texshow

texshow

[Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini]

Hallo,

I can't find a file 'texshow.pl' anymore at my context tree.
Is the file excluded in actual minimals?

Wolfgang
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Re: texshow

[Hans Hagen]

Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote:
> Hallo,
> 
> I can't find a file 'texshow.pl' anymore at my context tree.
> Is the file excluded in actual minimals?

mtxrun --script server --auto



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Re: texshow

[Hans Hagen]

luigi scarso wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Wolfgang Schuster
> <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Am 03.12.2009 um 23:02 schrieb Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini:
>>
>>>>> I can't find a file 'texshow.pl' anymore at my context tree.
>>>>> Is the file excluded in actual minimals?
>>>> mtxrun --script server --auto
>>> I tried to use this command under windows 2000 scite (console).
>>> The process does not do anything obvious. I have killed it after some
>>> time.
>> There should be a line like
>>
>> MTXrun | context services: http://localhost:31415/mtx-server-ctx-startup.lua
> I see the server up, but fonttest does an empty list even after extra
> --> rebuild database

ah, yes, i need to adapt it to the font database structure .. so keep 
reminding me

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Re: texshow

[luigi scarso]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Wolfgang Schuster
<schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Am 03.12.2009 um 23:02 schrieb Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini:
>
>>>> I can't find a file 'texshow.pl' anymore at my context tree.
>>>> Is the file excluded in actual minimals?
>>>
>>> mtxrun --script server --auto
>>
>> I tried to use this command under windows 2000 scite (console).
>> The process does not do anything obvious. I have killed it after some
>> time.
>
> There should be a line like
>
> MTXrun | context services: http://localhost:31415/mtx-server-ctx-startup.lua
I see the server up, but fonttest does an empty list even after extra
--> rebuild database
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Re: texshow

[Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini]

On 4 Dec 2009 at 16:59, ntg-context-request@ntg.nl wrote:

Von:            	ntg-context-request@ntg.nl
Betreff:        	ntg-context Digest, Vol 66, Issue 21
An:             	ntg-context@ntg.nl
Antwort an:     	ntg-context@ntg.nl
Datum:   	Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:59:48 +0100

> > Can I  P L E A S E  have my good old texshow.pl back?
> 
> Not texshow but at least a overview over all documented commands:
> http://pragma-ade.com/download-5.htm

Is it possible to include a second XML-File (for the missing 
commands) in the process which generates 'setup-en.pdf'? I don't like 
to mix this.

With texshow there was an option to include an other second XML-File 
with examples. Is this possible too?


Gruß, Wolfgang
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Re: texshow

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Am 04.12.2009 um 16:57 schrieb Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini:

> Can I  P L E A S E  have my good old texshow.pl back?

Not texshow but at least a overview over all documented commands:
http://pragma-ade.com/download-5.htm

Wolfgang

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Re: texshow

[Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini]

On 4 Dec 2009 at 12:00, ntg-context-request@ntg.nl wrote:

Von:            	ntg-context-request@ntg.nl
Betreff:        	ntg-context Digest, Vol 66, Issue 19
An:             	ntg-context@ntg.nl
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Datum:   	Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:00:03 +0100

> >>> I can't find a file 'texshow.pl' anymore at my context tree.
> >>> Is the file excluded in actual minimals?
> >> 
> >> mtxrun --script server --auto
> > 
> > I tried to use this command under windows 2000 scite (console).
> > The process does not do anything obvious. I have killed it after
> some 
> > time.
> 
> There should be a line like
> 
> MTXrun | context services:
> http://localhost:31415/mtx-server-ctx-startup.lua

There is no output at all.

> in the terminal, you can copy the link and use it in your browser to
> run texshow.

This works. 
But this is blocking the scite-console, which I need for a couple of 
other things.

Can I  P L E A S E  have my good old texshow.pl back?

Wolfgang
> 

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Re: texshow

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Am 03.12.2009 um 23:02 schrieb Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini:

>>> I can't find a file 'texshow.pl' anymore at my context tree.
>>> Is the file excluded in actual minimals?
>> 
>> mtxrun --script server --auto
> 
> I tried to use this command under windows 2000 scite (console).
> The process does not do anything obvious. I have killed it after some 
> time.

There should be a line like

MTXrun | context services: http://localhost:31415/mtx-server-ctx-startup.lua

in the terminal, you can copy the link and use it in your browser to run texshow.

Wolfgang

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Re: texshow

[Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini]

On 3 Dec 2009 at 18:50, ntg-context-request@ntg.nl wrote:

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Datum:   	Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:50:04 +0100

> > I can't find a file 'texshow.pl' anymore at my context tree.
> > Is the file excluded in actual minimals?
> 
> mtxrun --script server --auto

I tried to use this command under windows 2000 scite (console).
The process does not do anything obvious. I have killed it after some 
time.

Can I download 'texshow.pl' somewhere?

Gruß, Wolfgang
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Re: texshow

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am Samstag, 04.10.03, um 09:42 Uhr (Europe/Zurich) schrieb Steffen 
Wolfrum:

>> BTW: On MacOS X one can use texshow only with X11 (there's no Perl/Tk
>> for Aqua).
>> Is there a way to increase font size? It's unreadable small (only on
>> X11/OSX, Win and Lin are ok).
>> I guess there's some standard X11 parameter?
>
>
> OK, use only with X11.
>
> So I started X11 and entered texshow in xterm:
> Can't locate Tk.pm in @INC (@INC contains: 
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/perltk/ 
> /System/Library/Perl/Does anybody has an advice on how to use actually 
> texshow?

Do you have developer tools installed? You need make, gcc etc. for 
compiling the module(s).

perl -MCPAN -eshell

((
Enters Perl CPAN shell mode.
I think you must answer some installation questions of Perl Module CPAN.
And probably you must install LWP (LibWWWPerl) before Tk...
If it doesn't work try "force install" instead of "install"
))

install Bundle::LWP
install Tk
quit


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Re: TeXshow

[Hans Hagen]

At 09:29 AM 2/8/01 -0500, Ed L Cashin wrote:
>Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> writes:
>
>> At 09:01 AM 2/8/01 +0100, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
>> >TeXshow also has a number of speed issues ;)
>> 
>> I know -) and have the list of patches. [maybe i should start using texshow
>> myself; actually, texshow was written to be part of texwork, which i will
>> finish some day soon too] 
>
>I'm curious: what do you mean by the list of patches?  

taco an tobias send me some mails about texshow with suggestions (which are
still sitting somewhere in the 300 todo mailbox). 

Hans
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Re: TeXshow

[Ed L Cashin]

Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> writes:

> At 09:01 AM 2/8/01 +0100, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> >TeXshow also has a number of speed issues ;)
> 
> I know -) and have the list of patches. [maybe i should start using texshow
> myself; actually, texshow was written to be part of texwork, which i will
> finish some day soon too] 

I'm curious: what do you mean by the list of patches?  

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Re: TeXshow

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

> >
> >I think Hans has a perl script that creates the tws files from the
> >same setup files that define the commands in the manual (setupb & 
> >mult-con/mult-com).
> 
> No. Just the undocumented crap file setup.d.tex (attached). Run it with 
> 
>   texexec --interface=.. setupd 
> 

Done. Works.

Well, except that whatever interface I choose I always get
cont-en.tws (even if the contents are the correct ones; I just need
to rename it to cont-[interface].tws).

Btw, playing with TeXShow I found a bug related to commands having
the same names in all languages: the first language with that command
is selected! An example:

\mar is \mar in de, nl, en, it but \okr in cz

If I'm browsing the italian interface and select \mar I get the
correct description; but if I then want to change interface
(e.g. to know how "\mar" is called in english) I end up
in the german interface, which I don't want.

Also, if I run "texshow mar it" I end up in cont-de again
(I assume that the same routine is causing the error)

And one more: I created cont-it.tws, it works fine, but it still says
"command", "dimension" etc instead of the italian forms; which file should
I localize? [and btw, Hans, did you receive my mail with the localizations
bug fixes for italian?]

Giuseppe Bilotta

Using Microsoft products is like 
having sex without condoms---but
much less pleasurable

Re: TeXshow

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

> I will pick up the interface documentation thread as soon as i have xml
> support stable, which is needed to process the multilingual mixed interface
> documentaion. 

By the way, what about ConTeXt-documentation? Dead? Or simply
no more news on that front, still?

Giuseppe Bilotta

Using Microsoft products is like 
having sex without condoms---but
much less pleasurable

Re: TeXshow

[Hans Hagen]

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At 09:01 AM 2/8/01 +0100, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
>Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
>> 
>> Well, I find TeXShow a good source of information for quick references;
>> I'd like to point a couple of facts, though:
>> 
>> 1) the tws files seem a little outdated to me; maybe they need to be
>> regenerated ... and generally speaking, how do you create the tws files
>> relative to formats not already provided? [esp. the experimental ones]
>
>I think Hans has a perl script that creates the tws files from the
>same setup files that define the commands in the manual (setupb & 
>mult-con/mult-com).

No. Just the undocumented crap file setup.d.tex (attached). Run it with 

  texexec --interface=.. setupd 

and you will get the file. When i have a 4.5 gig pentium 6 laptop, i will
start generating them automatically. 

>As a side note: I'd be very happy with a version that uses the
>internal macro names. ConTeXt internals are a mixture of dutch 

should be doable; i'll have a look at it when i start patching texshow (i
managed to get perl/tk working again so i will pick up that thread). 

>No. I'm not even sure Tk allows that kind of trickery.

i think that you're right; i also found out that there have been some
changes in font sizes, function key handling and alike, sigh. 

>> 3) the kind of information displayed by TeXShow is extremely compat---
>> I would dare to say too compact: in some cases it's difficult to say
>> which parameter does what---ok, TeXShow is intended for quick-reference,
>> so the user should already know what does what, but still ... I prefere
>> browsing the commands using it, rather than the interactive [or printable]
>> reference manual.
>
>Agree. Some sort of comment field within the \startsetup \stopsetup
>would be
>very helpful.
>
>TeXshow also has a number of speed issues ;)

I know -) and have the list of patches. [maybe i should start using texshow
myself; actually, texshow was written to be part of texwork, which i will
finish some day soon too] 

Hans

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Re: TeXshow

[Hans Hagen]

At 03:11 PM 2/7/01 +0100, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
>Well, I find TeXShow a good source of information for quick references;
>I'd like to point a couple of facts, though:
>
>1) the tws files seem a little outdated to me; maybe they need to be
>regenerated ... and generally speaking, how do you create the tws files
>relative to formats not already provided? [esp. the experimental ones]
>2) is there a way to call TeXShow from the command line in such a way
>that it reuses exisisting windows (if present)?
>3) the kind of information displayed by TeXShow is extremely compat---
>I would dare to say too compact: in some cases it's difficult to say
>which parameter does what---ok, TeXShow is intended for quick-reference,
>so the user should already know what does what, but still ... I prefere
>browsing the commands using it, rather than the interactive [or printable]
>reference manual.

I will pick up the interface documentation thread as soon as i have xml
support stable, which is needed to process the multilingual mixed interface
documentaion. 

Hans  
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Re: TeXshow

[Taco Hoekwater]

Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
> 
> Well, I find TeXShow a good source of information for quick references;
> I'd like to point a couple of facts, though:
> 
> 1) the tws files seem a little outdated to me; maybe they need to be
> regenerated ... and generally speaking, how do you create the tws files
> relative to formats not already provided? [esp. the experimental ones]

I think Hans has a perl script that creates the tws files from the
same setup files that define the commands in the manual (setupb & 
mult-con/mult-com).

As a side note: I'd be very happy with a version that uses the
internal macro names. ConTeXt internals are a mixture of dutch 
and english. While writing modules, I want the module to work in 
every language, so I quite often need the internal name of the command 
instead of the interface specific one. Example: \blank is internally 
defined as \blanko (dutch), but \setupbodyfont is defined as 
\setupbodyfont (english).

> 2) is there a way to call TeXShow from the command line in such a way
> that it reuses exisisting windows (if present)?

No. I'm not even sure Tk allows that kind of trickery.

> 3) the kind of information displayed by TeXShow is extremely compat---
> I would dare to say too compact: in some cases it's difficult to say
> which parameter does what---ok, TeXShow is intended for quick-reference,
> so the user should already know what does what, but still ... I prefere
> browsing the commands using it, rather than the interactive [or printable]
> reference manual.

Agree. Some sort of comment field within the \startsetup \stopsetup
would be
very helpful.

TeXshow also has a number of speed issues ;)

-- 
groeten,

Taco

TeXshow

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

Well, I find TeXShow a good source of information for quick references;
I'd like to point a couple of facts, though:

1) the tws files seem a little outdated to me; maybe they need to be
regenerated ... and generally speaking, how do you create the tws files
relative to formats not already provided? [esp. the experimental ones]
2) is there a way to call TeXShow from the command line in such a way
that it reuses exisisting windows (if present)?
3) the kind of information displayed by TeXShow is extremely compat---
I would dare to say too compact: in some cases it's difficult to say
which parameter does what---ok, TeXShow is intended for quick-reference,
so the user should already know what does what, but still ... I prefere
browsing the commands using it, rather than the interactive [or printable]
reference manual.

Giuseppe Bilotta

[got rid of my signature because of possible
 misinterpretation of the mailing list]

texshow

[Hans Hagen]

Hi, 

I got some feature requests for texshow, but my current win98 activestate
perl installation segfaults on perltk, so i ask for a bit patience. 

Hans
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