On 28/07/2023 19:48, Phelype Oleinik wrote: > because the lookup first checks the name as given actually no. For extensionless files .tex is looked for first (so readme is not accessible if readme.tex is blocking it) % If this option is set to true, `tex a.b' will look first for a.b.tex % (within each path element), and then for a.b, i.e., we try standard % extensions first. If this is false, we first look for a.b and then % a.b.tex, i.e., we try the name as-is first. % % Both names are always tried; the difference is the order in which they % are tried. The setting applies to all searches, not just .tex. % % This setting only affects names being looked up which *already* have % an extension. A name without an extension (e.g., `tex story') will % always have an extension added first. % % The default is true, because we already avoid adding the standard % extension(s) in the usual cases. E.g., babel.sty will only look for % babel.sty, not babel.sty.tex, regardless of this setting. try_std_extension_first = t Disclaimer The Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 1249803. The registered office is: 30 St. Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LE, United Kingdom. Please see our Privacy Notice <https://www.nag.com/content/privacy-notice> for information on how we process personal data and for details of how to stop or limit communications from us. This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses and malware by Microsoft Exchange Online (EOP)