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From: xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang)
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Subject: Misc: Extentions, LaTeX and Eplain, How to get out if wrong filename?
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Date: 20 Mar 91 01:44:33 GMT
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In article <31174@usc> siemsen@sol.usc.edu (Pete Siemsen) writes:
* I made a list of file extensions related to TeX for the DECUS TeX Collection.
* Here it is:
* 
*     .AUX    cross-reference written by LaTeX, read by BibTeX

              Expanded Plain TeX write .AUX also to interact with BibTeX.
              
*     .BBL    Bibliography file written by BibTeX, read by LaTeX
 
              Also read by Expanded Plain TeX. ... Many of the features
              available to LaTeX now is available with Eplain.

*     .LTX    written by text editors, read by LaTeX

              I used .LTX to differenciate .TEX (Plain TeX files) but
              I can not have LaTeX to recognize .LTX as standard extention.
              In other words, I have to type the filename in full as
              ``latex foo.ltx''. Any hint
              what can I do? I use emTeX which defines latex as
              ``tex &lplain %1''. I also use TeX on unix and vms.

Since I am posting, I have a small question for long time: When I supply a 
wrong file name, TeX keeps say ``give me a correct filename:'' If I know
the filename that is fine, but sometimes I have to check directory and
I find it difficult to get out of there. [On unix, Control-C won't do
and one has to use Control-Z. On msdos with emTeX I don't know how to do it.
I have to reboot the PC :-( or supply any old thing [even though it is not 
a tex file] in order to get out of there.] Any one has the same experience?
And come up with a smarter solution?

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