On 24 November 2011 01:32, Atsuhito Kohda <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, sorry for delay.
>
> On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:59:49 +0000, cfr wrote:
>
>> I set up a merge file as follows:
>>       filename.dat [data to be merged]
>>       filename.tex [tex file to be processed]
>> Processing filename.tex produces filename.pdf. If I now ask for the file
>> to be re-typeset while filename.pdf is frontmost, TeXWorks attempts to
>> process filename.dat rather than filename.tex. (And this obviously
>> doesn't work since filename.dat just contains a bunch of data.)
>
>> Because TeXWorks associates the .pdf with the .dat rather than the .tex,
>> this also means that opening the .dat in TeXWorks also opens the .pdf
>> which is rather unexpected. (Opening the .tex also opens the .pdf.)
>> Similarly, closing the .tex doesn't close the .pdf if the .dat is also
>> open. (Neither does closing the .dat if .tex is also open.) But although
>> I find this behaviour odd, it isn't in itself objectionable. It is the
>> typesetting relationship which is really problematic.
>
> I'm afraid I might not understand you correctly but I can't
> reproduce your problem.
>
> If I created filename.dat and opend it with TeXworks, it opened
> filename.pdf and re-typesetting caused an error as you explained.
>
> But if I opend filename.tex at first, everything went fine as far
> as I tested.

This doesn't work for me. If I re-typeset while filename.pdf has
focus, it tries to typeset filename.dat rather than filename.tex.

> Further, If i created filename.abc (or, I guess, any file
> filename.xxx), I see the same problem as filename.dat.
>
> So I'm not sure if the problem is a real bug as you explained.
> Please enlighten me.
>
> Thanks for your report.
> Best regards,                   2011-11-24(Thu)
>
> --
>  Debian Developer - much more I18N of Debian
>  Atsuhito Kohda <kohda AT debian.org>
>  Department of Math., Univ. of Tokushima
>



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