I do not know whether there is such a thing, but if there is, may I add an 
entry ?

Background:  I have (XeTeX) code which adds bleed and crop marks (strictly speaking, bleed and trim 
marks) to an existing multipage PDF.  The code is stored in a file called "Add bleed + 
cropmarks.tex".  When run, it asks the user for the name of the PDF file to be used as input, 
but of course the resulting PDF output file is always called "Add bleed + cropmarks.pdf".

Request :  Would it be possible to enhance XeTeX such one could write (e.g.,)
\XeTeXpdffile = "Hội-An lunch menu with bleed and crop marks"
before any data has been entered on the MVL, and then have the output file name 
be taken from \XeTeXpdffile ?  If \XeTeXpdffilename were set only after data 
had entered the MVL, it would be completely acceptable for the output file name 
to be taken from \jobname as at present.

It would (IMHO) be more elegant to make \jobname read/write, but that would 
introduce an unnecessary deviation from TeX.
--
Philip Taylor

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