[tex-k] bugs in The TeXbook and typographical errors in The METAFONTbook

[胡亚捷 (Hu Yajie)]

Page A420, line 11
Change
    \def\bull{\vrule height .9ex width .8ex depth -.1ex } % square bullet
to
    \def\bull{\vrule height .9ex width .8ex depth -.1ex\relax} % square bullet
or you get the same problem J. H. Quick encountered in exercise 27.4:
    ! Missing number, treated as zero.
    <to be read again>
                    e
    <*> \bull heighte
                    ning tensions
    ?

Page A423, lines 15--16
The definition of \marginstyle has the same problem if you say ^{heightening}:
    \def\marginstyle{\sevenrm % marginal notes are in 7-point type
      \vrule height6pt depth2pt width0pt } % a strut for \insert\margin
But the real definition in manmac.tex avoids it by reordering the commands:
    \def\marginstyle{\vrule height6pt depth2pt width\z@ \sevenrm}

Page C175, lines 21, 26, and 27 & page C177, line 19
Change "=\ldots" to "=\cdots"? [The MFbook violates The TeXbook's advice in
many ways, such as using \ldots after =, and using \cdots after commas on
e.g. lines 12--13 on page 307. I hope Knuth can do a comprehensive check
if he decides to fix them.]

Page C210, line -1
Change "/<numeric token>'>" to "/ <numeric token>' >" by inserting thinspaces
(cf. page C72, line 18).

Page C317, line 16
There is too much space between "," and "skipto". A look at mfbook.tex reveals
that Knuth typed a space there:
    <optional skip>\is[,] [skipto]<code>\alt<empty>
Other instances of adjacent tokens are simply typed adjacent like
    \alt[else][:]<conditional text>
and there are only two thinspaces between them in the output.

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Earlier reports:
https://github.com/dine2014/texbook-mfbook-bugs/blob/master/bugs.md