<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Hello Zbigniew,<br></div><div><br>On 21/08/2014, at 2:52, "Nitecki, Zbigniew H." <<a href="mailto:Zbigniew.Nitecki@tufts.edu">Zbigniew.Nitecki@tufts.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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It doesn't make sense to me, since it is only certain specific items (one particular equation* environment, but not other, longer ones; one particular \item, but not other longer ones) that cause the problem. </div></blockquote><div><br></div>The portions both implicitly use a macro \of<div>whose definition you have not shown.<br><div><br></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Could it be a spacing problem? Delete something and then there is room for the floats?
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<div>On Aug 20, 2014, at 11:57 AM, Nitecki, Zbigniew H. <<a href="mailto:Zbigniew.Nitecki@tufts.edu">Zbigniew.Nitecki@tufts.edu</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Now, uncommenting more, later material (including some other equation* environments), all goes well, until I come to a list: an "itemize" environment, with several items. Most of these items have no effect on the floats (i.e., they don't disappear), except
for a single item<br>
<blockquote type="cite">\item The statement that $\Levof{f}{c}\cap R$ is the graph of \phiof{x} means that the function<br>
\phiof{x} is uniquely determined by \refer{eqn}{implicitfunct}.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">
<blockquote type="cite">\begin{equation*}<br>
\gsof{a}{\yso-\delts{2}}<0<\gsof{a}{\yso+\delts{2}}<br>
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and have dredged up all the definitions of the macros used in it:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">\newcommand{\gsof}[2]{\ensuremath{\subof{g}{#1}{#2}}}% subscripted function g<br>
\newcommand{\subof}[3]{\of{#1_{#2}}{#3}}%subscripted function of<br>
\newcommand{\ys}[1]{\ensuremath{y_{#1}}}%subscripted y<br>
\newcommand{\yso}{\ys{0}}<br>
\newcommand{\delts}[1]{\ensuremath{\delta_{#1}}}%subscripted delta<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Not all. What is \of supposed to be? <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">And is it really this at that time?</span></div><div>Some other package may have redefined it, or some internal command may match on it.</div><div><br></div><div>e.g. \root...\of is defined in latex.ltx<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> and used in \@sqrt constructions</span></div><div> \plainroot@...\of in amsmath.sty and amstex.sty</div><div><br></div><div>There may be others.</div><div>e.g. in gmdoc.sty and gmutils </div><div>and arabtex has a similar usage with \case and \apply </div><div>and mdwtools , bm.sty and unicode-math and siunitx.sty .</div><div><br></div><div>A few years back we had a discussion of the inadvisability of using home-grown macros with very short names. Too much chance of a collision with other people's macros or important structures.</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">
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Nothing unusual that I can see. But this is at least one of the culprits: when I comment out this equation, the floats all work fine. When I then uncomment JUST those three lines (the equation) from what just worked, two of the floats get lost.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Where is your .log file?</div><div>There are bound to be some messages, other that just the 'Missing floats' ones that are relevant.</div><div>Does the whole job finish smoothly? <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Or inside one or more unclosed grouping levels?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Or within some unclosed \if ... structures?</span></div><div><br></div><div>Without seeing a whole .log file, we are just groping for possible causes.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps,</div><div><br></div><div> Ross</div></body></html>