[XeTeX] Anomolous handling of parentheses in filenames ?

[Herbert Schulz]

On Oct 12, 2013, at 1:32 PM, Philip Taylor <P.Taylor at Rhul.Ac.Uk> wrote:

> To provide a starting point for a new project, I have just saved
> 
> 	MS-1214-V15.tex
> 
> from a sub-directory called
> 
> 	Lambeth-Palace-Library
> 
> in a parallel directory called
> 
> 	Horsmonden-Armistice-Day
> 
> as
> 
> 	Order-of-Service(001).tex
> 
> When I try to compile it, I am told :
> 
> 	This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.3-0.9997.5 (Web2C 2011)
> 	 restricted \write18 enabled.
> 	entering extended mode
> 	! I can't find file `Order-of-Service001.tex'.
> 	<*> Order-of-Service(001).tex
> 
> Why does XeTeX think the file is called "Order-of-Service001.tex" ?
> Test-compiled with PdfTeX, all compiles normally.
> 
> Philip Taylor


Howdy,

Hmmm... no problem here with

This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-0.9999.3 (TeX Live 2013)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./Order-of-Service(001).tex
...

don't know if it's the new version of XeTeX or using TeX Live 2013 on a Mac.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)