[...]
>> Are you saying that running this command on the command line works,
>> but it fails when a2x runs it?
>
> No. I am saying that that workaround is just that: a workaround that
> works so badly that seems that asciidoc works better without. So when I
> was converting into docbook and then converting docbook into pdf I was
> inadvertently avoiding that workaround. Avoiding that workaround made my
> compilaton work.

Ok, well, all I can say is that it works for me, no alltt error, and I
am sure I didn't (knowingly) install extra latex packages because I
don't know how to.  Perhaps I'm just lucky and something else
installed it for me. :)

>
> Try this: open a text file and fill it with:
>
> = Title
>
> *C+\+* or *C+\+* or *C+\+* or *C+\+*
>
> then compile to pdf (that was related to another post I made here in this
> list that seems correlated to this problem)...
>
> I found the behaviour of asciidoc in this context really weird, but it is
> consistent with the html output...
>
> Try to do the same with asciidoctor and the result is worst...
>
> To obtain a correct test you have to write:
>
> asciidoc:    *C+\+* or *C+\+* or *C+\+* or *C++*

To be considered as quotes the ++ needs to have a matching "closing"
++, but the last one on the line does not have that, so it does not
need an escape.  Obvious after the fact, but sure, hard to figure out
initially.

> asciidoctor: i was unable to find a working combination...

It is because of these little implementation specific glitches that
there will hopefully be an effort this year to define an
implementation independent asciidoc markup specification.

@Dan, hows that looking?

[...]
>
> That seems unrelated to xetex since if I do not use it it outputs the
> very same error message (plus "Missing character Ω" due to missing
> UTF-8 support)
>

Ok, at this point I don't know, I am using Asciidoc to *avoid* using
Latex (or XML)  :)

And I use FOP for PDF since it is more standards compliant and does
not have some bugs that dblatex declined to fix.

[...]
>>
>> If you don't need 1) and 2) then just run dblatex as you are doing,
>> using a2x is only a convenience if you want the Asciidoc defaults (as
>> shown in the huge command above).
>
> ok
>
>> Cheers
>> Lex
>
> Many many thanks for your patience...

No problem

Cheers
Lex

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