[texhax] TexLive2003

[Robin Fairbairns]

> I am trying to run a file under the windows installation and I get
> F:\spystories>tex sample2e.tex
> warning: Could not open char translation file `cp8bit.tcx'.
> This is TeXk, Version 3.141592 (Web2c 7.5.2)
>  %&-line parsing enabled.
> (./sample2e.tex
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> l.6 \documentclass
>                   {article}      % Specifies the document class
> ?

sample2e.tex is a sample latex file: process it with latex.

> Also when I try to view a dvi via windvi the progran dies as soon as
> i select the file to view. 

what files?  if you select the sample2e.dvi you will create (as
above), do you still have a problem?