[NTG-context] texexec is very coy
Sanjoy Mahajan
sanjoy at mrao.cam.ac.uk
Wed Apr 19 00:39:37 CEST 2006
When texexec doesn't find a program or a file, it doesn't complain
loudly. In this output from a recent run
extra program : dvipos z
total run time : 3 seconds
texexec went looking for 'dvipos'. I didn't suspect any problem since I
didn't know that it wasn't installed (and hadn't heard of it until a few
hours ago). An error message like this would be useful::
extra program : dvipos z
ERROR: Could not run 'dvipos'
total run time : 3 seconds
Perhaps at the end of the run repeat all those error msgs (otherwise
they gets buried in all the output).
A similar message would be useful when the tex file itself doesn't exist:
$ texexec nosuchfile.tex
TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
fixing engine variable : pdfetex
total run time : 1 seconds
Eventually I learnt that a run time of 1 second meant I'd mistyped the
file name, but a message would be useful (and more helpful than
prompting for the correct filename: I like Unix programs to not ask
questions).
-Sanjoy
`A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.'
- Bertrand de Jouvenal
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