[XeTeX] error \begin{document}

[Ruth Robbins]

Thanks for the tip about looking at the aux files. Where do i go to  
look at those?
ruth
On Jun 2, 2011, at 4:10 PM, Ross Moore wrote:

>
> On 03/06/2011, at 7:54 AM, Gareth Hughes wrote:
>
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>> On 02/06/11 18:57, Ruth Robbins wrote:
>>> just tried desperate measures--trashed the aux files and then ran  
>>> the
>>> typesetting again and it worked.  So something must have been  
>>> wrong with
>>> an aux file.
>>> Ruth
>>
>> Hi Ruth!
>>
>> Deleting the aux file before recompiling when it fails for no  
>> reason is
>> just one of those tricks that I've picked up on the way.
>
> Before deleting the .aux  file, you should look at its contents.
>
> If something is not easily readable, because it has expanded a macro
> into LaTeX internal tokens and TeX primitives, or other macro names
> that don't make much sense to you, then this may well indicate
> the cause of the problem. Frequently it will be the last line
> in the file that has unbalanced TeX bracket structures.
>
> This kind of thing can occur when you have rather complex macros
> within section titles or figure/table captions.
> Often it will be fixed by using \protect  immediately before
> the offending macro name, or, if it is one that you defined
> yourself with \newcommand , then use \DeclareRobustCommand  instead.
>
>> Often processes
>> are two-stage. If you make an error that makes the compile fail, it  
>> can
>> be written to the aux file, and ensure that, even if the original  
>> error
>> is fixed, it keeps failing. I thought I'd comment just to keep the
>> record for the future perturbed!
>>
>> Gareth.
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> 	Ross
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