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by: David M. Wood - Tue, 8 Jun 2021 03:16 UTC

I have generated a minimal case which displays the problems I mentioned earlier
under MacOS Mojave using TeXLive 2021 bundled by MacTeX.

=== begin bad.tex source ===
\begin{document}
%deliberately missing closing $ after \simeq
Reduces the background count rate by a factor of $R$ ($R\simeq 1/(1-.89)
= 9.1 for the shielding I used).
\end{document}
=end bad.tex source ===

Here's the terminal output upon running " latex bad.tex ":

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live 2021) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./bad.tex
LaTeX2e <2021-06-01>
L3 programming layer <2021-06-01>
(/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2021/02/12 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def)
(./bad.aux)
! Missing $ inserted.
<inserted text>
$
l.6 \end{document}

? e
No pages of output.
Transcript written on bad.log.
/Library/TeX/texbin/pdflatex:calledit: unexpected if_ptr=5 not in range 1..1,from input_stack[2].namefield=39066

Can anyone else reproduce this? --Thanks! --DMW
--
David M. Wood

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by: Mauro Orlandini - Tue, 8 Jun 2021 06:30 UTC

Il Tue, 08 Jun 2021 03:16:13 +0000, David M. Wood ha scritto:

> I have generated a minimal case which displays the problems I mentioned
> earlier under MacOS Mojave using TeXLive 2021 bundled by MacTeX.

I obtained the very same result on my texlive on a linux distribution
(taken directly from the tug.org site):

===output when selecting 'e' at the error prompt ===

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live 2021)
(preloaded format=pdflatex)
restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./bad.tex
LaTeX2e <2021-06-01>
L3 programming layer <2021-06-01>
(/opt/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2021/02/12 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class
(/opt/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/opt/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def)
No file bad.aux.
! Missing $ inserted.
<inserted text>
$
l.7 \end{document}

? e
No pages of output.
Transcript written on bad.log.
pdflatex:calledit: unexpected if_ptr=5 not in range 1..1,from
input_stack[2].namefield=39066

===end output ===

Googling I found a report on a similar, but not identical, error here
https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2021-April/046844.html

Ciao, Mauro

>
> === begin bad.tex source ===
> \begin{document}
> %deliberately missing closing $ after \simeq Reduces the background
> count rate by a factor of $R$ ($R\simeq 1/(1-.89)
> = 9.1 for the shielding I used).
> \end{document}
> =end bad.tex source ===
>
> Here's the terminal output upon running " latex bad.tex ":
>
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live 2021)
> (preloaded format=pdflatex)
> restricted \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode (./bad.tex LaTeX2e <2021-06-01>
> L3 programming layer <2021-06-01>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls Document
> Class: article 2021/02/12 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class
> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-
pdftex.def)
> (./bad.aux)
> ! Missing $ inserted.
> <inserted text>
> $
> l.6 \end{document}
>
> ? e No pages of output.
> Transcript written on bad.log.
> /Library/TeX/texbin/pdflatex:calledit: unexpected if_ptr=5 not in range
> 1..1,from input_stack[2].namefield=39066
>
> Can anyone else reproduce this? --Thanks! --DMW

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by: jfbu - Tue, 8 Jun 2021 08:31 UTC

Le 08/06/2021 à 08:30, Mauro Orlandini a écrit :
> Il Tue, 08 Jun 2021 03:16:13 +0000, David M. Wood ha scritto:
>
>> I have generated a minimal case which displays the problems I mentioned
>> earlier under MacOS Mojave using TeXLive 2021 bundled by MacTeX.
>
> I obtained the very same result on my texlive on a linux distribution
> (taken directly from the tug.org site):
>
> ===output when selecting 'e' at the error prompt ===
>
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live 2021)
> (preloaded format=pdflatex)
> restricted \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (./bad.tex
> LaTeX2e <2021-06-01>
> L3 programming layer <2021-06-01>
> (/opt/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
> Document Class: article 2021/02/12 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class
> (/opt/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
> (/opt/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def)
> No file bad.aux.
> ! Missing $ inserted.
> <inserted text>
> $
> l.7 \end{document}
>
> ? e
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on bad.log.
> pdflatex:calledit: unexpected if_ptr=5 not in range 1..1,from
> input_stack[2].namefield=39066
>
> ===end output ===
>
> Googling I found a report on a similar, but not identical, error here
>
> https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2021-April/046844.html
>
> Ciao, Mauro
>

I confirm as well, with this input

--- badlatex.tex
\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
% deliberately missing closing $
$ \end{document}
---

produces when entering `e' at the error prompt:

? e
No pages of output.
Transcript written on badlatex.log.
pdflatex:calledit: unexpected if_ptr=5 not in range 1..1,from input_stack[2].namefield=39066

With (Plain) tex the file
---
$ \bye
---

triggers similar crash under `e'.

Seems indeed to be same issue indeed as discussed at https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-k/2021-April/003542.html

Cheers, Jean-François

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by: Oskar Limka - Sat, 23 Oct 2021 18:20 UTC

Crashes on Catalina too.

Here's some information (with a patch suggestion) where apparently the bug has been reported, but I don't know of any patches.

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/594702/apparent-bug-in-pdflatex-xelatex-but-not-lualatex

If anyone learns anything that would be appreciated, the "e" way out of errors in LaTeX is fundamental for me.

On Tuesday, 8 June 2021 at 09:31:50 UTC+1, jfbu wrote:
> Hi
> Le 08/06/2021 à 08:30, Mauro Orlandini a écrit :
> > Il Tue, 08 Jun 2021 03:16:13 +0000, David M. Wood ha scritto:
> >
> >> I have generated a minimal case which displays the problems I mentioned
> >> earlier under MacOS Mojave using TeXLive 2021 bundled by MacTeX.
> >
> > I obtained the very same result on my texlive on a linux distribution
> > (taken directly from the tug.org site):
> >
> > ===output when selecting 'e' at the error prompt ===
> >
> > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live 2021)
> > (preloaded format=pdflatex)
> > restricted \write18 enabled.
> > entering extended mode
> > (./bad.tex
> > LaTeX2e <2021-06-01>
> > L3 programming layer <2021-06-01>
> > (/opt/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
> > Document Class: article 2021/02/12 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class
> > (/opt/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
> > (/opt/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def)
> > No file bad.aux.
> > ! Missing $ inserted.
> > <inserted text>
> > $
> > l.7 \end{document}
> >
> > ? e
> > No pages of output.
> > Transcript written on bad.log.
> > pdflatex:calledit: unexpected if_ptr=5 not in range 1..1,from
> > input_stack[2].namefield=39066
> >
> > ===end output ===
> >
> > Googling I found a report on a similar, but not identical, error here
> >
> > https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2021-April/046844.html
> >
> > Ciao, Mauro
> >
> I confirm as well, with this input
>
> --- badlatex.tex
> \documentclass{article}
>
> \begin{document}
> % deliberately missing closing $
> $
> \end{document}
> ---
>
> produces when entering `e' at the error prompt:
> ? e
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on badlatex.log.
> pdflatex:calledit: unexpected if_ptr=5 not in range 1..1,from input_stack[2].namefield=39066
> With (Plain) tex the file
> ---
> $
> \bye
> ---
>
> triggers similar crash under `e'.
>
> Seems indeed to be same issue indeed as discussed at https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-k/2021-April/003542.html
>
>
> Cheers, Jean-François

Subject	Author
Launching vi on pdflatex error, TeXLive under MacOS	David M. Wood
Re: Launching vi on pdflatex error, TeXLive under MacOS	Mauro Orlandini
Re: Launching vi on pdflatex error, TeXLive under MacOS	jfbu
Re: Launching vi on pdflatex error, TeXLive under MacOS	Oskar Limka