[texworks] What file should TeXworks attempt to typeset when the green "Typeset" button is clicked in the preview window ?

Philip Taylor (Small Acres) P.Taylor at Trezaise.Uk
Mon Mar 6 09:05:45 CET 2023


On 05/03/2023 19:33, Stefan Löffler wrote:
>
> No, this is not intended. The intended behavior is for TeXworks to use 
> an open file that typesets the given pdf. If several files are open 
> that correspond to the given pdf (e.g., by means of a "!TeX root" 
> statement), any one of those could be used. If no appropriate file is 
> open, TeXworks should try to find and open one (this would likely be 
> the root file).
>
> Unfortunately, I could not reproduce the issue in my quick tests so 
> far. Could you specify which files you 
> created/opened/saved/typeset/closed in which order? Maybe even provide 
> (minimal) example files to facilitate testing? It might be that 
> something confuses TeXworks' internal map of which .tex window 
> corresponds to which .pdf window, but this very likely depends on the 
> exact order of operations.

Unfortunately I cannot, with any confidence, state the order in which 
the files are opened, but at the moment I have the following open :

  * Handbook.tex
  * Men's CBL (Group 2).tex
  * Men's ECBL.tex
  * Ladies.tex
  * Misc.tex
  * April+May.tex
  * Friendlies.tex
  * June.tex
  * July.tex
  * August.tex
  * September.tex
  * Catcodes+.tex
  * Setup.tex

With Hanbdbook.tex open in the Source window and Handbook.pdf open in 
the Preview window, I click on the green "Typeset" triangle in the 
Preview window and all proceeds as intended; –ditto– if I have 
April+May.tex open in the Source window.  But I note that some of the 
<month> files have <% !TeX Root> pragmats, and TeXworks appears to 
preferentially compile them.  If I close all files with <% !TeX Root> 
pragmats, TeXworks still does what is intended.  I therefore cannot 
replicate the problem as I write.  If I can replicate it later, I will 
report back.

-- 
/Philip Taylor/

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