File nmes with spaces in them seem to turn up on a semi-regular basis, so I was wondering whether a patch that spotted them and applied catcode magic when they did appear would be in order. If so would a pure TeX solution. which would make hevay uise of \epandafter in addition to catcode magic and \aftergroup, be a good idea or would milder TeX that was expanded inline be better? Using either is IMHO serious brain damage given a file name that does not need this treatment. Free clue: do not hold your breath for me coming up with such a patch, I have lots of stuff that will be "real work" to do, preferably by about yesterday. -- Duncan (-: "software industry, the: unique industry where selling substandard goods is legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems."