From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/27711 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: texexec Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 20:37:25 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <445A7A23.5070302@wxs.nl> <445E38FA.3000003@wxs.nl> <445E6369.30007@wxs.nl> 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 1147048663 5245 80.91.229.2 (8 May 2006 00:37:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 00:37:43 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon May 08 02:37:41 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 1Fctkj-00042n-SM for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 May 2006 02:37:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F9EA127E2; Mon, 8 May 2006 02:37:33 +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 15865-01; Mon, 8 May 2006 02:37:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1653312798; Mon, 8 May 2006 02:37:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D5D612798 for ; Mon, 8 May 2006 02:37:28 +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 14326-06 for ; Mon, 8 May 2006 02:37:26 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.14.81]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 868D912775 for ; Mon, 8 May 2006 02:37:26 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: FROM aditya.annarb01.mi.comcast.net (c-68-40-50-205.hsd1.mi.comcast.net [68.40.50.205]) BY hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 445E92C4.B7FA7.32375 ; 7 May 2006 20:37:24 -0400 Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <445E6369.30007@wxs.nl> 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:27711 Archived-At: On Sun, 7 May 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: > Aditya Mahajan wrote: >> On Sun, 7 May 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: >> >> >>> Aditya Mahajan wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, 5 May 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'd like to make the ruby version of texexec the default. Are there any >>>>> strong objections to this? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Is ruby stable with respect to system calls? Is the behaviour >>>> consistent on Linux and Windows? Are there active Ruby users on the >>>> list who can comment on this? >>>> >>>> >>> we run newtexexec on windows and linux without problems (system calls in >>> perl are actually more problematic, or at least in th epast few years >>> differences between platforms have given me many headaches) >>> >>>> I have debugged my recent failure of metapost graphics to using >>>> one-click installer (RC2) for windows. From tex.rb >>>> >>>> report(command) if getvariable('verbose') >>>> ok = system(command) >>>> if ok && File.appended(mptex, "\\end\n") then >>>> >>>> >>>> This is failing on my system. Can others using windows test this. >>>> >>>> >>> you mean that ok is false? >>> >> >> Yes. For some reason, system(...) returns false whenever there is > in >> the command. Maybe, in the future, the functionality of mpto can be >> incorporated into (new)texexec. This is not needed right away, as I >> managed to get rid of the mess in my system by using cygwin binaries >> for ruby. >> > how about using the code: > > File.silentdelete(mptex) > command = "mpto #{mpname} > #{mptex}" > report(command) if getvariable('verbose') > ok = system(command) > # not "ok && ..." because of potential problem with > return code and redirect (>) > if FileTest.file?(mptex) && File.appended(mptex, > "\\end\n") then > > so, instead of testing for a return code we test for a file existence That will also not work as the system command fails. mptex file is never creaeted, so FileTest.file?(mptex) will also return false. >> I am still confused on why windows ruby have trouble with cgywin being >> present, but I will leave debugging that to future. Right now, >> newtexec is working correctly. >> > well, the problem is probably cygwin being present -) True. It is a ruby issue. I guess, if one has cygwin installed, then use ruby cygwin. There are some ruby gems that do not work with cygwin-ruby and need the windows-ruby. But, I can manage without them, but not without context :) Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008