Error Messages

The error messages produced by L^ATEX are the most confusing part of using it. Most people have trouble understanding what L^ATEX is telling them. This section describes some of the more common errors, what they mean, and how you can fix the problem.

In general, when an error occurs you should hit return to see if L^ATEX will keep on going, or enter x to exit. If L^ATEX is asking for a filename, Control-D will help exit L^ATEX. If x, ^C, and ^D do not return you to your athena% prompt, type ^Z. In order to kill the stopped process you need to do the following (assuming that you use csh or one of its descendants):

athena% kill %latex
athena% 
[1]  + Terminated           latex
athena%

By hitting <return> when you get your prompt back you should get the message that L^ATEX was indeed killed. For more information about processes and how to control them see More Unix: the C-shell available from Athena.