Re: LaTeX endless loops

2003-09-30 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 07:17:28PM +0200, Asger Kunuk Alstrup wrote: > On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > > > Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > > > LyX hangs when \def\foo{\foo} or similar appears in the .tex > > > output. A recent article (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) in > > > de.comp.text.tex sugge

Re: LaTeX endless loops

2003-09-30 Thread Asger Kunuk Alstrup
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > LyX hangs when \def\foo{\foo} or similar appears in the .tex > > output. A recent article (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) in > > de.comp.text.tex suggests that there are even methods to eat all > > memory by saying \def~{\if~}~. At l

Re: LaTeX endless loops

2003-09-29 Thread Angus Leeming
Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > LyX hangs when \def\foo{\foo} or similar appears in the .tex > output. A recent article (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) in > de.comp.text.tex suggests that there are even methods to eat all > memory by saying \def~{\if~}~. > > The recommended work-around for batch processing

LaTeX endless loops

2003-09-29 Thread Andre Poenitz
LyX hangs when \def\foo{\foo} or similar appears in the .tex output. A recent article (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) in de.comp.text.tex suggests that there are even methods to eat all memory by saying \def~{\if~}~. The recommended work-around for batch processing is a 'watchdog' based on ulimit + tim