mtx-context
Section: ConTeXt Process Management (1)
Updated: 01-01-2020
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NAME
mtx-context - ConTeXt Process Management
SYNOPSIS
mtxrun --script context [
OPTIONS ...
] [
FILENAMES
]
DESCRIPTION
ConTeXt Process Management
OPTIONS: BASIC
- --run
-
process (one or more) files (default action)
- --make
-
create context formats
- --ctx=name
-
use ctx file (process management specification)
- --noctx
-
ignore ctx directives and flags
- --interface
-
use specified user interface (default: en)
- --autopdf
-
close pdf file in viewer and start pdf viewer afterwards
- --purge
-
purge files either or not after a run (--pattern=...)
- --purgeall
-
purge all 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)
- --strip
-
strip Lua code (only meant for production where no errors are expected)
- --errors=list
-
show errors at the end of a run, quit when in list (also when --silent)
- --htmlerrorpage
-
generate html error page instead (optional: =scite)
- --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
- --forcelua
-
force lua stub (like texlua)
- --forcemp
-
force mp stub
- --arrange
-
run extra imposition pass, given that the style sets up imposition
- --noarrange
-
ignore imposition specifications in the style
- --jit
-
use luajittex with jit turned off (only use the faster virtual machine)
- --jiton
-
use luajittex with jit turned on (in most cases not faster, even slower)
- --once
-
only run once (no multipass data file is produced)
- --runs
-
process at most this many times
- --forcedruns
-
process this many times (permits for optimization trial runs)
- --batchmode
-
run without stopping and do not show messages on the console
- --nonstopmode
-
run without stopping
- --nosynctex
-
never initializes synctex (for production runs)
- --synctex
-
run with synctex enabled (better use etupsynctex[state=start]
- --nodates
-
omit runtime dates in pdf file (optional value: a number (this 1970 offset time) or string "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM")
- --nocompression
-
forcefully turns off compression in the backend
- --trailerid
-
alternative trailer id (or constant one)
- --generate
-
generate file database etc. (as luatools does)
- --paranoid
-
do not descend to .. and ../..
- --version
-
report installed context version
- --global
-
assume given file present elsewhere
- --nofile
-
use dummy file as jobname
OPTIONS: EXPERT
- --touch
-
update context version number (also provide --expert, optionally provide --basepath)
- --nostatistics
-
omit runtime statistics at the end of the run
- --profile
-
profile job (use: mtxrun --script profile --analyze)
- --timing
-
generate timing and statistics overview
- --keeptuc
-
keep previous tuc files (jobname-tuc-[run].tmp)
- --keeplog
-
keep previous log files (jobname-log-[run].tmp)
- --lmtx
-
force lmtx mode (when available)
- --extra=name
-
process extra (mtx-context-... in distribution)
- --extras
-
show extras
OPTIONS: SPECIAL
- --pdftex
-
process file with texexec using pdftex
- --xetex
-
process file with texexec using xetex
- --mkii
-
process file with texexec
- --pipe
-
do not check for file and enter scroll mode (--dummyfile=whatever.tmp)
- --sandbox
-
process file in a limited environment
- --addbinarypath
-
prepend the (found) binarypath to runners
AUTHOR
More information about ConTeXt and the tools that come with it can be found at:
maillist:
ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
webpage:
http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
wiki:
http://contextgarden.net