Memoir
MikeAtVerizon
this before and went on ctan to get the files that it looked like I was
missing.
When I try to compile it, I get the following in the log file:
Textures 2.1.5 (preloaded format=LaTeX R8P2 98.4.5) 9 FEB 2009 10:55
(test
LaTeX2e <1997/12/01> patch level 2
(memoir.cls
Document Class: memoir 2009/01/25 v1.6180339c configurable book, report,
article document class
\onelineskip=\skip41
\lxvchars=\skip42
\xlvchars=\skip43
\@memcnta=\count79
\c@@memmarkcntra=\count80
\l@nohyphenation=\language1
(ifpdf.sty
Package: ifpdf 2007/12/12 v1.6 Provides the ifpdf switch (HO)
Package ifpdf Info: pdfTeX in pdf mode not detected.
)
Class memoir Info: An `ifetex' package is being emulated on input line 247.
(ifxetex.sty
Package: ifxetex 2009/01/23 v0.5 Provides ifxetex conditional
) (ifluatex.sty
Package: ifluatex 2007/12/12 v1.0 Provides the ifluatex switch (HO)
Package ifluatex Info: LuaTeX not detected.
)
\stockheight=\skip44
\stockwidth=\skip45
\trimtop=\skip46
\trimedge=\skip47
! LaTeX Error: File `mem10.clo' not found.
Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: clo)
I am using Textures. I plan on making PDFs by exporting postscript files and
distilling them. I have no idea what mem10.clo is and can't find it on ctan.
Thanks in advance.
Rasmus Villemoes
> ! LaTeX Error: File `mem10.clo' not found.
>
> Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
> or enter new name. (Default extension: clo)
>
>
> I am using Textures. I plan on making PDFs by exporting postscript files and
> distilling them. I have no idea what mem10.clo is and can't find it on ctan.
From the README file:
To install the package:
o run: latex memoir.ins (which will generate memoir.cls,
a set of mem*.clo files,
and basic.gst for MakeIndex glossary files)
o Move memoir.cls, the mem*.clo files and any mem*.sty file to locations
where LaTeX will find them
--
Rasmus Villemoes
<http://rasmusvillemoes.dk/>
Lars Madsen
or use the memoir.tds.zip file, and unpack it at the root of a texmf tree
or use a package manager to do the update
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Robin Fairbairns
>Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
>> MikeAtVerizon <nif...@verizon.net> writes:
>>> ! LaTeX Error: File `mem10.clo' not found.
>>>
>>> Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
>>> or enter new name. (Default extension: clo)
>>>
>>>
>>> I am using Textures. I plan on making PDFs by exporting postscript files and
>>> distilling them. I have no idea what mem10.clo is and can't find it on ctan.
>>
>> From the README file:
>>
>> To install the package:
>> o run: latex memoir.ins (which will generate memoir.cls,
>> a set of mem*.clo files,
>> and basic.gst for MakeIndex glossary files)
>> o Move memoir.cls, the mem*.clo files and any mem*.sty file to locations
>> where LaTeX will find them
>
>or use the memoir.tds.zip file, and unpack it at the root of a texmf tree
not a lot of help for someone using textures.
>or use a package manager to do the update
ditto.
memoir is confusing, in that some but not all of the compiled files
appear on ctan. i've asked peter to change this, but he's not keen.
mikeatverizon is, i'm sure, not the first to be thrown by this odd
state of affairs (though he's the first to have posted here ... how
many give up on memoir because it's incomplete, i wonder).
--
Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge
Lars Madsen
> Lars Madsen <dal...@RTFSIGNATUREimf.au.dk> writes:
>> Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
>>> MikeAtVerizon <nif...@verizon.net> writes:
>>>> ! LaTeX Error: File `mem10.clo' not found.
>>>>
>>>> Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
>>>> or enter new name. (Default extension: clo)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am using Textures. I plan on making PDFs by exporting postscript files and
>>>> distilling them. I have no idea what mem10.clo is and can't find it on ctan.
>>> From the README file:
>>>
>>> To install the package:
>>> o run: latex memoir.ins (which will generate memoir.cls,
>>> a set of mem*.clo files,
>>> and basic.gst for MakeIndex glossary files)
>>> o Move memoir.cls, the mem*.clo files and any mem*.sty file to locations
>>> where LaTeX will find them
>> or use the memoir.tds.zip file, and unpack it at the root of a texmf tree
>
> not a lot of help for someone using textures.
>
I have no idea what textures is, doesn't it use the TDS structure?
>> or use a package manager to do the update
>
> ditto.
>
> memoir is confusing, in that some but not all of the compiled files
> appear on ctan. i've asked peter to change this, but he's not keen.
>
> mikeatverizon is, i'm sure, not the first to be thrown by this odd
> state of affairs (though he's the first to have posted here ... how
> many give up on memoir because it's incomplete, i wonder).
It might be a better idea to split the memoir ctan stuff up
formanualinstallation/
containing memoir.cls, mempatch.sty, memhfixc.sty, *.clo
memman.pdf
HOWTOMANUALLYINSTALL
doc/
all needed for the manual, including the PDF itself
memoir.dtx
memoir.ins
mempatch.dtx
mempatch.ins
memman.pdf
memoir.tds.zip
README
Then the confusion might be gone, I do agree the memoir.cls,
mempatch.sty and memhfix.sty does not belong at the memoir root on CTAN
when the .clo are not present, but it gets much more confusing if the
add them
I do think most people do not install memoir by hand.
/daleif
Peter Wilson
I have tried to follow the guidelines, submitted the whole shebang
as a tds directory structure, asked for advice, asked for comments, and
no responses. What more should I have done? What is the problem?
Peter W.
Lars Madsen
I think the main problem is the fact that memoir.cls, mempatch.sty and
memhfixc.sty is at the root of the CTAN memoir dir, but the .clo files
are not. People see the cls and sty files and think ahh, I'll just
install that.
It is also confusing with the sty' for the manual source being at the
same level in the dir.
The proposed structure (in my other reply) will hopefully remove this
confusion.
Will Robertson
> memoir.dtx
> memoir.ins
> mempatch.dtx
> mempatch.ins
> memman.pdf
Only including the source files and the documentation in the top
directory for the package on CTAN seems to have been the modus operandi
for quite some time now, in my experience.
Lars' advice above is good, I think.
Will
Robin Fairbairns
however, i (and i believe the rest of the ctan team) don't. even
careful people (such as lars and peter) make mistakes, and if there
are two copies of things the potential for mistakes increases.
lars' proposal involves *three* copies of the compilable stuff (if we
include the original source). we have techniques for reminding
ourselves that a .tds.zip hasn't been updated; adding complications
with further optional objects merely increases the chances of failure.
note that most people upload to the tug box (www.ctan.org -- not
surprising, really). that box is run by jim hefferon who has far more
work to do outside of ctan than i do, for sure. yet jim is forever
having to explain to people how to structure their uploads, even
though he's written a good page (http://www.ctan.org/TDS-guidelines.html)
on how to do the job properly.
--
Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge
Robin Fairbairns
> I have tried to follow the guidelines, submitted the whole shebang
>as a tds directory structure, asked for advice, asked for comments, and
>no responses. What more should I have done? What is the problem?
apologia pro actiones sua sent off-group.
--
Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge
Lars Madsen
> Will Robertson <wsp...@gmail.com> writes:
>> On 2009-02-10 07:21:55 +1030, Lars Madsen <daleif...@imf.au.dk> said:
>>
>>> memoir.dtx
>>> memoir.ins
>>> mempatch.dtx
>>> mempatch.ins
>>> memman.pdf
>> Only including the source files and the documentation in the top
>> directory for the package on CTAN seems to have been the modus operandi
>> for quite some time now, in my experience.
>>
>> Lars' advice above is good, I think.
>
> however, i (and i believe the rest of the ctan team) don't. even
> careful people (such as lars and peter) make mistakes, and if there
> are two copies of things the potential for mistakes increases.
>
> lars' proposal involves *three* copies of the compilable stuff (if we
> include the original source). we have techniques for reminding
> ourselves that a .tds.zip hasn't been updated; adding complications
> with further optional objects merely increases the chances of failure.
>
so lets drop the manual installation dir, and just include
doc-src/
dir for the source code for the manual, such that it does not confuse
people, those sty's are for the manual not the the tex/latex/memoir
installation.
in the root we would then have
doc-src/
memoir.dtx
memoir.ins
mempatch.dtx
mempatch.ins
memman.pdf
README (inclusing installation instruction)
memoir.tds.zip
would that be better?
> note that most people upload to the tug box (www.ctan.org -- not
> surprising, really). that box is run by jim hefferon who has far more
> work to do outside of ctan than i do, for sure. yet jim is forever
> having to explain to people how to structure their uploads, even
> though he's written a good page (http://www.ctan.org/TDS-guidelines.html)
> on how to do the job properly.
Robin, could you add something on the CTAN page telling people to be
careful about the permission when creating the TDS.ZIP files, I was not
aware about the problem related to the latest memoir, so other people
might also not be aware.