| flag | value | description |
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| basic |
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| --run | | process (one or more) files (default action) |
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| --make | | create context formats |
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| --ctx=name | | use ctx file (process management specification) |
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| --noctx | | ignore ctx directives and flags |
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| --interface | | use specified user interface (default: en) |
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| --autopdf | | close pdf file in viewer and start pdf viewer afterwards |
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| --purge | | purge files either or not after a run (--pattern=...) |
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| --purgeall | | purge all files either or not after a run (--pattern=...) |
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| --usemodule | list | load the given module or style, normally part of the distribution |
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| --environment | list | load the given environment file first (document styles) |
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| --mode | list | enable given the modes (conditional processing in styles) |
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| --path | list | also consult the given paths when files are looked for |
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| --arguments | list | set variables that can be consulted during a run (key/value pairs) |
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| --randomseed | number | set the randomseed |
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| --result | name | rename the resulting output to the given name |
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| --trackers | list | set tracker variables (show list with --showtrackers) |
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| --directives | list | set directive variables (show list with --showdirectives) |
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| --silent | list | disable logcategories (show list with --showlogcategories) |
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| --strip | | strip Lua code (only meant for production where no errors are expected) |
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| --errors | list | show errors at the end of a run, quit when in list (also when --silent) |
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| --htmlerrorpage | | generate html error page instead (optional: =scite) |
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| --noconsole | | disable logging to the console (logfile only) |
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| --nodummy | | don't create a dummy file (can confuse pdf viewers that keep file in view) |
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| --purgeresult | | purge result file before run |
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| --find | string | search for the given pattern in the documentation sources |
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| --forcexml | | force xml stub |
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| --forcecld | | force cld (context lua document) stub |
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| --forcelua | | force lua stub (like texlua) |
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| --forcemp | | force mp stub |
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| --arrange | | run extra imposition pass, given that the style sets up imposition |
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| --noarrange | | ignore imposition specifications in the style |
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| --pages | | report pagenumbers of names pages and list references (--page=... or --page=...) |
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| --jit | | use luajittex with jit turned off (only use the faster virtual machine) |
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| --jiton | | use luajittex with jit turned on (in most cases not faster, even slower) |
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| --once | | only run once (no multipass data file is produced) |
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| --runs | | process at most this many times |
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| --forcedruns | | process this many times (permits for optimization trial runs) |
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| --batchmode | | run without stopping and do not show messages on the console |
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| --nonstopmode | | run without stopping |
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| --nocompactfonts | | revert to less efficient (traditional) font scaling |
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| --nosynctex | | never initializes synctex (for production runs) |
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| --synctex | | run with synctex enabled (better use \setupsynctex[state=start]) |
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| --nodates | | omit runtime dates in pdf file (optional value: a number (1970 offset) or string "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM") |
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| --nocompression | | forcefully turns off compression in the backend |
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| --trailerid | | alternative trailer id (or constant one) |
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| --generate | | generate file database etc. (as luatools does) |
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| --paranoid | | do not descend to .. and ../.. |
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| --version | | report installed context version |
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| --global | | assume given file present elsewhere |
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| --nofile | | use dummy file as jobname |
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| --forceinput | | use this file as input file instead of the given one |
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| --expert | | show some more options |
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| expert |
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| --touch | | update context version number (also provide --expert, optionally provide --basepath) |
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| --nostatistics | | omit runtime statistics at the end of the run |
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| --profile | | profile job (use: mtxrun --script profile --analyze) |
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| --timing | | generate timing and statistics overview |
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| --keeptuc | | keep previous tuc files (jobname-tuc-[run].tmp) |
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| --keeppdf | | keep previous pdf files (jobname-pdf-keep.tmp) |
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| --keeplog | | keep previous log files (jobname-log-[run].tmp) |
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| --notuc | | don't write a tuc file |
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| --lmtx | | force lmtx mode (when available) |
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| --overloadmode=error|warning|0--6|255 | | enable csname overload checking |
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| --extra=name | | process extra (mtx-context-... in distribution) |
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| --extras | | show extras |
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| --ownerpassword | | encrypt the (pdf) file using this master password |
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| --userpassword | | use an additional password for opening the document |
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| --permissions | | list of: print, modify, extract, add, fillin, assemble, quality |
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| --wtpdf | | add an wtpdf conformance blob but best check first if it applies |
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| special |
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| --pdftex | | process file with texexec using pdftex |
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| --xetex | | process file with texexec using xetex |
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| --mkii | | process file with texexec |
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| --pipe | | do not check for file and enter scroll mode (--dummyfile=whatever.tmp) |
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| --parallel | | process multiple files at the same time (you can specify a number of processes, default: 8) |
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| --parallellist | | process commands in this file (lines that start with 'context') |
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| --sandbox | | process file in a limited environment |
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| --addbinarypath | | prepend the (found) binarypath to runners |
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