Announcing a new script: TeXVersion
Hi, Sometimes I find it quite hard to discover what version of TeX + ConTeXt I am actually running. As an aid in debugging problems, I have created a Perl script that attempts to collect all relevant version information and prints it to the screen in an organized manner. Running it will generate output like this: TeXVersion 0.1 / Taco Hoekwater 2004 texexec : TeXExec 4.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 texutil : TeXUtil 7.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2002 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) context : ver: 2004.8.15 cont-en : ver: 2003.1.31 fmt: 2004.6.19 mes: english If you are interested, you can download the script from http://tex.aanhet.net/context/scripts/ This functionality will eventually become part of texexec. -- groeten, Taco
Le 25 août 04, à 09:28, Taco Hoekwater a écrit :
Running it will generate output like this:
TeXVersion 0.1 / Taco Hoekwater 2004
texexec : TeXExec 4.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 texutil : TeXUtil 7.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2002 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) context : ver: 2004.8.15 cont-en : ver: 2003.1.31 fmt: 2004.6.19 mes: english ... This functionality will eventually become part of texexec.
Great script! thanks you Taco, Just a suggestion: options for: - putting the full path of the executables, - some other informations for finding frequently source of problems (metapost not operationnal...) Thanks again, -- Maurice Diamantini
Maurice Diamantini wrote:
Le 25 août 04, à 09:28, Taco Hoekwater a écrit :
Running it will generate output like this:
TeXVersion 0.1 / Taco Hoekwater 2004
texexec : TeXExec 4.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 texutil : TeXUtil 7.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2002 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) context : ver: 2004.8.15 cont-en : ver: 2003.1.31 fmt: 2004.6.19 mes: english ... This functionality will eventually become part of texexec.
Great script! thanks you Taco,
Just a suggestion: options for: - putting the full path of the executables, - some other informations for finding frequently source of problems (metapost not operationnal...)
you can use textools for that: textools --find pdfetex.exe textools --find texnansi.enc etc ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
I just used Taco's new script (which I find wonderful, thanks so much!), and this made me realize a problem: the latest version of ConTeXt should have updated texexec to version 4.4 -- and it did, sort of. When I checked, it still said "texexec : TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004." I then realized that the new versions of the scripts sit in texmf/scripts/context, while the old versions (that are still being called by the binary texexec) reside in texmf/context/perltk. For the time being, I just copied them over (one could also put softlinks in there, I suppose), but I wonder if this behavior can be modified -- I coulnd't find anything in texexec.rme. My system is tetex on Mac OS X. Anyone else have the same problems? Best Thomas
On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 01:00:03PM +0200, Thomas A.Schmitz wrote:
I just used Taco's new script (which I find wonderful, thanks so much!), and this made me realize a problem: the latest version of ConTeXt should have updated texexec to version 4.4 -- and it did, sort of. When I checked, it still said "texexec : TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004." I then realized that the new versions of the scripts sit in texmf/scripts/context, while the old versions (that are still being called by the binary texexec) reside in texmf/context/perltk. For the time being, I just copied them over (one could also put softlinks in there, I suppose), but I wonder if this behavior can be modified -- I coulnd't find anything in texexec.rme. My system is tetex on Mac OS X. Anyone else have the same problems?
Here is what I do to be sure that always my own (up-to-date) context is being used instead of any (almost certainly older) one from a tex distribution, on all machines I have to use. - I have context in my private texmf tree in $HOME. By default, this should be the first texmf being searched. - I have links to texmf/scripts/context/xxx.pl etc in $HOME/bin (without suffix pl). $HOME/bin comes first in the search path for executables. To be sure to notice changes like the new location of the scripts, I usually remove an existing context before installing a newer one. Regards, Eckhart
Thomas A.Schmitz wrote:
I just used Taco's new script (which I find wonderful, thanks so much!), and this made me realize a problem: the latest version of ConTeXt should have updated texexec to version 4.4 -- and it did, sort of. When I checked, it still said "texexec : TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004." I then realized that the new versions of the scripts sit in texmf/scripts/context, while the old versions (that are still being called by the binary texexec) reside in texmf/context/perltk. For the time being, I just copied them over (one could also put softlinks in there, I suppose), but I wonder if this behavior can be modified -- I coulnd't find anything in texexec.rme. My system is tetex on Mac OS X. Anyone else have the same problems?
Welcome to the changes in tds and distributions. When you also update the binaries, you can use: textools --fixtexmftrees The scripts are loaded by so called stubs. If you want to play safe, use texmfstart instead: texmfstart texexec.pl ..... The indirect way permits me to adapt things to changes in the tree (unfortunately those changes are not always downward compatible, but in texmfstart i can at least try to hide this) (see texmfstart manual for more features) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
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Eckhart Guthöhrlein -
Hans Hagen -
Maurice Diamantini -
Taco Hoekwater -
Thomas A.Schmitz