re: [Gimp-docs] help in interpreting latex error

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Hello All -

It's been _many_ years since I've used LaTeX, but I still have my
old book about it.

 ? ! Undefined control sequence.
 \u-default-1085 #1->\cyrn
 
 l.1172 }
         \label{id4712176}}}
 ?                          

Let's see if I can summarize the contents of Chapter 6 of the LaTeX
book concerning this error message.

First, there should also be a log file created somewhere, in addition
to what you see on the screen.  When TeX starts processing a file, it
writes the filename in the log file and on your screen, starting it
with (.  When it's done with the file, it writes the ).  It also
writes numbers in [] indicate the page numbers in the output file.
The line number in the _input_ file which contains the error is indicated
by 1.1172, in the case above, which indicates that it's on line 1172
of the first "page" of the input file.  (The docs say that some editors
let you add "pages" to your files.)  Naturally, the real error can
occur sometime _before_ the place it's complaining about, but the line
number should give you a hint.

Errors can be printed by either LaTeX or TeX.  The error message you
got is a TeX error.  (I don't think it's obvious whether a given
error comes from TeX or LaTeX, but I don't know that it really
matters, either. :-) )  Your error means that TeX encountered an
unknown command name.  There is probably a misspelled name somewhere.
It could also be from a missing \documentstyle command.

This is tough to find, since I don't think we're writing in LaTeX
or TeX directly.  I think I remember that it wasn't very easy to
find errors, when I _was_ writing in LaTeX.

Anyway, I know you already found the source of the error, but if
you need to find another error, it might help.  Or I still have
the book, gathering dust on my bookshelf. :-)

Regards,

Sally

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