Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 19:01:44 -0700 (PDT) From: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@Nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: obrien@Nuxi.com Subject: docs/1588: Incorrect LaTeX/PostScript Handbook output Message-ID: <199609090201.TAA10014@relay.nuxi.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199609090210.TAA14582@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1588 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Handbook Incorrect LaTeX/PostScript output >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Sep 8 19:10:02 PDT 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: David E. O'Brien >Organization: University of California, Davis >Release: FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386 >Environment: Handbook from -current, sgml, teTex, dvips from 2.1.5-RELEASE >Description: In the printed handbook section on printing generated from the sgml sources via LaTeX 2e , ``&'' used in lpr filters are printed out as ``\&''. This is *quite* annoying. Today I spent much time puzzled why things didn't work because of this. While I should have known better (the purpose of the &'s and the bogusness of the \&, I still bindly followed the handbook (as I should be able to). When later viewing the ascii version of the handbook, I found the correct information. >How-To-Repeat: cd /usr/src/doc/handbook ; make FORMATS=latex ; \ latex handbook.tex ; latex handbook.tex ; latex handbook.tex ; \ dvips handbook.dvi ; {lpr,ghostview} handbook.ps >Fix: Don't know enought sgml to give the fix. But you shouldn't be using escaping ``&'' in \begin{verbatim} ... \end{verbatim} sections in LaTeX. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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