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 0.7 2015-04-29 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)
version 0.8 2015-06-15 file name checks: first search for arg as is, then try .tex and .ltx (closes github issue: 3)

Copyright and License

Originally based on musixtex.lua from Bob Tennent.

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.