From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/31643 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: texmfstart not recognizing $page Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:53:33 -0500 (EST) 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 1162241880 15629 80.91.229.2 (30 Oct 2006 20:58:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:58:00 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Oct 30 21:57:56 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 1Gee8u-0000so-60 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:54:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3EF31FD6D; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:53:59 +0100 (CET) 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 16276-05-6; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:53:51 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BD3A1FB1D; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:53:51 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AD5E1FAEE for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:53:48 +0100 (CET) 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 16276-05-5 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:53:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.93.161]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 701F01FE0C for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:53:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: FROM aditya.engin.umich.edu (udhcp-wlan184.public.engin.umich.edu [141.213.120.194]) BY tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4546664D.34A5C.32623 ; 30 Oct 2006 15:53:34 -0500 Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users 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:31643 Archived-At: Hi Hans, In the latest beta texmfstart --page=1 --file=metafun-p.pdf does not work. This is the verbose output texmfstart version 2.0.0 locating 'metafun-p.pdf' in current path '.' locating 'metafun-p.pdf' in caller path 'f:/Research/Feedback/AC' kpse : direct (forced) using 'kpsewhich' to locate 'metafun-p' in suffix space 'pdf' (2) checking E:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-mswin\BIN for metafun-p checking E:\isoimage\usr\local\context\bin for metafun-p checking E:\Ruby\bin for metafun-p checking E:\Python24\ for metafun-p checking E:\Perl\bin for metafun-p checking E:\Program Files\R\R-2.3.1\bin for metafun-p checking E:\bin for metafun-p checking for metafun-p checking E:\Vim\vim70 for metafun-p aggressively locating 'metafun-p' in document trees locating 'metafun-p' in document tree 'e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/doc*' registering 'metafun-p' as 'e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf' registering 'THREAD' as 'e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals' starting metafun-p.pdf using 'system' call: e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf using 'system' call: pdfopen --page --file e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf using 'system' call: acroread e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf Even the simple texmfstart metafun-p.pdf fails with texmfstart version 2.0.0 locating 'metafun-p.pdf' in current path '.' locating 'metafun-p.pdf' in caller path 'f:/Research/Feedback/AC' kpse : direct (forced) using 'kpsewhich' to locate 'metafun-p' in suffix space 'pdf' (2) checking E:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-mswin\BIN for metafun-p checking E:\isoimage\usr\local\context\bin for metafun-p checking E:\Ruby\bin for metafun-p checking E:\Python24\ for metafun-p checking E:\Perl\bin for metafun-p checking E:\Program Files\R\R-2.3.1\bin for metafun-p checking E:\bin for metafun-p checking for metafun-p checking E:\Vim\vim70 for metafun-p aggressively locating 'metafun-p' in document trees locating 'metafun-p' in document tree 'e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/doc*' registering 'metafun-p' as 'e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf' registering 'THREAD' as 'e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals' starting metafun-p.pdf using 'system' call: e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf using 'system' call: pdfopen --page --file e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf using 'system' call: acroread e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf The first system call fails since ruby uses "/" rather than "\" as the directory separator and windows does not like that. The second system call fails since $page is '' (I don't know why). A pdfopen --page --file filename always fails. The third system call fails since acroread is not present. I fail to understand why $page is expanding to '' rather than 2 (or 0 in the second case). Aditya