Re: [NTG-context] texexec command line switches missing in ruby version

2006-09-27 Thread Ralf Schmitt
Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: Ralf Schmitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apparently I'm a bit mistaken: --mode is working. --result is not. None is listed in texexec --help. I haven't noticed problems with those. But could you post a short test file and the full command line that you use? Then I can

Re: [NTG-context] texexec command line switches missing in ruby version

2006-09-27 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
I'm not sure if your command got mangled by the mailer disliking long lines, but it looks like you have this line: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ ~/texmf/scripts/context/ruby/texmfstart.rb texexec t.tex -- result bla.pdf i.e. something like texexec t.tex -- result bla.pdf The texexec man entry, I

Re: [NTG-context] texexec command line switches missing in ruby version

2006-09-27 Thread Ralf Schmitt
Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: I'm not sure if your command got mangled by the mailer disliking long lines, but it looks like you have this line: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ ~/texmf/scripts/context/ruby/texmfstart.rb texexec t.tex -- result bla.pdf i.e. something like texexec t.tex -- result

Re: [NTG-context] texexec command line switches missing in ruby version

2006-09-27 Thread Hans Hagen
Ralf Schmitt wrote: And this command works: texexec t.tex --result=bla that's the intended usage (using the = sign) same here. the equal sign was missing from my command line (the perl version works without an equal sign). hm, i never tested that and i also never assumed that -)

Re: [NTG-context] texexec command line switches missing in ruby version

2006-09-27 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
$ cat /home/sanjoy/bin/texmfstart #!/bin/bash ruby `kpsewhich --format=texmfscripts texmfstart.rb` $@ $ cat /home/sanjoy/bin/texexec #!/bin/sh texmfstart texexec.rb $@ Thanks, I'm using them too, but I remember there was some confusion about $@ versus $@ in this command. $@

[NTG-context] texexec command line switches missing in ruby version

2006-09-26 Thread Ralf Schmitt
Hi all, the ruby version of texexec is missing some command line switches I have been using. I'm missing --result (however, I could live without that) and especially --mode and --passon. Are there any workarounds? Also, texexec doesn't complain when given a command line switch, which it doesn't

Re: [NTG-context] texexec command line switches missing in ruby version

2006-09-26 Thread Hans Hagen
Ralf Schmitt wrote: Hi all, the ruby version of texexec is missing some command line switches I have been using. I'm missing --result (however, I could live without that) and especially --mode and --passon. Are there any workarounds? hm, mode and result should work (TeXExec | version

Re: [NTG-context] texexec command line switches missing in ruby version

2006-09-26 Thread Ralf Schmitt
Ralf Schmitt wrote: Hi all, the ruby version of texexec is missing some command line switches I have been using. I'm missing --result (however, I could live without that) and especially --mode and --passon. Are there any workarounds? Apparently I'm a bit mistaken: --mode is working.

Re: [NTG-context] texexec command line switches missing in ruby version

2006-09-26 Thread Hans Hagen
Ralf Schmitt wrote: Ralf Schmitt wrote: Hi all, the ruby version of texexec is missing some command line switches I have been using. I'm missing --result (however, I could live without that) and especially --mode and --passon. Are there any workarounds? Apparently I'm a bit

Re: [NTG-context] texexec command line switches missing in ruby version

2006-09-26 Thread Peter Rolf
Hans Hagen wrote: Ralf Schmitt wrote: Ralf Schmitt wrote: Hi all, the ruby version of texexec is missing some command line switches I have been using. I'm missing --result (however, I could live without that) and especially --mode and --passon. Are there any workarounds?

Re: [NTG-context] texexec command line switches missing in ruby version

2006-09-26 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
Ralf Schmitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apparently I'm a bit mistaken: --mode is working. --result is not. None is listed in texexec --help. I haven't noticed problems with those. But could you post a short test file and the full command line that you use? Then I can test it here (running