Re: A4 in LaTeX

1999-07-29 Thread Pedro Quaresma de Almeida
>Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 21:32:38 +1000 >From: Damon Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >I've be playing around with LaTeX, after having successfully avoided it >for years, and I've run up accross a little problem. To many years inded :) > >I start my document as follows: > >\documentstyle[a4]{article}

Re: A4 in LaTeX

1999-07-25 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
Shao Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Shouldn't it be \documentstyle[a4paper]{article} ?? > > On Sat, Jul 24, 1999 at 09:32:38PM +1000, Damon Muller wrote: [...] > > > > \documentstyle[a4]{article} > > Really it should be: \documentclass[a4paper]{article}. ^

Re: A4 in LaTeX

1999-07-24 Thread Colin Marquardt
* Damon Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > \documentstyle[a4]{article} > But I get the following: > ! LaTeX Error: File `a4.sty' not found. If you don´t have legacy LaTeX source, you shouldn´t be using \documentstyle! This will put you in compatibility mode to LaTeX 2.09. Nowadays, LaTeX is d

A4 in LaTeX

1999-07-24 Thread Jesse Jacobsen
Damon Muller writes: > Hi folks, > I start my document as follows: > > \documentstyle[a4]{article} > \documentstyle begins a document using the older LaTeX 2.09. If you want to use the standard LaTeX2e, you should be using \documentclass instead. Here's an excerpt from the LaTeX info page

Re: A4 in LaTeX

1999-07-24 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi, Are you using debian? If you are using debian, then try to install the package tetex-extra to see if it fixes your problem. Whenever you are missing some files, you can use dpkg -S filename to see if you have the corresponding package installed. Hope th

Re: A4 in LaTeX

1999-07-24 Thread Damon Muller
On Sat, 24 Jul 1999 20:46:21 +1000 Shao Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shouldn't it be \documentstyle[a4paper]{article} ?? Well, the tutorial I was reading said [a4], but I tried [a4paper] and got the same error (that a4paper.sty wasn't found). Thanks anyway, damon -- Damon Muller

Re: A4 in LaTeX

1999-07-24 Thread Shao Zhang
Shouldn't it be \documentstyle[a4paper]{article} ?? On Sat, Jul 24, 1999 at 09:32:38PM +1000, Damon Muller wrote: > Hi folks, > > Down at this end of the world we like to put A4 paper in our printers - > just call it a cultural idosyncricty (sp?). > > I've be playing around with LaTeX, after hav

A4 in LaTeX

1999-07-24 Thread Damon Muller
Hi folks, Down at this end of the world we like to put A4 paper in our printers - just call it a cultural idosyncricty (sp?). I've be playing around with LaTeX, after having successfully avoided it for years, and I've run up accross a little problem. I start my document as follows: \documentsty