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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@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

       webpage: http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net

       wiki: http://contextgarden.net