[XeTeX] Strange problem with 0.996 and 0.9995 xetex and File Names.

[Herbert Schulz]

On Sep 4, 2009, at 9:48 AM, John Was wrote:

> Personally I keep strictly to the old 8.3 file-naming rubric.   
> Indeed, sometimes the naming process is the only interesting thing  
> about a file...
>
> Best
>
>
> John
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Schulz" <herbs at wideopenwest.com 
> >
> To: "OS X XeTeX" <xetex at tug.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 3:01 PM
> Subject: [XeTeX] Strange problem with 0.996 and 0.9995 xetex and  
> File Names.
>
>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> Someone on the TeXShop Forum came up with a rather strange problem   
>> using either xetex 0.996 (or 0.9995 in the TL-2009 pretest)  
>> involving  file names with spaces in them. Using a file with name  
>> `Summary  II.tex' the following error was generated
>>
>> ! I can't find file `"Summary II.texSELFAUTOPARENT"'.
>> <*> "Summary II.tex"SELFAUTOPARENT
>>
>> on his system, with a similar error (SELFAUTOPARENT is expanded) on  
>> my system. Using `Summary 2.tex' or removing the space,  
>> `SummaryII.tex', works fine while `Summary 22.tex' fails.
>>
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>>
>>
>>
>

Howdy,

I don't use 8.3 but I use ascii with no spaces; usually something like  
LongFileName.tex. I remember getting a nasty note back when I  
complained about problems with spaces in file names to the TeXtures  
folks back in the 90's since the Mac could easily handle the spaces.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)