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Error Messages

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 (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 LATEX was indeed killed. For more information about processes and how to control them see More Unix: the C-shell available from Athena.



 

Alex Rolfe
1999-10-29