Conference vaxuum::document_ft

485.0. "Extraneous "line too long" messages" by AUTHOR::WELLCOME (Steve) Tue Jun 09 1987 13:42

I'm getting a lot of strange TEX "line too long" warning messages 
for one particular chapter during a book build.  When done as part
of a book build, TEX gives the correct warning messages but then 
adds on a lot of additional warning messages with page numbers that 
are not in sequence and page numbers that are not even in the chapter 
(too large).  
However, if I process the chapter separately, there is no problem.  
Here are the relevant portions of the two log files.  First, the 
chapter processed separately:


%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 0.24705 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-3]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685C9.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 3.10115 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-3]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685C9.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 21.23309 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-3]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685C9.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-I-PAGESOUT, 7 pages written.
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685C9.DVI_LN3'
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Now, the chapter processed as part of a book build:


%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 0.24705 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-3]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 3.10115 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-3]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 21.23309 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-3]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 0.26456 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-1]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 6.8510 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-1]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 8.5131 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-1]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 8.52493 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-1]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 1.36560 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-10]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 1.36560 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-10]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 1.36560 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-10]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 6.2620 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-2]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 0.29829 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-2]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 5.25566 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-2]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 1.24429 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-4]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 1.24429 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-4]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 5.40290 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-7]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 18.0 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-5]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 18.0 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-6]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 6.5573 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-4]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 18.0 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-4]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 18.0 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-6]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-W-LINETOOLONG, line too long by 22.3296 points
%TEX-I-ONPAGE, on page [9-6]
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
%TEX-I-PAGESOUT, 199 pages written.
%TEX-I-OUTFILENAME, 'user:[wellcome.macro11]S685PRO.DVI_LN3'
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    I assume that this was done on BL7.  TeX's error handling capabilities
    have improved geometrically from BL7 to BL8 .  I haven't seen a
    bug like yours before, so I am not sure what will happen on BL8,
    but If you send me a pointer to your files, I can try to see
    what's going on.
    
    David

    In line with this, how do I locate the offending "LINETOOLONG's"
    to fix them?  There seems to be nothing in the .LIS file to give
    me a clue as to what text was to blame?