Re: texexec command line switches missing in ruby version

[Ralf Schmitt <ralf@brainbot.com>]

Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
> I'm not sure if your command got mangled by the mailer disliking long
> lines, but it looks like you have this line:
> 
>   ralf@schrotti:~/tmp$ ~/texmf/scripts/context/ruby/texmfstart.rb texexec t.tex --  result bla.pdf
> 
> i.e. something like "texexec t.tex -- result bla.pdf"
> 

it was texexec t.tex --result bla.pdf (i.e. without the space between --
and result).


> The texexec man entry, I think for the perl version, says:
> 
>        --result=FILENAME
>               Allows you to change the  basename of the  output
>               file.   See --mode for an example.
> 
> And this command works:
> 
>   texexec t.tex --result=bla
> 

same here. the equal sign was missing from my command line (the perl
version works without an equal sign).

> Although at the end it says:
> 
>   TeXExec | renaming t to bla
>   TeXExec | restoring t
>   TeXExec | fatal error No such file or directory - t.tuo
> 
> Is the last line anything to worry about, perhaps in a more complex
> test file that needed the .tuo file?
> 
> By the way, I use these two executable scripts to shorten the command
> lines:
> 
> $ 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.