[TxMt] LaTeX console behavior

[Holger Frauenrath]

>>> If the current TM_LATEX_ERRLVL settings are not sufficient, let  
>>> us know.
>>
>> Thanks for the hint. I played around with the values. In my eyes  
>> it would be useful to have one additional option where the console  
>> window would not open at all *except* for when there is an error,  
>> in which case it should open and remain open. The reason is that I  
>> would like it to be closed after typesetting and, as a matter of  
>> fact, the typesetting of a short file on the MacBook only takes a  
>> fraction of a second anyways, so that the brief opening and  
>> closing of the console window is not useful (in this particular  
>> case).
>
> Well it sort of opens because this is the default output of the  
> command, an HTML window. So the window opens before the command  
> even starts running. Theoretically it would be possible to not open  
> it until later, but it would make the code of that command even  
> more complicated. It's already a pretty long shell script, that I  
> try not to mess with lest my inferior shell skills brake it. If  
> someone else wants to take a stab at it, then we can talk about it.  
> But given that it works, and it really a minor nuisance, I'm loath  
> to mess with it.

Well, that is fine with me. You are right, it is a minor nuisance. If  
it can be fixed easily, fine. If not, it is not essential.

Holger

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