TeXExec
< texexec.ini >
TODO: On this page I'd like to see some texexec trickery and explanations. --pg (See: To-Do List) |
NOTE: This page documents the Perl version of TeXExec, which has (relatively recently) been replaced by a ruby re-implementation |
Contents
Command-Line Options
--alone | bypass utilities (e.g. fmtutil for non-standard fmt) |
--arrange | process and arrange |
--automprun | MetaPost at runtime when needed |
--autopdf | Open the pdf viewer after the texexec run. See below. |
--batch | run in batch mode (don't pause) |
--centerpage | center the page on the paper |
--color | enable color (when not yet enabled) |
--environment=name | load some environments first. Name is: list of environments |
--fast | skip as much as possible |
--figures=(a|b|c) | typeset figure directory
|
--final | add a final run without skipping |
--format=name | fmt file. name: format file (memory dump) |
--help | show this or more, e.g. '--help interface' |
--input=name | input file (if used). name: filename |
--interface=(cz|de|en|it|nl|uk) | user interface |
--language=lang | main hyphenation language. lang: standard abbreviation |
--listing | produce a verbatim listing |
--make | build format files |
--mode=list | running mode. list: modes to set |
--module | typeset tex/pl/mp module |
--mpgraphic | process mp file to stand-alone graphics |
--mpformat=name | mem file. name: format file (memory dump) |
--mptex | run an MetaPost plus btex-etex cycle |
--mpxtex | generatet an MetaPostmpx file |
--noarrange | process but ignore arrange |
--nomp | don't run MetaPost at all |
--nomprun | don't run MetaPost at runtime |
--nonstop | run in non stop mode (don't pause) |
--once | run TeX only once (no TeXUtil either) |
--output | specials to use. Can be one of
|
--pages=(even|odd|x,y:z) | pages to output. x,y:z: pages x and y to z |
--paperformat=(AB|A:B|A*B) | paper input and output format. a4a3: A4 printed on A3, a5a4: A5 printed on A4 |
--paperoffset=dim | extra offset |
--passon | switches to pass to TeX (--src for MikTeX) |
--path=string | document source path. string: path |
produce PDF directly using pdf(e)tex | |
--pdfarrange | arrange pdf pages |
--pdfcombine | combine pages to one page |
--pdfcopy | scale pages down/up |
--pdfselect | select pdf pages |
--pdfsplit | split pdf file into pages |
--print=(up|down) | page imposition scheme. down=2 rotated pages per sheet doubleside, up=2 pages per sheet doublesided |
--result=filename | resulting file will have that filename |
--runs=n | maximum number of TeX runs. n: number of runs |
--screensaver | turn graphic file into a (pdf) full screen file |
--setfile | load environment (batch) file |
--silent | minimize (status) messages |
--suffix=string | resulting file suffix. string: suffix |
--tex=name | TeX binary. name: binary of executable |
--texroot=path | root of tex trees. path: tex root |
--textree=path | additional texmf tree to be used. path: subpath of tex root |
--texutil | force TeXUtil run |
--usemodule=name | load some modules first name: list of modules |
--verbose | shows some additional info |
--version | display various version information |
--xmlfilter=name | apply XML filter. name: list of filters |
Some features explained in detail
autopdf
Currently works only on Windows and Linux. On Mac OS X there is no way to do this for Acrobat Reader 7.0 and Preview.app in a sophisticated way (= keep view), since they are not (apple-)scriptable. You can use TeXniscope, TeXshop or iTeXMac that does that automatically.
nonstopmode
Useful when running texexec from an editor and do not want it to stop for errors.
mpgraphic
texexec --mpgraphic file.mp
creates a temporary tex file, with
\setoutput[pdftex] \setupcolors[state=start] % Some lines for font maps \starttext \startTEXpage \convertMPtoPDF{file.1}{1}{1} \stopTEXpage \startTEXpage \convertMPtoPDF{file.2}{1}{1} \stopTEXpage % etc.... \stoptext
So, in the end you get a single pdf with each figure on different page.
Examples
Produce dvi output
By default --dvi
also produces a ps file. If you just want a dvi file
texexec --dvi test --nobackend
Select n pages from a pdf file
texexec --pdfselect --select=1:5 blabla.pdf
Split pdf file
texexec --pdfsplit somefile.pdf
Combine two or more PDF files into one file
texexec --pdfcombine --nobanner --result=result.pdf 1.pdf 2.pdf
Check the status of various scripts
texexec --check
This should give an output like
TeXExec | current distribution: web2c TeXExec | context source date: 2006.10.27 15:16 TeXExec | format path: E:/isoimage/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/unsetengine E:/isoimage/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c TeXExec | start of analysis TeXExec | processing document 'texexec' TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | writing option file texexec.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1306 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en TeXExec | progname: context
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.0-beta-20060213 (Web2c 7.5.5) \write18 enabled. (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./texexec.tex
ConTeXt ver: 2006.10.27 15:16 MK II fmt: 2006.10.29 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) system : cont-old loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns nl->texnansi:texnansi->1->2:3 nl->ec:ec->2->2:3 fr-> texnansi:texnansi->3->2:3 fr->ec:ec->4->2:3 de->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 de->e c:ec->6->2:3 it->texnansi:texnansi->7->2:3 it->ec:ec->8->2:3 pt->texnansi:texna nsi->9->2:3 pt->ec:ec->10->2:3 hr->ec:ec->11->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->12->2:3 pl->ec:e c->13->2:3 pl->qx:qx->14->2:3 cz->il2:il2->15->2:3 cz->ec:ec->16->2:3 sk->il2:i l2->17->2:3 sk->ec:ec->18->2:3 sl->ec:ec->19->2:3 ru->t2a:t2a->21->2:3 en->ec:e c->22->2:3 uk->ec:ec->23->2:3 us->ec:ec->24->2:3 agr->agr:agr->25->2:3 da->ec:e c->26->2:3 sv->ec:ec->27->2:3 af->ec:ec->28->2:3 no->ec:ec->29->2:3 deo->ec:ec- >30->2:3 es->ec:ec->31->2:3 ca->ec:ec->32->2:3 la->ec:ec->33->2:3 ro->ec:ec->34 ->2:3 tr->ec:ec->35->2:3 fi->ec:ec->37->2:3 hu->ec:ec->38->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : texexec.top loaded (./texexec.top specials : loading definition file tpd (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) systems : system commands are enabled (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) systems : begin file texexec at line 1 fonts : resetting map file list {e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/origina l-empty.map} fonts : using map file: texnansi-public-lm {e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/texnans i-public-lm.map} fonts : using map file: original-base {e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/origina l-base.map} fonts : using map file: ec-public-lm {e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-publ ic-lm.map} fonts : using map file: ec-base {e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-base .map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-base {e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/origina l-ams-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler {e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/origina l-ams-euler.map} fonts : using map file: original-public-lm {e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/origina l-public-lm.map} (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) [1.1] systems : end file texexec at line 3 ){e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm-ec.enc}<e:\iso image\usr\local\context\tex\texmf/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmr12.pfb> Output written on texexec.pdf (1 page, 23276 bytes). Transcript written on texexec.log. TeXExec | runtime: 0.47
TeXExec | processing document 'texexec' TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | writing option file texexec.top TeXExec | using randomseed 498 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-nl TeXExec | progname: context This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.0-beta-20060213 (Web2c 7.5.5) \write18 enabled. (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./texexec.tex
ConTeXt ver: 2006.10.27 15:16 MK II fmt: 2006.10.29 int: dutch/dutch taal : taal nl is actief systeem : cont-new geladen (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) systeem : cont-old geladen (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) systeem : cont-fil geladen (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) systeem : cont-sys geladen (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex) korps : 12pt rm wordt geladen taal : patronen nl->texnansi:texnansi->1->2:2 nl->ec:ec->2->2:2 fr-> texnansi:texnansi->3->2:2 fr->ec:ec->4->2:2 de->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:2 de->e c:ec->6->2:2 it->texnansi:texnansi->7->2:2 it->ec:ec->8->2:2 pt->texnansi:texna nsi->9->2:2 pt->ec:ec->10->2:2 hr->ec:ec->11->2:2 pl->pl0:pl0->12->2:2 pl->ec:e c->13->2:2 pl->qx:qx->14->2:2 cz->il2:il2->15->2:2 cz->ec:ec->16->2:2 sk->il2:i l2->17->2:2 sk->ec:ec->18->2:2 sl->ec:ec->19->2:2 ru->t2a:t2a->21->2:2 en->ec:e c->22->2:2 uk->ec:ec->23->2:2 us->ec:ec->24->2:2 agr->agr:agr->25->2:2 da->ec:e c->26->2:2 sv->ec:ec->27->2:2 af->ec:ec->28->2:2 no->ec:ec->29->2:2 deo->ec:ec- >30->2:2 es->ec:ec->31->2:2 ca->ec:ec->32->2:2 la->ec:ec->33->2:2 ro->ec:ec->34 ->2:2 tr->ec:ec->35->2:2 fi->ec:ec->37->2:2 hu->ec:ec->38->2:2 geladen specials : tex,postscript,rokicki geladen systeem : texexec.top geladen (./texexec.top specials : definitiefile tpd wordt geladen (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : definitiefile fdf wordt geladen (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) specials : fdf geladen ) specials : fdf,tpd geladen ) systems : system commands are enabled (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) systems : begin file texexec at line 1 fonts : resetting map file list {e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/origina l-empty.map} fonts : using map file: texnansi-public-lm {e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/texnans i-public-lm.map} fonts : using map file: original-base {e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/origina l-base.map} fonts : using map file: ec-public-lm {e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-publ ic-lm.map} fonts : using map file: ec-base {e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-base .map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-base {e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/origina l-ams-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler {e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/origina l-ams-euler.map} fonts : using map file: original-public-lm {e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/origina l-public-lm.map} (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) [1.1] systems : end file texexec at line 3 ){e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm-ec.enc}<e:\iso image\usr\local\context\tex\texmf/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmr12.pfb> Output written on texexec.pdf (1 page, 23276 bytes). Transcript written on texexec.log. TeXExec | runtime: 0.441 TeXExec | end of analysis
TeXExec | TeXExec | TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD TeXExec | TeXUtil | version 9.1.0 - 1997-2005 - PRAGMA ADE/POD TeXExec | CtxTools | version 1.3.3 - 2004/2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD TeXExec | TeXExec | testing interface en TeXExec | pdfTeX Version 3.141592-1.40.0-beta-20060213 (Web2c 7.5.5) TeXExec | ConTeXt ver: 2006.10.27 15:16 MK II fmt: 2006.10.29 int: english/english TeXExec | TeXExec | testing interface nl TeXExec | pdfTeX Version 3.141592-1.40.0-beta-20060213 (Web2c 7.5.5) TeXExec | ConTeXt ver: 2006.10.27 15:16 MK II fmt: 2006.10.29 int: dutch/dutch
TeXTools
(should be moved on a separate page, but it's stil almost empty anyway)
To update your TeX tree to the most recent version of kurier fonts for example, you can use
textools --updatetree kurier-tex e:\tex\texmf
with kurier-tex
being the new content for your old TEXMF tree (if it were) located under e:\tex\texmf
(change folder names accordingly).
This will tell you what will be updated, merged and deleted (use --force
to really do it)