Is it possible to get more specific information such as the line number in case of an error in an align* environment? It is very annoying if you have to manually pinpoint an error in a 10 line align* environment. Would it at least be possible to obtain the line number of the error?
Regards, Jens
TeX (mostly) reports the line number of the point it has reached in the file, ad the body of an align, even though it uses environment syntax is read as a macro argument, and the whole environment is read before processing of the alignment is started.
You see similar effects in tabularx or any command with an explicit argument, such as \parbox.
\halignhas been processed completely, i.e. any error will always point to a line after it. That is a core limitation of TeX itself. – Henri Menke Apr 19 '18 at 11:40alignthan of tex.tabularfor example also uses\halignbut errors are reported earlier, the problem is thatalignis liketabularxnot liketabularand grans the whole environment first before starting the alignment. – David Carlisle Apr 19 '18 at 13:43