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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2011-09-06 23:43:29 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2011-09-06 23:43:29 +0000
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FAQ-en 3.23 (6sep11)
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+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-jot-err.tex
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-% $Id: faq-jot-err.tex,v 1.7 2010/10/06 20:51:19 rf10 Exp $
+% $Id: faq-jot-err.tex,v 1.9 2011/07/06 23:09:00 rf10 Exp rf10 $
\section{The joy of \TeX{} errors}
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ perplexing) errors that you may encounter. There's a long list of
the trace can lead you quickly to the source of a problem. You need
to have read the \TeX{}book (see
% beware line break
- \Qref[question]{books about \TeX{}}{Q-books}) in some detail, fully
+ \Qref[question]{books about \TeX{}}{Q-tex-books}) in some detail, fully
to understand the trace.
The command \csx{tracingall} sets up maximum tracing; it also sets
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ report full backtraces (see |errorcontextlines| above) and so on.
\begin{ctanrefs}
\item[trace.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[trace]
\end{ctanrefs}
+\LastEdit{2011-06-01}
\Question[Q-errstruct]{The structure of \TeX{} error messages}
@@ -697,7 +698,7 @@ number. Usually the problem will become clear using the
Two \LaTeX{}-specific errors are commonly aired on the newsgroups.
The commonest arises from attempting to use an example from the
-\Qref*{\emph{The \LaTeX{} Companion} (first edition)}{Q-books}, and is
+\Qref*{\emph{The \LaTeX{} Companion} (first edition)}{Q-latex-books}, and is
exemplified by the following error text:
\begin{verbatim}
! Missing number, treated as zero.
@@ -734,6 +735,7 @@ text rather better.
\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Examples for \nothtml{\upshape}\LaTeX{} Companion]\CTANref{tlc2}
\item[The psnfss bundle]\CTANref{psnfss}
\end{ctanrefs}
+\LastEdit{2011-06-01}
\Question[Q-typend]{``Please type a command or say \csx{end}''}
@@ -1353,8 +1355,8 @@ solve the problem, you need to \Qref*{seek further help}{Q-gethelp}.
This is an error you may encounter in \LaTeX{} when a tabular
environment is being processed. ``Alignment tabs'' are the
-\texttt{\&} signs that separate the columns of a tabular; so the error
-message
+\texttt{\&} signs that separate the columns of a \environment{tabular}
+(or \environment{array} or matrix) environment; so the error message
\begin{quote}
\begin{narrowversion}
\begin{verbatim}
@@ -1428,9 +1430,22 @@ Get rid of the error in the way described in % ! linebreak
\Qref[question]{tabular cell alignment}{Q-tabcellalign}~--- either use
\csx{tabularnewline} explicitly, or use the \csx{RBS} trick described
there.
+
+The \Package{amsmath} package adds a further twist; when typesetting
+a matrix (the package provides many matrix environments), it has a
+fixed maximum number of columns in a matrix~--- exceed that maximum,
+and the error will appear. By default, the maximum is set to 10, but
+the value is stored in counter \texttt{MaxMatrixCols} and may be
+changed (in the same way as any counter):
+\begin{quote}
+\begin{verbatim}
+\setcounter{MaxMatrixCols}{20}
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{quote}
\begin{ctanrefs}
\item[array.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[array]
\end{ctanrefs}
+\LastEdit{2011-07-06}
\Question[Q-divzero]{Graphics division by zero}