On 21 August 2015 at 22:18, Vincent Belaïche <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> As you can see there is no such thing as any \openout trace in the .log
> file, for any of pdftex, luatex or xetex engines.
I can't see it, because you didn't show the contents of the .log file.
However, there is the \tracingonline command, so if would show (or not) for:
$ cat >openout.tex <<END
> \tracingonline=1
> \newwrite \ourwrite
> \openout \ourwrite dum.dum
> \bye
> END
$ tex openout.tex
This is TeX, Version 3.141592 (Web2C 7.5.4)
(./openout.tex [1
\openout0 = `dum.dum'.
] )
Output written on openout.dvi (1 page, 196 bytes).
Transcript written on openout.log.
$ etex openout.tex
This is e-TeX, Version 3.141592-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
entering extended mode
(./openout.tex [1
\openout0 = `dum.dum'.
] )
Output written on openout.dvi (1 page, 196 bytes).
Transcript written on openout.log.
$ pdftex openout.tex
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
entering extended mode
(./openout.tex [1
\openout0 = `dum.dum'.
{/usr/share/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}] )</usr/share/texmf/f
onts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr10.pfb>
Output written on openout.pdf (1 page, 3181 bytes).
Transcript written on openout.log.
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