mtx-context(1) ConTeXt Process Management mtx-context(1)NAMEmtx-contextSYNOPSIS
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)
--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 distribu‐
tion
--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)
--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 imposi‐
tion
--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)
--batchmode
run without stopping and do not show messages on the console
--nonstopmode
run without stopping
--synctex
run with synctex enabled (optional value: zipped, unzipped, 1,
-1)
--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
--update
update context from website (not to be confused with contextgar‐
den)
--profile
profile job (use: mtxrun --script profile --analyze)
--timing
generate timing and statistics overview
--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=what‐
ever.tmp)
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
version 0.60 01-01-2013 mtx-context(1)