From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/27243 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sanjoy Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: texexec is very coy Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 18:39:37 -0400 Message-ID: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145399997 2072 80.91.229.2 (18 Apr 2006 22:39:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:39:57 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Apr 19 00:39:55 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org 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 1FVyrS-0005qk-Ls for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:39:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E40B1279D; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:39:54 +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 27579-05; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:39:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59F0212798; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:39:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30C1012798 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:39:45 +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 27577-06 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:39:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net (elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net [209.86.89.70]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id C08F11276F for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:39:41 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [18.51.6.115] (helo=approximate.corpus.cam.ac.uk) by elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.34) id 1FVyrD-0007U7-NM; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 18:39:40 -0400 Original-Received: from sanjoy by approximate.corpus.cam.ac.uk with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FVyrB-0000CR-49; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 18:39:37 -0400 Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailer: MH-E 7.93; nmh 1.1; GNU Emacs 21.4.1 X-ELNK-Trace: dcd19350f30646cc26f3bd1b5f75c9f474bf435c0eb9d4789de090ecffd5a9755d7b837ed422cd2b477549726a883b85350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 18.51.6.115 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 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-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:27243 Archived-At: When texexec doesn't find a program or a file, it doesn't complain loudly. In this output from a recent run extra program : dvipos z total run time : 3 seconds texexec went looking for 'dvipos'. I didn't suspect any problem since I didn't know that it wasn't installed (and hadn't heard of it until a few hours ago). An error message like this would be useful:: extra program : dvipos z ERROR: Could not run 'dvipos' total run time : 3 seconds Perhaps at the end of the run repeat all those error msgs (otherwise they gets buried in all the output). A similar message would be useful when the tex file itself doesn't exist: $ texexec nosuchfile.tex TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex total run time : 1 seconds Eventually I learnt that a run time of 1 second meant I'd mistyped the file name, but a message would be useful (and more helpful than prompting for the correct filename: I like Unix programs to not ask questions). -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' - Bertrand de Jouvenal