General ⇒ ! LaTeX Error: This file needs format `pLaTeX2e' with Japanese jarticle template

[ririro93]

I just started today and I have no idea how to fix this error. I'm tyring to build my template for an article by using Texmaker(And I downloaded MikTeX 2.9). It have lots of Japanese in it and I think it was originally made from Linux(I'm new so I don't know if this can be the cause but maybe I have errors because I use Windows instead of Linux). I know there's nothing wrong with the template file itself because it works well on the Linux computers in my lab.

The template starts like this

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\documentclass[twocolumn,9pt]{jarticle}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{here,jsmea4p2,txfonts,overcite}
\usepackage[dvipdfmx]{graphicx}
%\usepackage[dvips,draft]{graphicx}
\usepackage[dvips]{psfrag}
\usepackage{subfigure}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{bm}
\newfont{\cmss}{cmss10 scaled\magstep2}
\def\空白{\hspace*{1zw}}
\renewcommand\citeform[1]{#1)}
\def\Frac#1#2{\displaystyle\frac{#1}{#2}}
\def\d{{\rm d}}
% \makeatletter
% \renewcommand{\@biblabel}[1]{#1)}
% \makeatother
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%  初期設定
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% 著者の人数
 \jauthorNm{4}
%% 論文タイトル（欧文） 記入しないとき    \etitleNm{0}にする
 \etitleNm{1}
%% 欧文の氏名と所属     記入しないとき    \jauthorEn{0}にする
 \jauthorEn{0}
%% 連絡先               記入しないとき    \addressNm{0}にする
 \addressNm{0}
%% アブストラクト       記入しないとき    \addressNm{0}にする
 \abstractNm{0}
%% キーワード           記入しないとき    \KeywordNm{0}にする
 \KeywordNm{0}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% 論文タイトル（和文）
 \jtitle{\LARGE{多重安定性を有する小自由度力学系の\\構造転移ダイナミクスに関する研究}}
%% 論文タイトル（欧文） 
 \etitle{A study on dynamics of structural transition\\ in small-degree-of-freedom dynamical systems with multiple stability }
%% 公演番号
 
 
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Sorry for the long code. I don't know which ones might be causing the trouble so I just pasted everything. The errors say, to list a few at the top,

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! LaTeX Error: This file needs format `pLaTeX2e'
but this is `LaTeX2e'
! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).
<to be read again>
z
l.31 \setlength{\parindent}{1zw}
Dimensions can be in units of em, ex, in, pt, pc,
cm, mm, dd, cc, nd, nc, bp, or sp; but yours is a new one!
I'll assume that you meant to say pt, for printer's points.
To recover gracefully from this error, it's best to
delete the erroneous units; e.g., type `2' to delete
two letters. (See Chapter 27 of The TeXbook.)
! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
 
 
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[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

welcome to the forum!

The document class jarticle.cls requires pLaTeX (or the extended version upLaTeX). That's a LaTeX version with specific Japanese support. You need to change the command for compiling in your editor. Open the settings for Texmaker via the menu, in "Configure Texmaker" it looks like this:

configure-texmaker.png (107.92 KiB) Viewed 17794 times

In the first field, replace latex by platex or by uplatex.

Stefan

[ririro93]

Thank you for the quick reply!
But I tried changing latex to both platex and uplatex and neither of them worked.
I attached a screenshot of the error message I got hoping it would give some hints.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

The error message still shows that you are not yet using pLaTeX. The other error messages can be consequences or can have other reasons.

Stefan

[ririro93]

ok so do you have any other suggestions on how I can use pLaTeX?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

The same suggestion: configure platex in Texmaker. The error message shows that platex is not yet used. Besides configuring it, of cause that way of compiling (LaTeX to DVI) has to be used. PDF can be created via dvipdfmx.

Besides Texmaker, you could use another editor, or compile from the command prompt using the command platex documentname.

Stefan

[Rainwood1234]

You cannot use pdflatex for japanese input.

You always have to convert a file inbetween:
tex -> dvi -> pdf

@Settings for texmaker:
- Open options for "Quick build"
- Select: "LaTeX + dvips + ps2pdf + ViewPDF"

In general: make sure whatever command you're running, you have LaTeX in there, not PdfLatex. Otherwise the changed latex command (that you changed to platex) will not have any effect.