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Preventing compiling .cls and .sty files

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#945 opened on Feb 18, 2020

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Description

If I create some .cls and .sty files, some times I can automatically (occasionally) click F5 and get errors and a bunch of related unnecessary files (.aux, synctex.gz and other). It is possible to generate TXS warning for prevent such action?

Desired behaviour: If I try to compile .cls/.sty file TXS gives a warning and do not start compilation (do not launch *latex.exe).

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Locate the code that triggers compilation in TeXstudio (likely in the build menu or shortcut handler). Add a check for file extensions .cls and .sty before launching the LaTeX compiler. Show a warning dialog and abort compilation if the file extension matches.
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