Patches item #746, was opened at 2007-03-07 17:41 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=495&aid=746&group_id=106 Category: User interaction Group: v1.40.0

Status: Closed Resolution: Accepted Priority: 5 Submitted By: Heiko Oberdiek (oberdiek) Assigned to: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Summary: Patch PromptFileName

Initial Comment: Subject: Patch PromptFileName Date: 2007/03/07 Author: Heiko Oberdiek The patches are based on pdfTeX 1.40.3 There is some discussion in the tex-live list: List: tex-live@tug.org Date: March 2007 Subject: Bug in TexLive 2005 and 2007? Non-writable aux-file If TeX asks for a file name, what action should be taken, if the user doesn't provide a file name? The current behaviour has changed from Web2C 7.5.2 to 7.5.6 and is quite impredictible: * Append some default extension if file extension is not given. * Use previous file name part, if this part is empty. Sometimes this behaves as "retry action" by chance, sometimes a source file gets overwritten. Two patches are provided that implement alternative actions: * Retry.diff If the user doesn't specify a file name, then the whole previous file name is used including the area and extension parts. * Abort.diff If the user doesn't specify a file name, then the job is aborted. Unhappily Ctrl-C (or Ctrl-D) have only a retarded effect after the file name is used again (and eventually causing harm). This is a clean way to end the job even if there isn't a valid file name to provide. Both files patches web2c/texk/tex.ch. Of course they cannot be used at the same time. And both patches also show the default name extension, when the user is prompted for a file name. Have fun, Heiko ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Comment By: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Date: 2007-07-09 12:23

Message: Logged In: YES user_id=421 Retry.diff will be included in the next version (1.40.4/1.50.0). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Date: 2007-03-10 23:57 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=421 Both patches are interesting, but we should wait for further discussion on tex-implementors etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=495&aid=746&group_id=106