

PTEX2PDF[.LUA]


AUTHOR: Norbert Preining
WEBSITE: http://www.preining.info/blog/software-projects/ptex2pdf/ (in Japanese)
LICENSE: GPLv2

Convert Japanese TeX documents to pdf


Description

Main purpose of the script is easy support of Japanese typesetting
engines in TeXworks. As TeXworks typesetting setup does not allow
for multistep processing, this script runs one of the ptex based
programs (ptex, uptex, eptex, platex, uplatex) followed by dvipdfmx.


Usage

    [texlua] ptex2pdf[.lua] { option | basename[.tex] } ... 
    options: -v  version
             -h  help
             --help print full help (installation, TeXworks setup)
             -e  use eptex class of programs
             -u  use uptex class of programs
             -l  use latex based formats
             -s  stop at dvi
             -i  retain intermediate files
             -ot '<opts>' extra options for TeX
             -od '<opts>' extra options for dvipdfmx


Installation

Copy the file ptex2pdf.lua into a directory where scripts are found,
that is for example

TLROOT/texmf-dist/scripts/ptex2pdf/

(where TLROOT is for example the root of your TeX Live installation)

Unix

create a link in one of the bin dirs to the above file, in the
TeX Live case:

TLROOT/bin/ARCH/ptex2pdf -> ../../texmf-dist/scripts/ptex2pdf/ptex2pdf.lua

Windows

create a copy of runscript.exe as ptex2pdf.exe, in the TeX Live case:

copy TLROOT/bin/win32/runscript.exe TLROOT/bin/win32/ptex2pdf.exe


TeXworks setup

Under Preferences > Typesetting add new entries, for example:

for ptex files:

  Setting      Value
  ------------ ----------------
  Name:        pTeX to pdf
  Program:     ptex2pdf
  Arguments:   -ot
               $synctexoption
               $fullname

for platex files:

  Setting      Value
  ------------ ----------------
  Name:        pLaTeX to pdf
  Program:     ptex2pdf
  Arguments:   -l
               -ot
               $synctexoption
               $fullname

for uptex files:

  Setting      Value
  ------------ ----------------
  Name:        upTeX to pdf
  Program:     ptex2pdf
  Arguments:   -u
               -ot
               $synctexoption
               $fullname

for uplatex files:

  Setting      Value
  ------------ ----------------
  Name:        upLaTeX to pdf
  Program:     ptex2pdf
  Arguments:   -l
               -u
               -ot
               $synctexoption
               $fullname

If you need special kanji encodings for one of these programs,
add the respective -kanji option after the $synctexoption. Example:

for platex files in SJIS encoding:

  Setting      Value
  ------------ ----------------------------
  Name:        pLaTeX/SJIS to pdf
  Program:     ptex2pdf
  Arguments:   -l
               -ot
               $synctexoption -kanji=sjis
               $fullname


Development place

http://github.com/norbusan/ptex2pdf


Changelog

-   version 0.1 2013-03-08 NP
     Initial release on blog
-   version 0.2 2013-03-10 NP
     import into git repository
     support passing options on to tex and dvipdfm
     add README with TeXworks config options
-   version 0.3 2013-05-01 NP
     include the readme in the lua code
     fix program name for -e -u
-   version 0.4 2013-05-07 NP
     quote the filename with ", so that special chars do survive
     add an example for TeXworks for files with different kanji encoding
-   version 0.5 2014-11-05 NP
     on Windows: set command_line_encoding to utf8 when running uptex
     (patch by Akira Kakuto)
-   version 0.6 2015-03-08 NP
     cygwin didn't like the (accidentally inserted) spaces after the
     texlua in the shebang line, and stopped working with
    "no such program: "texlua " ..."
-   version 0.7dev 2015-XX-XX
     move to github as gitorious will be closed, adapt help output
     to generate github flavored markdown
     check for files using kpathsea instead of opening directly, to allow
     for input of files found by kpathsea (closes github issue 1)


Copyright and License

Originally based on musixtex.lua from Bob Tennent.

(c) Copyright 2012 Bob Tennent rdt@cs.queensu.ca

(c) Copyright 2013-2015 Norbert Preining norbert@preining.info

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
