Bug#204357: tetex-bin: latex "help" messages: when \ ommitted from \newcommand error message is not helpful
Package: tetex-bin
Version: 2.0.2-4.2
Severity: wishlist
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When a "\newcommand" argument does not start with the "\", the error
messages indicate that there is a missing \begin{document}, and the
help message (as displayed by aucTeX) says that output was produced
prior to the \begin{document}. It does not in any way indicate that
the "\" was missing, and should.
This is probably a very common error, since "\newenvironment" takes a
first argument that does NOT start with a "\". That's confusing.
- -- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux bittersweet.hegbloom.net 2.4.20-vp6+evms+xfs #1 SMP Tue Jul 8 21:21:18 PDT 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (ignored: LC_ALL set)
Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debconf 1.3.8 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.5.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dpkg 1.10.10 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.3.1-17 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.3.1-0rc2 GCC support library
ii libkpathsea3 2.0.2-4.2 shared libkpathsea for teTeX
ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-4 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.1-0rc2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libwww-ssl0 [libwww0] 5.4.0-6 The W3C-WWW library (SSL support)
ii libxaw7 4.3.0-0ds4 X Athena widget set library
ii perl 5.8.0-19 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii t1lib1 1.3.1-1 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r
ii tetex-base 2.0.2-4.1 basic teTeX library files
ii xlibs 4.3.0-0ds4 X Window System client libraries
ii zlib1g 1:1.1.4-14 compression library - runtime
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