selectp package incompatible

[mbertucci47]

The selectp package causes all tags (except the TOC) to be empty. Here's an example where the TOC and a longtable are split over pages.

\DocumentMetadata
  {
    lang=en-US,
    pdfversion=2.0,
    pdfstandard=ua-2,
    testphase={phase-III,title,math,table,firstaid}
  }
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{selectp}
\usepackage[math,toc]{blindtext}
\usepackage{kantlipsum}
\usepackage{longtable}

\outputonly{2,20}
\title{selectp tagging test}

\begin{document}
\kant[1-3]
\Blinddocument
\begin{longtable}{c}
a=b \\
a=b \\
a=b \\
a=b \\
a=b \\
a=b \\
a=b \\
a=b \\
a=b \\
a=b \\
a=b \\
a=b \\
\end{longtable}

\end{document}

The package also always causes a "Temporary page!" even without the tagging code.

[FrankMittelbach]

I think the way it is ,the package is simply no longer compatible with the LaTeX OR. It should, however, be possible to reimplement it from scratch using the extended shipout hooks of LaTeX. It should also be possible to maintain aux file status (which currently is not the case according to its documentation) and I think it should also be possible to explicitly support different pagenumbering schemes by peeking into the current definition of \thepage. That would then allow for an extended input syntax where you can specify i--iii,2-4 etc

[mbertucci47]

the package is simply no longer compatible with the LaTeX OR.

Seems that way. Should it be listed as no-support?

[FrankMittelbach]

again I would think yes. and again perhaps with comment stating that this may change if the package as such is functional again