Re: another issue migrating code this time pretty specific to tabular fields :)

Not long ago I brought up another system with revtex4.2 and it seemed
to work but I don't have it in front of me right now and maybe I did
not test the p format. 
I took array.sty from  my very old working system, dated about 2020, and that failed
but the post you cite suggested I need a 2016 version anyway lol. 

I'll see if I can produce a MWE or come up with a hack .

Thanks. 

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 Mike Marchywka 
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Talking Rock GA 30175
was 44 Crosscreek Trail Jasper GA 30143
was 306 Charles Cox Drive  Canton, GA 30115
470-758-0799
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________________________________________
From: David Carlisle <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2025 11:58 AM
To: Mike Marchywka
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: another issue migrating code this time pretty specific to tabular fields :)


I would guess that your issue is as in this post and my answer there will fix it (but as you have not shown any information to reproduce the error, that's only a guess.

https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/731850/1090



On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 at 16:48, Mike Marchywka <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
The code that is actually bombing seems to be in revtex4.2f
and I can't figure out how to get earlier revtex4.2 version from ctan
or aps.
It seems to get farther with this change but no idea what this code does lol,

 \do{%
  \@testpach
  \ifcase\@chclass
   \@classz
 % mjm  \or
   \@classi
  \or
   \@classii
  \or
   \save@decl


then it dies with this,

! Bad register code (-1).
\save@decl ->\toks \count@
                           =\expandafter \expandafter \expandafter {\expanda...
l.2966  \mjmdistab



 Mike Marchywka
157 Zachary
Talking Rock GA 30175
was 44 Crosscreek Trail Jasper GA 30143
was 306 Charles Cox Drive  Canton, GA 30115
470-758-0799
404-788-1216




________________________________________
From: David Carlisle <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2025 10:14 AM
To: Mike Marchywka
Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: another issue migrating code this time pretty specific to tabular fields :)



On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 at 13:49, Mike Marchywka <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
Thanks. The array.sty seems to be coming from the proper directory.
Is there an invokation option i should use to get more debug info?
Suspicious includes ( not from 2024/texlive ) include lgrind and fltpage
and I just got the most recent fltpage.

You haven't shown any version  numbers or example that reproduces the problem
but most likely you have packages not expecting the current latex release,
It's not suspicious that lgrind and fltpage do not come from texlive as they are not
distributed with texlive for licence reasons.

David



more copper.fls | grep -v 2024/tex
PWD /home/documents/latex/proj/copper
INPUT ./copper.tex
OUTPUT copper.log
INPUT /home/documents/latex/share/includes/myrevtexheaders.tex
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INPUT /home/documents/latex/pkg/fltpage.sty
INPUT /home/documents/latex/share/includes/recent_template.tex
INPUT /home/documents/latex/share/includes/mycommands.tex
INPUT /home/documents/latex/share/includes/mjmaddbib.tex
INPUT /home/documents/latex/share/includes/mjmlistings.tex


 Mike Marchywka
157 Zachary
Talking Rock GA 30175
was 44 Crosscreek Trail Jasper GA 30143
was 306 Charles Cox Drive  Canton, GA 30115
470-758-0799
404-788-1216




________________________________________
From: David Carlisle <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 7:34 PM
To: Mike Marchywka
Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: Re: another issue migrating code this time pretty specific to tabular fields :)

you are showing version numbers for pdftex but the error isn't in pdftex.
Most likely you have code assuming an old copy of array.sty when you are using a new one (or the other way round)

David


On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 at 21:43, Mike Marchywka <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote:
Previously I had updated latex and the input here helped me to create
a "legacy" flag in my latex source that appears to more or less work.
However, this time I encountered a very specific problem. This document
will compile ok if I change the tabular spec.

The code that was working generates this error on the new latex,

./copper.tex:3476: Extra \or.
<argument> \@testpach \ifcase \@chclass \@classz \or
                                          \@classi \or \@classii \or \save@decl
l.3476 \mjmhersheytable

It seems to work if change the "4in" paragraph to a "r" field,

\newcommand{\mjmhersheytable}
{
\begin{table}[H] \centering
% this used to work
\begin{tabular}{|c|r|p{4in}|}
% this works
%\begin{tabular}{|c|r|r|}




literally just got it today,

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Thoughts? I had installed the ubuntu repo version first as its in my
scripts to bring up a new system so it could be pulling wrong file
somewhere.

Thanks.

 Mike Marchywka
157 Zachary
Talking Rock GA 30175
was 44 Crosscreek Trail Jasper GA 30143
was 306 Charles Cox Drive  Canton, GA 30115
470-758-0799
404-788-1216