Conference vaxuum::document_ft

895.0. "An error without an error message" by CLT::KAVANAGH (Don't bug me) Fri Sep 11 1987 17:12

    
    
    If you are using the command template (initiated by
    the <command_section> tag) and forget to add
    an <endcommand_section> tag,  TEX does not report the
    error when you process the file individually.  If the
    file is included in a bookbuild, however, the bookbuild
    *dies*.  
    
    Also, the error message reported in the bookbuild log 
    file is rather vague.  
    
    For example, I forgot to add the <endcommand_section>
    tag to the end of the command section in Chapter 3 of 
    my book.  When I processed Chapter 3 individually, I 
    did not receive an error.  However, because Chapter 4 
    of the book was formatted with the <command_section> 
    and <endcommand_section> tags, I got the error 
    "Invalid attempt to nest reference templates - last
    template was Command", when I processed the book.
    
    I guess the whole gist of this note is as follows:
    
         Please have TEX report an error when you forget to 
         use the <endcommand_section> tag.  You should not
         HAVE TO build a book containing other chapters 
         with the <command_section> tags to get an error.

     
        

    
    
    Forgot to add that the doctype is
    LAYERED.