Feature Requests item #421, was opened at 2005-08-26 18:32 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=496&aid=421&group_id=106 Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: ivo welch (iaw4) Assigned to: Nobody (None)

Summary: \pdf shell escape addition

Initial Comment: I would humbly request that in addition add to \write18 ('--shell-escape'), you add a new command, say \input18 (or \pdftexshellinput18), which like \write18 executes a system() command on its argument, but which then pushes the stdout output from this shell command into the stdin stream that TeX is processing. (no, writing to a file and then inputting it does not do the job.) I cannot contribute to the code base of TeX, which seems like black magic to me. But I can offer $300 for this facility. If someone was planning to spend the time to do this anyway, this may push him/her over the margin. However, it is important to me that this enters the standard feature set of pdftex, so that it will persist through future versions, so this would be part of the bargain here. regards, /ivo welch ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=496&aid=421&group_id=106