Re: [NTG-context] run a ruby script and use the standard output ???

Hans Hagen wrote:

piping: the latest versions of pdftex support this (i\ve forgotten the syntax, but taco who wrote the patch may remember)

piping syntax: \input "|ruby ./myscript.rb \vartest XXXXXXXXX" the magic trick is the | symbol. With your current tex: \writ18{ruby ./myscript.rb \vartest XXXXXXXXX > whatever.tex} \input whatever % or something using \openin ... Taco