fancyhdr problems

Daniel Bischof

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May 18, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/18/98

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Dear people at comp.text.tex,

I'm experiencing LaTeX errors while formatting documentation for a
software project.
LaTeX is called via make; make stops with a ''! LaTeX Error: There's no
line here to end.'' This is really annoying since the make command often
runs unattended.
The problem seems to be related to the fancyhdr-package I introduced
recently.
I'm using teTeX 0.3.3pl8 on Linux.

The following LaTeX Source causes the error:
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\documentclass[10pt]{report}
\usepackage{german}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{vmargin}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{html}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{makeidx}

\sloppy

\def\datum{04.05.98}
\def\version{1.3}
\def\doctype{Design Specification}
\def\docstatus{DRAFT}
\def\datei{\textsf{foo/bar.tex}}
\def\descr{FOO BAR Specification}

\pagestyle{fancy}

% ''vmargin.sty'' defs
\setpapersize{A4}

% begin ''fancyhdr'' defs
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
\lhead{\footnotesize{Version {\bf \version}}\\\footnotesize{vom/of
\datum}\\\datei}
\chead{}
\rhead{\nouppercase{\footnotesize{\descr\\\leftmark\\\rightmark}}}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.5pt}
\lfoot{\tiny{Foo Bar Institute\\M"onchebergstr. 19, D-34123 Kassel\\Tel.
+49-561-804-1223}}
\cfoot{\tiny{All rights reserved for this document.\\Not to be published
in any way\\
without written permission.}}
\rfoot{\footnotesize{Seite/Page {\bf \thepage}\\ von/of
\pageref{LastPage}}}
% end ''fancyhdr'' defs

\title{\doctype\\\descr\\Version \version\\\docstatus}
\author{Daniel Bischof, PAP-E\\\texttt{dan...@ap-kas.ie.philips.com}}
\date{\datum}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\begin{center}
\begin{footnotesize}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{3}{|c|}{{\bf Versionstabelle}}\\ \hline \hline
{\bf 26.11.97} & {\bf Version 1.0} & {\bf first version}\\\hline
{\bf 20.02.98} & {\bf Version 1.1} & {\bf second version}\\\hline
{\bf 09.04.98} & {\bf Version 1.2} & {\bf third version}\\\
{\bf 04.05.98} & {\bf Version 1.3} & {\bf fourth version}\\\hline
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{footnotesize}
\end{center}

\tableofcontents

\end{document}
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When commenting out the lines between the begin/end ''fancyhdr'' defs,
the error
vanishes.

Any ideas?

Regards,

D.B.

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Piet van Oostrum

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May 18, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/18/98

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>>>>> Daniel Bischof <hu...@nospam.com> (DB) writes:

DB> Dear people at comp.text.tex,
DB> I'm experiencing LaTeX errors while formatting documentation for a
DB> software project.
DB> LaTeX is called via make; make stops with a ''! LaTeX Error: There's no
DB> line here to end.'' This is really annoying since the make command often
DB> runs unattended.

You can make it less annoying by using \batchmode.

DB> The problem seems to be related to the fancyhdr-package I introduced
DB> recently.

DB> \rhead{\nouppercase{\footnotesize{\descr\\\leftmark\\\rightmark}}}
^^^^^^^^^^^^

The \leftmark sometimes is empty (like on the table of contents). So that
gives the errormessage. This can be solved by inserting something
invisible, like a space, empty box or empty rule.

\rhead{\nouppercase{\footnotesize{\descr\\\leftmark\ \\\rightmark}}}

By the way, you will have to increase \headheight:
\setlength{\headheight}{31pt}
--
Piet van Oostrum <pi...@cs.uu.nl>
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Private email: Piet.van...@pi.net

Daniel Bischof

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May 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/19/98

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Piet van Oostrum wrote:
>
> >>>>> Daniel Bischof <hu...@nospam.com> (DB) writes:
>
> DB> Dear people at comp.text.tex,
> DB> I'm experiencing LaTeX errors while formatting documentation for a
> DB> software project.
> DB> LaTeX is called via make; make stops with a ''! LaTeX Error: There's no
> DB> line here to end.'' This is really annoying since the make command often
> DB> runs unattended.

> [...]

> DB> The problem seems to be related to the fancyhdr-package I introduced
> DB> recently.
>
> DB> \rhead{\nouppercase{\footnotesize{\descr\\\leftmark\\\rightmark}}}
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> The \leftmark sometimes is empty (like on the table of contents). So that
> gives the errormessage. This can be solved by inserting something
> invisible, like a space, empty box or empty rule.
>

Hey, it works!
Thank you for your support!

Athanassios Protopapas

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May 20, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/20/98

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To get around a similar situation I inserted a \strut in my header
definition
so that it would not end up completely empty in case the macro in it was
empty.
Is this somehow inappropriate, dangerous, or not preferable?

Thanassi Protopapas
prot...@scilearn.com

Piet van Oostrum wrote:
>
> >>>>> Daniel Bischof <hu...@nospam.com> (DB) writes:
>
> DB> Dear people at comp.text.tex,
> DB> I'm experiencing LaTeX errors while formatting documentation for a
> DB> software project.
> DB> LaTeX is called via make; make stops with a ''! LaTeX Error: There's no
> DB> line here to end.'' This is really annoying since the make command often
> DB> runs unattended.
>

> You can make it less annoying by using \batchmode.
>

> DB> The problem seems to be related to the fancyhdr-package I introduced
> DB> recently.
>
> DB> \rhead{\nouppercase{\footnotesize{\descr\\\leftmark\\\rightmark}}}
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> The \leftmark sometimes is empty (like on the table of contents). So that
> gives the errormessage. This can be solved by inserting something
> invisible, like a space, empty box or empty rule.
>
> \rhead{\nouppercase{\footnotesize{\descr\\\leftmark\ \\\rightmark}}}
>

Piet van Oostrum

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May 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/22/98

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>>>>> Athanassios Protopapas <prot...@scilearn.com> (AP) writes:

AP> To get around a similar situation I inserted a \strut in my header
AP> definition
AP> so that it would not end up completely empty in case the macro in it was
AP> empty.
AP> Is this somehow inappropriate, dangerous, or not preferable?

None of these. My suggestions were:

inserting something invisible, like a space, empty box or empty rule.

And a \strut is just an empty rule. Just typing \strut is more characters
to type than \ , so that's why I choose the latter. Of course this reply
costs me more typing than what I had saved :=)