"Weird error" in SHOWIDX.STY.

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From: Rainer Schoepf
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 09:15

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"Erik Thaysen, Dev.Dept." <ERIKT@odin.uniras.dk> asked:

   I have come across a "weird error" when using SHOWIDX.STY.  If an
   indexed document contains index entries like \index{width},
   \index{depth}, or \index{height}, then TeX halts with a "Missing
   number, treated as zero" error.  If one asks for more help you are
   told to look up "weird error" in the TeXbook.

   My question is, has anybody heard of this before, and is there a
   bugfix out there somewhere?

Yes, your showidx.doc/sty is out of date. The most recent version is
dated June 16, 1991. From latex.bug:

   48. Certain keywords like "height" caused an error in an \index
   command with the showidx style option.  (Reported by Joachim Schrod,
   corrected 11 Oct 89.)

May I recommend that you get an up-to-date LaTeX (March 92)?

Rainer Schoepf

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