decimal number at start of line - error message

[tallforasmurf]

Probably doesn't come up much but I have a book with the following which produces ERROR: unknown dot command.

    A galvanometer shunt bears a definite ratio to the resistance
    of the galvanometer, being usually adjusted so that only .1,
>> .01, or .001 part of the current passes through the galvanometer.

Easy to work around but perhaps you could give a pass to ^\.\d+ lines?

[wf49670]

On 8/20/2015 3:05 PM, Nat Picker wrote:

Probably doesn't come up much but I have a book with the following
which produces ERROR: unknown dot command.

|A galvanometer shunt bears a definite ratio to the resistance of the
galvanometer, being usually adjusted so that only .1, >> .01, or .001
part of the current passes through the galvanometer. |

Easy to work around but perhaps you could give a pass to |^.\d+| lines?

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#87.

Thanks for the report.

I'm not sure that's the right fix, though I'll consider it. An
alternative (which also requires a code change) would be to allow use of
\ to escape the "." character.

I'm not sure which of those is more appropriate, but either would work.
Your suggestion wouldn't require any work on the part of the PPer, but
if there are other situations that could have a "." in position 1 then
the \ workaround might be necessary for those, anyway.

[wf49670]

Fixed in current development release, 3.52j.

I decided to go ahead and accept . in position 1 if stand-alone or followed by a character other than a-z