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From: mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Eberhard Mattes)
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Subject: Re: PiCTeX under LaTeX: problem with $
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Date: 2 Oct 90 13:14:44 GMT
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>    ! TeX capacity exceed, sorry [input stack size = 200]
>    \pdollar ...imen \@ne\font >\z@ \sl \fi \char `\$
>                                                   }
That's a very obscure incompatibility between LaTeX and PiCTeX.
Just create and use a document style option (dollar.sty, e.g.) containing

\def\pdollar{{\ifdim \fontdimen\@ne\font >\z@ \sl \fi\char36}}

(replacing `\$ with 36.) Maybe a PiCTeX expert can give more
details about this bug...

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       Eberhard Mattes   (mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de)