Hi, Personally, I like this idea.
Taco > On 5 Feb 2019, at 13:07, Taco Hoekwater <t...@elvenkind.com> wrote: > > > >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: Linas Stonys <lsto...@vtex.lt> >> Subject: luatex engine new option request >> Date: 5 February 2019 at 12:26:35 CET >> To: dev-luatex-ow...@ntg.nl >> >> Hi, >> tex engine provides several compilation modes: >> --interaction=STRING set interaction mode >> (STRING=batchmode/nonstopmode/scrollmode/errorstopmode) >> --halt-on-error stop processing at the first error >> >> But it lacks one very important where one could hide >> all the output from terminal except errors (when tex waits for stdin). >> And tex engine would interact with user by letting him decide what to do >> next instead of killing at first error or compiling with errors til the end. >> >> For typsetter or a simple tex user terminal messages ar just a "white >> noise". While there is no errors. It just slows down all the compilation. If >> there is a lot of messages you can gain several seconds by hiding all the >> output. >> >> What I want to offer is a new option: >> --output-on-prompt=LINES_NO output to terminal only on input prompt >> (LINES_NO lines of buffered stdout, all of it if 0) >> >> It works like a "batchmode" but pics all the stdout. And when stdin >> is required it will print latest nuber of stodout lines (LINES_NO). >> After hitting enter (or what ever tex says to do) it will hide the output >> again till next stdin. >> Lets say --output-on-prompt=20 then on error user will see all the error >> and can decide what to do next. >> >> We have implemented such a feature to luatex 1.09.2 and it works perfectly. >> Could we send some how a patch to request implement this feature for future >> releases? We could provide the code for the latest release. >> >> Thanks, Linas >> > > Taco Hoekwater > Elvenkind BV > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dev-luatex mailing list > dev-luatex@ntg.nl > https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/dev-luatex Taco Hoekwater Elvenkind BV _______________________________________________ dev-luatex mailing list dev-luatex@ntg.nl https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/dev-luatex
