In scripting languages what I do is depending on the name of the
script. So I link files. In reality there is only one file, but it can
be called with for example five different names.
Is something like this possible with LaTex? Partly doing thing based
on the name of the document name?

--
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

In our last episode, the evil Dr. Lacto had captured our hero,
Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl>, who said:
> Is something like this possible with LaTex? Partly doing thing based
> on the name of the document name?

I don't know / remember where I got this from...

\def\StripPrefix#1>{}
\def\jobis#1{FF\fi
\def\predicate{#1}%
\edef\predicate{\expandafter\StripPrefix\meaning\predicate}%
\edef\job{\jobname}%
\ifx\job\predicate
}

\if\jobis{labels3}
\LabelCols=3%
\numberoflabels=30%
\else
\LabelCols=2%
\numberoflabels=20%
\fi

--hymie! http://nasalinux.net/~hymie hymie@nasalinux.net

hymie! <hymie@nasalinux.net> writes:

> In our last episode, the evil Dr. Lacto had captured our hero,
> Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl>, who said:
>> Is something like this possible with LaTex? Partly doing thing based
>> on the name of the document name?
>
> I don't know / remember where I got this from...
>
>
> \def\StripPrefix#1>{}
> \def\jobis#1{FF\fi
> \def\predicate{#1}%
> \edef\predicate{\expandafter\StripPrefix\meaning\predicate}%
> \edef\job{\jobname}%
> \ifx\job\predicate
> }
>
> \if\jobis{labels3}
> \LabelCols=3%
> \numberoflabels=30%
> \else
> \LabelCols=2%
> \numberoflabels=20%
> \fi

That looks good.
I should have started much sooner with LaTeX.

--
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> writes:

> I should have started much sooner with LaTeX.

That's a very good insight. Have fun with it! It's never too late for
that. ;-)

--
Uwe

Am Thu, 06 Oct 2022 07:22:09 +0200 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:

>> \def\StripPrefix#1>{}
>> \def\jobis#1{FF\fi
>> \def\predicate{#1}%
>> \edef\predicate{\expandafter\StripPrefix\meaning\predicate}%
>> \edef\job{\jobname}%
>> \ifx\job\predicate
>> }
>>
>> \if\jobis{labels3}
>> \LabelCols=3%
>> \numberoflabels=30%
>> \else
>> \LabelCols=2%
>> \numberoflabels=20%
>> \fi
>
> That looks good.
> I should have started much sooner with LaTeX.

A bit more latex like would be to use e.g. the L3 Layer:

\documentclass{article}

\ExplSyntaxOn
\NewDocumentCommand\IfJobnameIsTF {m}
{ \str_if_eq:eeTF{\c_sys_jobname_str}{#1} }
\ExplSyntaxOff

\begin{document}
\IfJobnameIsTF{test-utf8}{true}{false}
\end{document}

or etoolbox

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{etoolbox}

\NewDocumentCommand\IfJobnameIsTF{m}
{\ExpandArgs{ee}\ifstrequal{\jobname}{#1}}

\begin{document}
\IfJobnameIsTF{test-utf8}{true}{false}
\end{document}

(\ExpandArgs requires a current LaTeX)

--
Ulrike Fischer
http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/

On 06/10/2022 06:22, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> hymie! <hymie@nasalinux.net> writes:
>
>> In our last episode, the evil Dr. Lacto had captured our hero,
>> Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl>, who said:
>>> Is something like this possible with LaTex? Partly doing thing based
>>> on the name of the document name?
[snip]
> That looks good.
> I should have started much sooner with LaTeX.

Also look at plain TeX's \newif which lets you create new conditionals,
and the ifthen package, which provides an if...then...else structure.

Peter

Am 06.10.2022 um 14:29 schrieb Peter Flynn:
> On 06/10/2022 06:22, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>> hymie! <hymie@nasalinux.net> writes:
>>
>>> In our last episode, the evil Dr. Lacto had captured our hero,
>>>    Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl>, who said:
>>>> Is something like this possible with LaTex? Partly doing thing based
>>>> on the name of the document name?
> [snip]
>> That looks good.
>> I should have started much sooner with LaTeX.
>
> Also look at plain TeX's \newif which lets you create new conditionals,
> and the ifthen package, which provides an if...then...else structure.

The etoolbox package also provides macros to work with TeX conditionals.
Besides that it introduces so-called toggles which work quite similar.
The toggles use a different namespace to avoid clashes with common names.

Holger