I am a total newbie - just starting with Latex. But it's a disappointing start!
I am trying \itemize and \enumerate with the extremely simple script
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}
\item This should be the first item.
\item This should be the second item.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
And I get, when using TexWorks+pdfLaTeX, the error message
! LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.
...
l.4 \item This should be the first item.
?
When using Sublime Text 3 with Latexing, I get as many as seven error messages - three for each of the two lines with \item and on for the the line \end{itemize}.
I have been reading the reference manuals and stackexchange, but the problem is so simply idiotic that nobody in history seems to have had it. I would greatly appreciate any tip or piece of advice, thanks in advance!
EDIT: I am posting the full .log-file as requested. As suspected there seems to be something wrong with fonts.
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (MiKTeX 2.9.6210 64-bit)
(preloaded format=pdflatex 2017.3.30) 31 MAR 2017 11:07
entering extended mode
**"C:/Luca's Documents/LaTeX/Sublime project exercising with latexing and
knitR
/Luca's Latexing page layout exercises.tex"
("C:/Luca's Documents/LaTeX/Sublime project exercising with latexing and
knitR/
Luca's Latexing page layout exercises.tex"
LaTeX2e <2017/01/01> patch level 1
Babel <3.9r> and hyphenation patterns for 75 language(s) loaded.
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\base\article.cls"
Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\base\size10.clo"
File: size10.clo 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
)
\c@part=\count79
\c@section=\count80
\c@subsection=\count81
\c@subsubsection=\count82
\c@paragraph=\count83
\c@subparagraph=\count84
\c@figure=\count85
\c@table=\count86
\abovecaptionskip=\skip41
\belowcaptionskip=\skip42
\bibindent=\dimen102
)
("C:\Luca's Documents\LaTeX\Sublime project exercising with latexing and
knitR\
Luca's_Latexing_page_layout_exercises.aux")
\openout1 = `Luca's_Latexing_page_layout_exercises.aux'.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 2.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 2.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 2.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 2.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 2.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 2.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line 2.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 2.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 2.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 2.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 2.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 2.
Missing character: There is no  in font cmr10!
Missing character: There is no in font cmr10!
Missing character: There is no  in font cmr10!
Missing character: There is no in font cmr10!
! LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
l.4 \item T
his should be the first item.
Try typing <return> to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type X <return> to quit.
! LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
l.4 \item T
his should be the first item.
Try typing <return> to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type X <return> to quit.
! LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
l.4 \item T
his should be the first item.
Try typing <return> to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type X <return> to quit.
LaTeX Font Info: Try loading font information for OMS+cmr on input line
4.
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\base\omscmr.fd"
File: omscmr.fd 2014/09/29 v2.5h Standard LaTeX font definitions
)
LaTeX Font Info: Font shape `OMS/cmr/m/n' in size <10> not available
(Font) Font shape `OMS/cmsy/m/n' tried instead on input line 4.
! LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
l.5 \item T
his should be the second item. Â
Try typing <return> to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type X <return> to quit.
! LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
l.5 \item T
his should be the second item. Â
Try typing <return> to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type X <return> to quit.
! LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
l.5 \item T
his should be the second item. Â
Try typing <return> to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type X <return> to quit.
Missing character: There is no  in font cmr10!
Missing character: There is no in font cmr10!
Missing character: There is no  in font cmr10!
Missing character: There is no in font cmr10!
! LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
l.6 \end{itemize}
Try typing <return> to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type X <return> to quit.
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knitR\
Luca's_Latexing_page_layout_exercises.aux") )
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.log
file?