From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/35874 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Idris Samawi Hamid" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Batch Files and texmf Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:53:17 -0600 Organization: Colorado State University Message-ID: References: <46BC35C6.8050806@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1186757603 9740 80.91.229.12 (10 Aug 2007 14:53:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:53:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Hans Hagen To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Aug 10 16:53:17 2007 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 lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IJVrY-0000HE-6t for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:53:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B19542034C; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:53:15 +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 08297-03; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:53:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 065BC20350; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:53:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C26B120350 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:53:06 +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 08707-07-3 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:53:04 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from trueband.net (director.trueband.net [216.163.120.8]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 35FF62034C for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:53:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: (qmail 9898 invoked by uid 1006); 10 Aug 2007 14:53:02 -0000 Original-Received: from ishamid@colostate.edu by rs0 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 3.1.4. 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Processed in 1.041762 secs); 10 Aug 2007 14:53:02 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.16) by -v with SMTP; 10 Aug 2007 14:53:01 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 9681 invoked from network); 10 Aug 2007 14:52:59 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO your-b27fb1c401) (75.104.82.83) by -v with SMTP; 10 Aug 2007 14:52:59 -0000 In-Reply-To: <46BC35C6.8050806@wxs.nl> User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.20 (Win32) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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:35874 Archived-At: On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:54:14 -0600, Hans Hagen wrote: >>> I want to create a batch file to open a program so that it will search >>> the >>> contents of C:\ConTeXt, which contains my entire system, including >>> subdirectories. For example, if foo.tex is a file in C:\ConTeXt, and >>> goo.exe is some program, then for >>> >>>> goo.bat foo.tex >>> I want goo to seach C:\ConTeXt for foo.tex. Is there a straightforward >>> way >>> to edit the following to get this effect? >>> >>> ============================ >>> rem batch file >>> >>> goo % >>> ============================ >>> >>> Any pointers will be appreciated. > > well, if it's part of the tree ... But what if it's not part of the tree? For example > Acrobat.lnk cow.pdf Now you will say, "Why not use texmfstart --file=showcase.pdf --program=context" Answer: Because texmfstart always resizes the acrobat window, and I want to keep the relative positions of my editor and viewer the same at all times. (of course showcase.pdf is full screen-mode but the restore position is still resized). This is also why I don't use the --autopdf option. If one opens Acrobat with a link file this does not happen: the relative position generally stays the same as when it was last closed. If I make LNK executable in System Properties then I can use the following batch file Acrobat.lnk %* which will start its argument without resizing the window. So what I need is a batch file such that, from a console, I can say Acrobat.bat cow.pdf and C:\context will be searched for the file. How can I do this? I hope this is clearer. I wrote the question more abstractly because there could be many programs one may want to operate on the context tree. Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________