[latexrefman-commits] [SCM] latexrefman updated: r845 - trunk

[karl at gnu.org.ua]

Author: karl
Date: 2020-11-30 03:57:18 +0200 (Mon, 30 Nov 2020)
New Revision: 845

Modified:
   trunk/ChangeLog
   trunk/aspell.en.pws
   trunk/latex2e.texi
Log:
mention shellesc package

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/ChangeLog	2020-11-26 17:50:57 UTC (rev 844)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog	2020-11-30 01:57:18 UTC (rev 845)
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2020-11-29  Karl Berry  <karl at freefriends.org>
+
+	* latex2e.texi (\write18): mention the shellesc package.
+	Suggestion from Pablo Gonzalez L, 28 Nov 2020 20:31:49.
+
 2020-11-26  Karl Berry  <karl at freefriends.org>
 
 	* latex2e.texi (\/): commands like \emph and \textit auto-insert

Modified: trunk/aspell.en.pws
===================================================================
--- trunk/aspell.en.pws	2020-11-26 17:50:57 UTC (rev 844)
+++ trunk/aspell.en.pws	2020-11-30 01:57:18 UTC (rev 845)
@@ -265,3 +265,4 @@
 zet
 scrollmode
 grfext
+shellesc

Modified: trunk/latex2e.texi
===================================================================
--- trunk/latex2e.texi	2020-11-26 17:50:57 UTC (rev 844)
+++ trunk/latex2e.texi	2020-11-30 01:57:18 UTC (rev 845)
@@ -20244,7 +20244,19 @@
 interface for this, unlike the above examples using the raw
 @code{\write18}: @url{https://ctan.org/pkg/texosquery}.
 
+ at PkgIndex{shellesc}
+ at findex \ShellEscape
+ at findex \DelayedShellEscape
+ at LaTeX{} provides a package @code{shellesc} on top of the primitive
+ at code{\write18} command. Its primary purpose is to provide a command
+ at code{\ShellEscape} which works identically on all @TeX{} engines;
+Lua at TeX{} intentionally did not retain @code{\write18} as a way to
+invoke a shell command, so some engine-specific code is needed. The
+ at code{shellesc} package also provides a command
+ at code{\DelayedShellEscape}, executed at @code{\output} time, for the
+same reason.
 
+
 @node Command line
 @chapter Command line