[tex-live] bug in TeXWorks

Zdenek Wagner zdenek.wagner at gmail.com
Tue Aug 10 22:46:30 CEST 2010


2010/8/10 Elie Roux <elie.roux at telecom-bretagne.eu>:
> Hello,
>
> I've found a bug in the windows version of TeXWorks shipped with TeXLive
> 2010: when I try to save a file with an arbitrary extention, I click on
> "Save", then I select All files (*.*) in the list, and I choose the name
> myfile.myextention. Then I have an error saying that myfile.myextention.* is
> not a valid file name format. I guess it automatically adds the .* extention
> in this case, which makes it fail. The problem does not appear if I select
> "auxiliary file". I don't know if this bug is upstream or not, that's why I
> report it here.
>
This bug can be found in other Windows programs. It sometimes helps to
enclose the file name in quotes. In such a case the program does not
try to add any extension. Maybe this is not a bug of the program but
of the standard File/Save dialog.

> Thank you,
> --
> Elie
>



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