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  --directives=list    set directive variables (show list with --showdirectives)
 
  --directives=list    set directive variables (show list with --showdirectives)
 
  --silent=list        disable logcatgories (show list with --showlogcategories)
 
  --silent=list        disable logcatgories (show list with --showlogcategories)
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--nostatistics        disable runtime statistics at the end of the run
 
  --noconsole          disable logging to the console (logfile only)
 
  --noconsole          disable logging to the console (logfile only)
 
  --purgeresult        purge result file before run
 
  --purgeresult        purge result file before run

Revision as of 21:58, 18 November 2019

The context script has two main uses: (1) compiling ConTeXt MkIV documents, and (2) recompiling the ConTeXt core format after you change one of the source files. It is one of ConTeXt's four command-line scripts, together with mtxrun for running general ('meta-TeX') helper scripts, first-setup for installation and updating, and texexec for compiling MkII documents.

Compiling

To compile a document myfile.tex, simply pass it as an argument to context:

context myfile.tex

Remaking the format

When you change one of ConTeXt's core files – as a temporary patch, or to try out something new, or for whatever reason – the change won't take effect immediately. Instead, you must first recompile ConTeXt, a process known as '(re)making the format'. In fact, ConTeXt has several formats: the English-language interface is a separate format from the English or the Persian one.

To make all formats:

context --make

To make just the format for a single interface language:

context --make cont-en    # English
context --make cont-uk    # British English
context --make cont-de    # German
context --make cont-fr    # French
context --make cont-nl    # Dutch
context --make cont-cs    # Czech
context --make cont-it    # Italian
context --make cont-ro    # Romanian
context --make cont-pe    # Farsi (Persian)


All options

--run                 process (one or more) files (default action)
--make                create context formats

--ctx=name            use ctx file (process management specification)
--interface           use specified user interface (default: en)

--autopdf             close pdf file in viewer and start pdf viewer afterwards
--purge(all)          purge files either or not after a run (--pattern=...)

--usemodule=list      load the given module or style, normally part of the distribution
--environment=list    load the given environment file first (document styles)
--mode=list           enable given the modes (conditional processing in styles)
--path=list           also consult the given paths when files are looked for
--arguments=list      set variables that can be consulted during a run (key/value pairs)
--randomseed=number   set the randomseed
--result=name         rename the resulting output to the given name
--trackers=list       set tracker variables (show list with --showtrackers)
--directives=list     set directive variables (show list with --showdirectives)
--silent=list         disable logcatgories (show list with --showlogcategories)
--nostatistics        disable runtime statistics at the end of the run
--noconsole           disable logging to the console (logfile only)
--purgeresult         purge result file before run

--forcexml            force xml stub
--forcecld            force cld (context lua document) stub

--arrange             run extra imposition pass, given that the style sets up imposition
--noarrange           ignore imposition specifications in the style

--once                only run once (no multipass data file is produced)
--batchmode           run without stopping and don't show messages on the console
--nonstopmode         run without stopping

--generate            generate file database etc. (as luatools does)
--paranoid            don't descend to .. and ../..
--version             report installed context version

--global              assume given file present elsewhere
--nofile              use dummy file as jobname

--expert              expert options