[fptex] [jean-claude.evard@wku.edu: Unexpected "Error"]

[Karl Berry]

Hello Fabrice and all,

Jean-Claude has installed TL2003 and WinEdt under XP, but even the most
basic operations fail.  Never having run TeX on Windows, I'm sadly out
of my depth here.

I know people need to upgrade to the latest version from fptex.org for
add-ons like ImageMagick and Ghostscript to work, but at this point all
he's trying to do is run TeX, and is not even getting a comprehensible
error message for his pains.

Can you help him please?

Thanks,
karl


Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 17:16:56 -0600
From: Jean-Claude Evard <jean-claude.evard at wku.edu>
To: Karl Berry <karl at freefriends.org>
Subject: Unexpected "Error"


Dear Karl,

I have have tried to install TeXLive 9 on PC. Everything
seemed OK but there was an error message at the end
for the final "Install".

     ... the TeXLive report log ... [is attached]
It says there was an error at the last line of the report.

     I have also downloaded WinEdt 5.4, clicked on
WinEdt.exe to install it. It is installed with a shortcut
to my desktop.

     Then, as I was told to do last year,

I clicked on this shortcut.
This opened WinEdt.
I clicked on "Options",
then on "Configurations",
then on "fpTeX(Web2c)

     Then I checked whether it was working on two well tested
LaTeX2e files created last year and printed many times. It
was impossible to compile. There was just a black flash and
the dvi file was never created. Impossible to preview.

     Last year, it was possible to edit, compile, preview, print,
but a lot of things were wrong. This time, it is worse:
I cannot compile.

     ...

     I hope you can help me.

     With best regards,
                                  Jean-Claude


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