[tex-live] apparent bug in detex
Peter Breitenlohner
peb at mppmu.mpg.de
Thu Oct 27 18:32:25 CEST 2011
On Oct 27 13:12:34, Kristen Eisenberg wrote:
> There appears to be a bug in the version of detex distributed with TL
> 2010. At least, I see the problem and it has been confirmed by others
> on the mactex list. Essentially, detex removes the contents of
> footnotes included as \footnote{this is a footnote} when running in
> LaTeX mode.
>
> So if my test file contains the line:
> Test\footnote{ a footnote} \emph{it} quickly.
> then detex gives:
> Test a footnote it quickly.
> but detex -l gives:
> Test it quickly.
> And the same problem occurs if LaTeX mode is selected automatically
> for a LaTeX document. Others on the mactex list were responsible for
> pinpointing the issue. I just found it didn't work as I expected.
I am not sure if this intentional or not.
TL2010 and TL2011 use detex-2.8 with detex.l defining
<Normal>"\\footnote" {KILLARGS(1); SPACE;}
whereas TL20109 used an older version with
<Normal>"\\footnote" {SPACE;}
Might be the KILLARGS actually ought to be STRIPARGS?
If indeed a bug, it would have been nice to have this reported and fixed
early enough for TL2011.
Regards
Peter Breitenlohner <peb at mppmu.mpg.de>
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