Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 19:01:44 -0700 (PDT) From: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@Nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: obrien@Nuxi.com Subject: docs/1588: Incorrect LaTeX/PostScript Handbook output Message-ID: <199609090201.TAA10014@relay.nuxi.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199609090210.TAA14582@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1588
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Handbook Incorrect LaTeX/PostScript output
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Sep 8 19:10:02 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: David E. O'Brien
>Organization:
University of California, Davis
>Release: FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386
>Environment:
Handbook from -current, sgml, teTex, dvips from 2.1.5-RELEASE
>Description:
In the printed handbook section on printing generated from the sgml
sources via LaTeX 2e , ``&'' used in lpr filters are printed out
as ``\&''.
This is *quite* annoying. Today I spent much time puzzled why things
didn't work because of this. While I should have known better (the
purpose of the &'s and the bogusness of the \&, I still bindly followed
the handbook (as I should be able to). When later viewing the ascii
version of the handbook, I found the correct information.
>How-To-Repeat:
cd /usr/src/doc/handbook ; make FORMATS=latex ; \
latex handbook.tex ; latex handbook.tex ; latex handbook.tex ; \
dvips handbook.dvi ; {lpr,ghostview} handbook.ps
>Fix:
Don't know enought sgml to give the fix. But you shouldn't be using
escaping ``&'' in \begin{verbatim} ... \end{verbatim} sections
in LaTeX.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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