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The LaTeX compiler tries to correct many parse errors.
by williamstein 5y ago
The LaTeX compiler tries to correct many parse errors.
- jethkl 5y agoAs a longtime LaTeX user, I find this behavior irritating, not once has it saved me effort. I would much rather have LaTeX exit to shell immediately and to report a good error. Instead, the dynamic "fix" is applied in opaque manner, totally unclear what the compiler did, it optimizes for "patch the input so compilation runs to completion" instead of "do what the user wanted", and once LaTex has finished, the user still must manually edit the original file to get a proper solution.
- bee_rider 5y agoThis is the most annoying thing about LaTeX, IMO. The "wait, how many edits back was the error" game is no fun.