[OS X TeX] Re: "! LaTeX Error: No counter 'a' defined."

[Herbert Schulz]

On Dec 18, 2010, at 7:53 PM, John B. Thoo wrote:

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>> Message: 6
>> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:29:51 -0600
>> From: Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com>
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>> On Dec 17, 2010, at 2:54 PM, John B. Thoo wrote:
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>> Are you saying you are uncommenting more than one \includeonly command?
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> No, I uncomment only one \includeonly at a time.
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>> Do you any command definitions in the (un)included files that are used by the other files?
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> I don't think so.  But here's something else I discovered, viz., if I comment out the line
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>  \include{ch_numthry}
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> then I do not get those other errors no matter which \includeonly is uncommented, so there must be something (but I don't know what) about the file "ch_numthry.tex".
> 

Howdy,

Are you using a theorem style in that chapter that is not used anywhere else? Obviously something in that chapter is different. If you ONLY include that chapter do you get problems?

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>> Are the \includeonly commands in the preamble or the body of the document?
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> They are before the \begin{document}; is that the preamble?
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Yes, that's the preamble. Just wasn't sure about that from your original post.

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>> Could something in the [...] be interfering with things?
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> I don't know.  What should I be looking for?
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> Thanks again, y'all.  I really appreciate your time helping.
> 
> ---John.

Well, it looks like something in that chapter is a culprit do you're making some progress.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)