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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2012-02-13 01:16:11 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2012-02-13 01:16:11 +0000
commitefd43becf184f97c6fc7e1193066d04240315e8e (patch)
tree7b87ccdfeff06a889246885c23831dc52922db00 /Master/texmf-dist/doc/context
parentbf9fed363704faa0bb4c0a77ff868a3314976c14 (diff)
context-filter (12feb12)
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@25381 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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-rw-r--r--Master/texmf-dist/doc/context/third/filter/filter.txt17
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/context/third/filter/filter.txt b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/context/third/filter/filter.txt
index 13e1acc4898..8a686827b41 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/context/third/filter/filter.txt
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/context/third/filter/filter.txt
@@ -284,7 +284,20 @@ external program that you are using.
Deleting temporary files
------------------------
-To delete the temporary files generated by the module, call
+In MkIV, the module automatically deletes the `\externalfilterinputfile` after
+executing the filter unless `\traceexternalfilters` is used. If, for whatever
+reason, you want to keep this file around, use
+
+ \defineexternalfilter
+ [...]
+ [...
+ purge=no,
+ ...]
+
+In MkII, the `\externalfilterinputfile` is not deleted.
+
+All the files generated by the filter module have `-temp-` in their name. As
+such they can be deleted using
context --purgeall --pattern=filename
@@ -746,3 +759,5 @@ Version History
- Renamed `continue` to `cache`. Using `continue=yes` still works
- Removed `force` and `reuse` modes (too easy to clash with user modes).
- Functionality of force mode implemented using `cache=force`.
+- **2012.02.05**
+ - Added `purge=yes|no` to control if the input file is deleted or not