Am Monday, 24. June 2013, 11:23:43 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann: I have solved it by removing the .idx .ind and .aux file of a former latex run.
The hint came from this: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/82669/will-cruft-from-a-previous- compile-ever-change-the-final-look-of-my-document Wolfgang > Hello List, > > after having spent several hours to find out an error I would like to > ask for your help. > > I am translating a book (of about 200 pages) which I have written in > German into English. > The pdf output of the German one is ok. > The output of the English version gives me an error (see ###1###) > and view complete log gives me (see ###2###) > > If I comment out the subject index at the end of my document it works > alright. > The name index works alright. > > Has anybody run into such an error and could give me a hint what is > going wrong? > > I am using koma script book style and A5 size, if this is of concern. > > Is there a way (eg in the tex file) to take off parts of the indexed > entries, in order to localize the entry causing the error? > > Wolfgang > > ###1###) > \subitem field} > \selectlanguage{american}% , \hyperpage{45} > I've deleted a group-closing symbol because it seems to be > spurious, as in `$x}$'. But perhaps the } is legitimate and > you forgot something else, as in `\hbox{$x}'. In such cases > the way to recover is to insert both the forgotten and the > deleted material, e.g., by typing `I$}'. > > ###2###) > ]) (./AAAFlowerClock20130626A-idx.ind [201] [202 > > ] [203 > ] > ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup. -- --------------------------------- Wolfgang Engelmann Schlossgartenstrasse 22 D-72070 Tübingen Tel 07071 68325
