On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 07:19:50PM +0000, Guenter Milde wrote:
> Dear Scott and Kornel,
> 
> On 2016-09-15, Kornel Benko wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag, 15. September 2016 um 10:50:46, schrieb Scott Kostyshak 
> > <skost...@lyx.org>
> >> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 08:56:09AM +0000, Guenter Milde wrote:
> 
> >> > >> > 280:export/export/Unicode-characters/077-79-mathops-technical-control-utf8_pdf2
> 
> >> > > I get the following error:
> >> > 
> >> > > ! Undefined control sequence.
> >> > > l.114 ...380}]  Escape  TODO: user keystroke? \Esc
> 
> ...
> 
> >> In the .lyx file there is an ERT with \Esc
> 
> >> Somehow, \Esc is defined for you but not for me. Do you know where?
> 
> I see. So the comment/experiment was in the lyx file, not in unicodesymbols.
> 
> > Missing '\usepackage{keystroke}' in the preamble?
> 
> That solved the failure.

But not the mystery. How did it work for you before and not for me? Do
you have \Esc defined locally somehow?

> It should work now. Unfortunately, I had to invert all Unicode_character
> tests, because "export failed while converting"
> (see the comment in suspiciousTests).
> 
> 
> 
> >> By the way is there a way to see in LaTeX exactly where a command is
> >> defined? For example, whether it comes from the .tex file itself or the
> >> .sty or a package (e.g. and what line *in* the package file)? That would
> >> be useful for my learning how to debug issues like this.
> 
> Not easily (of course, you can `grep` in the sources, try googling for
> documentation or tips and tricks, or ask at comp.text.tex).
> 
> In case of an error, the log gives some hints: whenever a new file is
> loaded, you see a "(" followed by the path. After processing the file,
> closing is indicated by ")". If a file loads another one, the () are nested.
> This way you can find out which file the code triggering the error is from.

Good to know. I have not paid attention to this.

> For location of the problem in a LyX file, line-numbers or a search
> feature in the source pane would be nice. Until we have such a thing, you
> can open the tmp-dir and then open the log with a decent text editor...

OK.

Thanks,

Scott

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