diff --git a/Manual_tools/src/latex_converter_config/html/latex.sty b/Manual_tools/src/latex_converter_config/html/latex.sty
index f34becad90c..130d8ad8c48 100644
--- a/Manual_tools/src/latex_converter_config/html/latex.sty
+++ b/Manual_tools/src/latex_converter_config/html/latex.sty
@@ -910,6 +910,7 @@ td.TocChapter          { font-weight: normal; }
 \newcommand{\|}{\parallel}
 \newcommand{\neg}{\lcRawHtml{ ¬ }}
 \newcommand{\backslash}{\verb+\+}
+\newcommand{\slash}{\verb+/+}
 
 \newcommand{\aleph}{\lcRawHtml%
     { <IMG BORDER=0 WIDTH=8 HEIGHT=13 ALIGN=BOTTOM SRC="cc_aleph.gif"> }}
diff --git a/Manual_tools/src/latex_to_html b/Manual_tools/src/latex_to_html
index df876d3d806..c51fc275319 100755
--- a/Manual_tools/src/latex_to_html
+++ b/Manual_tools/src/latex_to_html
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ convert() {
     lgout -n ", "
     lgout -n "creating stage 2 anchor rules"
     # bottom up propagation of rule sets
+    touch cc_anchor_rules.stage_0
     for dir in ${AllSubDirsPostfix} ; do
         vout -n " "$dir
         \touch ${dir}/cc_anchor_rules.stage_2  # necessary to make stage_3 work