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Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 16:48:09 +0200
From: Stefan Mintert <sm@PEACHUM.INFORMATIK.UNI-DORTMUND.DE>
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Subject: latest latex release: Bug in index handling
Status: R

I think, I found a bug in the latest LaTeX2e release in the
definition of \@idxitem.
 
To reproduce the bug use this latex file:
 
--------------------------------------------
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{makeidx}
\makeindex
\begin{document}
test \index{abc} test \index{abcd} test
\printindex
\end{document}
--------------------------------------------
 
Run latex, makeindex and latex again. The resulting DVI file looks like this:
 
        Index
 
        abc, 1 abcd, 1
 
It should be
 
        Index
 
        abc, 1
        abcd, 1
 
 
The bug is caused by a error in the definition of \@idxitem.
 
In article.cls, report.cls, book.cls \@idxitem is defined like this:
        \newcommand\@idxitem{\hangindent 40\p@}
 
In the previous latex release it was defined like this:
 
        \newcommand\@idxitem{\par\hangindent 40\p@}
                             ^^^^^
 
 
Is this bugfix ok?
 
 
 
  Stefan.
 
 
PS: I send this mail to
        latex-bugs@uni-mainz.de
and
        LATEX-L@VM.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE
because I think this bugfix may be interesting not only for the LaTeX-Team
 
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