Minitoc spurious blank page at end of document

douglasr

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Apr 22, 2010, 5:42:40 AM4/22/10

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The Minitoc package appears to produce a spurious blank page at end of
the document.

This relates to use of:
Package: minitoc 2008/07/16 v60 Package minitoc (JPFD)

The last part of my log file is as follows:
Page 119 is the undesired extra blank page.

] [117] (C:\mytex\projects\tex\latex\GenderAspects.tex))
AED: lastpage setting LastPage [118

]
Package minitoc Info: I0009
(minitoc) Listing minitoc auxiliary files.
(minitoc) Creating the AnnexI.maf file.
Package minitoc(hints) Info: I0053
(minitoc(hints)) You have loaded the float package;
(minitoc(hints)) please be aware that the minitoc package
(minitoc(hints)) facilities can not be used for new types
(minitoc(hints)) of floats defined by the float package.
Package minitoc(hints) Info: I0053
(minitoc(hints)) You have loaded the rotfloat package;
(minitoc(hints)) please be aware that the minitoc package
(minitoc(hints)) facilities can not be used for new types
(minitoc(hints)) of floats defined by the rotfloat
package.

Package minitoc(hints) Warning: W0024
(minitoc(hints)) Some hints have been written
(minitoc(hints)) in the AnnexI.log file.

[119

] (AnnexI.aux) )

It seems that these "hints" which should only be informational
messages in the log file are in some way resulting in an extra page.

By suppressing the hints with the nohints package option, the issue of
the extra page is resolved.
i.e., \usepackage[nohints]{minitoc}

Best Regards,
Douglas

Heiko Oberdiek

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Apr 23, 2010, 9:47:11 AM4/23/10

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douglasr <dougla...@dunvegan.co.uk> wrote:

> The Minitoc package appears to produce a spurious blank page at end of
> the document.
>
> This relates to use of:
> Package: minitoc 2008/07/16 v60 Package minitoc (JPFD)
>
> The last part of my log file is as follows:
> Page 119 is the undesired extra blank page.

[...]

> Package minitoc(hints) Warning: W0024
> (minitoc(hints)) Some hints have been written
> (minitoc(hints)) in the AnnexI.log file.
>
> [119
>
>
> ] (AnnexI.aux) )
>
> It seems that these "hints" which should only be informational
> messages in the log file are in some way resulting in an extra page.
>
> By suppressing the hints with the nohints package option, the issue of
> the extra page is resolved.
> i.e., \usepackage[nohints]{minitoc}

Yes there are some lines that do not close with a comment character,
so that the line end inserts the unwanted space, e.g.:

\def\dominitoc@[#1]{%
\if@mtc@hints@
\if@dominitoc@used@
\mtcPackageInfo[I0045]{minitoc(hints)}%
{The \string\dominitoc \space command
\MessageBreak
has been invoked more than once
\MessageBreak} <==
\global\@mtc@hints@given@true
\fi
\fi

See the line marked with "<==".
There are more such cases in minitoc.sty.

Best way to proceed is to inform the package author, he
might not be reading this newsgroup.

--
Heiko Oberdiek

Heiko Oberdiek

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Apr 23, 2010, 9:59:58 AM4/23/10

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Heiko Oberdiek <heiko.o...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Best way to proceed is to inform the package author, he
> might not be reading this newsgroup.

I failed to reach him (two addresses result in "user unknown").
Can someone tell me the current email address of the author
of minitoc, Jean-Pierre F. Drucbert?

--
Heiko Oberdiek