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[Hans Hagen]

Reinhard Kotucha wrote:
>>>>>>"Hans" == Hans Hagen <pragma at wxs.nl> writes:
> 
> 
>   > Reinhard Kotucha wrote:
> 
>   >> Hi, if you provide new primitives, it would be nice to have a
>   >> switch which forces \pdfopenout to create a file with the name
>   >> <filename>.
>   >> 
>   >> It's quite annoying that `\openout\x=Makefile' creates a file
>   >> `Makefile.tex'.
> 
>   > how about instead of a switch an extra:
> 
>   > \pdfopenoutfile {filename}
> 
> Hans, I meant `switch' in a more general way.  
> 
> 1. A command-line switch would be possible but that would determine
>    the behaviour of all occurrences of \pdfopenoutfile within the
>    current job.
> 
> 2. Another solution would be a prefix command like \immediate.  This
>    can be useful if it can be applied to some other primitives.  But
>    since we need it for opening a file only, it doesn't look like a
>    good solution.
> 
> 3. A primitive that acts like a switch, like \pdfcompresslevel would
>    be possible. 
> 
> 4. The best solution is certainly to add an optional argument to
>    \pdfopenoutfile.  This would avoid the need for new primitives
>    (which reduces the probability of name clashes).
> 
> I prefer 4., and if people need a switch (3.) then they can do that by
> macro programming.

yet another alternative is

   5. \pdfdefaultoutsuffix{toks}

so that we can say \pdfdefaultoutsuffix{} to get rid of the funny default

Hans

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