Hi, I just tried the following: mpg@siegel:~% echo '\\bye' > foobar mpg@siegel:~% pdftex foobar This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (Web2C 7.5.7) %&-line parsing enabled. entering extended mode (./foobar ) No pages of output. Transcript written on foobar.log. mpg@siegel:~% luatex foobar This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.25.4-2008071722 (Web2C 7.5.7) ! I can't find file `foobar.tex'. <*> foobar Please type another input file name: Looks like luatex doesn't want to eat files without extensions, while pdftex accepts them. Is it a feature? Manuel.
Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard wrote:
Hi,
I just tried the following:
mpg@siegel:~% echo '\\bye' > foobar mpg@siegel:~% pdftex foobar This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (Web2C 7.5.7) %&-line parsing enabled. entering extended mode (./foobar ) No pages of output. Transcript written on foobar.log. mpg@siegel:~% luatex foobar This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.25.4-2008071722 (Web2C 7.5.7) ! I can't find file `foobar.tex'. <*> foobar
Please type another input file name:
Looks like luatex doesn't want to eat files without extensions, while pdftex accepts them. Is it a feature?
I would like to say feature, but that endagers backward compatibily, so it is actually a bug ;-) that will be fixed in the next release. Best wishes, Taco
Taco Hoekwater
Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard wrote:
Hi,
I just tried the following:
mpg@siegel:~% echo '\\bye' > foobar mpg@siegel:~% pdftex foobar This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (Web2C 7.5.7) %&-line parsing enabled. entering extended mode (./foobar ) No pages of output. Transcript written on foobar.log. mpg@siegel:~% luatex foobar This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.25.4-2008071722 (Web2C 7.5.7) ! I can't find file `foobar.tex'. <*> foobar
Please type another input file name:
Looks like luatex doesn't want to eat files without extensions, while pdftex accepts them. Is it a feature?
I would like to say feature, but that endagers backward compatibily, so it is actually a bug ;-) that will be fixed in the next release.
I am not sure: I think this is backwards compatibility with web2c rather than with TeX canonical, so it would not appear to be the same level of holiness. -- David Kastrup
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David Kastrup -
Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard -
Taco Hoekwater