[Tugindia] Unknown problem please help

[Manoj Kummini]

On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 17:42:12hrs +0000, vikram balaji wrote:

> I downloaded the .tex files from the site tug.org.in
> (Tutorial pages).When i ran "tex chap01.tex" some
> error poped up.These are the error
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> l.1 \documentclass
>                   [a4paper,twoside] {tugindia}
 
[...] 
> can any one help me in fixing the problem.If it works
> well on any system please inform me.
> I'm curious to know what is wrong in this.Also some
> other .tex files also give the same comment.

The .tex files that you downloaded are LaTeX files, and they should be
compiled with

# latex chap01.tex

etc..

The following FAQs may be useful.

http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=whatTeX
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=latex
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=latex2e
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=LaTeXandPlain

Manoj.

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