compile failure about ebook HOT 6 CLOSED

Hmm, I can't repro on my machine, but I am running OS X. @timparenti do you have any ideas?

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As a substitute, @DonKrieger , there's a generated PDF at https://github.com/laboon/software-testing/blob/master/software-testing-laboon-ebook.pdf

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Hi Bill,

I’ll think about it and let you know if I find the problem.
Thanks for putting up the complete pdf which I will download later.
I think it must have worked fine for the others who’ve downloaded the book.
My installation is brand new and totally untested since I had to install pandoc, pdflatex, and xelatex to do the make.
In addition I puzzled out enough about github to clone your “whatever it’s called” and likely did it wrong enough to cause the failure.
The free software thing is wonderful but the dependency piece of it is a nightmare.

Best regards,

Don

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From: Bill Laboon [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 9:00 AM
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Subject: Re: [ebook] compile failure (#58)

Hmm, I can't repro on my machine, but I am running OS X. @timparentihttps://github.com/timparenti do you have any ideas?

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I notice that pandoc 1.12.2.1 is from December 2013. For comparison, I am running:

• pandoc.exe 1.15.0.6 Compiled with texmath 0.8.2.2, highlighting-kate 0.6.
• pdfTeX 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.16 (TeX Live 2015/Cygwin) kpathsea version 6.2.1
• XeTeX 3.14159265-2.6-0.99992 (TeX Live 2015/Cygwin) kpathsea version 6.2.1

In the dump above, the line in question is apparently converted to:

A string of non-alphabetic characters, e.g. \lstinline!78 &^\item

which is invalid LaTeX, as the \lstinline is not closed before the new \item begins.

pandoc 1.15.0.6, by contrast, gives the much more carefully escaped:

\item
  A string of non-alphabetic characters, e.g.
  \texttt{78\ \&\^{}\%\ 0()\ {[}{]}}
\item

At first glance, it would seem that something to do with escaping these special characters has been fixed in more recent versions of pandoc.

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Since this looks like a versioning issue with pandoc, I'm going to close this issue.

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Hi Bill,

I agree.

I just heard from Rob and we are planning to talk about it early next week – I’m not sure when.
If you post your thoughts and timing needs to us it might help.
Have a good weekend.

Best regards,

Don

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Don Krieger, Ph.D.
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Pittsburgh
(412)648-9654 Office
(412)521-4431 Cell/Text

From: Bill Laboon [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 11:48 AM
To: laboon/ebook
Cc: Krieger, Donald N.
Subject: Re: [ebook] compile failure (#58)

Since this looks like a versioning issue with pandoc, I'm going to close this issue.

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