Potential loss of LaTeX macro contents in version 1.5.0

Unfortunately, a pretty bad bug made its way into the 1.5.0 release of LaTeX Plugin for Confluence 7. The content type for the macro was erroneously changed.

If an existing page containing a LaTeX macro (created before 1.5.0) is edited and subsequently saved, the inner content for the macro disappears.

Fortunately, there are relatively easy steps that can restore the macro contents:

  • Ensure that you have upgraded LaTeX Plugin to 1.5.1 or newer

  • Revert the affected pages to the last version to contain the macro content

Note that any LaTeX macros created in version 1.5.0 will be lost upon upgrading to 1.5.1. This is a consequence of returning the macro content type back to its original type.

We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused. Lessons have been learned!