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[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 2011-09-12 at 21:49:30 +0200, JŽrome Laurens wrote:

 > 
 > Le 10 sept. 2011 ˆ 14:58, Stefan Lšffler a Žcrit :
 > 
 > > Hi,
 > > 
 > > On 2011-09-10 14:46, Arno Trautmann wrote:
 > >> A shortcut would be the best idea, indeed É but why is there no
 > >> default shortcut? Is it a functionality users should not use too
 > >> often?
 > > 
 > > Well, shortcuts are not the most consistent thing in Tw, I'm
 > > afraid.
 > > 
 > > But yes, normally users should not need to use the "Remove aux
 > > files..." function too often (and indeed we sometimes get
 > > questions here that indicate that there are many users who've
 > > never ever used it - or don't even know about what all the
 > > auxiliary files are for). So unless you "mess with a lot of
 > > experimental code" (;)), things should "just work" most of the
 > > time.
 > > 
 > > Cheers,
 > > Stefan
 > > 
 > 
 > The "Remove aux files..." is not the best choice as a name because
 > it does not help a lot beginners that need to clean aux files.
 > When one of the aux file is corrupted (when changing the babel
 > language option for example), the log file is not really helpful
 > and never suggests to remove the aux files.  I would be in favour
 > of a "Clean" or eventually a "Reset" action which suggests that it
 > may also solve a problem.  "Clean aux files..." ?

But replacing "Remove" by "Clean" doesn't help either.  Isn't it
possible to derive from the log file whether an error occurred while
the aux file is read?

Regards,
  Reinhard

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