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Re: "TeX Problem" => "Latex Problem"

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From: David Kastrup
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 05:44
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pjh@mccc.edu (P. J. Holsberg) writes:

>Thanks for the many responses suggesting that I use latex instead of
>tex. Here is the resulting log file:

>This is TeX, C Version 3.14t3 (format=lplain 92.5.10)  11 SEP 1992 20:02
>**pref
>(pref.tex
>LaTeX Version 2.09 <14 January 1991>
>LaTeX error.  See LaTeX manual for explanation.
>              Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>! Missing \begin{document}.
>\@latexerr ...for immediate help.}\errmessage {#1}
>                                                  
><to be read again> 
>                   T
>l.1 T
>     his is TeX, C Version 3.14t3 (format=lplain 92.5.10)  11 SEP 1992 20:01
>? H

This sounds like a flame to me (do not know the original post).
It looks as though the irated author has just tried to run
a log-file through TeX, instead of the original file.
How nice:)
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