Brian Candler schrieb: >>This is my first time into the world of Ruby. I was interested in erb and so >>I copied part of a code fragment from the PickAxe book > > > Unfortunately, Amazon haven't dispatched mine yet, so I can't see exactly the > example you are copying. > > erb suffers from poor documentation. One way to make your example work is > by using a different syntax: the % ruby-line syntax is unfortunate IMO, it prevents using ERB with latex-files ... -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Fritz Heinrichmeyer FernUniversitaet, LG ES, 58084 Hagen (Germany) tel:+49 2331/987-1166 fax:987-355