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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/pdftex-quiet/README.md b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/pdftex-quiet/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..49e0a2e5f4c --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/pdftex-quiet/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +# pdftex-quiet + +This is a tool in BASH serving to reduce the output of `pdftex` command and see only relevant errors in red bold font to fight them ASAP. + +Originally, I've started this as [the TeX StackExchange answer](https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/459470/134632). + +Now, it's being proposed as a CTAN package called also `pdftex-quiet`. + +## Installation + +Download this repository: + +```bash +git clone https://gitlab.jkozlovsky.cz/productivity/pdftex-quiet.git +cd pdftex-quiet +``` + +Simply copy the bash script to your `$PATH`: + +```bash +cp bin/pdftex-quiet /usr/local/bin/ +chmod +x /usr/local/bin/pdftex-quiet + +# Make sure we support also pdflatex-quiet command (pdflatex is also a symlink to pdftex command) +ln -sf /usr/local/bin/pdftex-quiet /usr/local/bin/pdflatex-quiet +``` + +## Usage + +Usage is the same as with `pdftex` (it supports all the arguments except [COMMANDS], **but the filename is mandatory!**). + +```bash +# Keep in mind that the last argument should always be the filename to compile +# and it's mandatory! (unless you only want to print a help) +pdftex-quiet --output-format dvi --output-directory=/tmp my_tex_source.tex + +# Print help +pdftex-quiet --help + +# But most probably you simply want to run the pdftex without modifications: +pdftex-quiet my_tex_source.tex +``` + +## Licence + +See the `LICENCE` file. + +## Credits + +This [project's avatar](https://www.shareicon.net/warning-attention-error-notice-signs-signaling-815477) was designed by [Flaticon](https://profile.flaticon.com/license/free). |