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Subject: docs/1378: sgmlfmt generated freebsd-faq.tex does not LaTeX
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>Number:         1378
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       sgmlfmt generated freebsd-faq.tex does not LaTeX
>Confidential:   yes
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jul  9 10:10:01 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     David E. O'Brien
>Organization:
University of California, Davis
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE tools, -current FAQ source file
>Environment:

	Using sgmlfmt and LaTeX 2e package from 2.1-RELEASE

>Description:

	The freebsd-faq.tex file generated by sgmlfmt is not LaTeX'able.
	The problem line in the sgml file is:

            <item> Enter <tt/-c/ at the bootprompt. <newline>
              &lsqb; the kernel goes into configuration mode &rsqb;
            <item> Disable <tt/sio0/, <tt/sio1/, <tt/sio2/ and <tt/sio3/

	In the tex file this becomes:

	    \item  Enter {\tt -c} at the bootprompt. \\
	    [ the kernel goes into configuration mode ]
	    \item  Disable {\tt sio0}, {\tt sio1}, {\tt sio2} and {\tt sio3}

	When LaTeX is run on this is errors with:

		[27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]
		! Missing number, treated as zero.
		<to be read again> 
                   		t
		l.1799 [ the kernel goes into configuration mode ]

		? 

	The problem is LaTeX doesn't like the ``['' and ``]''.  
	I manually fixed it by changing ``['' to ``\['' or ``(''.
  

>How-To-Repeat:

	sgmlfmt -f latex freebsd-faq.sgm
	latex freebsd-faq.tex

>Fix:
	
	Don't know any sgml.  Sorry.

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: