The error messages produced by LaTeX are the most confusing part of using it. Most people have trouble understanding what LaTeX 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
LaTeX will keep on going, or enter
x to exit.
If LaTeX is asking for a filename, Control-D will help exit
LaTeX.
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:
athena% kill %latex athena% [1] + Terminated latex athena%By hitting <return> when you get your prompt back you should get the message that LaTeX was indeed killed. For more information about processes and how to control them see More Unix: the C-shell available from Athena.