mtx-texworks(1)

📦 version 2026.0, in alpine 3.24

💅 mtx-texworks — the TeXworks startup script, bestie

okay so real talk: this is mtx-texworks, a little startup script for TeXworks that rides along with mtxrun (that's the ConTeXt tool runner, iykyk). it's part of the mtx-texworks(1) manual page and it's genuinely smol — like, two options smol. but we're gonna cover every single crumb of it anyway because that's the vibe. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

so you call mtxrun, tell it --script texworks, and then you can hand it any OPTIONS you want and any FILENAMES you want. that's it, that's the whole entrance exam. 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

TeXworks Startup Script.

like… yes, that's genuinely the whole description in the original page. it's a startup script. for TeXworks. it starts it. no cap. 💀✨

👑 OPTIONS 👑

two options. two. and honestly? iconic minimalism.

  • --start — starts texworks. that's it, that's the job. oh and heads up, it also takes [--verbose] alongside it, so you can be like "start texworks but tell me everything" 🗣️💬
  • --test — doesn't actually do the thing; it just reports what will happen. it's giving "let me check the vibes before I commit" energy 🙈✨ lowkey the responsible one of the two.
fr fr, if you're not sure what --start is gonna do in your setup, run --test first. it's literally built for that. 🫶

🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

more info about ConTeXt and all the tools that come with it lives here — go be nosy, it's encouraged:

like, the wiki alone is a whole rabbit hole. bring snacks. 🍓

💖 cute sign-off 💖

this page is version 1.00, dated 01-01-2026 — so yeah, fresh off the presses, main character energy, periodt. go start some texworks, bestie. 🌈⭐💜

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