% morehelp.sty version 0.1       1997 by Olaf Kummer
%
% see morehelp.README for explanations
%
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1997/12/01]
\ProvidesPackage{morehelp}[1997/02/18 More Help Package V0.1]

% Save the original definition.
\let\morehelp@latex@error=\@latex@error

% Define some auxillary macros.
\def\morehelp@iftrue{\iftrue}
\def\morehelp@iffalse{\iffalse}

% It is helpful to distinguish the first error.
\newif\if@additional@error
\@additional@errorfalse

% Check if the second argument is a prefix of the
% first argument. Arguments are delimited by plus signs.
\def\morehelp@ifmatches#1#2+#3#4+{%
  \def\morehelp@a{#1}%
  \def\morehelp@b{#2}%
  \def\morehelp@c{#3}%
  \def\morehelp@d{#4}%
  \ifx\morehelp@d\@empty
    \ifx\morehelp@a\morehelp@c
      \def\morehelp@return{\morehelp@iftrue}%
    \else
      \def\morehelp@return{\morehelp@iffalse}%
    \fi
  \else\ifx\morehelp@b\@empty
    \def\morehelp@return{\morehelp@iffalse}%
  \else\ifx\morehelp@a\morehelp@c
    \def\morehelp@return{%
      \expandafter\expandafter\expandafter\morehelp@ifmatches
      \expandafter\morehelp@b\expandafter+\morehelp@d+}%
  \else
    \def\morehelp@return{\morehelp@iffalse}%
  \fi\fi\fi
  \morehelp@return
}

% Check if the first argument is a prefix of the 
% current error message. If yes, replace the current
% help message by the second argument.
\def\morehelp@try@#1#2#3{%
  % Is this the error message we are looking for?
  \expandafter\morehelp@ifmatches\morehelp@msg.+#2+%
    % Yes, but is it helpful?
    #1\morehelp@a{#3}%
    \ifx\morehelp@a\@empty\else
      % Replace the help message.
      \let\morehelp@help=\morehelp@a%
    \fi
  \fi
}

% The help text is given as is, without choices.
\def\morehelp@try{\morehelp@try@\def}

% The help text is expandable and will try some tricks to be more precise.
\def\morehelp@try@expand{\morehelp@try@\edef}

% Redefine the internal error handling routine of LateX.
\def\@latex@error#1#2{%
  % Are we on safe ground?
  \ifx\protect\relax
    {% Yes, proceed with analysis.
      % Inhibit looping.
      \let\@latex@error=\morehelp@latex@error
      % Keep track of the actual error.
      \def\morehelp@msg{#1}%
      \let\morehelp@help\@empty%
      % See if we can find a better help message.
      %
      % We read the file with the messages now. Slower and somewhat
      % more error prone than reading it ahead of time, but
      % more memory efficient.
      \makeatletter
      \@@input morehelp.eng\relax
      \makeatother
      % Now we output the error.
      \ifx\morehelp@help\@empty
        \@latex@error{#1}{#2}
      \else
        \GenericError{%
          \space\space\space\@spaces\@spaces\@spaces
        }{%
          LaTeX Error: #1%
        }{%
          \morehelp@help.^^J^^J%
          See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for further explanation.%
        }{#2}%
      \fi
      \@additional@errortrue
    }%
  \else
    % No, we might run into trouble. Better be invisible.
    \morehelp@afterfi\morehelp@latex@error{#1}{#2}%
  \fi
}

\let\@latexerr\@latex@error

% Try to catch the most obvious catcode error.

\def\morehelp@a{\spacefactor\@m}
\def\morehelp@afterelse#1\else#2\fi{\fi#1}
\def\morehelp@afterfi#1\fi{\fi#1}

\ifx\morehelp@a\@%
  % Nobody clobbered \@, so we try to redefine it.
  \def\@{%
    % Are we ok?
    \ifhmode
      % Yes, probably the user knows what to do.
      \morehelp@afterelse\spacefactor\@m
    \else
      \expandafter\morehelp@atcommand
    \fi
  }
  \begingroup
    \makeatother
    \expandafter\global\expandafter\let\csname morehelp@atsign\endcsname=@
  \endgroup

  \def\morehelp@atcommand{%
    \ifx\morehelp@modefor@err\undefined
      \@@input morehelp.dyn\relax
    \fi
    \morehelp@atcommand
  }
\fi