[OS X TeX] a problem with pdftex/TeXShop

[Justin C. Walker]

On Jun 4, 2012, at 19:51 , Arthur Snoke wrote:

> I have a .tex filt that yesterday I was able to process with either pdftex directly or Typset from within TeXShop (v2.26 on Mac OS 10.6.8).  Today neither works, but the errors are different.
> 
> Directly from a terminal screen:
> 
> pdftex for_bill
> This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (Web2C 7.5.7)
> %&-line parsing enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (./for_bill.tex
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> l.1 \documentclass

This is indicative of trying to compile a pure latex file with TeX.  Try "pdflatex" from the command line, and verify that you have 'LaTeX' in the menu next to the "Typeset" button.

Justin

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