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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 deleted file mode 100644 index d2366dd6ccf..00000000000 --- a/Build/source/texk/makeindexk/tests/nested-range-bb.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,72 +0,0 @@ -% 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. |