> > i just recompiled a latex file (big mistake as it seems...) that uses the > > babel > > system and the setting french..... now on compilation i get > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] among others and following this : > > > > ! Undefined control sequence. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...l \mathchardef [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > \spacefactor }\accent #1 > > #... > > l.19 \begin{document} > > > > nevetheless this produces a result, but everwhere where i used accentuated > > chararctrs, now i have a strange greek sign (think it is capital theta...) > > > > so what's going wrong???? > > I'm just guessing, but did you set the input encoding? (i.e. > \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} ). Using whatever iso-8859-NN is > appropriate for french. hop i understood correctly, i added the same line as you told into my source and got exactly the same effect.... the same file compiled under a SUSE-tetex compiled flawlessly.....
ok perhaps it is clearer if i add the complete header: \documentclass[12pt]{report} %\usepackage{isolatin1} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} \usepackage{epsf} \usepackage[french]{babel} %\usepackage{longtable} %\usepackage{html} \pagestyle{headings} %***************************************************************************** \title{Projet de fin d'études} \author{Nassim Ziai ITC5} %***************************************************************************** \unitlength1cm %***************************************************************************** \begin{document} follows the rest of the document.... removing the usepackage babel removes also the problem.... since it compiles under SUSE i do not see why it shouldn´t under debian.... -- ciao bboett ============================================================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://inforezo.u-strasbg.fr/~bboett http://erm1.u-strasbg.fr/~bboett =============================================================== the total amount of intelligence on earth is constant. human population is growing....