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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-newlineargs.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-newlineargs.html index ea8b6608c1d..eccc25614ba 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-newlineargs.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-newlineargs.html @@ -7,20 +7,20 @@ <blockquote> <pre> ! Missing number, treated as zero. -<to be read again> +<to be read again> g -<*> [grump] +<*> [grump] </pre> </blockquote><p> and those where a single asterisk at the start of a line mysteriously fails to appear in the output. <p/>Both problems arise because <code>\</code><code>\</code> takes optional arguments. The -command <code>\</code><code>\*</code> means “break the line here, and inhibit page break -following the line break”; the command <code>\</code><code>\[</code><<i>dimen</i>><code>]</code> -means “break the line here and add <<i>dimen</i>> extra vertical space -afterwards”. +command <code>\</code><code>\*</code> means “break the line here, and inhibit page break +following the line break”; the command <code>\</code><code>\[</code><<i>dimen</i>><code>]</code> +means “break the line here and add <<i>dimen</i>> extra vertical space +afterwards”. <p/>So why does <code>\</code><code>\</code> get confused by these things at the start of a -line? It’s looking for the first non-blank thing, and in the test it +line? It’s looking for the first non-blank thing, and in the test it uses ignores the end of the line in your input text. <p/>The solution is to enclose the stuff at the start of the new line in braces: @@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ which is a usage this FAQ would not recommend, anyway: refer to the <a href="FAQ-eqnarray.html">reason not to use <code>eqnarray</code></a>. <p/>Note that the <i>amsmath</i> package modifies the behaviour of <code>\\</code> in maths. With <i>amsmath</i>, the <code>eqnarray</code> -example doesn’t need any special measures. +example doesn’t need any special measures. <p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=newlineargs">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=newlineargs</a> </body> |