Re: Do not build context file in /tmp

[John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

You could try

TMPDIR=. pandoc in.md -o out.pdf -t context

but this might have other bad effects!

"'juh' via pandoc-discuss" <pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>
writes:

> Hi all,
>
> am I right that pandoc uses /tmp to build the intermediate context
> source file?
>
> My problem is that I have a hierarchy of supporting files relative to
> the directory of the markdown source file which context needs to build
> correctly.
>
> While:
>
> pandoc -t context -o test.tex test.md
> context test.tex
>
> works fine
>
> pandoc -t context --pdf-engine=context -o test.pdf test.md
>
> throws error as multiple context environments are not found.
>
> There is a work around by putting all supporting files in a special
> folder of the context distribution 
>
> context/tex/texmf-local
>
> You have to call "context --generate" the make any changes in this path
> known to context. This is annoying but possible.
>
> But the path to the original source folder is lost so that it is
> impossible to include things stored along with the source file.
>
> projectdir/source.md
> projectdir/image.png
>
> When context is called inside the project folder it is of course
> possible to include the image file.  When context is called on a tmp
> file in /tmp the path is lost.
>
> Is there a switch to build all files in the working directory?
>
> Jan Ulrich Hasecke
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