Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:46:57 -0600, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> well, if it's part of the tree ...
>>>
>>>
>>> But what if it's not part of the tree? For example
>>>
>>>> Acrobat.lnk cow.pdf
>>>
>>> Now you will say, "Why not use texmfstart --file=showcase.pdf
>>> --program=context"
>>>
>>> Answer: Because texmfstart always resizes the acrobat window, and I want
>>> to keep the relative positions of my editor and viewer the same at all
>>> times. (of course showcase.pdf is full screen-mode but the restore
>>> position is still resized). This is also why I don't use the --autopdf
>>> option.
>>>
>>> If one opens Acrobat with a link file this does not happen: the relative
>>> position generally stays the same as when it was last closed. If I make
>>> LNK executable in System Properties then I can use the following
>>> batch file
>>>
>>> Acrobat.lnk %*
>>>
>>> which will start its argument without resizing the window. So what I
>>> need is a batch file such that, from a console, I can say
>>>
>>> Acrobat.bat cow.pdf
>>>
>>> and C:\context will be searched for the file.
>>>
>>> How can I do this?
>>>
>>> I hope this is clearer. I wrote the question more abstractly because
>>> there could be many programs one may want to operate on the context
>>> tree.
>>
>>
>> mtxrun --launch cow.pdf
>
> ===========
> mtxrun --launch cow.pdf
> Error in lua file loading: C:\ConTeXt\tex\texmf-mswin\bin\mtxrun.lua:3055:
> attempt to index local 'filename' (a nil value)
> ===========
yes, that was broken, will upload soon
> Also, I don't see how this relates to the resizing issue. Is there an
> option to mtxrun that, say, launches the pdf through the LNK shortcut
> instead of the EXE.? I saw the following lines in conedt.ini:
>
> ============
> &Acrobat Reader
> Acrobat Reader
> %P
> %$('AcroRead'); "%P\%N.pdf"
> Acrobat Reader
> %P\%N.pdf
> ============
>
> Is this where texmfstart gets its launch information for --autopdf etc?
> Or am I supposed to leave these alone?
dunno, i suppose that you can mtxrun bin:cow.lnk cow.pdf but i didn't
test that (no links and need for links here)
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