[OS X TeX] ``\mathit allowed only in math mode'' error while writing .idx
Herbert Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com
Mon Feb 10 22:02:19 CET 2020
> On Feb 10, 2020, at 2:55 PM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> In source:
>
> \index{Urysohn Metrization Theorem}
>
> in one location and
>
> \index{Urysohn Metrization Theorem|mainref}
>
> in another location (with \mainref defined as specified in my original message).
>
> I’m using memoir documentclass with
>
> \makeindex
> ….
> \printindex
>
> Indexing from:
>
> \usepackage[pdftex]{hyperref}
> \hypersetup{
> plainpages=false,%pdfpagelabels,
> bookmarksnumbered,
> breaklinks=true,
> colorlinks, citecolor=red, filecolor=black, linkcolor=blue, urlcolor=blue,
> linktocpage=true,linktoc=all
> }
>
> Is there anything else I can supply, short of the entire, approximately 2.5 MB, folder tree of files, that might help you help me?
>
>> On 10 Feb2020, at 3:20 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Feb 10, 2020, at 12:35 PM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I’m looking for any possible clues in trying to track down the error with pdflatex
>>>
>>> \mathit allowed only in math mode
>>>
>>> encountered while latexmk is writing .idx.
>>>
>>> This is occurring, in the first instance with .ind entry
>>>
>>> \item \idxmark{Urysohn Metrization Theorem}, \hyperpage{506},
>>> \mainref{580}
>>>
>>> The function \mainref is defined as:
>>>
>>> \newcommand{\mainref}[1]{\textbf{\emph{\hyperpage{#1}}}}
>>>
>>> But the error occurs even if I change \mainref to: \newcommand{\mainref}[1]{#1}
>>>
>>> The document’s .ist file includes
>>>
>>> item_0 "\n\\item \\idxmark{"
>>> delim_0 "}, "
>>>
>>> where \idxmark is defined in my preamble by:
>>>
>>> \providecommand\gobbleone[1]{}
>>> \newcommand{\idxmark}[1]{{\let\gobbleone\relax\markboth{\sffamily\bfseries#1}{\sffamily\bfseries#1}}#1}
>>>
>>> If I comment out the \index entries for that “Urysohn Metrization Theorem”, then the same error occurs for other entries.
>>>
>>> I APOLOGIZE for not providing a complete, minimal working example for reproducing the error, but I think some clue might help me devise such. The document in question is of book length, with a complex source structure that includes several style files constituting the preamble.
>>>
>>> NOTE: This error did not occur a week or two ago, despite no change to my preamble. So I think something has changed in some latex package to cause this.
>>> ---
>>> Murray Eisenberg murrayeisenberg at gmail.com
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> What does that entry look like in the source file? Are you using any particular indexing package? Not that I'm on to anything :-(.
>>
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>>
Howdy,
How about tge log file; maybe the error is really occurring before this.
Good Luck,
Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
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