Talk:LaTeX

• When I try to view lab1 in its processed (.dvi) format, it said it cant open the file because it has type application/x-zerosize. Last night I had the same problem, but after 5 or so tries it changed its mind and worked. Today, not the case. I'm using Leopard 10.5. Devontownsend 12:05, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
  • Make sure that latex lab1.tex actually completed - usually a zerosize means the .dvi file wasn't even created. DukeEgr93 14:34, 28 August 2008 (EDT)

• How do I make it so that a command, such as \hat{a} shows up in the actual text of what I'm writing? Everytime I tried, it gave me an error... Rasesh.joshi 23:24, 26 August 2009 (EDT)
  • If you want literal text, you can either use the verbatim environment, or you can use the $\backslash$ command to do backslash\[\hat{a} \mbox{ vs. } \backslash hat\{ a\}\]DukeEgr93 10:48, 27 August 2009 (EDT)

• How do I get a new .dvi file to run for lab3? I typed stuff into emacs and saved it, but I could not get the file to load as a kdvi and such. What do I do?Asc35 11:24, 6 September 2009 (EDT)
  • Did you make your own copy? That is, in your ~/EGR53/lab3 directory, did you type

    cp Lab3Sample_F09.tex lab3.tex
    

    first? DukeEgr93 16:15, 7 September 2009 (EDT)

• When I run latex blah.tex command in PuTTy, I get the error

  !LaTeX error: Missing \begin{document}
  

  although there is clearly the begin command in my file. When I ignore the error and run it, the first page goes blank and the actual first page goes to the second page. RickyPark 16:56, 10 October 2009 (EDT)