Bug#423406: soul.sty: "Reconstruction failed" if \hl command contains "\ "

[Frank Küster <frank@kuesterei.ch>]

Melchior FRANZ <mfranz@aon.at> wrote:

> Hey,
>
> sorry for the long delay. Wasn't at my computer for more than
> two weeks, and after that my inbox was so full that I went into
> denial mode and refused to look into it.  :-}

No problem - I had other things to do than sit by the computer and wait
for your answer ;-)

> It's not that soul isn't supported any more, but it's definitely
> in "stable", frozen mode. I'll look into the code in the next days
> and if I find out more, then I'll tell you.

It would be good if you could at least upload a version with working
contact addresses to CTAN.  Furthermore, even greater if you would
clearly indicate whether you want the license to be ".. or later" or one
particular version; and if the current LPPL version (1.3x) applies,
indicate whether the software is still "author maintained".

Of course, in case you are willing to give the package away to someone
who has shown to master it, you could write that too, but that's totally
your choice of course.

Thanks for your response, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)