Re: What does this error message mean please?

[Valeriy E. Ushakov]

On Sat, Apr 04, 1998 at 03:02:27PM +0100, Mark Burton wrote:

> um.lt:3296:1: no @ChapterList precedes this @ChapterList&&preceding
> um.lt:9758:1: no @AppendixList precedes this @AppendixList&&preceding
> um.lt:161:6: no @IndexList follows this @IndexList&&following
> um.lt:161:101: no @IndexList follows this @IndexList&&following
> um.lt:371:6: no @IndexList follows this @IndexList&&following
> um.lt:371:100: no @IndexList follows this @IndexList&&following
> um.lt:371:162: no @IndexList follows this @IndexList&&following
> : and more undefined @IndexList&&following
> 
> Line 3296 contains a @Chapter but it isn't the first or last chapter
> in the document.
> 
> I guess I am generating some bad Lout somewhere or perhaps exceeded
> some limit (although the document isn't very large) but so far cannot
> determine what's gone wrong. I have tried removing all the Lout work
> files but it doesn't make any difference.
> 
> Any suggestions as to the cause of the problem (and the meaning of the
> error message) would be gratefully received.

The book document type generates (potentially infinite) list of places
for chapters to appear in.  The symbol that does this is named
@ChapterList.  The @Chapter is a galley that is targeted to the
@ChapterList&&preceding - a place where it will appear in the printed
ouput.  For some reason Lout cannot find an instance of a @ChapterList
that precedes the invocation of @Chapter.  This is the meaning of the
error message.

SY, Uwe
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