[NTG-pdftex] Re: Patch ShellEscape

[Heiko Oberdiek]

On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 07:22:06PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:

> i have problems with the not that name compatible:
> 
>   \shellescape
>   \write18
> 
> so if a dedicated name would be used, we would either have something:
> 
>   \shellescape{some command}
>   \shellescapemode == number

This would be the cleanest solution, without that magic nasty "18".
But I fear, nobody will have the courage to extend standard TeX
in this sense.

An alternative for \shellescapemode could be a \if switch:
  \ifshellescape

> or (considering it a channel)
> 
>   \write18
>   \ifeof18

Yours sincerely
  Heiko <oberdiek@uni-freiburg.de>