mtx-kpse(1)

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✨ mtx-kpse — the ConTeXt KPSE checking utility ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're talking about mtx-kpse, aka the ConTeXt KPSE checking utility 💅 it's one of the lil mtx tools and it lives in your manual as mtx-kpse(1), so if you ever see that name floating around, that's literally this page. no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mtxrun --script kpse [ OPTIONS ...  ] [ FILENAMES ]

that's the whole vibe — you run it through mtxrun with --script kpse, toss in some options, and optionally some FILENAMES and let it cook. 🔥

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

ConTeXt KPSE checking utility. yes that's it, that's the description, she's mysterious, she's iconic, she does exactly what her name says. 👑

✨ OPTIONS: BASIC ✨

the starter pack, the essentials, the ones you'll actually reach for first:

  • --progname — mandate (yes, literally mandate), set the program name, like pdftex for example 🫶
  • --findfile — reports the fully qualified path of the file you hand it 📍
  • --findfiles — not just one, bestie — it reports a list of all the full names of the given file 🌈
  • --expandpath — expands the path variable you give it 🦋
  • --expandvar — expands a variable, simple as 💜
  • --expandbraces — for when your variable spec is complex and extra, this expands it 🎀
  • --varvalue — shows you the value of a variable, no secrets here 🙈
  • --readablefile — reports if a file is readable 👀
  • --filetypes — lists every single supported format, all of them, the whole roster ⭐

🎀 OPTIONS: ADDITIONAL 🎀

the bonus round, the deluxe edition:

  • --format — format type 💅
  • --path — path variable 🧚
  • --split — split the result into lines ✂️

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

want more tea about ConTeXt and all the tools that come with it? the info lives here:

and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate it 💖 this was version 1.00, dated 01-01-2025, brought to you by the mtx-kpse(1) girlies. periodt. 👑✨

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