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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)
–nodummy- don’t create a dummy file (can confuse pdf viewers that keep file in view)
–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
–pages- report pagenumbers of names pages and list references (–page=… or –page=…)
–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 \setupsynctex[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)
–overloadmode=error|warning|0–6|255- enable csname overload checking
–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 [at] ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
webpage: http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
wiki: http://contextgarden.net