[OS X TeX] Umlauts won't print

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Sep 26, 2015, at 1:44 PM, Manuel <libros2 at limay.de> wrote:
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> Am 26/9/15 um 20:38 schrieb Herbert Schulz:
>>> On Sep 26, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Manuel <libros2 at limay.de> wrote:
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>>> Am 26/9/15 um 18:21 schrieb Herbert Schulz:
>>>>> On Sep 26, 2015, at 11:04 AM, Manuel <libros2 at limay.de> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Why can't I just copy and paste the error message? Anyway, it says (important part):
>>>> Howdy,
>>>> 
>>>> I assume you mean Copy the message from the Console window in TeXShop. You CAN do that! First Abort the process (there's a button for that at the top of that window) and then Click in the Console Window to select it. From then on you can Copy from that pane
>>> Ah, now I can copy and paste. Thanks, Herb! It says…
>>>>> Package babel Error: Unknown language 'german'.
>>>>> 
>>>> Does it really say that or is it `ngerman'?
>>> ./IÃÅndice.aux:5: Package babel Error: Unknown language `german'. Either you ha
>>> ve
>>> (babel)                misspelled its name, it has not been installed,
>>> (babel)                or you requested it in a previous run. Fix its name,
>>> (babel)                install it or just rerun the file, respectively.
>>> 
>>> See the babel package documentation for explanation.
>>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>>> ...
>>> 
>>> l.5 \select at language{german}
>>> 
>>> ?
>>> Process aborted
>>>>> The document is, indeed, fairly old, I'd guess I was using OS Tiger when it was created, but it was changed many times until I was using OS Snow Leopard (and my macbook would not support Lion or Mountain Lion). The preamble is a sort of template for many things. For example, no pdf or graphics are included in the present document, nor cyrillic or greek characters.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is the "Not so short Introduction to LaTex" still up to date?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Manuel
>>>> What version of MacTeX are you using? If you installed MacTeX-2015 you should definitely have `ngerman'.
>>> I am using
>>> 
>>> Versión 3.52 (3.52)
>>> Copyright 2001-2014
>>>> Good Luck,
>>>> 
>>>> Herb Schulz
>>>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> Did you clean out the .aux files, etc., from your previous runs? It sounds like you're picking up stuff from an old run.
>> 
>> Also, That is version 3.52 of TeXShop. When you look at the Console out put you should see a path that looks like /usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/... for TeX Live 2015 --- a different year for other years.
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
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> Yes, it is solved. Thank you all.
> 
> In the Console, it says:
> 
> usr/local/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmr12.pfb></usr/local/t
> exlive/2014/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmri10.pfb>
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Manuel

Howdy,

Ok, so you're using TeX Live 2014 which also has ngerman. I don't know how far back ngerman goes.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)