Re: [Dev-luatex] Fatal crash with LuaTeX if an encoding file is missing
Hi Graham, Graham Douglas wrote:
Hi Taco
See attached screenshot. This is what triggered me to think it was more than just a fatal error? Maybe not then.
In the case of fatal errors (of the kind below, that remove the pdf document as well) luatex will call 'exit()' with the return code 'EX_SOFTWARE' if kpathsea debugging is off, or with 'abort()' if kpathsea debugging is on. The first form is a pretty normal exit, the second form is an explicit forced crash (done because this can be useful when debugging). Therefore you should only get a popup with kpathsea debugging turned on (via the command line --kpathsea-debug= parameter, or via a global KPATHSEA_DEBUG environment setting). Well, unless windows is not behaving like unix (which is quite definitely possible, I don't know *that* much about windows). Best wishes, Taco
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Hi Graham,
Graham Douglas wrote:
Hi Taco
See attached screenshot. This is what triggered me to think it was more than just a fatal error? Maybe not then.
In the case of fatal errors (of the kind below, that remove the pdf document as well) luatex will call 'exit()' with the return code 'EX_SOFTWARE' if kpathsea debugging is off, or with 'abort()' if kpathsea debugging is on. The first form is a pretty normal exit, the second form is an explicit forced crash (done because this can be useful when debugging).
Therefore you should only get a popup with kpathsea debugging turned on (via the command line --kpathsea-debug= parameter, or via a global KPATHSEA_DEBUG environment setting). Well, unless windows is not behaving like unix (which is quite definitely possible, I don't know *that* much about windows).
Best wishes, Taco
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Thank you Taco, very, very helpful -- please excuse my naive questions. I will definitely try *not* bother the list with irrelevant or trivial issues. (I do indeed have KPATHSEA_DEBUG =-1 in my environment) Warm wishes Graham
Graham Douglas wrote:
Thank you Taco, very, very helpful -- please excuse my naive questions. I will definitely try *not* bother the list with irrelevant or trivial issues.
It was not irrelevant at all, luatex has somewhat obscure behavior in this case (as does pdftex, btw.). Best wishes, Taco
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