Re: LaTeX & ppchtex

[Tobias Burnus <burnus@gmx.de>]

I set a CC and a Reply-To to ntg-context, since this is rather related to
PPCHTeX than to ConTeXt. I appologise for quoting so much in this E-Mail, but
I'd like to give the PPCHTeX readers the complete text.

Hallo Jörg,

> I am using MikTeX 1.20 beta and I want to use ppchtex under LaTeX.
> When I am searching for ppchtex, I find different versions on
> different servers. For example the zipfile at the ConTeXt Website
> seems to be a older version.

This depends upon the server. The newest files are on
http://www.pragma-ade.nl (dated 11th of April)

> In most packages there is no ppchtex.tex
In teTeX I do have ppchtex.tex; I don't know which texmf you use though.
(Before I switched to Linux I used to use ``Web2c for Win32'' alias ``fpTeX'',
which should be approx. identical to teTeX, but I don't know miktex.)

> file included, but during compilation LaTeX is asking for it.
> What means historical for the m-chemie.sty and m-chemical.sty, should

Well the name is historic. m-chemie.sty is equivalent to m-ch-nl.sty
and m-chemical.sty to m-ch-en.sty.

> I use the newer m-ch-de.sty?
Well when you use German command names (as you do) you should.

> And why don´t you say so in the manual?
Well in the manual there is: ,,The used language depends upon which file is
loaded:
Dutch:   m-ch-nl = m-chemie.sty
English: m-ch-en = m-chemic.sty
German:  m-ch-de''
(Ok this is only quite correct, I have m-che-* in my manual. This should be
fixed.)

> My LaTeX document is very simple, but it don´t work.
It doesn't help you, but with the current version of teTeX it works.

> \documentclass{article}
>     \usepackage{m-pictex}
>     \usepackage{m-ch-de}
> 
> \begin{document}
> \stellechemieein[achsen=an,rahmen=an]
> \startchemie
>     \chemie[SIX,B,R,RZ][1,2,3,4,5,6]
> \stopchemie
> \end{document}
> 
> The compiler produce the following Log-file. If I use the english
> style it produces also a error message.
> Regards
>                 Jörg Spanke

If I remember correctly, there had been some problems with latex and ppchtex
about a quarter or half a year ago. This should be solved in the more recent
versions of PPCHTeX.

Can you please try whether a new version works.

Tobias

PS: Do you also use ConTeXt?

> LOG-file:
> 
> This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (MiKTeX 1.20a) (preloaded format=latex
> 1999.4.16)  23 APR 1999 00:52 **Chemie.tex (Chemie.tex LaTeX2e
> <1998/12/01> Babel <v3.6m> and hyphenation patterns for american,
> french, german, ngerman, n ohyphenation, loaded.
> (D:\programme\TeXmf\tex\latex\base\article.cls Document Class: article
> 1999/01/07 v1.4a Standard LaTeX document class
> (D:\programme\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 )
> (D:\programme\localTeXmf\tex\latex\pictex\m-pictex.sty
> (D:\programme\localTeXmf\tex\latex\pictex\m-pictex.tex
> (D:\programme\localTeXmf\tex\latex\PPCHTEX\supp-mis.tex loading :
> Context Support Macros / Missing \protectiondepth=\count87
> \scratchcounter=\count88 \scratchdimen=\dimen103 \scratchskip=\skip43
> \scratchmuskip=\muskip10 \scratchbox=\box26 \scratchread=\read1
> \scratchwrite=\write3 \nextbox=\box27 \nextdepth=\dimen104
> \everyline=\toks14 \!!counta=\count89 \!!countb=\count90
> \recursecounter=\count91 ) \!dimenA=\dimen105 \!dimenB=\dimen106
> \!dimenC=\dimen107 \!dimenD=\dimen108 \!dimenE=\dimen109
> \!dimenF=\dimen110 \!dimenG=\dimen111 \!dimenH=\dimen112
> \!dimenI=\dimen113 \!dxpos=\dimen114 \!dypos=\dimen115
> \!xloc=\dimen116 \!xpos=\dimen117 \!yloc=\dimen118 \!ypos=\dimen119
> \!zpt=\dimen120 \linethickness=\dimen121
>  [before: d=121,s=43]
>  (D:\programme\localTeXmf\tex\latex\pictex\prepictex.tex)
> [after: d=121,s=43] [before: d=121,s=43]
> (D:\programme\localTeXmf\tex\latex\pictex\pictex.tex) [after:
> d=129,s=128] [before: d=129,s=128]
> (D:\programme\localTeXmf\tex\latex\pictex\postpictex.tex) [after:
> d=129,s=128])) (D:\programme\localTeXmf\tex\latex\PPCHTEX\m-ch-de.sty
> (D:\programme\localTeXmf\tex\latex\PPCHTEX\m-ch-de.tex
> (D:\programme\localTeXmf\tex\latex\PPCHTEX\ppchtex.noc
> (D:\programme\localTeXmf\tex\latex\ConTeXt\syst-gen.tex)
> (D:\programme\localTeXmf\tex\latex\PPCHTEX\supp-mis.tex loading :
> Context Support Macros / Missing \protectiondepth=\count108
> \recursecounter=\count109 ) ! Undefined control sequence.
> \definecommand ...lue {#1}}} \or \doifnot
>                                           {#1}{#3}{\setvalue
>                                           {#3}{\ge...
> l.145 ... definieerchemie  definierechemie
> 
> ?
> 
> ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.
> 
> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>  ...

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