[XeTeX] Undefined control sequence problems

[Jonathan Kew]

On 31 Oct 2007, at 8:57 am, Axel Etzold wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> when trying to compile a standard .tex file using xetex,
> I get lots of "undefined control sequence" errors.
> The simple .tex file is below.
> I am using xetex on an OpenSuse 10.2 64 bit linux machine.
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Axel
>
> -------------- Error messages:
>> xetex d2.tex
> This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996 (Web2C 7.5.6)
> entering extended mode
> (./d2.tex
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> l.1 \documentclass
>                   {article}[10pt]
> ?
> ! Undefined control sequence.


You need to use xelatex, not plain xetex, if you're using LaTeX as  
your document markup/format.

BTW, when you switch to a Unicode/OpenType font loaded using  
fontspec, you'll also want to use the xunicode package in order to  
support LaTeX-style accent commands and so on.

JK