![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/972ba3b0f56d74fcbecb88589104553c.jpg?s=120&d=mm&r=g)
Hello, I have two identical files, one named main.ctx.tex and the other tmp.ctx.tmp. The latter was made by copying the former. Both files contain just this: \starttext \stoptext %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: context %%% TeX-master: t %%% End: tmp.ctx.tex compiles fine, but main.ctx.tex fails with this error: system : main.ctx.top loaded (./main.ctx.top) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \let \noshowargumenterror ->\let \expectedarguments \noexpectedarguments \dotripleempty #1->\noshowargumenterror \doifnextcharelse [{\dotripletestemp... <argument> ...oss \fileprefix fig:\externalfigure [dummy \ifundefined #1->\unless \ifcsname #1 \endcsname \mainreference ...ined {\r!cross \fileprefix #1#2} \ifcase \autocrossfilerefe... l.11 ...re [dummy}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0::2}{2}{{1}{]}} ? x No pages of output. Are some filenames forbidden in Context? Puzzled, Roger
![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/49e63acb01f2ca80efce7eed08310ce8.jpg?s=120&d=mm&r=g)
Roger Mason wrote:
Hello,
I have two identical files, one named main.ctx.tex and the other tmp.ctx.tmp. The latter was made by copying the former. Both files contain just this:
ctx suffixes are kind of special (depends a bit how used, but as part of workflows context will read them as xml files and lookup mapped names) and tmp is used for buffers and such (but normally the buffer name is prefixed); another situation may occur when tmp is used to save the top file (texexec options)
\starttext
\stoptext
%%% Local Variables: %%% mode: context %%% TeX-master: t %%% End:
tmp.ctx.tex compiles fine, but main.ctx.tex fails with this error:
system : main.ctx.top loaded (./main.ctx.top) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo ! Missing \endcsname inserted.
depends on what is read from the tuo file, hard to see what happens without example Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/972ba3b0f56d74fcbecb88589104553c.jpg?s=120&d=mm&r=g)
Hello all,
Thanks for the responses.
Hans Hagen
ctx suffixes are kind of special (depends a bit how used, but as part of workflows context will read them as xml files and lookup mapped names) and tmp is used for buffers and such (but normally the buffer name is prefixed); another situation may occur when tmp is used to save the top file (texexec options)
system : main.ctx.top loaded (./main.ctx.top) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo) (./main.ctx.tuo ! Missing \endcsname inserted.
depends on what is read from the tuo file, hard to see what happens without example
I can't reproduce this at the moment. If it happens again I'll send the tuo file. Thanks, Roger
participants (3)
-
Aditya Mahajan
-
Hans Hagen
-
Roger Mason