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Conference vaxuum::online_bookbuilding

Title:Online Bookbuilding
Notice:This conference is write-locked: see note 1.3.
Moderator:VAXUUM::UTT
Created:Fri Aug 12 1988
Last Modified:Mon Jul 15 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:440
Total number of notes:2134

285.0. "Bookbuild hangs and never finishes" by BABBLE::MEAGHER () Thu Mar 01 1990 09:06

I just encountered a problem that others may have, so:

If you have a book with footnotes, you must have a <p> tag between the
<footnote> tag and before the next <head> tag. Otherwise, your job will
process indefinitely and your book will never get built.

I added a <p> tag before each <head> tag and also before each <command> tag
(the book is a reference manual), and my book built successfully.

This problem is documented in section 3.3.1 of the Document 1.2-B Writer's Kit
release notes.

Vicki Meagher
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285.1fixed in next releaseRAGMOP::UTTThu Mar 01 1990 11:228
    Thanks, Vicki.
    
    That bug has been fixed and the fix will be in the next release
    of the writer's toolkit. If the workaround with the <p> tag
    presents enormous problems for anyone, send me mail and we will
    work the problems offline.
    
    Mary
285.2Might want to <CONDITION>REORG::JALBERTWed Mar 21 1990 13:095
    Just a suggestion if you are going to do this. You might want to
    use <condition> to conditionalize where you have put the extra 
    <p> tags so that it does not affect the hard copy output.
    
    Sally
285.3Similar problem with <FOOTNOTE> and <TABLE> tags.GALVIA::FLOODghost writers in the sky....Sun Mar 25 1990 15:2413
>                      <<< Note 285.0 by BABBLE::MEAGHER >>>
>                    -< Bookbuild hangs and never finishes >-

> I added a <p> tag before each <head> tag and also before each <command> tag
> (the book is a reference manual), and my book built successfully.

The problem also occurs when you place a <FOOTNOTE> tag before a <TABLE>
tag. The cure is the same (<P>). See note 302.

Kevin.



285.4CURRNT::ALFORDIce a specialityWed May 09 1990 12:372
    
    ...and I'm in the middle of suspecting <LIST> as well....
285.5Now _where_ do I put that <P> tag?LEZAH::SCANLONI was so much older then...Thu Aug 02 1990 14:2231
Hello!

Sounds like I have the same problem.  My book processes just fine for other
destinations, but when I process for the bookreader, it goes into an
endless loop when it hits my chapter with <FOOTNOTE> tags.  My problem is
that my <FOOTNOTE> tags are within a table, and I'm not sure where to put
the <P> tags.

The coding looks like this:

	<TABLE>(title\ref)
	<TABLE_ATTRIBUTES>(WIDE)
	<TABLE_SETUP>(3\15\15)
	<FOOTNOTE>(1\blah, blah, blah)
	<FOOTNOTE>(2\more blah, blah, blah)
	<TABLE_HEADS>(head\head\head)
	.
	.
	.
	<ENDTABLE>
	<P>

I've tried putting a <P> tag after each footnote, but that didn't work.

Any suggestions?  Or would anyone care to explain why the <P> fix works so
I can make educated guesses?

Any help greatly appreciated!  Thanks!

Take care,
Tara
285.6Need more info...VAXUUM::GRANTI&#039;ve saved $2596.50 since I quit smoking.Thu Aug 02 1990 16:0311
    Tara,
    
    	I've tried to duplicate your problem without any luck.  Could you
    send me a pointer to your file that's causing the problem?  I'll check
    it out for you.
    
    	Also, could you verify for me what version of the software you're
    using?
    
    Thanks,
    	Wayne
285.7Ooops! The table isn't the problem...LEZAH::SCANLONI was so much older then...Fri Aug 03 1990 11:3216
Hi Wayne!

You're absolutely right!  That section works fine.  My mistake...

I had thought that my problem was being caused by the footnotes in a table
in chapter 1.  It turns out, though, that DOCUMENT didn't like the footnotes
in a list at the end of my preface.  (DOCUMENT had told me that it wrote
the .TEX file for the preface, so I didn't even consider it as the source
of the difficulties.)  Once I put a <P> tag between the end of the list and
the end of the preface, it worked fine.  (Well, almost... I'm off to do
some online_chunking now!)

Thanks for your help and your quick response!

Take care,
Tara