Babel Error Reports
23 December 1996
ERROR REPORTS
Before you report an error please check that:
* The error has not already been reported. If you have WWW
access, you can search the LaTeX bugs database using this URL:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/CTAN/latex/bugs.html
* The error is not caused by software other than the Babel software
that is produced and maintained by me (please report problems with
other software to the authors or suppliers of that software).
* The error is not caused by using an obsolete version of any file or
of other software.
* You are using the original version of all files, not one that has
been modified elsewhere.
If you think you have found a genuine bug in a recent version of the
Babel software please report it in the same way as bugs for LaTeX2e
are reported:
* Prepare a *short* test file that clearly demonstrates your
problem; see below for a discussion of `short'.
* Run this file through latex to obtain the transcript file
(often .log) since you will need to submit this file also.
* Generate a bug report template by running the file
latexbug.tex through LaTeX2e.
* Fill in the spaces in the generated template file.
* Include all necessary information, especially a complete input
file, a complete transcript file, and all other files used (if they
are not standard).
Please check carefully to ensure that any non-standard files are
essential to the bug; and remember that I cannot debug files not
supplied by me.
Any such non-standard files should be included in a `filecontents'
environment at the start of your input file.
* Please note that it is important to make the input file as small
as possible since this will enable me to find and fix the error
quickly. It also helps me because then I can often use it as test
file for future releases.
I would expect most files to be less than 60 lines, and very
rarely to be longer than 100 lines.
This can often be achieved by defining a command to be some
arbitrary text and using this several times if it is necessary to
generate longer bits of text.
Error reports concerning UNCHANGED versions of Babel files should be
sent by E-mail to:
latex-bugs@uni-mainz.de
--- Copyright 1996 Johannes Braams. All rights reserved ---
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