From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/20769 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steve Peter Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: How do Windows users call texexec etc. Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 17:02:29 -0400 Message-ID: <907E1227-275A-4971-8F60-400AA29ABD34@dandy.net> References: <200506091527.58426.john@wexfordpress.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v730) Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0031041959==" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1118350864 6947 80.91.229.2 (9 Jun 2005 21:01:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 21:01:04 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Jun 09 23:00:55 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DgU6d-0002hT-6E for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:58:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 406F7127FA; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 23:02:41 +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 03118-06; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 23:02:36 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2404127E0; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 23:02:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88DEE127E0 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 23:02:33 +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 03077-09 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 23:02:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from vms044pub.verizon.net (vms044pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.44]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9215A127D6 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 23:02:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [192.168.1.101] ([70.21.157.247]) by vms044.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0IHU0039H544ZIV9@vms044.mailsrvcs.net> for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Thu, 09 Jun 2005 16:02:29 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: <200506091527.58426.john@wexfordpress.com> Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on smtp.ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:20769 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:20769 --===============0031041959== Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1-457312063 --Apple-Mail-1-457312063 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Jun 9, 2005, at 11:27 AM, John R. Culleton wrote: > Specifically I am writing a guide for typesetting beginners. What > should I tell them is a good way to execute e.g., texexec from a > Windows environment? Many of them are afraid of the command > line. My instinct is to describe a Vim command such as > :!texexec % > or just give them a script to do that, but there may be a better > alternative. Thoughts? You can also have them set up one of the IDEs, like TeXnicCenter, to do that. See my column for the PracTeX Journal at http://www.tug.org/ pracjourn/2005-2/peter/ for more info. Steve --Apple-Mail-1-457312063 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
On Jun 9, 2005, at = 11:27 AM, John R. Culleton wrote:

Specifically I am writing a guide for typesetting = beginners. What
should I tell them is a good way = to execute e.g., texexec from a
Windows = environment? Many of them are afraid of the command
line. My instinct is to describe a Vim command such = as=A0
:!texexec %
or just give = them a script to do that, but there may be a better
alternative. = Thoughts?

You can also have them set up = one of the IDEs, like TeXnicCenter, to do that. See my column for the = PracTeX Journal at=A0http://www.tug.org/pra= cjourn/2005-2/peter/ for more info.

Steve
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