[OS X TeX] block comment

Wed Nov 16 21:45:11 CET 2005

P.S. TeXShop does not like my book; it refuses to typeset it. It says:

This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
\write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./TheLaTeXBook.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
Babel <v3.8d> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german,  
ngerman, d
utch, italian, norsk, portuges, spanish, swedish, nohyphenation, loaded.
(/Users/gratzer/Library/texmf/tex/latex/bookmod.cls

LaTeX Warning: You have requested document class `bookmod',
                but the document class provides `book'.

Document Class: book 1999/01/07 v1.4a Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/base/leqno.clo)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/base/bk10.clo))
(./TheLaTeXBook.sty
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amsmath.sty
For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option.
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amstext.sty
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty))
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amsbsy.sty)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amsopn.sty))
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amscls/amsthm.sty)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/tools/verbatim.sty)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amsxtra.sty)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amsfonts/eucal.sty)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amsfonts/amsfonts.sty
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/base/omxcmex.fd)))
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/base/latexsym.sty)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amscd.sty)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/base/alltt.sty)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/tools/xspace.sty)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.sty
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.cfg)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/graphics/pdftex.def))
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/graphics/color.sty
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/graphics/color.cfg))
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/url/url.sty)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/tools/array.sty)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/booktabs/booktabs.sty)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/tools/longtable.sty)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/multirow/multirow.sty))
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/base/makeidx.sty) (./ 
cmcindex.sty
This is package cmcindex.sty.
Bringing you easy-peasy index commands.
)
Writing index file TheLaTeXBook.idx
(./TheLaTeXBook.aux (./see.aux) (./frontmatter.aux) (./quickfinder.aux)
(./pr.aux) (./intro.aux) (./settingup.aux

LaTeX Warning: Label `G:text_editor' multiply defined.

LaTeX Warning: Label `SS:source' multiply defined.

) (./shortcourse.aux

LaTeX Warning: Label `G:Spell' multiply defined.

LaTeX Warning: Label `G:text_editors' multiply defined.

LaTeX Warning: Label `SS:SpellCheckers' multiply defined.

LaTeX Warning: Label `SS:editors' multiply defined.

) (./text.aux) (./disptext.aux) (./math.aux) (./dispmath.aux)
(./docstructure.aux) (./amsclass.aux) (./customize.aux) (./longdoc.aux)
(./book.aux) (./web.aux) (./appAB.aux) (./appC-.aux

LaTeX Warning: Label `S:ArtDes' multiply defined.

LaTeX Warning: Label `StrucLaT' multiply defined.

LaTeX Warning: Label `S:Basic' multiply defined.

LaTeX Warning: Label `G:latex_packages' multiply defined.

LaTeX Warning: Label `S:Using' multiply defined.

LaTeX Warning: Label `G:log_file2' multiply defined.

LaTeX Warning: Label `G:printing' multiply defined.

LaTeX Warning: Label `Fi:UsingLaT' multiply defined.

LaTeX Warning: Label `SS:defAms' multiply defined.

LaTeX Warning: Label `G:bold_math3' multiply defined.

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LaTeX Warning: Label `G:prompt' multiply defined.

LaTeX Warning: Label `SS:versions' multiply defined.

LaTeX Warning: Label `C:Web' multiply defined.

))

LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `OT1/pgl/m/n' undefined
(Font)              using `OT1/cmr/m/n' instead on input line 34.

(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.tex
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/supp-mis.tex
loading : Context Support Macros / Miscellaneous (2004.10.26)
! Missing endcsname inserted.
<to be read again>
                    relax
l.152 ...contextobject \donetrue \do \newif\ifdone
                                                    \fi
?
Process aborted

If it does not like my style, it should just say so...

GG

On Nov 15, 2005, at 5:53 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On Nov 15, 2005, at 3:32 PM, George Gratzer wrote:
>
>> I use TeXShop with the built in editor.
>>
>> GG
>>
>> On Nov 15, 2005, at 2:39 PM, Joseph C. Slater wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 15, 2005, at 12:31 PM, George Gratzer wrote:
>>>
>>>> If I select a few lines of text in the source and comment it  
>>>> out, the percent signs appear, the text turns red.
>>>>
>>>> If I select a many lines of text in the source and comment it  
>>>> out, there is no visible change until I click, undoing the  
>>>> selection.
>>>>
>>>> Is this a bug?
>>>>
>>> Probably. But, you're not going to get very far until you tell  
>>> people what editor you're using.
>>> Joe
>
> Howdy,
>
> Assuming you are selecting lines and then using Cmd-{ (Shift-Cmd-[)  
> to comment out the lines I seem to get the same behavior no matter  
> how many lines I choose. A single line, multiple lines by dragging  
> (remember that paragraphs are soft wrapped so they act like a  
> single line), multiple lines by Shift and Up/Down Arrow, All by Cmd- 
> A, give the same result: the comments marks are placed at the  
> beginning of the line and everything that is a comment turns red. I  
> assume that if the selection is truely huge it will take some time  
> to propagate through the selection.
>
> By the way, which version of OS X and which version of TeXShop are  
> you using?
>
> Finally, I don't mean to be (too) pushy but I'm curious; are you  
> the George Gratzer who wrote the `Math Into LaTeX' book?
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>
>
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