[OS X TeX] Re: Alpha, DoScript and non unix like paths

Claus Gerhardt gerhardt at math.uni-heidelberg.de
Thu Jan 6 17:39:29 CET 2005


Hoping to provide the final answer to this nagging question let me 
point out that we only worry about tex files, the names of which have 
to comply to the tex naming standards. Hence, the only problems could 
arise in the names of the directories leading to the file in question.

Claus

On Jan 6, 2005, at 17:27, Claus Gerhardt wrote:

> Sorry Bruno,
>
> Using "," or "." in file names on a unix system falls under my 
> definiton of foolishness.
>
> Claus
>
> On Jan 6, 2005, at 17:14, Bruno Voisin wrote:
>
>> Le 6 janv. 05, à 17:02, Claus Gerhardt a écrit :
>>
>>> I myself always stick to unix like paths and if someone is so 
>>> foolish to use "$,[&,.." or other keys then he is rightly on his 
>>> own.
>>
>> Foolishness may arise, then, when putting for example decimal numbers 
>> in French notation (with ",") in file names (corresponding to the 
>> English notation using ".").
>>
>> For example on my computer I have files with names like "Pression en 
>> r = 1,5" and others with names like "Pressure at r = 1.5".
>>
>> Bruno Voisin
>>
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