This section is intended to help authors with problems and common questions that arise when using REVTeX .
Question: Where are the appendixes that are mentioned in the text of
this document? You need to run the file manend.tex through LaTeX. Also,
you may elect to try a documentstyle with either the amsfonts or
amssymb option selected, if you have the AMSFonts installed and the
correct
AMS -LaTeX files (if needed). See Sec. vii for
details on these options.
Question: REVTeX types out information about the NFSS (or OFSS). What does this mean? This is simply information to let you know which FSS you are running on. Normally this information is not important. (See Sec.\ vii if you are curious.)
Question: How do I get lowercase letters in the \section{#1}
command? All text in the \section{#1} command is automatically set
uppercase. If a lowercase letter is needed, just use \lowercase{x}.
For example, to use ``He'' for helium in a \section{#1} command,
type H\lowercase{e} in #1. This also works in math mode:
$\lowercase{e}^2$ in a \section{#1} command will output
.
Problem: I am getting error messages on the lines of my
\section{#1},
\subsection{#1},
\subsubsection{#1}, or
\caption{#1} commands, and I can't understand why!
You may have a so-called ``fragile'' command in a section heading or
caption. This is solved in LaTeX by immediately preceding the fragile
command with \protect. Some common fragile commands include:
\cite{#1}
\onlinecite{#1}
\ref{#1}
\sqrt{#1}
\openone
\lesssim
\gtrsim
\\
\newline
\bbox{#1}
So, if you have one of these commands, or another fragile command (check
Lamport's book), just precede them with \protect and try running
the file again.
For example, if you have
\section{The next result: $\sqrt{-1}$}
just change it to
\section{The next result: $\protect\sqrt{-1}$}
Problem: I have tables that do not fit into the preprint width. Try
putting the \squeezetable command right after the
\begin{table} command. This will reduce the size of the type in the
body of the table, thus allowing more data to fit.
Problem: TeX (or my device driver) runs out of font space. Try
removing the amsfonts and amssymb style options. TeX
implementations vary, and some implementations will be unable to provide
the resources needed to run these options.
Problem: TeX runs out of string space (pool_size is too
small). Remove the amssymb style option. It defines hundreds of
symbol names. Some TeX implementations will be unable to provide the
resources needed to run this option.
Problem: (a) The text immediately following an equation is
``outdented''. That is, indented into the margin. (b) I get a missing
} error in the references, but the input is OK. If I let TeX run
through, the output is OK, too. REVTeX is having a bad interaction with
an older version of LaTeX. Upgrading to a newer LaTeX has cured these
problems in the past.
Problem: One of my equations (or more) is not being cross-referenced
correctly. Make sure that you have run LaTeX at least twice since the
equation numbering was last disturbed by an input change. Also note that
incorrect cross-referencing will result if \label{#1} is used in an
unnumbered single line equation (i.e., within the \[ and \]
commands), or if \label{#1} is used on a line of an eqnarray that is
not being numbered (i.e., a line that has a \nonumber).
Problem: I get a LaTeX message at the end of the run that tells me
that the references may have changed, no matter how many times I run
LaTeX. Make sure that you have not used the same tag to label two
different things. This will produce this effect, but will also produce a
warning during the run and is therefore easy to detect. Also make sure that
you have not used the same tag for two different bibitems. That is, make
sure that two different \bibitem{#1} commands do not use the same
text for #1. You will probably not get a warning for this,
so this a more subtle error.