[OS X TeX] odd behaviour amsart+babel

[Gerben Wierda]

On my system, this file does not compile at all:

> $ pdflatex babeltest.tex
> This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3)
> output format initialized to PDF
> entering extended mode
> (./babeltest.tex
> LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
> Babel <v3.8c> and hyphenation patterns for american, british, french, 
> german, n
> german, catalan, dutch, spanish, nohyphenation, loaded.
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amscls/amsart.cls
> Document Class: amsart 2004/08/06 v2.20
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amsmath.sty
> For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option.
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amstext.sty
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty))
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amsbsy.sty)
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amsopn.sty))
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amsfonts/umsa.fd)
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/amsfonts/amsfonts.sty))
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
>
> ! Package babel Error: Language definition file anylanguage.ldf not 
> found.
>
> See the babel package documentation for explanation.
> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>  ...
>
> l.134 \ProcessOptions*

So, please show us the log of this run on your system and we'll see 
what is different.

G

On 9 Nov 2004, at 18:26, Piero D'Ancona wrote:

> Dear Listers,
> if and when you have 5 min, can you do the following test: pdflatex 
> the document
>
> \documentclass{amsart}
> \usepackage[anylanguage]{babel}
> \title{The title}
> \begin{document}
> \maketitle
> Something, repeated many times.
> \end{document}
>
> My first computer typesets it beautifully (with pdflatex). On my 
> second computer, however, since a few days the running title (in the 
> page header) appears as
>
> anylanguageTHE TITLE
>
> i.e., the name of the language is prepended to the running title 
> itself.
>
> If I comment out the babel line, the problem disappears.
> If I switch to latex, the dvi file is immaculate.
> If I pdflatex on my first computer, which has an older version of 
> GW-tex, the result is perfect.
> But if I pdflatex on my powerbook, which has the most up-to-date 
> version of GW-tex, the problem appears. I re-installed the TeX 
> i-package but nothing changes. Even if I use the command line 
> pdflatex, the problem persists, so it must be low-level.
>
> I am not suggesting that GW-tex is the culprit; but where might I look 
> for the origin of troubles? some corrupted files? some hidden 
> invisible character in the source? and, do you see the same behaviour 
> or is it just me?
>
> Any help will be appreciated. Short of help, salacious comments will 
> do.
>
> Ciao
> Piero
>
> --------------------- Info ---------------------
> Mac-TeX Website: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/
>           & FAQ: http://latex.yauh.de/faq/
> TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
> List Post: <mailto:MacOSX-TeX at email.esm.psu.edu>
>
>
>

--------------------- Info ---------------------
Mac-TeX Website: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/
           & FAQ: http://latex.yauh.de/faq/
TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
List Post: <mailto:MacOSX-TeX at email.esm.psu.edu>