Re: [NTG-context] Batch Files and texmf

Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:54:14 -0600, Hans Hagen wrote:

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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

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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

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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.

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