Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!ifistg!ifi!mattes From: mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Eberhard Mattes) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: Misc: Extentions, LaTeX and Eplain, How to get out if wrong filename? Message-ID: Date: 22 Mar 91 13:56:37 GMT References: <42.27E336F0@mom.uucp> <31174@usc> <66410@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Sender: news@ifistg.uucp Organization: IfI, Univ. Stuttgart, W Germany Lines: 12 In-reply-to: xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu's message of 20 Mar 91 01:44:33 GMT > 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? The smarter solution is to read the emTeX documentation: texware.doc. -- Eberhard Mattes (mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de)