Hi Guys,
Further to the bug report yesterday I've included a sample file which
I hope should be able to replicate the fault.
On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Garst R. Reese wrote:
> > Having done as Lars requested I've found that in changing from 1.0.0-pre2
> > to 1.0.0-pre4 the latex command "\today" no longer works. I have both
> > binaries still available. With 1.0.0-pre2 I get the correct date stamp,
> > ie November 26, 1998. However with 1.0.0-pre4 I get "protect today".
> > What does this mean????
> > Ben
>
> It works fine for me. linux x86, teTeX updates through 8.
> I tried it with ERT \today and on a title page.
> --Garst
>
Sorry, I should have looked at this more closely. It only happens when
the ERT is put in the Chapter or Section headings. It works fine in
standard text, in the author field (silly I know) and, as Garst has
shown, in the title page. So far I've only found it's faulty under under
the <alt> P type headers.
This is the latex that is produced by pre2.
\today}
This is the latex that is produced by pre4.
\protect \\protect t\protect o\protect d\protect a\protect y}
I've included a very short lyx file which generates the fault below.
Ben
#This file was created by <bscazz> Fri Nov 27 07:58:21 1998
#LyX 1.0 (C) 1995-1998 Matthias Ettrich and the LyX Team
\lyxformat 2.15
\textclass article
\language default
\inputencoding default
\fontscheme default
\graphics default
\paperfontsize default
\spacing single
\papersize Default
\paperpackage a4
\use_geometry 0
\use_amsmath 0
\paperorientation portrait
\secnumdepth 3
\tocdepth 3
\paragraph_separation indent
\defskip medskip
\quotes_language english
\quotes_times 2
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 1
\paperpagestyle default
\layout Section
This is the first chapter title :
\latex latex
\backslash
today
\layout Standard
This is some text.
\the_end
