Re: [NTG-context] Batch Files and texmf

Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:46:57 -0600, Hans Hagen wrote:

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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.

mtxrun --launch cow.pdf

=========== mtxrun --launch cow.pdf Error in lua file loading: C:\ConTeXt\tex\texmf-mswin\bin\mtxrun.lua:3055: attempt to index local 'filename' (a nil value) ===========

yes, that was broken, will upload soon

Also, I don't see how this relates to the resizing issue. Is there an option to mtxrun that, say, launches the pdf through the LNK shortcut instead of the EXE.? I saw the following lines in conedt.ini:

============ &Acrobat Reader Acrobat Reader %P %$('AcroRead'); "%P\%N.pdf" Acrobat Reader %P\%N.pdf ============

Is this where texmfstart gets its launch information for --autopdf etc? Or am I supposed to leave these alone?

dunno, i suppose that you can mtxrun bin:cow.lnk cow.pdf but i didn't test that (no links and need for links here) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------