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From: "o.t" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 23:34:24 +0200
>dsssl stylesheets 1.70, jadetex 3.7, openjade 1.3
>
>I didn't have this problem with jadetex 3.5.
>
>I have a document with a preface. I produce TeX output and run Jadetex
>on it. I get errors which look like this:
>----------------------------------
>! Missing number, treated as zero.
><to be read again>
> i
>l.267 {1}}
I get the same thing with stylesheets 1.64. There are several issues with "Preface"
1. The front matter has roman page numbers. So does the Preface, but the page number
restarts at "i". Subsequently, Chapter 1 starts on page "1". It seems to me that the
Preface should not be restart page numbering when %page-number-restart% is #f. This
appears to be a stylesheet bug.
2. Jadetex appears to have difficulty with roman numerals in the TOC. Not being a
TeXspert, I don't know if this is a TeX problem or a JadeTeX problem. But if you use
arabic page numbers for the Preface, the problem goes away.
My workaround at the moment is to make two simple changes to the .tex file before
running jadetex:
At the beginning of the Preface, change
{1}\def\PageNumberRestart%
{1}\def\PageNumberFormat%
{0}\def\StartIndent%
to
{1}\def\PageNumberRestart%
{1}\def\PageNumberFormat%
{1}\def\StartIndent%
This gives the Preface arabic page numbers and restarts the page numbering.
Then go to the beginning of Chapter 1 and change
{1}\def\PageNumberRestart%
{1}\def\PageNumberFormat%
{1}\def\StartIndent%
to
{1}\def\PageNumberRestart%
{0}\def\PageNumberFormat%
{1}\def\StartIndent%
This stops the page numbers from restarting on Chapter 1.
Jadetex 3.7 then produces roman page numbers for the front matter starting at "i" and
arabic page numbers for the rest of the book, starting the Preface on page "1". Which
is reasonable.
Question for Sebastian: can Jadetex be made to handle roman numerals in the TOC? In
3.7 it complains when it finds a roman page number there.
--
Kevin M. Dunn
Professor of Chemistry
Hampden-Sydney College
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