separated list). 
>>>>
>> here the splitter works , can you send me the path string?
> 
> $ echo $PATH
> /opt/texlive/2009/bin/i386-linux:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/home/khaled/bin:/home/khaled/.local/bin

ok, i see the problem (it's not just splitting at : or ; as in tex 
config files specs can bw much more complex); will be solved in next beta


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Re: mtx-texworks.lua can't find TeXworks on linux

[Khaled Hosny]

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On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 09:58:32PM +0100, Hans Hagen wrote:
> ok, i see the problem (it's not just splitting at : or ; as in tex  
> config files specs can bw much more complex); will be solved in next beta

The application launches now, but it is of no much use on linux since
all typesetting commands are windows specific (mtxrun.cmd, cmd.exe etc.)

Regards,
 Khaled


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Re: mtx-texworks.lua can't find TeXworks on linux

[Taco Hoekwater]

Khaled Hosny wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 09:58:32PM +0100, Hans Hagen wrote:
>> ok, i see the problem (it's not just splitting at : or ; as in tex  
>> config files specs can bw much more complex); will be solved in next beta
> 
> The application launches now, but it is of no much use on linux since
> all typesetting commands are windows specific (mtxrun.cmd, cmd.exe etc.)

Oh, I knew that, I have a local patch even (from when it was still
TeXworks). I'll send my patch to Hans.

Best wishes,
Taco
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