General ⇒ Error in structured document

[joe74]

I'm having this error in an structured document. Despite the error I have no further problems in the final generated pdf. Though I would like to know what is all about.

This is my main document:

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\documentclass[a5paper,11pt,oneside]{report}
\linespread{1.2}
\parskip=3pt
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{color}		
\usepackage{ulem}		
\usepackage{fixltx2e}		
\usepackage[pdftex,pdftitle={Los Dias del Mar},pdfauthor={Joel Davila},pdfkeywords={poesia relato prosa},pdfsubject={Los Dias del Mar},colorlinks,citecolor={blue},linkcolor={blue}]{hyperref}		
\usepackage{makeidx}

\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{pnc}
\renewcommand{\ttdefault}{pnc}
\normalfont 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lettrine}

\usepackage{textcomp}		
\usepackage{pxfonts}

\renewcommand{\contentsname}{\'Indice}

% \author{Joel D\'avila Balladares}
% \title{\textbf{Los D\'ias del Mar}}
% \date{}

\begin{document}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
	\input{titlepage}
	\input{presspage}
	\input{thanx}
	\input{preamble}
	\input{quote}
	\input{contents}
	\input{about}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\end{document}

then the error points to here:

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\begin{center}
\section*{The Dark Side}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{The Dark Side}
\end{center}
\bigskip

even though that structure is the same in the previous \section(s), the error points to this one section and the five subsecuent ones.

The error is:

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./contents.tex:560:Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item. \end{center}

Thank you in advance

[localghost]

Reduce the problem to a minimal working example (MWE) without any \input commands. The reason why I ask for this is that the marked error could be a follow up hence the actual source could be where else.

You possibly can avoid this error by putting the \addcontentsline command outside the center environment.

If you want centered headings, you may use the titlesec package which allows to customize headings in many ways. The manual describes the details.


Best regards
Thorsten

[joe74]

I did not use MWE for I thought my whole code would be more exact. I'll edit my code.

I have tried putting \addcontentsline outside the center environment with no luck at all.

I'll have a look to titlesec.

Thanks!

[localghost]

I did not use MWE for I thought my whole code would be more exact. [...]

An example can be considered exact in the case it reproduces the given error and simultaneously abandons every access to external files. Moreover there shouldn't be any declarations of new commands which are irrelevant for the problem. The link in my last reply shows in detail how to build a MWE.

[frabjous]

A place to start would just be eliminating the center environment altogether. It's useless and ineffectual there. If you want a centered section* heading, try titlesec, as suggested.