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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-noroom.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-noroom.html index a1f154fd3c2..df07fef5dac 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-noroom.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-noroom.html @@ -29,23 +29,48 @@ whose use is “hidden” in LaTeX; the limit on the number of <p/>There is nothing that can directly be done about this error, as you can’t extend the number of available registers without extending TeX itself. - Of course, <a href="FAQ-etex.html">e-TeX</a> and <a href="FAQ-omegaleph.html">Omega</a> + Of course, <a href="FAQ-etex.html">e-TeX</a>, <a href="FAQ-omegaleph.html">Omega</a> and + <a href="FAQ-luatex.html">LuaTeX</a> - both do this, as does <a href="FAQ-commercial.html">MicroPress Inc’s VTeX</a>. -<p/>The commonest way to encounter one of these error messages is to have +all do this, as does <a href="FAQ-commercial.html">MicroPress Inc’s VTeX</a>. +<p/>One common way to encounter one of these error messages is to have broken macros of some sort, or incorrect usage of macros (an example is discussed in <a href="FAQ-epsf.html">epsf problems</a>). <p/>However, sometimes one just <em>needs</em> more than TeX can offer, and when this happens, you’ve just got to work out a different way of doing things. An example is the <a href="FAQ-usepictex.html">difficulty of loading PicTeX with LaTeX</a>. -In cases like PicTeX, it may be possible to use -<a href="FAQ-etex.html">e-TeX</a> (all modern distributions provide it). The -LaTeX package <i>etex</i> modifies the register allocation -mechanism to make use of e-TeX’s extended register sets (it’s a +The more modern drawing package, <i>pgf</i> with its higher-level +interface <i>TikZ</i> is a common problem. +<p/>In such cases, it is usually possible to use the +<a href="FAQ-etex.html">e-TeX</a> extensions (all modern distributions provide +them). The LaTeX package <i>etex</i> modifies the register allocation +mechanism to make use of e-TeX’s extended register sets. +<i>Etex</i> is a derivative of the Plain TeX macro file <i>etex.src</i>, which is used in building the e-TeX Plain format; both files are part of the -e-TeX distribution). Unfortunately, e-TeX doesn’t help with -<code>\</code><code>read</code> or <code>\</code><code>write</code> objects. +e-TeX distribution and are available in current distributions. +<p/>It is possible that, even with <i>etex</i> loaded, you still find +yourself running out of things. Problems could be caused by packages +that use large numbers of “inserts” (combinations of counter, box, +dimension and skip registers, used for storing floats and footnotes). +<i>Morefloats</i> does this, of course (naturally enough, +allocating new floats), and footnote packages such as +<i>manyfoot</i> and <i>bigfoot</i> (which uses <i>manyfoot</i> +can also give problems. The <i>etex</i> allows you to deal with +these things: the command <code>\</code><code>reserveinserts{</code><em>n</em><code>}</code> ensures there +is room for <<i>n</i>> more inserts. (Hint: <i>morefloats</i> needs +18 inserts, and <i>manyfoot</i> seems to be happy with 10 +reserved.) Load <i>etex</i> before any others, and reserve the +inserts immediately: +<blockquote> +<pre> +\documentclass[...]{...} +\usepackage{etex} +\reserveinserts{28} +</pre> +</blockquote><p> +<p/>Unfortunately, e-TeX doesn’t help with <code>\</code><code>read</code> or <code>\</code><code>write</code> +objects (and neither will the <i>etex</i> package). <p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=noroom">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=noroom</a> </body> |