[OS X TeX] ``\mathit allowed only in math mode'' error while writing .idx

[Murray Eisenberg]

> On 10 Feb2020, at 4:02 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Feb 10, 2020, at 2:55 PM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> In source:
>> 
>> 	\index{Urysohn Metrization Theorem}
>> 
>> in one location and
>> 
>> 	\index{Urysohn Metrization Theorem|mainref}
>> 
>> in another location (with \mainref defined as specified in my original message).
>> 
>> I’m using memoir documentclass with 
>> 
>> 	\makeindex
>> 	….
>> 	\printindex
>> 
>> Indexing from:
>> 
>> 	\usepackage[pdftex]{hyperref}	
>> 	\hypersetup{
>>  	  plainpages=false,%pdfpagelabels,
>>  	  bookmarksnumbered,
>>  	  breaklinks=true,
>>  	  colorlinks, citecolor=red, filecolor=black, linkcolor=blue, urlcolor=blue,
>> 	 linktocpage=true,linktoc=all
>> 	}
>> 
>> Is there anything else I can supply, short of the entire, approximately 2.5 MB, folder tree of files, that might help you help me? 
>> 
>>> On 10 Feb2020, at 3:20 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 10, 2020, at 12:35 PM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I’m looking for any possible clues in trying to track down the error with pdflatex
>>>> 
>>>> \mathit allowed only in math mode
>>>> 
>>>> encountered while latexmk is writing .idx.
>>>> 
>>>> This is occurring, in the first instance with .ind entry
>>>> 
>>>> 	\item \idxmark{Urysohn Metrization Theorem}, \hyperpage{506}, 
>>>> 		\mainref{580}
>>>> 
>>>> The function \mainref is defined as:
>>>> 
>>>> 	\newcommand{\mainref}[1]{\textbf{\emph{\hyperpage{#1}}}}
>>>> 
>>>> But the error occurs even if I change \mainref to: \newcommand{\mainref}[1]{#1}
>>>> 
>>>> The document’s .ist file includes
>>>> 
>>>> 	item_0  "\n\\item \\idxmark{"
>>>>  	delim_0 "}, "
>>>> 
>>>> where \idxmark is defined in my preamble by:
>>>> 
>>>> 	\providecommand\gobbleone[1]{}
>>>> 	\newcommand{\idxmark}[1]{{\let\gobbleone\relax\markboth{\sffamily\bfseries#1}{\sffamily\bfseries#1}}#1}
>>>> 
>>>> If I comment out the \index entries for that “Urysohn Metrization Theorem”, then the same error occurs for other entries.
>>>> 
>>>> I APOLOGIZE for not providing a complete, minimal working example for reproducing the error, but I think some clue might help me devise such. The document in question is of book length, with a complex source structure that includes several style files constituting the preamble.
>>>> 
>>>> NOTE: This error did not occur a week or two ago, despite no change to my preamble. So I think something has changed in some latex package to cause this.
>>>> ---
>>>> Murray Eisenberg			murrayeisenberg at gmail.com
>>> 
>>> Howdy,
>>> 
>>> What does that entry look like in the source file? Are you using any particular indexing package? Not that I'm on to anything :-(.
>>> 
>>> Good Luck,
>>> 
>>> Herb Schulz
>>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>>> 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> How about tge log file; maybe the error is really occurring before this.

Gladly…the log is attached — hope it’s not scrubbed..

(I forgot you’re a bottom-replier, not a top-replier!)

Murray




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