On 2019-06-14 at 15:15:12 -0600, Karl Berry wrote:
at least I know there is no hope :)
It occurred to me that a general option to allow any config setting from the command line (like ssh -o) sounds viable. As in (option name tbd): pdftex -cnf max_print_line=999 -cnf another=value ...
It would parse the option argument like a line of texmf.cnf and putenv the variable=value, so the setting would override anything else.
For integer and simple string values, as in your case, it seems it would be be portable across all known platforms. Wdyt?
Very good idea! It would even be a little bit more convenient if alternatively the argument of -cnf can be a comma separated list so that pdftex -cnf max_print_line=999 -cnf another=value and pdftex -cnf max_print_line=999,another=value are equivalent. Is the comma allowed in arguments on Windows? Regards, Reinhard -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Reinhard Kotucha Phone: +49-511-3373112 Marschnerstr. 25 D-30167 Hannover mailto:reinhard.kotucha@web.de ------------------------------------------------------------------