[350] in SIPB bug reports
No Deal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Mar 8 01:05:12 1989
From: amgreene@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 89 20:57:05 EST
To: bjaspan@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: bug-sipb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <bjaspan@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>'s message of Tue, 7 Mar 89 20:00:11 EST <8903080100.AA08349@M66-080-4.MIT.EDU>
I beg to differ; it's not inconsistant. In fact, it's the most
portable option there is...
Scenario: I'm working on my PCjr, using dosTeX. I run it on the
file chapter.1. What should the dvi file be named? Remember, you're
only allowed one extension --- and it's three characters, max.
Answer: chapter.1.dvi is not an option.
The rules are simple, short, few, and consistant:
1. If no extension was given, assume the (reasonable) default .tex
2. Strip the extension and use the result as the \jobname
You seem to assume that the extension is the part of the filename
following the last period; TeX assumes that it is the part following
the first period.
- Rhu
