* src/preproc/eqn/main.cc (inline_equation): Improve error message.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 37fe4e9a..1a392a95 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-12-06  Ralph Corderoy  <ralph@inputplus.demon.co.uk>
+
+	* src/preproc/eqn/main.cc (inline_equation): Improve error message.
+
 2001-12-05  Werner LEMBERG  <wl@gnu.org>
 
 	* src/roff/troff/input.cc (get_delim_file_name): Removed since no
diff --git a/src/preproc/eqn/main.cc b/src/preproc/eqn/main.cc
index f53ffa38..d4a1884d 100644
--- a/src/preproc/eqn/main.cc
+++ b/src/preproc/eqn/main.cc
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ static int inline_equation(FILE *fp, string &linebuf, string &str)
       }
       str += ptr;
       if (!read_line(fp, &linebuf))
-	fatal("end of file before `%1'", end_delim);
+	fatal("unterminated %1' at line %2, looking for %3'",
+	      start_delim, start_lineno, end_delim);
       linebuf += '\0';
       ptr = &linebuf[0];
     }