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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2011-09-24 16:02:10 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2011-09-24 16:02:10 +0000 |
commit | c56636b114c0aa62facb8d8cff9a23af24c957ce (patch) | |
tree | dff5b73ee745f91b122446a87cd6588f7800eeef /Build/source/texk/makeindexk/tests/nested-range-bb.tex | |
parent | 54aaaeae8a91ae3f70ada46c5b4baf3430ded227 (diff) |
do not output spurious \( when open range is re-opened
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@24079 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/makeindexk/tests/nested-range-bb.tex b/Build/source/texk/makeindexk/tests/nested-range-bb.tex new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d2366dd6ccf --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/texk/makeindexk/tests/nested-range-bb.tex @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +% Copyright 2011 Barbara Beeton <tex-live@tug.org> +% You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file. +% This is the original annotated test report, with various extra info. +% See below \end{document}. +\documentclass{amsbook} +\usepackage{verbatim} + +\makeindex + +\begin{document} + +\chapter{Demonstration of a Makeindex bug} + +\index{random text|(}% +Here we open an index span for ``random text''. + +\index{periodic Hilbert transform|(}% +How could we define the \emph{periodic Hilbert transform}? +Here is an open index span for ``periodic Hilbert transform''. + +(lots more text omitted) +\newpage + +We defined in Section~3 the +\index{periodic Hilbert transform|(}% +\emph{periodic Hilbert transform} or \emph{conjugate function}. +A second open index span for ``periodic Hilbert transform''. + +\index{random text|(}% +(more omitted text and a second open index span for ``random text'') + +Closing index spans for the two opened entries. +\index{periodic Hilbert transform|)}% +\index{random text|)}% + +\vspace{1\baselineskip} +\verbatiminput{\jobname.tex} +\newpage +\noindent This is the .idx file from the previous run: +\verbatiminput{\jobname.idx-prev} +\vspace{2\baselineskip} +This is the resulting .ilg file: +\verbatiminput{\jobname.ilg} +\vspace{2\baselineskip} +And the resulting .ind file; note spurious \verb+\(+ inclusions. +\verbatiminput{\jobname.ind} +\end{document} + + +Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:23:48 -0400 +From: Barbara Beeton +Subject: a makeindex bug + +[...] + +to get the desired output, run latex, then makeindex. +copy or rename <jobname>.idx to <jobname>.idx-prev, +rerun latex, and take a look at the output. (the +reason for the rename is that i've included in the +output listings of the .idx(-prev), .ilg, and .ind +files, all small, but very interesting.) + +the problem is that if a span is begun for a string +and then a second span is begun for the same string +without the first one being closed, the |( in the +input is put into the output as \( -- with the +result that an attempt to print the index will get +an unmatched $ error. the unmatched span is noted +in the .ilg file with a warning, but since most +people ignore warnings the first time around (i +certainly do), the unrecoverable (la)tex error in +the index can really throw them into a tizzy. |