From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/31064 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sanjoy Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: texexec command line switches missing in ruby version Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:23:52 +0100 Message-ID: References: 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 1159363498 4346 80.91.229.2 (27 Sep 2006 13:24:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:24:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Sep 27 15:24:55 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 1GSZOV-0000U1-OI for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:24:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 472FB1FF59; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:24:10 +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 03453-08; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:24:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DA9A1FE44; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:24:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C9B71FE44 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:23:59 +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 03662-02 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:23:55 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk (mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk [131.111.48.8]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 407F41FE15 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:23:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from skye.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.48.158] ident=mail) by mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GSZOC-0002RO-LS; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:23:52 +0100 Original-Received: from sanjoy by skye.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1GSZOC-0001sh-00; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:23:52 +0100 Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:22:26 +0200." 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:31064 Archived-At: > > $ cat /home/sanjoy/bin/texmfstart > > #!/bin/bash > > ruby `kpsewhich --format=texmfscripts texmfstart.rb` "$@" > > > > $ cat /home/sanjoy/bin/texexec > > #!/bin/sh > > texmfstart texexec.rb "$@" > > > > Thanks, I'm using them too, but I remember there was some confusion > about "$@" versus $@ in this command. "$@" is correct. $@ passes on arguments one word at a time whereas "$@" will wrap each argument in quotes. I know that's a cloudy explanation, so here's an example of the difference. If you have a filename with spaces (gah!) like "abc def.tex", then texexec "abc def.tex" will execute (with "$@") texmfstart texexec.rb "abc def.tex" # good whereas using $@ it would execute texmfstart texexec.rb abc def.tex # not good! -Sanjoy `Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.' --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.