On 09/05/11 00:20, Harvey Kelly wrote: Hi,
> Hello Joost, > >> What Scid version are you using? > 4.3 > >> So actually tex is the one hanging? Does the comment on white's 9th move >> contain any suspicious LaTeX tokens like backslashes or %-signs? Does it >> go through if you remove (only) this comment? > Yup, I'd tried removing the offending comment, but it just hangs on the > next comment with ... in it - this time, instead of the error being > > l.44 9.&..& > 9...Ne4 \\ > > Without that comment it is: > > l.49 12.&...& > Bxf3 \\ > > The error occurs when the next move is Black's, i.e. the three full > stops to denote Black's move, 9...Ne4 or 12...Bxf3. > > Attached the pgn (which it exports fine). Right. So the full-stop occurs at any comment text in which "..." occurs, but only if it follows a white move. This smells like a funny bug (something asymmetric, which I would not expect in either Scid or LaTeX). Bed time here now. I'll give it a thought, but Alexander is definitely the expert here. Cheers, Joost. > Is this a problem with a newer version of Tex? (I'm running Debian > Squeeze, and Tex is fine for other things - just did a quick non-chess > bit of text and it generated it fine.) > > Thanks > > Harvey > > On 4 September 2011 22:48, Joost 't Hart<joost.t.h...@planet.nl> wrote: >> On 09/04/11 23:34, Harvey Kelly wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> I've been using the Export -> Latex feature with no problem, but just >>> now went to export a game with comments. >>> >>> I have a comment before White's first move and after Black's eighth >>> move which it deals with fine, but it hangs on the comment after >>> White's ninth move (and before Black's ninth). >>> >>> The move is 9...Ne4: >>> >>> l.44 9.&..& >>> Ne4 \\ >>> >>> And Latex just hangs at the '?' prompt asking me what to do. >>> >>> Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've tried searching online, but >>> came up empty handed (I know nothing about Latex). >> What Scid version are you using? >> >> So actually tex is the one hanging? Does the comment on white's 9th move >> contain any suspicious LaTeX tokens like backslashes or %-signs? Does it >> go through if you remove (only) this comment? >> >> If this leads to nothing, you may want to attach the game in pgn here... >> >> Cheers, >> Joost. >> >>> Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
