From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/4806 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Berend de Boer Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: make files Date: 08 Jun 2001 19:25:05 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <87bsnyubny.fsf@dellius.nederware.nl> References: <3.0.6.32.20010608103147.00a3a3d0@server-1> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035395445 28902 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:50:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:50:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: Hans Hagen In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20010608103147.00a3a3d0@server-1> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:4806 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:4806 Hans Hagen writes: > Say that i want to process a couple of files, how does a make file look? > With: > > tex : blabla.tex > texexec --pdf blabla > > > and > > make tex > > i get 'no rule to make target' so i miss a point there, 1. tabs are necessary for commands for at least GNU make. 2. spaces before/after colon are not really necessary. 3. This example defines a .tex rule: ----------- .SUFFIXES: .SUFFIXES: .pdf .tex all: blabla.tex .tex.pdf: texexec --pdf $< ---------- You need GNU make for this. For Windows download Cygwin. You have to anyway if you do more stuff with makefiles. Complete GNU make manual: http://www.gnu.org/manual/make/index.html Groetjes, Berend. (-: