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) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________