I notice that if I make alterations in the effected file I can change where the error shows up, for example I get this error when parsing the DTD for a Docbook document:
/usr/lib/sgml/entities/ISOamsa line 11 col 22 entity ISOamsa /usr/lib/sgml/entities/docbook-3.1/dbcent.mod line 54 col 9 entity dbcent /usr/lib/sgml/dtd/docbook-3.1/docbook.dtd line 69 col 8 entity BOOK /home/hgebel/development/PyBackup/doc/doctest.sgml line 1 col 54 Delimiter MDC (>) expected; at: "[cularr]"-- If I change the first part of /usr/lib/sgml/entities/ISOamsa from: <!ENTITY cularr SDATA "[cularr]"--/curvearrowleft A: left curved arrow --> <!ENTITY curarr SDATA "[curarr]"--/curvearrowright A: rt curved arrow --> <!ENTITY dArr SDATA "[dArr ]"--/Downarrow A: down dbl arrow --> <!ENTITY darr2 SDATA "[darr2 ]"--/downdownarrows A: two down arrows --> <!ENTITY dharl SDATA "[dharl ]"--/downleftharpoon A: dn harpoon-left --> to <!ENTITY cularr SDATA> <!ENTITY curarr SDATA> <!ENTITY dArr SDATA> <!ENTITY darr2 SDATA "[darr2 ]"--/downdownarrows A: two down arrows --> <!ENTITY dharl SDATA "[dharl ]"--/downleftharpoon A: dn harpoon-left --> The error changes to: /usr/lib/sgml/entities/ISOamsa line 15 col 22 entity ISOamsa /usr/lib/sgml/entities/docbook-3.1/dbcent.mod line 54 col 9 entity dbcent /usr/lib/sgml/dtd/docbook-3.1/docbook.dtd line 69 col 8 entity BOOK /home/hgebel/development/PyBackup/doc/doctest.sgml line 1 col 54 Delimiter MDC (>) expected; at: "[dharl ]"-- Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that is vital data, but I thought maybe that behavior could give someone an idea of what the problem is. -- Harry Henry Gebel, ICQ# 76308382 West Dover Hundred, Delaware