\typefile with filenames with $ characters in their name

\typefile with filenames with $ characters in their name

[Gerben Wierda]

\typefile balks on filenames with $ characters in their names.  
Anything I can do about that?

G
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Re: \typefile with filenames with $ characters in their name

[Hans Hagen]

Gerben Wierda wrote:
> \typefile balks on filenames with $ characters in their names. Anything 
> I can do about that?

probeer eens:

\expanded{\typefile{\detokenize{....}}}

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Re: \typefile with filenames with $ characters in their name

[Gerben Wierda]

On 26 Jun 2009, at 22:40, Hans Hagen wrote:

> Gerben Wierda wrote:
>> \typefile balks on filenames with $ characters in their names.  
>> Anything I can do about that?
>
> probeer eens:
>
> \expanded{\typefile{\detokenize{....}}}

\def\typeSQLfile#1{\expanded{\typefile[SQL]{\detokenize{#1}}}}
\typeSQLfile{Library-procedures/hlx$requery.pls}

Does not work. File not found.

Nor does directly calling:

\expanded{\typefile{\detokenize{Library-procedures/hlx$requery.pls}}}


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Re: \typefile with filenames with $ characters in their name

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

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Am 2009-06-26 um 19:33 schrieb Gerben Wierda:

> \typefile balks on filenames with $ characters in their names.  
> Anything I can do about that?

Rename the file. It's an error if characters like that appear in a  
file name.

You could even rename it using Lua from within your TeX code.


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Re: \typefile with filenames with $ characters in their name

[Gerben Wierda]

On 28 Jun 2009, at 19:17, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:

> Am 2009-06-26 um 19:33 schrieb Gerben Wierda:
>
>> \typefile balks on filenames with $ characters in their names.  
>> Anything I can do about that?
>
> Rename the file. It's an error if characters like that appear in a  
> file name.

> You could even rename it using Lua from within your TeX code.

In my book, moving to a beta product or not accepting what is a vaild  
filename according to the filesystem is a limitation of the program.  
Not ConTeXt or TeX defines what a valid filename is, the OS decides.

I do not decide what the names of these files are, someone else  
produces them, and my work flow should be able to handle all valid  
filenames.

I assume then the answer is no? (Con)TeX(t) can't handle this?

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Re: \typefile with filenames with $ characters in their name

[Taco Hoekwater]

Gerben Wierda wrote:
> I do not decide what the names of these files are, someone else produces 
> them, and my work flow should be able to handle all valid filenames.
> 
> I assume then the answer is no? (Con)TeX(t) can't handle this?

kpathsea can't handle files with $ signs in them, unless
the $ starts a variable it knows about (and that, it will
expand).

Best wishes,
Taco



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Re: \typefile with filenames with $ characters in their name

[luigi scarso]

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On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Gerben Wierda <Gerben.Wierda@rna.nl> wrote:

> On 28 Jun 2009, at 19:17, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
>
>  Am 2009-06-26 um 19:33 schrieb Gerben Wierda:
>>
>>  \typefile balks on filenames with $ characters in their names. Anything I
>>> can do about that?
>>>
>>
>> Rename the file. It's an error if characters like that appear in a file
>> name.
>>
>
>  You could even rename it using Lua from within your TeX code.
>>
>
> In my book, moving to a beta product or not accepting what is a vaild
> filename according to the filesystem is a limitation of the program. Not
> ConTeXt or TeX defines what a valid filename is, the OS decides.
>
TeX (and ConTeXt) try hard to be OS independant , so I find natural some
"limitations"

>
> I do not decide what the names of these files are, someone else produces
> them, and my work flow should be able to handle all valid filenames.
>
 Well, my experience is that leave to  the users this prerogative is not
safe.
I always transform a filename in safe filename, process it, and eventually
transform back the name .

-- 
luigi

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