[luatex] use of luatex with no filename

luigi scarso luigi.scarso at gmail.com
Tue Sep 6 10:33:47 CEST 2016


On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 1:55 PM, David Carlisle <d.p.carlisle at gmail.com> wrote:
> * Secondly it still seems to be looking for a filename in input, even
> after \relax
> so you can't type text to the * prompt.
>
> Compare
>
>
> $ pdftex
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (TeX Live 2016)
> (preloaded format=pdftex)
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
> **\relax
> entering extended mode
>
> *a
>
> *\bye
> [1{/usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}]</usr/
> local/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb>
> Output written on texput.pdf (1 page, 9729 bytes).
> Transcript written on texput.log.
>
>
> with
>
> $ luatex
> This is LuaTeX, Version 0.98.4 (TeX Live 2017/dev)
>  restricted system commands enabled.
> **\relax
>
> *a
> ! I can't find file `a'.
> <*> a
>
> (Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)
> Please type another input file name:
>

With latest luatex

# pdftex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (TeX Live 2016)
(preloaded format=pdftex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
**\relax
entering extended mode

*a

*\bye
...
Output written on texput.pdf (1 page, 9729 bytes).
Transcript written on texput.log.

# luatex
This is LuaTeX, Version 0.98.4 (TeX Live 2017/dev)
 restricted system commands enabled.
**\relax

*a

*\bye
...
Output written on texput.pdf (1 page, 9559 bytes).
Transcript written on texput.log.



-- 
luigi


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