Hi, using the previously posted example and adding \usepackage{german} results in something like (indexentry :tkey ( ( \active@dq \dq@prtct{E}uler\errhelp {Use `` for a simple double quote character.}\errmessage {german: The command ") is undefined}``) ) : attr \errhelp {Use `` for a simple double quote character.}\errmessage {german: The command "d is undefined}``definition\errhelp {Use `` for a simple double quo te character.}\errmessage {german: The command "\space is undefined}`` :locref \errhelp {Use `` for a simple double quote character.}\errmessage {german: The c omm -- Maybe Bernd knows more about that. BTW, I used [Package `german', Version 2.5c of 96/05/01], if it is a problem of our installation here. Bye. ====================================================================== Roger Kehr kehr@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de Computer Science Department Technical University of Darmstadt