On 10-9-2010 2:25, Peter Münster wrote:
\startbuffer[pdf-pages]
\starttext
page 1 \page page 2
\stoptext
\stopbuffer
\savebuffer[pdf-pages][pdf-pages.tex]
\executesystemcommand{context pdf-pages; mkdir testdir;
mv pdf-pages.pdf testdir/2*8.pdf}
\starttext
\setupexternalfigures[directory={./testdir}]
\externalfigure[2*8][page=2]
\stoptext
this works ok here:
\startbuffer[pdf-pages]
\starttext
page 1 \page
page 2 \page
page 3 \page
\stoptext
\stopbuffer
\savebuffer[pdf-pages][pdf-pages.tex]
\executesystemcommand{context pdf-pages}
\executesystemcommand{mkdir testdir}
\executesystemcommand{move /Y pdf-pages.pdf testdir/28.pdf}
\starttext
\setupexternalfigures[directory={./testdir}]
\externalfigure[28][page=3]
\stoptext
so, no * in the filename
however, you can do this
\starttext
\startbuffer[pdf-pages]
\starttext
page 1 \page page 2
\stoptext
\stopbuffer
\typesetbuffer[pdf-pages][page=2,frame=on]
\stoptext
this has the advantage that when the buffer does not change, you get no
new run either
Hans
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