Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.3B9A493C@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:41:42 +0100 Return-Path: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.3B9A493C" x-vm-v5-data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil t t nil][nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: LaTeX bug reported on usenet Date: Mon, 21 Jan 1991 23:59:17 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Sender: "Don Hosek" To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 274 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.3B9A493C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is actually fairly old and some of you may have already seen it, but I figured I'd send it on to the list so that the problem would be known. There are a few other places in the \@startsection command where it occurs as well. Now, I know that we are "working" on a replacement to the \@startsection stuff, but that doesn't change the fact that people currently use LaTeX as it stands now so we should be responsive to bug fixes. Actually a bit more than that: I would strongly recommend that we set a goal of releasing a LaTeX 2.10 that would be LaTeX 2.09 with some bug fixes plus the new font selection scheme (including newlfont.sty or something close to it as the default) and whatever changes are necessary to allow that to work properly. This includes an updated standard letter.sty. Yes, Frank, I know you don't like it, but that's life. It's a two-line modification to the style file. Not painful at all. 2.10 should contain very few if any changes to the user interface outside the lfonts mod (the main reason I want to see that standard is so amslatex can get a little more widely used). We should try to have this available by the TUG meeting so that the world will know that we can do something. And now on to the bug report: --------------------------------------------------------------------- X-NEWS: linus comp.text.tex: 4951 Path: jarthur!uunet!munnari.oz.au!csc.anu.edu.au!csis!ken From: ken@csis.dit.csiro.au (Ken Yap) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: error in LaTeX's \paragraph command Keywords: LaTeX bug Message-ID: <1991Jan14.000029.3377@csis.dit.csiro.au> Date: 14 Jan 91 00:00:29 GMT References: <9562@mirsa.inria.fr> Organization: CSIRO Division of Information Technology Lines: 18 >When the "\paragraph" is followed by a word beginning with "plus" or "Plus", >eg. > \paragraph{title of the paragraph} > Plusieurs ... >LaTeX will report the error as follows: >! Missing number, treated as zero. > > i >l.35 Plusi > eurs ... > > >I think it may be a bug in LaTeX. Yes, it's a bug. Typically this happens when the last command in a macro is one that will take an optional "plus" or "minus" followed by a dimension. The fix is for macro package writers to be careful to put \relax after such commands. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.3B9A493C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable LaTeX bug reported on usenet

This is actually fairly old and some of you may have = already seen it,
but I figured I'd send it on to the list so that the = problem would be
known. There are a few other places in the = \@startsection command where
it occurs as well.

Now, I know that we are "working" on a = replacement to the \@startsection
stuff, but that doesn't change the fact that people = currently use LaTeX
as it stands now so we should be responsive to bug = fixes. Actually a bit
more than that: I would strongly recommend that we = set a goal of
releasing a LaTeX 2.10 that would be LaTeX 2.09 with = some bug fixes plus
the new font selection scheme (including newlfont.sty = or something close
to it as the default) and whatever changes are = necessary to allow that
to work properly. This includes an updated standard = letter.sty. Yes,
Frank, I know you don't like it, but that's life. = It's a two-line
modification to the style file. Not painful at = all.

2.10 should contain very few if any changes to the = user interface
outside the lfonts mod (the main reason I want to see = that standard is
so amslatex can get a little more widely used). We = should try to have
this available by the TUG meeting so that the world = will know that we
can do something.

And now on to the bug report:

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Path: = jarthur!uunet!munnari.oz.au!csc.anu.edu.au!csis!ken
From: ken@csis.dit.csiro.au (Ken Yap)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: error in LaTeX's \paragraph = command
Keywords: LaTeX bug
Message-ID: = <1991Jan14.000029.3377@csis.dit.csiro.au>
Date: 14 Jan 91 00:00:29 GMT
References: <9562@mirsa.inria.fr>
Organization: CSIRO Division of Information = Technology
Lines: 18

>When the "\paragraph" is followed by a = word beginning with "plus" or
"Plus",
>eg.
>    \paragraph{title of the = paragraph}
>    Plusieurs ...
>LaTeX will report the error as follows:
>! Missing number, treated as zero.
><to be read again>
>          =          i
>l.35 Plusi
>          eurs = ...
>
>
>I think it may be a bug in LaTeX.

Yes, it's a bug. Typically this happens when the last = command in a
macro is one that will take an optional = "plus" or "minus" followed by a
dimension.  The fix is for macro package writers = to be careful to put
\relax after such commands.



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