Re: 9.0 PDF build broken

On 2014-05-15 22:27:42 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > Mysteriously, commit 6b2a1445ec8a631060c4cbff3f172bf31d3379b9 has broken
> > the PDF build (openjade + pdfjadetex) in the 9.0 branch only. The error
> > is
>
> > [256.0.28
> > ! pdfTeX error (ext4): \pdfendlink ended up in different nesting level than \pd
> > fstartlink.

> > I have reproduced this on two different platforms, and it affects only
> > this branch. I guess this change might have caused the page boundaries
> > to shift in an unfortunate way. I seem to recall we have had similar
> > problems before. Does anyone remember?
>
> Yeah. This is caused by a hyperlink whose displayed text crosses a page
> boundary. The only known fix is to change the text enough so the link
> no longer runs across a page boundary. Unfortunately, pdfTeX is pretty
> unhelpful about identifying exactly where the problem is. I seem to
> recall having posted a recipe about finding such problems.

Hm. Could a nonbreaking space be used inside such links to prevent the
issue (i.e. &nbsp;)? That seems slightly more robust than trying to
rephrase sentences to avoid the issue.
It'd even be nicer if those could be added automagically in the tex
conversio. I have no idea how that works right now though.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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