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From: aryeh@eddie.mit.edu (Aryeh M. Weiss)
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Subject: Re: How to get out if wrong filename?
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.133249.26243@eddie.mit.edu>
Date: 22 Mar 91 13:32:49 GMT
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In article <1991Mar22.035113.4212@servalan.uucp> ben@servalan.uucp (Ben Mesander) writes:
>In article <1991Mar21.150225.2566@eddie.mit.edu> aryeh@eddie.mit.edu (Aryeh M. Weiss) writes:
>>
>>> When I supply the wrong file name, TeX keeps say ``give me a 
>>> correct filename:'' If I know
>>
>>At the risk of starting a discussion on what the ``correct'' behavior
>>should be, I do not think that a program as sophisticated as TeX
>>should force you to do something against your will, i.e., enter a file
>>name.
>
>Under UNIX I just hit a ctrl-D to such silly prompts. EOF seems to stop it
>just fine...

That's NOT the point.  TeX should, at the users's option, ignore an
\input request and continue to process the main file.  Yes, you can
terminate the job, but that should be your LAST resort.