Mte vs mte1 \OccursUnder

Question

Is there a reason that the usfm.sty stylesheet (and some–but not all–of the other stylesheets distributed by PT) defines the \OccursUnder portion of the \mte and \mte1 markers differently?

Or is that just a bug? And if so, which one is correct?

Answer 1

mnjames:

Or is that just a bug? And if so, which one is correct?

I believe that this is a bug in the usfm.sty file. The \mte# markers (\mte = \mte1) should occur in the Introduction (at the end of the introduction) so neither of the lists of occurs under are correct.
Please use the Give feedback in Paratext to report the issue.

Comments

Thanks. I’ve reported it.

I’m either having trouble understanding the USFM documentation or it’s just vague. Should \imt occur before or after \c 1?

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mnjames:

Should \imt occur before or after \c 1?

Any marker beginning with \i should occur before \c 1.

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Oops, I meant “should \mte occur before \c 1”?

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According to the USFM 3 documentation Titles, Headings, and Labels — Unified Standard Format Markers 3.0.0 documentation
\imte# is used to mark a title indicating the end of the introduction
\mte# is used to mark a title that occurs at the end of the introduction. However, the occurs under settings of usfm.sty seem to indicate that it occurs in the text. I believe that this is an error in usfm.sty.

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anon848905:

Please use the Give feedback in Paratext to report the issue.

Future problems in the usfm.sty file should be reported to the USFM standards committee via their Github issue tracker. Paratext just uses the stylesheet they maintain so we can’t directly fix anything.

Answer 2

\mte# is a title that occurs at the end of a book rather than in the introduction. It should not occur in the introduction. \imte# is valid in the introduction.