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bug#70399: ConTeXT options need updating
From: |
Ikumi Keita |
Subject: |
bug#70399: ConTeXT options need updating |
Date: |
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:31:34 +0900 |
Hi Jim,
Thank you for your report. None of the AUCTeX maintainer uses ConTeXt,
so inputs from ConTeXt user are valuable.
>>>>> Jim <zlists+context@jdvb.ca> writes:
> (1) TeX-command-list contains the following
> ("ConTeXt" "%(cntxcom) --once --texutil %(extraopts) %(execopts)%t"
> and --texutil isn't in texlive 2023's context, texlive 2024's context,
> or the context in the ConTeXt distribution.
It is easy to remove "--texutil", but I'd like to ask whether it is safe
for older (before 2023) TeX distribution to do so. What was this option
"--texutil" for? Unfortunately, "context --help" of TeX Live 2024
doesn't give me useful information.
> (2) A recent change (early April 2024?) to context has changed how
> synctex is done.
> On the good side, with the right option context will produce a
> synctex file that epdfinfo knows how to parse.
> On the bad side,
> (a) rather than calling with "--synctex=1" (as done in
> ConTeXt-expand-options in context.el) the correct option is now
> "--synctex=repeat";
> (b) but if context is called with "--nonstopmode" (or "--nonstop")
> the "--synctex=..." request to create a synctex file is over-ridden.
> It is easy for a user who knows what is going on to use
> (setq ConTeXt-texexec-option-nonstop "")
> but changing --synctex=1 to --synctex=repeat seems to require
> a redefinition of the function.
> The --synctex=repeat version may not have reached texlive 2024 yet, but
> using --synctex=repeat with the version of context in TL2024 creates the
> same synctex file as --synctex=1, so there seems to be no harm in
> changing this.
OK, then I'll change "--synctex=1" to "--synctex=repeat", expecting that
the situation about compatibility is the same for older ConTeXt.
> Bonus "bug": TeX-submit-bug-report suggests upgrading to the version from
> https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex, but as of today that would be a
> downgrade, since it says the current auctex version is 13.3.
The message is followed by "if your installation is older than the one
available from the web site.", isn't it? 🙂
Regards,
Ikumi Keita
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