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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-nonum.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-nonum.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..74783f3351c --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-nonum.html @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label nonum</title> +</head><body> +<h3>“Missing number, treated as zero”</h3> +<p/>In general, this means you’ve tried to assign something to a count, +dimension or skip register that isn’t (in TeX’s view of things) a +number. Usually the problem will become clear using the +<a href="FAQ-erroradvice.html">ordinary techniques of examining errors</a>. +<p/>Two LaTeX-specific errors are commonly aired on the newsgroups. +<p/>The commonest arises from attempting to use an example from the +<a href="FAQ-books.html"><em>The LaTeX Companion</em> (first edition)</a>, and is +exemplified by the following error text: +<pre> +! Missing number, treated as zero. +<to be read again> + \relax +l.21 \begin{Ventry}{Return values} +</pre> +The problem arises because, in its first edition, the +<em>Companion</em>’s examples always assumed that the <i>calc</i> +package is loaded: this fact is mentioned in the book, but often not +noticed. The remedy is to load the <i>calc</i> package in any +document using such examples from the <em>Companion</em>. (The problem +does not really arise with the second edition; copies of all the +examples are available on the accompanying CDROM, or on +CTAN.) +<p/>The other problem, which is increasingly rare nowadays, arises from +misconfiguration of a system that has been upgraded from LaTeX 2.09: +the document uses the <i>times</i> package, and the error appears +at <code>\</code><code>begin{document}</code>. The file search paths are wrongly set +up, and your <code>\</code><code>usepackage{times}</code> has picked up a LaTeX 2.09 +version of the package, which in its turn has invoked another which +has no equivalent in LaTeX2e. The obvious solution is to rewrite +the paths so that LaTeX 2.09 packages are chosen only as a last resort +so that the startlingly simple LaTeX2e <i>times</i> package will +be picked up. Better still is to replace the whole thing with +something more modern still; current <i>psnfss</i> doesn’t provide +a <i>times</i> package — the alternative <i>mathptmx</i> +incorporates <i>Times</i>-like mathematics, and a sans-serif face +based on <i>Helvetica</i>, but scaled to match <i>Times</i> +text rather better. +<dl> +<dt><tt><i>calc.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/tools.zip">macros/latex/required/tools</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/tools.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/tools/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>Examples for LaTeX Companion</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/examples/tlc2.zip">info/examples/tlc2</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/examples/tlc2.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/examples/tlc2/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>The psnfss bundle</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/psnfss.zip">macros/latex/required/psnfss</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/psnfss.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/psnfss/">browse</a>) +</dl> +<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=nonum">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=nonum</a> +</body> |