jadetex error (babel related?)

["D. Michael McFarland" <mcfarlan@xxxxxxxx>]

I'm a long-time TeX and LaTeX user trying to get an SGML system going
on a shoestring.  Jade and jadetex, and this list, have been godsends;
many thanks to all of you.

My current problem is that since upgrading to jadetex 0.55, running
jadetex on even a simple file produces a number of errors (and, in
most cases, a dvi file with extraneous text near the top when
printed).  I'll enclose the beginning of the log file below in the
hope that some of you can spot my error.  (jade runs quietly and the
RTF version of the output appears to be correct.)

Sigh.  I used to think I knew something about TeX....

Michael

---------------- START OF LOG FILE SNIPPET ----------------
This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (C version 6.1) (format=jadetex 98.2.1)  6 FEB 1998 09:01
**mcf
(mcf.tex
LaTeX2e <1996/12/01> patch level 1
Babel <v3.6h> and hyphenation patterns for american, german, loaded.
LaTeX Font Info:    Try loading font information for T1+ptm on input line 1.
(/usr/lib/texmf/texmf/tex/latex/psnfss/t1ptm.fd
File: T1ptm.fd 1996/01/28 Fontinst v1.504 font definitions for T1/ptm.
)
JADE TeX starts
Elements will be labelled

No file mcf.aux.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 12.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 12.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 12.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 12.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 12.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 12.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line 12.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 12.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 12.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 12.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 12.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 12.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OT2/wncyr/m/n on input line 12.
LaTeX Font Info:    Try loading font information for OT2+wncyr on input line 12
.
(/usr/lib/texmf/texmf/tex/latex/ot2cyr/ot2wncyr.fd
File: OT2wncyr.fd 1995/12/14 Washington Cyrillic. S Rahtz.
)
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 12.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for TS1/cmr/m/n on input line 12.
LaTeX Font Info:    Try loading font information for TS1+cmr on input line 12.

(/usr/lib/texmf/texmf/tex/latex/base/ts1cmr.fd
File: ts1cmr.fd 1997/01/14 v2.5a Standard LaTeX font definitions
)
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 12.
LaTeX Font Info:    Try loading font information for OT1+ptm on input line 12.

(/usr/lib/texmf/texmf/tex/latex/psnfss/ot1ptm.fd
File: OT1ptm.fd 1996/01/28 Fontinst v1.504 font definitions for OT1/ptm.
)
! Undefined control sequence.
<argument> \bbl@redefine@long 
                              \ifthenelse ##1##2##3{\let \bbl@tempa \pageref...
l.12 {36\p@}}
             
The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.

! Illegal parameter number in definition of \@gtempa.
<to be read again> 
                   \relax 
l.12 {36\p@}}
             
You meant to type ## instead of #, right?
Or maybe a } was forgotten somewhere earlier, and things
are all screwed up? I'm going to assume that you meant ##.

! Missing number, treated as zero.
<to be read again> 
                   ##
---------------- END OF LOG FILE SNIPPET ----------------

--
    D. Michael McFarland   <mcfarlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Vice President, Strategic Technologies Incorporated
    http://www.creativedestruction.com/


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