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Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to make context read from stdin instead of reading from a file? cat /path/to/src.tex | context --result=/path/to/result.pdf I'd like to do something like this in python: def generate_pdf(self): src = """ \starttext \section[éléments-de-transmission]{Éléments de transmission} Un module dans lequel une communauté temporaire d'étudiants et d'enseignants s'exerce à mettre en situation des réflexions et des moments de transmission en interrogeant sans cesse la question de l'enseignement. La configuration des enseignants est variable selon les situations. Les situations seront mises en place en semaine A et B selon l'emploi du temps. Chaque nouvelle situation invente sa méthode. \stoptext """ cmd = 'context --result=/tmp/result.pdf' p1 = subprocess.Popen(cmd.split(" "), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE) (stdout, stderr) = p1.communicate(stdin=src) Thanks, Alex -- Alexandre Leray media& graphic design http://stdin.fr | http://osp.constantvzw.org/ rue Gallaitstraat 80 1030 Bruxelles +32 (0)4 87 04 70 30
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On 8-6-2012 14:21, <stdin> | Alexandre Leray wrote:
Hi,
I was wondering if there was a way to make context read from stdin instead of reading from a file?
cat /path/to/src.tex | context --result=/path/to/result.pdf
I'd like to do something like this in python:
def generate_pdf(self):
src = """ \starttext \section[éléments-de-transmission]{Éléments de transmission}
Un module dans lequel une communauté temporaire d'étudiants et d'enseignants s'exerce à mettre en situation des réflexions et des moments de transmission en interrogeant sans cesse la question de l'enseignement. La configuration des enseignants est variable selon les situations. Les situations seront mises en place en semaine A et B selon l'emploi du temps. Chaque nouvelle situation invente sa méthode. \stoptext """ cmd = 'context --result=/tmp/result.pdf' p1 = subprocess.Popen(cmd.split(" "), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE) (stdout, stderr) = p1.communicate(stdin=src)
you can use the standard tex input readers (\read) as well as io.read when you're in lua Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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On Fri, 8 Jun 2012, <stdin> | Alexandre Leray wrote:
Hi,
I was wondering if there was a way to make context read from stdin instead of reading from a file?
cat /path/to/src.tex | context --result=/path/to/result.pdf
I'd like to do something like this in python:
def generate_pdf(self):
src = """ \starttext \section[éléments-de-transmission]{Éléments de transmission}
Un module dans lequel une communauté temporaire d'étudiants et d'enseignants s'exerce à mettre en situation des réflexions et des moments de transmission en interrogeant sans cesse la question de l'enseignement. La configuration des enseignants est variable selon les situations. Les situations seront mises en place en semaine A et B selon l'emploi du temps. Chaque nouvelle situation invente sa méthode. \stoptext """ cmd = 'context --result=/tmp/result.pdf' p1 = subprocess.Popen(cmd.split(" "), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE) (stdout, stderr) = p1.communicate(stdin=src)
You can try context --pipe --result=/tmp/result.pdf but that only runs the document once, so cross referencings, TOC, etc won't work correctly. The other options is to write to a file, and then run "context --purgeall --result=/tmp/result.pdf filename"; this will run the document appropriate number of times, and then delete the temp files, leaving only the .tex and the .pdf file. Aditya
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Thank you, I will try this! Alex On 08/06/2012 15:31, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Fri, 8 Jun 2012, <stdin> | Alexandre Leray wrote:
Hi,
I was wondering if there was a way to make context read from stdin instead of reading from a file?
cat /path/to/src.tex | context --result=/path/to/result.pdf
I'd like to do something like this in python:
def generate_pdf(self):
src = """ \starttext \section[éléments-de-transmission]{Éléments de transmission}
Un module dans lequel une communauté temporaire d'étudiants et d'enseignants s'exerce à mettre en situation des réflexions et des moments de transmission en interrogeant sans cesse la question de l'enseignement. La configuration des enseignants est variable selon les situations. Les situations seront mises en place en semaine A et B selon l'emploi du temps. Chaque nouvelle situation invente sa méthode. \stoptext """ cmd = 'context --result=/tmp/result.pdf' p1 = subprocess.Popen(cmd.split(" "), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE) (stdout, stderr) = p1.communicate(stdin=src)
You can try context --pipe --result=/tmp/result.pdf but that only runs the document once, so cross referencings, TOC, etc won't work correctly. The other options is to write to a file, and then run "context --purgeall --result=/tmp/result.pdf filename"; this will run the document appropriate number of times, and then delete the temp files, leaving only the .tex and the .pdf file.
Aditya
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Aditya Mahajan
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