msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote:
> If a script begins with the characters "#!" and the name of a script > interpreter, and has the execute bit set, then it can be executed like any > other program, and the front end can run it the same way the front end > would run any TeX engine. This is a facility of the operating system, > often called the "shebang" mechanism, and it is transparent to > applications. There is no need for the front end to know what language > the script is written in, nor how to interpret that language. As far as I am aware, Mathew, #! is meaningless to the Windows command-line interpreter; I /believe/ (but have no first-hand knowledge or experience) that its use is restricted to Unix-like systems. ** Phil. -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
