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Hello! Is there a way to know the directory of the currently being processed source file? Something like dirname(__FILE__) in PHP. Cheers, André Caldas.
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Thank you for yor time, Peter. But this is not what I wanted... :-(
Is there a way to know the directory of the currently being processed source file?
This works with mkiv:
\starttext PWD: \cldcontext{io.popen"pwd":read()} \stoptext
This gives the directory where the "context" command was called from. I want the directory where the "tex" file being processed lives in. For example, I have a component products/product/article.tex Inside a product products/product.tex I produce it by calling context products/product.tex I want to know a function that returns /fullpath_to_project/products/ when I call it from the script "products/product.tex". And I want it to return /fullpath_to_project/products/product/ when I call it from the script "products/product/article.tex". Cheers, André Caldas.
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I want to know a function that returns /fullpath_to_project/products/ when I call it from the script "products/product.tex". And I want it to return /fullpath_to_project/products/product/ when I call it from the script "products/product/article.tex".
Finally found it, after lots of trial-and-erroring through
likely-looking table names in file-job.lua: the stack of input files
is kept in resolvers.inputstack. Assuming (absolute path of invocation
dir) + (path of file relative to invocation dir) = the desired path,
the following should work.
\cldcontext{
environment.runpath .. '/' ..
file.pathpart(resolvers.inputstack[#resolvers.inputstack])
}
You may or may not want to parse out any ./ and ../ components.
(If you do: helpful filename manipulation functions (such as
file.pathpart, indeed) may be found in l-file.lua.)
Hope this helps,
Sietse
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:38 AM, Andre Caldas
Thank you for yor time, Peter. But this is not what I wanted... :-(
Is there a way to know the directory of the currently being processed source file?
This works with mkiv:
\starttext PWD: \cldcontext{io.popen"pwd":read()} \stoptext
This gives the directory where the "context" command was called from. I want the directory where the "tex" file being processed lives in.
For example, I have a component products/product/article.tex Inside a product products/product.tex I produce it by calling context products/product.tex
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Dear Sietse, Thanks a lot!!!
Finally found it, after lots of trial-and-erroring through likely-looking table names in file-job.lua: the stack of input files is kept in resolvers.inputstack.
I don't program any "lua". But I was taking a look at "file-job.lua" myself. I have a lot to learn!! :-)
Assuming (absolute path of invocation dir) + (path of file relative to invocation dir) = the desired path,
I don't mind this assumption. Actually, I don't mind having a path relative to the currdir.
the following should work.
\cldcontext{ environment.runpath .. '/' .. file.pathpart(resolvers.inputstack[#resolvers.inputstack]) }
I will try this now.
You may or may not want to parse out any ./ and ../ components.
No, I don't need that.
(If you do: helpful filename manipulation functions (such as file.pathpart, indeed) may be found in l-file.lua.)
Thanks for the tip. Might be useful someday.
Hope this helps,
It does! :-) Although, I think there should be a "luatex" command for this. That is, something not related to ConTeXt. Thank you, André Caldas.
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On 28-9-2012 14:34, Andre Caldas wrote:
Although, I think there should be a "luatex" command for this. That is, something not related to ConTeXt.
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Hi André,
Sorry, to ask such a dumb question... - Do I need to "include" "file-job.lua" somehow?
No need to include it, it's part of the ConTeXt core.
I only mentioned the filename in case people wanted to see what else
was in that file; the code snippet should Just Work. Is it working for
you?
Regards,
Sietse
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Andre Caldas
Hi!
the following should work.
\cldcontext{ environment.runpath .. '/' .. file.pathpart(resolvers.inputstack[#resolvers.inputstack]) }
Sorry, to ask such a dumb question... - Do I need to "include" "file-job.lua" somehow?
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- Do I need to "include" "file-job.lua" somehow?
No need to include it, it's part of the ConTeXt core. [...] Is it working for you?
No. I get: ! LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:1: attempt to get length of field 'inputstack' (a nil value) stack traceback: <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. system > tex > error on line 6 in file products/topologia_geral.tex: LuaTeX error ... [*snip] \cldcontext ...\directlua \zerocount {context(#1)} l.6 } By the way, context --version gives: mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 0.52 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2012.05.30 11:26 André Caldas.
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Hi André, My mistake: I tested the code I gave you in \startluacode, but then for the e-mail I wrapped it in \cldcontext. This is not the same: in \startluacode # has its literal value, but in \cldcontext it is interpreted as part of a macro parameter like #1. So to get the length of a table t inside \cldcontext, I should have used the idiom table.getn(t) instead of #t. These two versions both work, and I actually tested them this time: \startluacode context(environment.runpath .. '/' .. file.pathpart(resolvers.inputstack[#resolvers.inputstack]) ) \stopluacode \cldcontext{ environment.runpath .. '/' .. file.pathpart(resolvers.inputstack[table.getn(resolvers.inputstack)]) } Sorry about that mistake. Cheers, Sietse
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My mistake: I tested the code I gave you in \startluacode, but then for the e-mail I wrapped it in \cldcontext.
I had tested it using startluacode, also. :-(
These two versions both work, and I actually tested them this time:
\startluacode context(environment.runpath .. '/' .. file.pathpart(resolvers.inputstack[#resolvers.inputstack]) ) \stopluacode
I get this: ! LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:3: attempt to get length of field 'inputstack' (a nil value) stack traceback: <main ctx instance>:3: in main chunk. system > tex > error on line 7 in file products/topologia_geral.tex: LuaTeX error ... [...] } )ted text> ...resolvers.inputstack]) \luat_start_lua_code_indeed ...ua \zerocount {#1}} l.7 \stopluacode
\cldcontext{ environment.runpath .. '/' .. file.pathpart(resolvers.inputstack[table.getn(resolvers.inputstack)]) }
And this: ! LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:1: bad argument #1 to 'getn' (table expected, got nil) stack traceback: [C]: in function 'getn' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. system > tex > error on line 6 in file products/topologia_geral.tex: LuaTeX error ... [...] \cldcontext ...\directlua \zerocount {context(#1)} l.6 }
Sorry about that mistake.
No need to apologize! :-) It seems that resolvers.inputstack is not defined in my system. Where is it defined in yours? file-res.lua? Thank you very very much, :-) André Caldas.
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On 28-9-2012 23:56, Andre Caldas wrote:
My mistake: I tested the code I gave you in \startluacode, but then for the e-mail I wrapped it in \cldcontext.
I had tested it using startluacode, also. :-(
These two versions both work, and I actually tested them this time:
\startluacode context(environment.runpath .. '/' .. file.pathpart(resolvers.inputstack[#resolvers.inputstack]) ) \stopluacode
I get this: ! LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:3: attempt to get length of field 'inputstack' (a nil value)
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Hi André,
Hans is right, it's a version problem.
You're using 2012.05.30 11:26 (from May)
I'm using 2012.09.25 21:44.
resolvers.inputstack is defined in my tex-data.lua.
I looked up your version among the commits on
http://repo.or.cz/w/context.git/shortlog,
and found that resolvers.inputstack is not yet defined in your data-tex.lua.
http://repo.or.cz/w/context.git/blob/ad5540007a2ac6504a47289ace109a76ec759a7...
So, you'll need to update I think. Which is a bit more work than usual
because minimals.contextgarden.net is down, but Johan Sandblom's
explains quite nicely what to do.
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context/78441/focus=78486
Cheers,
Sietse
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Andre Caldas
My mistake: I tested the code I gave you in \startluacode, but then for the e-mail I wrapped it in \cldcontext.
I had tested it using startluacode, also. :-(
These two versions both work, and I actually tested them this time:
\startluacode context(environment.runpath .. '/' .. file.pathpart(resolvers.inputstack[#resolvers.inputstack]) ) \stopluacode
I get this: ! LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:3: attempt to get length of field 'inputstack' (a nil value) stack traceback: <main ctx instance>:3: in main chunk.
system > tex > error on line 7 in file products/topologia_geral.tex: LuaTeX error ... [...] } )ted text> ...resolvers.inputstack])
\luat_start_lua_code_indeed ...ua \zerocount {#1}}
l.7 \stopluacode
\cldcontext{ environment.runpath .. '/' .. file.pathpart(resolvers.inputstack[table.getn(resolvers.inputstack)]) }
And this: ! LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:1: bad argument #1 to 'getn' (table expected, got nil) stack traceback: [C]: in function 'getn' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk.
system > tex > error on line 6 in file products/topologia_geral.tex: LuaTeX error ...
[...]
\cldcontext ...\directlua \zerocount {context(#1)}
l.6 }
Sorry about that mistake.
No need to apologize! :-) It seems that resolvers.inputstack is not defined in my system. Where is it defined in yours? file-res.lua?
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Hello!
Hans is right, it's a version problem.
OK. I looked up "luatex context inputstack" on the internet. I ended up with my own e-mail to the list! :-) http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg65733.html
[...] So, you'll need to update I think.
I think I will try to write my own "open_read_file". I don't want to depend on internals. Maybe when ConTeXt exports the functionality in the form of some macro or lua function. Thank you very much for your help, Sietse! André Caldas.
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