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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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