Re: [NTG-context] LMTX: different output if dots are used in the file name

28 May 2020

      On Thu, 28 May 2020 17:33:19 +0200
Hans Hagen  wrote:
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On 5/28/2020 2:49 PM, Marco Patzer wrote:
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Hi!
LMTX and MkIV behave differently if dots are used in the file
name. Example:
printf '%s\n' '\starttext\null\stoptext' > foo.10.tex && context
foo.10.tex
MkIV: → foo.10.pdf
LMTX: → foo.pdf
Is this intentional?
consider it to be so
That's unfortunate.

1) The editor workflow with simple suffix replacement .tex → .pdf to
   open the corresponding PDF file doesn't work any more with lmtx.
   New logic is needed to find the correct pdf file name.

2) A project (of mine) that uses item numbers as file names
   (containing dots) compile to the same pdf:

   MkIV (everything's predictable and fine):
   10.10.10.tex → 10.10.10.pdf
   10.10.11.tex → 10.10.11.pdf
   11.10.11.tex → 11.10.11.pdf

   LMTX:
   10.10.10.tex → 10.10 (not even a PDF suffix)
   10.10.11.tex → 10.10 (file 10.10 is over-written)
   11.10.11.tex → 11.10 (no suffix)

MkIV is way more predictable and consistent in that regard.

Marco