General ⇒ Symbol Typesetting fails

[lgawarec]

I try to compile the following file.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mnsymbol}

\def\ci{\perp\!\!\!\perp} % from Wikipedia
\newcommand{\independent}{\protect\mathpalette{\protect\independenT}{\perp}} % symbols-a4, p.106
\def\independenT#1#2{\mathrel{\rlap{$#1#2$}\mkern2mu{#1#2}}}

\begin{document}
  $\upmodels$ % mnsymbol
  $\independent$
  $\ci$
\end{document}

I obtain this error:

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! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              
                                                  
l.2 <
     !-- saved from url=(0061)http://www.tug.org/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mnsymb...

Can anyone please help?

Thanks.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi lgawarec,

welcome to the board!

Obviously you don't use the correct file mnsymbol.sty.

The error at the end of your .log file shows a HTML comment. It seems that you downloaded and saved it in HTML format. Better use the MiKTeX package manager to install MnSymbol.

Very good that you posted a test example! The document is correct. When I tried it, I did not get an error, the result is this output:

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Some remarks:

• Better write

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  \usepackage{MnSymbol}

  with this capitalization, otherwise LaTeX would print a warning, as MnSymbol is the correct name.
• Your MiKTeX version 2.7 is pretty old, better update it. It's no longer supported, as the author wrote in the MiKTeX blog. So even package installation via the standard way might not be possible.

Stefan

[lgawarec]

Thank you for helping me out with this specific problem and with my MiKTeX system. I updated MiKTeX to version 2.9 and all works well.

L. Gawarecki