Reply-To: | | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Darren, > > > > For a general latex document you do > > > > latex name.tex (produces name.dvi) > > dvips -f name.dvi > name.ps > > ps2pdf name.ps name.pdf > > > > Your errors do indicate there is something wrong witth the .tex file. > > If you open it, is the first line > > > > \begin{document} > > > > ? > > > > cheers, > > Francisco > > > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Darren Gitelman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> How does one go about reading the LaTeX manuals in spm? I have not > >> used LaTeX before but from my understanding one must convert the *.tex > >> document to a *.dvi document and then it can be viewed or turned into > >> a pdf, etc. > >> > >> I am trying to do this on a redhat linux workstation. > >> > >> Typing > >> $ latex name_of_manual.tex > >> produces hundreds of errors, such as: > >> > >> [drg@chinook ~]$ latex dartelguide.tex > >> This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) > >> entering extended mode > >> (./dartelguide.tex > >> LaTeX2e <2003/12/01> > >> Babel <v3.8d> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, > >> ngerman, b ahasa, basque, bulgarian, catalan, croatian, czech, danish, > >> dutch, esperanto, e stonian, finnish, greek, icelandic, irish, italian, > >> latin, magyar, norsk, polis h, portuges, romanian, russian, serbian, > >> slovak, slovene, spanish, swedish, tur kish, ukrainian, nohyphenation, > >> loaded. > >> ! Undefined control sequence. > >> l.1 \chapter > >> {Using DARTEL \label{Chap:dartelguide}} > >> ? > >> > >> ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. > >> > >> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. > >> Type H <return> for immediate help. > >> ... > >> > >> l.1 \chapter{U > >> sing DARTEL \label{Chap:dartelguide}} > >> ? > >> > >> Overfull \hbox (20.0pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 1--2 > >> [] > >> > >> ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. > >> > >> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. > >> Type H <return> for immediate help. > >> ... > >> > >> l.3 D > >> ARTEL\footnote{DARTEL stands for ``Diffeomorphic Anatomical > >> Regstration... ? > >> > >> It really seems to want the \begin{document} statement, so I added > >> that to the first line, but then I still get hundreds of undefined > >> control sequence errors, such as > >> \@footnotetext ...}\color@begingroup \@makefntext > >> {\rule \z@ \footnotesep > >> \i... l.5 ...ie Algebra, but the acronym is a nice one.} > >> is a suite of tools > >> for a... > >> > &'†»†g |