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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-entercompmode.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-entercompmode.html deleted file mode 100644 index edf4b689a28..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-entercompmode.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,64 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label entercompmode</title> -</head><body> -<h3>Entering compatibility mode</h3> -<p/>You run your LaTeX job, and it starts by saying -<blockquote> -<pre> -Entering LaTeX 2.09 COMPATIBILITY MODE -</pre> -</blockquote><p> -followed by lines of asterisks and <code>!!WARNING!!</code>. -<p/>This means that the document is not written in “current” LaTeX -syntax, and that there is no guarantee that all parts of the document -will be formatted correctly. -<p/>If the document is someone else’s, and you want no more than a copy to -read, ignore the error. The document may fail elsewhere, but as often -as not it will provide a <code>.dvi</code> or <code>.pdf</code> that’s -adequate for most purposes. -<p/>If it’s a new document you have just started working on, you have been -misled by someone. You have written something like: -<blockquote> - <code>\</code><code>documentstyle{article}</code> -</blockquote><p> -or, more generally: -<blockquote> - <code>\</code><code>documentstyle[</code><em>options</em><code>]{</code><em>class</em><code>}</code> -</blockquote><p> -These forms are (as the warning says) LaTeX 2.09 syntax, and to get rid -of the warning, you must change the command. -<p/>The simple form is easy to deal with: -<blockquote> - <code>\</code><code>documentstyle{article}</code> -</blockquote><p> -should become: -<blockquote> - <code>\</code><code>documentclass{article}</code> -</blockquote><p> -The complex form is more difficult, since LaTeX 2.09 “options” -conflate two sorts of things — options for the class (such as -<code>11pt</code>, <code>fleqn</code>), and packages to be loaded. -So: -<blockquote> - <code>\</code><code>documentstyle[11pt,verbatim]{article}</code> -</blockquote><p> -should become: -<blockquote> - <code>\</code><code>documentclass[11pt]{article}</code><br> - <code>\</code><code>usepackage{verbatim}</code> -</blockquote><p> -because <code>11pt</code> happens to be a class option, while -<i>verbatim</i> is a package. -<p/>There’s no simple way to work out what are class options under -LaTeX 2.09; for <i>article</i>, the list includes <code>10pt</code>, -<code>11pt</code>, <code>12pt</code>, <code>draft</code>, -<code>fleqn</code>, <code>leqno</code>, <code>twocolumn</code> and -<code>twoside</code> — anything else must be a package. -<p/>Your document may well “just work” after changes like those above; -if not, you should think through what you’re trying to do, and consult -documentation on how to do it — there are lots of -<a href="FAQ-tutorialstar.html">free tutorials</a> to help you on your way, if you -don’t have access to a LaTeX manual of any sort. -<p/> -<p/><p/><p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=entercompmode">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=entercompmode</a> -</body> |