[OS X TeX] Why so severe?

[Steffen Wolfrum]

Looks like the problem I reported one month ago:

Try disabling the "During File Save - Save related files" option in TeXShop/Preferences/Typesetting, and see if that makes any difference...

Steffen


On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:10:39 +0200, André Bellaïche wrote:
> 
> Le 29 mars 07 à 21:05, Herbert Schulz a écrit :
> 
>> 
>> On Mar 29, 2007, at 11:33 AM, André Bellaïche wrote:
>> 
>>> The new Latex/Texlive 2007 seems to be more severe (strict, stern, 
>>> unforgiving) then the old one.
>>> 
>>> For example, last year I had no problem with input foo, and now, if 
>>> I don't type \input{foo} (with braces), TeXShop freezes instantly 
>>> without even writing something on the console. This was not esay to 
>>> debug!
>>> 
>>> Is this deliberate politics from the LaTeX designers ?
>>> 
>>> André Bellaïche
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> I've just tried both
>> 
>> \documentclass{article}
>> \begin{document}
>> \input{foo}
>> \end{document}
>> 
>> and
>> 
>> \documentclass{article}
>> \begin{document}
>> \input foo
>> \end{document}
>> 
>> where foo.tex contains
>> 
>> This is \textt{foo.tex}.
>> 
>> (note that there is a return at the end of the line) and have no 
>> difference in the output.
>> 
>> Can you give a minimal example where there is a problem?
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>> 
>  My example is :
> 
> \documentclass[11pt]{article}
> \begin{document}
> \input test
> \end{document}
> 
> and
> 
> \documentclass[11pt]{article}
> \begin{document}
> \input{test}
> \end{document}
> 
> The file test.tex contains only the word "test", and no carriage return.
> 
> If I use the first version (without braces), TeXSho freezes 
> instantly, the TeXShop console does not show up, and after some time, 
> when you open the "Force to quit" window, you see the name of TeXShop 
> printed in red. There is no other choice than to quit TeXShop.
> 
> With the second version, everything runs, the console opens up, and 
> shows the lines
> 
> This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
> \write18 enabled.
> %&-line parsing enabled.
> entering extended mode
> etc.
> 
> then the pdf window opens up, showing the text "test" printed.
> 
> André Bellaïche
> 
> 
> 
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