Re: [NTG-context] output file name query

Am 22.05.2020 um 15:09 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster :

Alan Bowen schrieb am 22.05.2020 um 14:33:

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In my project, I process a single product file by enabling various modes. What I would like to do is to vary the name of the output PDF file in each instance. So, in processing a file, how does one go directly from prd_filename.tex to myfilename.pdf rather than to prd_filename.pdf—assuming that it is possible? Any tips or pointers to what I should be reading will be greatly appreciated.

1. Drop the weird (sorry Hraban) naming system and use myfilename for your product.

I force nobody to use that.

2. Use the result option on the command line, e.g. "context --result=myfilename prd_filename.tex".

But that still produces a "prd_filename.*" first and then renames it, making it impossible to keep a "prd_filename.pdf". Or did that change recently? My workflows are adapted to that behaviour: "prd_*.pdf" is just the temporary version, none of those leaves my computer, but only nicely named PDFs (usually MyProductName_yyyy-mm-dd.pdf).

3. Ask Hans to add the result option to the first line of the document which is read by the context script before it creates the PDF.

% result="myfilename" \starttext ... \stoptext

That contradicts the mode approach. It would be nice if we could set (or can we?) the result from within the product, depending on a mode – since the product is renamed only later anyway, that could be viable. Best, Hraban