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

On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 at 17:21, Mike Marchywka <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>

Don't mix old versions of standard files with a current system, that is
bound to lead to conflicts.



but the post you cite suggested I need a 2016 version anyway lol.
>


No, it showed how to roll back array if you are using a current texlive
system. The answer did not involve any files not in texlive 2024.

David




>
> I'll see if I can produce a MWE or come up with a hack .
>
> Thanks.
>
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>
>  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]>
> 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
> INPUT /home/documents/latex/share/includes/myskeletonpackages.tex
> INPUT /home/documents/latex/pkg/lgrind.sty
> INPUT /home/documents/latex/pkg/fltpage.sty
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> 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
>
>
>
>