[pdftex] Error Message: TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=150 0]

[Heiko Oberdiek]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 01:09:27PM +0200, Lengauer Markus wrote:

> I use GVim6.1 to write my Tex Files. After having no problems when
> performing the PDFLaTeX for several
> days, I got this error message today:
> 
> "(7 aus 13) error: TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=1500]."
> 
> It appeared, when I tried to switch from \documentclass{article} to
> \documentclass{report} .
> 
> Any ideas?

* Delete auxiliary files after switching the document class
  and try again.
* Add \setcounter{errorcontextlines}{\maxdimen} for more
  verbose error messages. Especially endless loops can
  be detected more easily (one possible cause for overflow
  of input stack).
* Try to generate a minimal test file and post the whole error
  message with line number.

Yours sincerely
  Heiko <oberdiek at uni-freiburg.de>
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