[OS X TeX] What happens to Myfile.aux?

[Gerben Wierda]

On Wednesday, July 10, 2002, at 03:37 , Bruno Voisin wrote:

> In my experience, it sometimes happens that when LaTeX encounters an 
> error and you don't force it to carry typesetting to the end (for 
> example if you go back to the editing window, correct the error and 
> typeset again), or if you don't interrupt typesetting yourself by 
> typing "x" at the bottom of the console window then hitting the return 
> key, then incorrect or incomplete data is written to the .aux file and 
> this creates a LaTeX error next time your document is typeset.
>
> If you use the babel package, then the error during this second 
> compilation is even worse.
>
> In my experience, if this happens to you, just delete the .aux file and 
> typeset again, or enforce typesetting to go until the end by typing "s" 
> (for scrollmode) at the bottom of the console window then hitting the 
> return key.

It might be circumvented if TeXShop (or any other front end) first tries 
to end TeX by sending a command to it before it shoots the process down.

G


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