\input behaves different

\input behaves different

[Hans van der Meer]

MKii and MKiv differ in their behaviour of \input with respect to  
the .tex suffix.
Consider the following program:
   \starttext
   reading file1.tex: \input file1\par
   reading file1a: \input file1a\par
   \stoptext
Processing with mkii reads both files, but mkiv chokes on the second  
\input:
! I can't find file `file1a'.
<to be read again>
                    \par
l.3 reading file1a: \input file1a\par

This seems a very nasty difference to me, because it will necessitate  
me to rename a great many files. Is this behaviour intended?

Hans van der Meer




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Re: \input behaves different

[Taco Hoekwater]

Hans van der Meer wrote:
> MKii and MKiv differ in their behaviour of \input with respect to the 
> .tex suffix.
> Consider the following program:
>   \starttext
>   reading file1.tex: \input file1\par
>   reading file1a: \input file1a\par
>   \stoptext
> Processing with mkii reads both files, but mkiv chokes on the second 
> \input:
> ! I can't find file `file1a'.
> <to be read again>
>                    \par
> l.3 reading file1a: \input file1a\par
> 
> This seems a very nasty difference to me, because it will necessitate me 
> to rename a great many files. Is this behaviour intended?

I would advise against using filenames without an extension, but
nevertheless it would be nice if aux.find_file (I hope I got the
function name right) would at least test for the existance of

   ./<filename>

Hans (Hagen), is that OK with you?

Best wishes,
Taco


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Re: \input behaves different

[Hans Hagen]

Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> Hans van der Meer wrote:
>> MKii and MKiv differ in their behaviour of \input with respect to the 
>> .tex suffix.
>> Consider the following program:
>>   \starttext
>>   reading file1.tex: \input file1\par
>>   reading file1a: \input file1a\par
>>   \stoptext
>> Processing with mkii reads both files, but mkiv chokes on the second 
>> \input:
>> ! I can't find file `file1a'.
>> <to be read again>
>>                    \par
>> l.3 reading file1a: \input file1a\par
>>
>> This seems a very nasty difference to me, because it will necessitate 
>> me to rename a great many files. Is this behaviour intended?
> 
> I would advise against using filenames without an extension, but
> nevertheless it would be nice if aux.find_file (I hope I got the
> function name right) would at least test for the existance of
> 
>   ./<filename>
> 
> Hans (Hagen), is that OK with you?

it's indeed in that function but i need to check it careful because i 
don't want to mess up. I guess that i can do it just before here

                 if not done and doscan then
                     -- todo: slow path scanning
                 end


Hans



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Re: \input behaves different

[Hans van der Meer]

I understand from these messages I may look forward to implementation  
of searching for "thefile.tex" and then for "thefile" in the next  
update. Appreciate that very much.

It is not for compatibility alone, I was asking. I have a great many  
files that are used in another context then ConTeXt, but are included  
in a typeset document collection. Giving them a .tex suffix would  
obfuscate their original character.

Hans van der Meer




On 24 dec 2008, at 20:17, Hans Hagen wrote:

> Taco Hoekwater wrote:
>> Hans van der Meer wrote:
>>> MKii and MKiv differ in their behaviour of \input with respect to  
>>> the .tex suffix.
>>> Consider the following program:
>>>  \starttext
>>>  reading file1.tex: \input file1\par
>>>  reading file1a: \input file1a\par
>>>  \stoptext
>>> Processing with mkii reads both files, but mkiv chokes on the  
>>> second \input:
>>> ! I can't find file `file1a'.
>>> <to be read again>
>>>                   \par
>>> l.3 reading file1a: \input file1a\par
>>>
>>> This seems a very nasty difference to me, because it will  
>>> necessitate me to rename a great many files. Is this behaviour  
>>> intended?
>> I would advise against using filenames without an extension, but
>> nevertheless it would be nice if aux.find_file (I hope I got the
>> function name right) would at least test for the existance of
>>  ./<filename>
>> Hans (Hagen), is that OK with you?
>
> it's indeed in that function but i need to check it careful because  
> i don't want to mess up. I guess that i can do it just before here
>
>                if not done and doscan then
>                    -- todo: slow path scanning
>                end
>
>
> Hans
>
>
>
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