Bug#146438: tetex-base: bibtex deals badly with \% at a linebreak
On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 09:31:38AM +0900, Atsuhito Kohda wrote:
> I am not sure what is the expected output but as far
> as I tested with the above sample files many g's appeared
> in DVI when I previewd it with xdvi.
Peculiar.
> \begin{thebibliography}{1}
>
> \bibitem{qrp}
> {\sc Rohrs, C.}
> \newblock Query routing for the gnutella network.
> \newblock
> ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff%
> f\%ggggggggggggg.
>
> \end{thebibliography}
>
> (% sign appered twice, one just before final "f" and one with
> escape character "\"????)
>
> Is there any meaning of the number of "f" and/or "g"?
Yes. I chose a number of f's so that the \% falls exactly where
bibtex breaks the line. On your setup, it seems to have split the
line in the f's, which won't trigger the problem. Try it with 1, 2,
and 3 fewer f's, and see if that triggers the boundary condition.
-- Agthorr
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