Re: [AUCTeX] shell-escape

[David Arnold]

David,

This from the man pages of pdflatex:

       -shell-escape
              Enable the \write18{command} construct.  The command  
can be  any
              shell  command.  This construct is normally disallowed  
for secu-
              rity reasons.

       -no-shell-escape
              Disable the \write18{command} construct, even if it   
is  enabled
              in the texmf.cnf file.

Those of us who use Context and want to include Metapost code in our  
files, or those using the emp.sty in Latex to include Metapost code  
in their latex source, need to do one of two things:

1. Enable write18 permananently in texmf.cnf, or

2. Use the switch -shell-escape at compile time.

It could be an option like source specials in Auctex.

On Nov 23, 2005, at 12:20 AM, David Kastrup wrote:

> David Arnold <address@hidden> writes:
>
>
> > Is there a way in Auctex to enable shell-escape when compiling in
> > Latex and/or Context?
>
> What is that supposed to mean?
>
> --
> David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

David