Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] 1184; AUCTeX hangs when reformating lines in dtx mode

[Morten Høgholm]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:43:23 +0200, Ralf Angeli wrote:

> * David Reitter (2007-08-29) writes:
>
> > Loading the enclosed file text.dtx will open it in doctex-mode. M-q
> > (bound to fill-paragraph) does not terminate.
>
> The file contains an insane corner-case.  Can you provide a full minimal
> example where \verb*\ * is a valid LaTeX construct?  I failed to produce
> one.

I know this is buggy LaTeX input and it results in an error message. But  
should it cause an infinite loop in AUCTeX? I didn't in 11.82 which was  
the one I was able to test against.

% \textsf{a line of text here and then a blank line
%
% and then the text continues}

is not valid LaTeX either as \textXX commands don't allow \par tokens but  
this doesn't cause similar problems.

I would like to point out that I did not reverse engineer this: I just  
happen to make typos quite frequently.

Cheers,
--
Morten