* default engine for texexec
@ 2007-12-29 22:22 Peter Münster
2007-12-29 23:04 ` Idris Samawi Hamid
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From: Peter Münster @ 2007-12-29 22:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hello,
What methods do exist, to change the default engine for texexec (for
example luatex instead of pdftex)?
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* Re: default engine for texexec
2007-12-29 22:22 default engine for texexec Peter Münster
@ 2007-12-29 23:04 ` Idris Samawi Hamid
2007-12-30 8:29 ` Peter Münster
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From: Idris Samawi Hamid @ 2007-12-29 23:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi,
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:22:37 -0700, Peter Münster <pmlists@free.fr> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> What methods do exist, to change the default engine for texexec (for
> example luatex instead of pdftex)?
==================
% luatex
\starttext
Hi
\stoptext
==================
Best wishes
Idris
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* Re: default engine for texexec
2007-12-29 23:04 ` Idris Samawi Hamid
@ 2007-12-30 8:29 ` Peter Münster
2007-12-30 18:17 ` Idris Samawi Hamid
2007-12-30 21:16 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Peter Münster @ 2007-12-30 8:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 04:04:43PM -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:
>
> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:22:37 -0700, Peter Münster <pmlists@free.fr> wrote:
>
> > What methods do exist, to change the default engine for texexec (for
> > example luatex instead of pdftex)?
>
> ==================
> % luatex
Hello Idris,
With "default" I mean, that this is the engine, that will be used if I
don't specify any engine in the file or on the command line.
When I typeset for example the file
\starttext
Hi
\stoptext
with the command "texexec file", I want luatex to be used. And with the
command "texexec --pdftex file" I want pdftex to be used.
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* Re: default engine for texexec
2007-12-30 8:29 ` Peter Münster
@ 2007-12-30 18:17 ` Idris Samawi Hamid
2007-12-30 21:16 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Idris Samawi Hamid @ 2007-12-30 18:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi Peter,
On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 01:29:46 -0700, Peter Münster <pmlists@free.fr> wrote:
> with the command "texexec file", I want luatex to be used. And with the
> command "texexec --pdftex file" I want pdftex to be used.
IIRC there used to be an ini file with those options, but it's gone now.
For one thing, older engines like tex and omega are no longer supported
(no etex), luatex is still experimental, and aleph is obsolete (except for
testing for relevant luatex bugs). So pdftex is the only really solid
engine (I don't know anything about xetex).
So maybe Hans is waiting till mkiv stabilizes before giving us that option
back?
Best
Idris
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* Re: default engine for texexec
2007-12-30 8:29 ` Peter Münster
2007-12-30 18:17 ` Idris Samawi Hamid
@ 2007-12-30 21:16 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2007-12-30 21:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Peter Münster wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 04:04:43PM -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:
>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:22:37 -0700, Peter Münster <pmlists@free.fr> wrote:
>>
>>> What methods do exist, to change the default engine for texexec (for
>>> example luatex instead of pdftex)?
>> ==================
>> % luatex
>
> Hello Idris,
>
> With "default" I mean, that this is the engine, that will be used if I
> don't specify any engine in the file or on the command line.
>
> When I typeset for example the file
> \starttext
> Hi
> \stoptext
>
> with the command "texexec file", I want luatex to be used. And with the
> command "texexec --pdftex file" I want pdftex to be used.
because eventually mkiv will provide new functionality adding the %
lines makes sense; texexec will always default to pdftex because
otherwise we break compatibility when used in scripts
mtxrun --script context ....
which wil become the luatex replacemenent for texexec for luatex
Hans
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