> I do not understand this argument. We do not "forbid" this characters in any
> way. We just issue a warning that users might run into problems when using
> these in file names. These warnings are still valid for the mentioned cases.
> So I do not see a reason to ditch the warning.
I cannot accept that we show a warning that is invalid. On Windows this warning is definitively
invalid - TeXLive, MiKTeX and their DVI viewers can handle brackets.
If xdvi still cannot handle them, (Is this still the case?), we should modify the warning, that it
only causes problems with xdvi.
> You can make the warning a "do not show this again" type.
Yes, we would need this in every case.
Nevertheless the problem with incorrect warning is that it hinders people from working. Yesterday I
got a call from a student who had to deliver a report written in LyX as TeX file. Due to the
warning, he was scared that the TeX output is probably corrupted and thus don't want to sent it but
his deadline is on Monday. I could explain him the case, but think of users who don't have anybody
to ask quickly.
regards Uwe
