It's probably easiest to specify the full path to the file, like I did
in my previous message. Combined with the full path to the docsplit
binary/link (for your particular problem), it should theoretically
work fine:
"/full/path/to/docsplit text --no-clean -l chi_sim
/path/to/1_long_gu/long_gu001.pdf" try-process
On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 1:00 PM, CW Alston <cwalsto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi John-
> Beg pardon, I should have mentioned earlier that since docsplit plants a
> .txt file in the target pdf's
> directory on its own, with no other output, I had gone the route you
> suggested, but to no avail, i.e.,
>
> "docsplit text --no-clean -l path" run-process drop
>
> In the terminal, cd /path/to/1_long_gu ; docsplit text --no-clean -l
> chi_sim long_gu001.pdf
> works fine. The surprise is that, in the listener, the phrase:
>
> "cd /path/to/1_long_gu ; docsplit text --no-clean -l chi_sim long_gu001.pdf"
> run-process .
>
> - returns with status 0, but leaves no file. Ditto using
> /full/path/to/docsplit in the command.
>
> The docsplit bin alias (/usr/local/opt/ruby/bin/docsplit) resolves to
> /usr/local/Cellar/ruby/2.1.0/bin/docsplit
> (installed w/ homebrew). There I find this ruby script:
>
> require 'rubygems'
>
> version = ">= 0"
>
> if ARGV.first
> str = ARGV.first
> str = str.dup.force_encoding("BINARY") if str.respond_to? :force_encoding
> if str =~ /\A_(.*)_\z/
> version = $1
> ARGV.shift
> end
> end
>
> gem 'docsplit', version
> load Gem.bin_path('docsplit', 'docsplit', version)
>
> If I manage to decipher this, I'll try to translate it in Factor, and invoke
> docsplit that way.
> That should keep me busy for a while. Worth a try, though I know zip about
> ruby. Once past
> this boondoggle, I already have Factor code that walks the tree & collates
> the files.
>
> Thanks!
> ~cw
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 4:31 AM, John Benediktsson <mrj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> If you get lost in path land you can always take a break and use the
>> /full/path/to/docsplit.
>>
>> On Feb 9, 2014, at 2:03 AM, CW Alston <cwalsto...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ah! Thanks, Joe-
>> Great tip; should clear up the issue with "which". I am indeed starting
>> Factor in the Finder. I'll try adjusting the plist.
>> Maybe that even has something to do with my docsplit puzzle. Since I can
>> address commands like couchdb
>> via a <process>, I should be able to invoke docsplit that way as well,
>> even though htop shows me that docsplit
>> itself spawns sub-processes, like poppler & tesseract, to do its
>> extraction work. Interesting.
>>
>> I'll go study the Mac dev doc you point to, & see what I can glean from
>> there.
>>
>> Back to the books,
>> ~cw
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Joe Groff <arc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 7:30 PM, CW Alston <cwalsto...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi -
>>>> Ok, I've upgraded using factor-macosx-x86-32-2013-07-25-14-21.dmg,
>>>> still Version 0.97. Same issue with Factor's "which":
>>>>
>>>> IN: scratchpad USE: tools.which
>>>> IN: scratchpad "couchdb" which .
>>>> f
>>>>
>>>> IN: scratchpad "python" which .
>>>> "/usr/bin/python"
>>>>
>>>> - The trouble appears to be with reporting my PATH properly, via getenv:
>>>>
>>>> IN: scratchpad USE: environment
>>>> IN: scratchpad "PATH" os-env .
>>>> "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
>>>>
>>>> IN: scratchpad USE: unix.ffi
>>>> IN: scratchpad "PATH" getenv .
>>>> "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
>>>>
>>>> IN: scratchpad \ getenv see
>>>> USING: alien.c-types alien.syntax ;
>>>> IN: unix.ffi
>>>> LIBRARY: libc FUNCTION: c-string getenv ( c-string name ) ;
>>>> inline
>>>>
>>>> - Here's my actual PATH, as seen in the terminal:
>>>>
>>>> ➜ ~ git:(master) ✗ echo $PATH
>>>>
>>>> /usr/local/bin:/usr/local/opt/ruby/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Users/cwalston/factor:/Users/cwalston/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/usr/local/lib/node_modules:/usr/local/narwhal/bin:/usr/texbin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/Users/cwalston/.gem/ruby/1.8/bin:/Applications/Mozart.app/Contents/Resources/bin
>>>>
>>>> - whereby which correctly finds couchdb:
>>>>
>>>> ➜ ~ git:(master) ✗ which couchdb
>>>> /usr/local/bin/couchdb
>>>>
>>>> So, Factor's "which" (et al.) doesn't search beyond
>>>> /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin.
>>>>
>>>> Reading through man getenv (GETENV(3), on OSX 10.6.8 ), doesn't give me
>>>> a clue as to how to rectify this short-sightedness via the libc getenv.
>>>>
>>>> This is probably a side issue to my docsplit quandary (but maybe not).
>>>> Anyone see a way to report my actual PATH to "which" in Factor? My PATH
>>>> is
>>>> augmented in my .zshrc. I don't understand why the libc function doesn't
>>>> read it. Odd, indeed!
>>>>
>>> If you're starting Factor from the Finder, you're not going to get a PATH
>>> set from your .profile or other shell dotfiles, since UI apps are launched
>>> under the loginwindow session and not under any shell. To set environment
>>> variables for UI apps, try setting them in ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPRuntimeConfig/Articles/EnvironmentVars.html
>>>
>>> -Joe
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> ~ Memento Amori
>
>
>
>
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