Frank Mittelbach <[log in to unmask]>: >In fact for some prototype kernel (long time ago) I implemented a >scheme that always used two aux files: one to read from and one to >write to. The advantage was that a) less files and b) much better >control in error situations, ie in case your run ended in the middle >latex would not use the file that was only partly written but the one >that was fully written last time. This is a problem with the Textures flush (or was it flash?) mode: So I think this idea should be taken up again. Hans Aberg * AMS member: Listing <http://www.ams.org/cml/> * Email: Hans Aberg <[log in to unmask]> * Home Page: <http://www.matematik.su.se/~haberg/>