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Re: [LUG] Latex Again

 

Paul Sutton wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to produce chemical equations on LaTeX,  the following site 
> gives worked examples, (well out put then code)
>
> http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=9021
>
> ^{33}_{17}Cl^{16}\xrightarrow{n,n}~^{31}_{15}P^{16 }+~^4_2He^2
>
> If I copy & paste the following in to my document it works fine (I have 
> removed [tex] and {tex] as it seems to work with or without it,  however 
> either way I get the following warnings / errors.
>
> the above is line 54 where the errors are.
>   
./latex-1.tex:54:Missing $ inserted. {^
./latex-1.tex:54:Undefined control sequence. {^{33}_{17}Cl^{16}\ghtarrow
./latex-1.tex:54:Extra }, or forgotten $. 
...ghtarrow{n,n}~^{31}_{15}P^{16 }+~^4_2He^2}

> I think there is some incompatability with the code they have presented 
> and my interpreter,  either that or some plugin is not there,   odd 
> thing is it produces the right out put,  just not sure what is causing 
> the errors, 
>
> just thought someone with more experience may be able to spot the problem.
>
> thanks
>
> Paul
>
>   

I have posted the errors,  sorry sometimes I have so many windows open, 
and so many dialog boxes things simply get confusing,  i will try what 
was suggested though

paul

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