depending on the file, you may be able to use M-x check-parens. I say depending on the file because it matters how the open/close marker syntax is defined in the file. Or go to the beginning, and run M-x forward-sexp repeatedly until you get an error? John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin (he/him/his) Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 11:02 AM Sharon Kimble wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hi folks. > > In a document that I'm compiling I seem to have failed to close the '{' > and '}', and the second one isn't in the document. If I write '\label{}' > then it succeeds, but at a couple of places in the document this show > '\label{'. > > How can I find where I've failed to close the brackets please, so that I > can then achieve normality please? > > Thanks > Sharon. > - -- > A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk > TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk > DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk > Debian 11, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 29.0.50, org 9.5.2 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iQJRBAEBCgA7FiEELSc/6QwVBIYugJDbNoGAGQr4g1sFAmHuzPAdHGJvdWRpY2Nh > c0Bza2ltYmxlMDkucGx1cy5jb20ACgkQNoGAGQr4g1vLKA//Y298U9Rb+t+VYvhy > PepzASzFj+HDFbUUhnCouODx0fQbIxEZvi0EzRM6HgxUTTkgxOqy8puGI+XUJPdm > ncbWyVqqA7M5xjl/w9HMX08dwd/0pIRIUmODP2IDBO2HdwyOA8QNW2Nab6/+UlMU > leJh0263TCfpv54Dsjg1RDhNulHubKr5TNadHJDqy50dT87wSRJC2RdKFJ71ljQZ > 4zlUzEwulvgRB+6KbxGdoEQJW61c3qM7NKz2OQSa8p3EKT/t0LZGF7ToJevZzarJ > cunE7dbnuDPGsmNVberc572xBrqgFH7iVW3zcYwTLc2JRDL4/2BFdH1UoGaAsjyk > 9fpgYuqLP5dgJMwBmRCYtCsvKN4VFuyk8k4zYqJx19bJIxobKuYniZtVr5joFUfV > +jgr0ss+ZqLoQPanrrCOPycn0aVxteDVUdN+V37b1iVdDPQuanF/fkL7x59LV3pp > C1r5N9bX3X+5bBGaO4XF5p5UnUyg19luULdIONpC94MbsxWNmUF1XWZJvR2Oh/tj > YI5Ctw7POFITHo92TEny6kdpjtLag2+5INQajl6oQ19Lm+fmhu7/Vm4PSSm/Rybh > KatZgvdgBHd0veollwOqwGSvopNMYPPJ6s5uT5Sop8+gM6bc1guddqdApezVB0WD > i/fweF+vFfk7Ot14Kw8S3efgYm8= > =XMFk > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >