context --autopdf and --showdirectives

context --autopdf and --showdirectives

[Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context]

I’d like to configure the default behaviour of "context --autopdf"; 
since on my Mac I must always write "--autopdf=auto", otherwise context 
tries to call

wine "sumatrapdf.exe" -reuse-instance -bg-color 0xCCCCCC

instead of e.g. "open".

There’s a hint about "directives_pdfview_method", so I wanted to find 
out more about directives:
"context --showdirectives" looks promising;
it tells me "result saved in file: 
.../texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/mtx-context-setters.pdf", but 
that file isn’t there; it is actually in the current directory, but broken.

* How can I configure the command for --autopdf ? (Something in 
texmfcnf.lua?)

* Can we add additional options ("pdfview methods: auto default okular 
pdfxcview sumatra"), e.g. open (should be default on Mac), xdg-open 
(could be default on Linux)...

* What’s wrong with --showdirectives?

Hraban
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Re: context --autopdf and --showdirectives

[Hans Hagen via ntg-context]

On 10/31/2022 11:01 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote:
> I’d like to configure the default behaviour of "context --autopdf"; 
> since on my Mac I must always write "--autopdf=auto", otherwise context 
> tries to call
> 
> wine "sumatrapdf.exe" -reuse-instance -bg-color 0xCCCCCC
> 
> instead of e.g. "open".
> 
> There’s a hint about "directives_pdfview_method", so I wanted to find 
> out more about directives:
> "context --showdirectives" looks promising;
> it tells me "result saved in file: 
> .../texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/mtx-context-setters.pdf", but 
> that file isn’t there; it is actually in the current directory, but broken.

it's more a side effect, we need to run context to get them

  > * How can I configure the command for --autopdf ? (Something in
> texmfcnf.lua?)
> 
> * Can we add additional options ("pdfview methods: auto default okular 
> pdfxcview sumatra"), e.g. open (should be default on Mac), xdg-open 
> (could be default on Linux)...

you can try to set it in the cnf:

          -- ["pdfview.method"]           = "sumatra",

> * What’s wrong with --showdirectives?

i'll fix the show variant, just use --directives

Hans

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Re: context --autopdf and --showdirectives

[Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context]

Am 01.11.22 um 23:22 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:
>   > * How can I configure the command for --autopdf ? (Something in
>> texmfcnf.lua?)

> you can try to set it in the cnf:
>           -- ["pdfview.method"]           = "sumatra",

Oops, I didn’t see that line.
But I can’t set it to "open" or any other custom command; "auto" works.

>> * What’s wrong with --showdirectives?
> 
> i'll fix the show variant, just use --directives

Ok

Hraban
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