Steps to make scripts/markdown/markdown-cli.lua executable and symlinked to system directories as markdown-cli

[Vít Starý Novotný]

Dear Reinhard,

Thank you for your message. The script already exists on CTAN, so I assume
I just need
to add the shebang line and make the file executable in the next release
then?

Best,
Vit

On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 5:49 AM Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha at gmx.de>
wrote:

> On 2024-12-04 at 00:59:37 +0100, Vít Starý Novotný wrote:
>
>  > Dear TeX Live developers,
>  >
>  > I am writing to inquire about the steps required to make a Lua
>  > script from a CTAN package available as an executable that is
>  > automatically symlinked to system directories in TeX
>  > Live. Specifically, I would like to make
>  > scripts/markdown/markdown-cli.lua executable and symlinked as
>  > markdown-cli.
>  >
>  > >From my understanding, the script should be placed in the scripts/
>  > directory of the TDS, marked as executable, and include the shebang
>  > #!/usr/bin/env texlua.
>  > These are adjustments I can address in my CTAN release.
>  >
>  > However, I am unclear about how to mark the script for symlinking
>  > to system directories and how to specify the symlink name. It seems
>  > that not all executable files in the scripts/ directory are
>  > automatically symlinked. Is this behavior controlled by TeX Live
>  > itself through a curated list of scripts to be symlinked, or is
>  > there a more general mechanism that I should use?
>
> Hi Vit,
> it's sufficient to put scripts/markdown/markdown-cli.lua on CTAN.
>
> TeX Live will create symlinks "markdown-cli" within the various
> bin/<Unix>/ directories and a wrapper "markdown-cli.exe" in
> bin/windows.
>
> Regards,
>   Reinhard
>
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