[OS X TeX] file names with spaces

[Gray, Gary L]

I can confirm that the latest update allows me to have spaces in my filenames again. Whew!

Gary

> On Nov 12, 2019, at 7:47 AM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Nov 10, 2019, at 3:38 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Nov 10, 2019, at 1:49 PM, Gray, Gary L <euler at psu.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have been happily creating LaTeX documents with spaces in the name for some time. After I ran a TeX Live Update this morning, they no longer typeset and I get:
>>> 
>>> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.20 (TeX Live 2019) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
>>> restricted \write18 enabled.
>>> entering extended mode
>>> (./name space.tex
>>> LaTeX2e <2019-10-01> patch level 2
>>> (/usr/local/texlive/2019/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
>>> Document Class: article 2019/10/25 v1.4k Standard LaTeX document class
>>> (/usr/local/texlive/2019/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
>>> 
>>> ./name space.tex:3: LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.
>>> 
>>> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>>> ...                                              
>>> 
>>> l.3 \begin{document}
>>> 
>>> ? 
>>> Process aborted
>>> 
>>> Anyone know what changed in a recent update?
>>> 
>>> Gary
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> Dick heard about this and got an answer from David Carlise on the TeX Live list this morning. A fix has been submitted so an update should be coming as a patch level 3. In the interim David gave this temporary fix:
>> 
>> <test test.tex>
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>> 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Today's TeX Live update adds patch level 3 to latex (and rebuilds formats) as well as updates to grffl (it's now a stub since that's built into latex now) and hyperref.
> 
> Being able to have spaces in file names is now back.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
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