Having had no response to my my previous posting I thought I try the latest beta to see if the problem I described had been fixed. Unfortunately it persists in l2h98-2beta. Setting $VERBOSITY to 3 shows <upshape>.textit.texttt.^.^.^.^.$.texttt.$.$.$.$.$.texttt.label.htmlref.tt </tt>.^.^.textsl.^.^.$.texttt.$.$.$.$.$.texttt.label.htmlref.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.$.texttt.$.$.$.$.$.texttt.label.htmlref.^.^ as the last thing happening, and the strange ^.*$ process is still hanging around. Does anyone have any idea what it might be? Graham
