hello Sorry for the second message. I think I had made a mistake (send the message to the wrong list) but I was wrong. So, I wrote a little text, export it to latex and use latex on it. I attach the log file with this message. YC
This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3.1) (format=latex 1999.11.8) 3 DEC 1999 09:04 **test.tex (test.tex LaTeX2e <1998/12/01> patch level 1 Babel <v3.6x> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, ngerman, n ohyphenation, loaded. (/users/collette/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls Document Class: article 1999/01/07 v1.4a Standard LaTeX document class (/users/collette/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo File: size10.clo 1999/01/07 v1.4a Standard LaTeX file (size option) ) \c@part=\count79 \c@section=\count80 \c@subsection=\count81 \c@subsubsection=\count82 \c@paragraph=\count83 \c@subparagraph=\count84 \c@figure=\count85 \c@table=\count86 \abovecaptionskip=\skip41 \belowcaptionskip=\skip42 \bibindent=\dimen102 ) (/users/collette/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty Package: babel 1999/05/05 v3.6x The Babel package (/users/collette/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/generic/babel/frenchb.ldf Language: frenchb 1999/01/14 v1.3e French support from the babel system (/users/collette/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/generic/babel/babel.def File: babel.def 1999/05/05 v3.6x Babel common definitions \babel@savecnt=\count87 \U@D=\dimen103 ) Package babel Info: Making : an active character on input line 125. Package babel Info: Making ; an active character on input line 126. Package babel Info: Making ! an active character on input line 127. Package babel Info: Making ? an active character on input line 128. )) No file test.aux. \openout1 = `test.aux'. LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 16. LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 16. LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 16. LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 16. LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 16. LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 16. LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line 16. LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 16. LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 16. LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 16. LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 16. LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 16. ! Undefined control sequence. \add@accent ...l \mathchardef \accent@spacefactor \spacefactor }\accent #1 #... l.16 \begin{document} ? ! Undefined control sequence. \add@accent ...2}\spacefactor \accent@spacefactor l.16 \begin{document} ? Missing character: There is no ^^e9 in font cmr17! Missing character: There is no ^^e8 in font cmr17! Missing character: There is no ^^ea in font cmr17! Missing character: There is no ^^e0 in font cmr17! Missing character: There is no ^^e7 in font cmr17! LaTeX Font Info: External font `cmex10' loaded for size (Font) <12> on input line 21. LaTeX Font Info: External font `cmex10' loaded for size (Font) <8> on input line 21. LaTeX Font Info: External font `cmex10' loaded for size (Font) <6> on input line 21. LaTeX Warning: No \author given. ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> } l.21 \maketitle ? ! Missing $ inserted. <inserted text> $ l.21 \maketitle ? ! Extra }, or forgotten $. \@maketitle ...ar}\par }\vskip 1em{\large \@date } \end {center}\par \vskip 1... l.21 \maketitle ? ! LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.21 \maketitle ? ! LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.21 \maketitle ? ! Missing $ inserted. <inserted text> $ l.21 \maketitle ? ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } l.21 \maketitle ? [1 ] (test.aux ! Undefined control sequence. \add@accent ...l \mathchardef \accent@spacefactor \spacefactor }\accent #1 #... l.6 \select@language{frenchb} ? ! Undefined control sequence. \add@accent ...2}\spacefactor \accent@spacefactor l.6 \select@language{frenchb} ? ) ) Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 651 strings out of 10901 6999 string characters out of 72025 56263 words of memory out of 263001 3637 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+0 6675 words of font info for 24 fonts, out of 400000 for 1000 14 hyphenation exceptions out of 1000 24i,6n,24p,149b,219s stack positions out of 300i,100n,500p,50000b,4000s Output written on test.dvi (1 page, 416 bytes).