[luatex] Undefined control sequence: message length/truncation

[Taco Hoekwater]

Hi again,


http://tracker.luatex.org/view.php?id=903

Sorry, no time to get into it now.

Best wishes,
Taco

On 26 May 2014, at 10:53, Joseph Wright <joseph.wright at morningstar2.co.uk> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> With the minimal test
> 
> \def\use#1{#1}
> \use{\foo123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890XXXXXXXXXXXXXXY}
> 
> pdfTeX and LuaTeX give
> 
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> <argument> \foo
> 
> 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890...
> 
> with the "123" starts at column 16, whereas LuaTeX gives
> 
> <argument> \foo
> 
> 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> 
> with the "123" starting at column 5. I'm not sure why this is:
> deliberate or not.
> 
> Notice that as well as being out in position, LuaTeX truncates with no
> "..." so it's not clear that this has happened: again, is this deliberate?
> 
> P.S. Thanks for feedback on other issues.
> -- 
> Joseph Wright
>