reporting: option to suppress reporting output. closes #688

matlab/reporting/@report/addPage.m

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ function o = addPage(o, varargin)
 % along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 np = length(o.pages) + 1;
-fprintf(1, 'Adding Page: %d\n', np);
+if o.showOutput
+    fprintf(1, 'Adding Page: %d\n', np);
+end
 o.pages{np} = page('orientation', o.orientation, 'paper', o.paper, varargin{:});
 end

matlab/reporting/@report/compile.m

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function o = compile(o, varargin)
 
 opts.compiler = o.compiler;
 opts.showReport = true;
-opts.showOutput = true;
+opts.showOutput = o.showOutput;
 
 if nargin > 1
     if round((nargin-1)/2) ~= (nargin-1)/2
@@ -71,15 +71,28 @@ end
 if isempty(opts.compiler)
     if strncmp(computer, 'MACI', 4) || ~isempty(regexpi(computer, '.*apple.*', 'once'))
         % Add most likely places for pdflatex to exist outside of default $PATH
-        [status, opts.compiler] = ...
-            system(['PATH=$PATH:/usr/texbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin;' ...
-                    'which pdflatex'], echo);
+        if opts.showOutput
+            [status, opts.compiler] = ...
+                system(['PATH=$PATH:/usr/texbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin;' ...
+                        'which pdflatex'], echo);
+        else
+            [status, opts.compiler] = ...
+                system('PATH=$PATH:/usr/texbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin;which pdflatex');
+        end
     elseif strcmp(computer, 'PCWIN') || strcmp(computer, 'PCWIN64')
-        [status, opts.compiler] = system('findtexmf --file-type=exe pdflatex', echo);
+        if opts.showOutput
+            [status, opts.compiler] = system('findtexmf --file-type=exe pdflatex', echo);
+        else
+            [status, opts.compiler] = system('findtexmf --file-type=exe pdflatex');
+        end
         middle = ' ';
         opts.compiler = ['"' strtrim(opts.compiler) '"'];
     else % gnu/linux
-        [status, opts.compiler] = system('which pdflatex', echo);
+        if opts.showOutput
+            [status, opts.compiler] = system('which pdflatex', echo);
+        else
+            [status, opts.compiler] = system('which pdflatex');
+        end
     end
     assert(status == 0, ...
            '@report.compile: Could not find a tex compiler on your system');
@@ -98,10 +111,11 @@ if status ~= 0
     error(['@report.compile: There was an error in compiling ' rfn '.pdf.' ...
           '  ' compiler ' returned the error code: ' num2str(status)]);
 end
-fprintf(1, '\n\nDone.\n');
-disp('Your compiled report is located here:');
-disp(['     ' pwd filesep rfn '.pdf']);
-
+if o.showOutput || opts.showOutput
+    fprintf(1, 'Done.\n');
+    disp('Your compiled report is located here:');
+    disp(['     ' pwd filesep rfn '.pdf']);
+end
 if opts.showReport && ~isoctave
     open([pwd filesep rfn '.pdf']);
 end

matlab/reporting/@report/report.m

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ o.pages = {};
 o.fileName = 'report.tex';
 o.showDate = true;
 o.compiler = '';
+o.showOutput = true;
 
 if nargin == 1
     assert(isa(varargin{1}, 'report'), ['@report.report: with one arg, ' ...
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ assert(ischar(o.title), '@report.report: title must be a string');
 assert(ischar(o.fileName), '@report.report: fileName must be a string');
 assert(ischar(o.compiler), '@report.report: compiler file must be a string');
 assert(islogical(o.showDate), '@report.report: showDate must be either true or false');
+assert(islogical(o.showOutput), '@report.report: showOutput must be either true or false');
 assert(isfloat(o.margin) && o.margin > 0, '@report.report: margin must be a float > 0.');
 
 valid_margin_unit = {'cm', 'in'};

matlab/reporting/@report/write.m

@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ fprintf(fid, '\\centering\n');
 
 nps = length(o.pages);
 for i=1:nps
-    fprintf(1, 'Writing Page: %d\n', i);
+    if o.showOutput
+        fprintf(1, 'Writing Page: %d\n', i);
+    end
     o.pages{i}.write(fid, i);
 end
 
@@ -90,5 +92,7 @@ status = fclose(fid);
 if status == -1
     error('@report.write: closing %s\n', o.fileName);
 end
-disp('Finished Writing Report!');
+if o.showOutput
+    disp('Finished Writing Report!');
+end
 end