[OS X TeX] How to index a left brace

[Christian Böhringer]

Thanks Herb

This works beautifully

Cheers, Christian

On 15.06.2008, at 14:18, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On Jun 15, 2008, at 6:03 AM, Christian Böhringer wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have a problem putting a left brace into the index . The following 
>> command:
>> \index{debugger command, \{ }
>> results in a runaway argument?
>>
>> Cheers, Christian
>
>
> Howdy,
>
> The problem is that the \{ gets expanded before it gets read back in 
> to create the index. Use \textbraceleft and the problem disappears.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>
>
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