{compiling} is about the process you must go through to convert your TeX from .tex source files into your output document format, be it pdf, dvi, or something completely different.
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Write to logfile
I want to write some things to the log file. What is the best practice for this? Is it \message{} or \typeout{} or what?
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Compiling a document with PGFplots processing only every x-th data point? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to select a finite number of samples from the file when plotting using pgfplot
Compiling my document with many PGF Plots, each containing thousands of data points ...
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(La)TeX Web browser [closed]
I had an idea this morning and would like to share and to know if someone has already developed it somewhere!
A Mozilla group is currently building a JavaScript Application able to transform any PDF ...
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latexmk / imakeidx interoperational efficiency
imakeidx and latexmk are two of my favorite utilities of all TeX-time, especially in the face of book-size compilations (super thanks @egreg and @John Collins!). Apart from ease of producing multiple ...
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How to compile a file in ConTeXt, but output the results to a text file?
I have some files which contains data with ConTeXt syntax, e.g. containing macros and instructions for special symbols, but no preamble, sections, or other features tying the data to any particular ...
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How to compose and compile separate .tex files into a single article/book? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I divide my book into different project without repeating myself?
I want to compose and compile separate .tex files without repeat the preamble in every source ...
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TeXworks + pdflatex + PSTricks autopp suffix problem
I have managed to make PSTricks work with TeXworks. However after compilation it adds -autopp to the basename of the pdf file, e.g. report.pdf becomes report-autopp.pdf. As a result TeXworks is not ...
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1answer
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Easy way to find the location of a compilation error?
When I compile my project with pdflatex, I get to see at which line the error has occurred, but the file is it claims the error has occurred in is incorrect since it always just says that it has ...
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Homework generation [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Conditional typesetting / build
I have a database of LaTeX homework questions like this:
question1
question2
question3
etc
Is it possible to create a flag to ...
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Beamer conditional pdf file generation
I would like to know if there is a method to generate beamer pdf presentation based on conditions. For example:
-Main Beamer presentation:
Slide 1
Slide 2
Slide 3
Slide 4
Slide 5
-For the first ...
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1answer
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Multibib with TeXworks: how to parse second .aux file?
I need to use the multibib package to create a double bibliography document.
I am currently working with TeXworks 0.4.3 (on Windows 7), but I cannot make the double bibliographies system work.
The ...
2
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1answer
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Errors in tables then runaway argument at \begin{document}
I am new to LaTeX and keep having this re-occurring problem. I create a table and notice a mistake (incorrectly specifying the number of columns or something) because the pdf won't compile (I am using ...
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Latex errors when compiling
I have a general question on reading latex errors. (I am not a very experienced latex user.) I guess I have two questions:
When I compile a file with latex, it writes a lot of junk to my terminal. Is ...
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Error after compiling [closed]
Every time I try to compile my TeX code to PDF the compiler runs and at the end there is a message like:
process ends with an error
But neither the log file nor the error message shows me the ...
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2answers
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Check if pdf is up to date for git pre-commit hook?
It'd be really nice to do a git commit -m "some stupid broken commit" and get back a refusal from git, because the latest version of the document hasn't been successfully compiled yet (ie. changes ...
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vim-latex: “I can't write on …” error
I am using vim-latex. I compile TeX document using \ll command, then \lv to view it. It generates a PDF file. So far, so good. The problem starts when I try to modify my TeX file and compile it again ...
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latexmk precompiler options
Are there any precompiler options for latexmk I can use inside my LaTeX source files? (For instance, to tell latexmk to compile using XeLaTeX instead of PDFLaTeX.) I know how to do that with the ...
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pdflatex / xelatex -output-directory and subdirectories when using \include
When I include a file from a subdirectory with \include{subdir/sub} and compile the file with pdflatex -output-directory .tex_test/ main.tex, pdflatex complains, that it can't write to ...
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Executables of formats, engines and executables of engines
Each format has its executable/command, which compiles tex files
into a document in dvi, pdf etc.
For example
for TeX (proper), what is its executable?
for Plain TeX, its executable is tex which ...
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How to typeset the whole article efficiently? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Undefined citation warnings
Question mark instead of citation number
I am a new user of LaTeX. I am writing a paper using TeXworks, using Jabref for the bibliography. ...
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Problem compiling with TeXLive
I am a Ubuntu user, and recently I had a problem with my upgrade from an older version of Ubuntu to a newer one, so I had to wipe everything out and start back from scratch. Unfortunately, that ...
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Too many compiles when using latexmk with mpgraphics
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mpgraphics}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
.
\label{fig:a}
\caption{a}
\end{figure}
\begin{mpinline}
draw (20,20)--(0,0)--(0,30)--(30,0)--(0,0)
\end{mpinline}
...
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Meaning of “Macro packages”, “TeX engines” and “Distributions” of TeX
I was wondering what relations and differences are between "Macro packages", "TeX engines" and "Distributions" of TeX？
I saw these concepts when looking at the following table at the end of this ...
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VIM LATEX error when compiling [closed]
I have been using TeXniccenter for a long time, and wanted to try using VIM with the latex suite since it seems very fast when you get the hang of it.
My problem is that when I create a new ...
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TeXnicCenter quick build
I use TeXnicCenter to build my LaTeX documents under Windows 7.
I usually have 3-4 tabs open in TeXnicCenter corresponding to the different sections of my document.
To build my document I have to go ...
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Why is it necessary to compile 4 times when using bibliography?
I am writing a paper with TexMaker and I and handling the bibliography apart in a bibliography.bib as I think it is more efficient and clean.
To include it I need to set the command
...
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How do you get the plaintext from a rendered LaTeX document? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
LaTeX to plain text for e.g. generation of statistics
I have my resume done up in LaTeX, which I usually publish as a pdf with pdfLaTeX. However, one potential employer ...
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Using a .bat file with TeXlipse
I use TeXlipse as editor of my choice.
Since I use the nomencl package, I added a .bat file in TeXlipse preferences:
@echo off
pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode main.tex
makeindex ...
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1answer
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Using Bibtex with LyX help [closed]
I am currently using LyX, and I have a .bib file with all of my BibTeX references. Everything seems to work fine at first, but then goes terribly wrong when I try to view the pdf.
I have added the ...
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1answer
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Strange compilation problem using adjustwidth environment from changepage package
The following code gives a compilation error.
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{changepage}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Text1}
\begin{adjustwidth}{1cm}{2cm}
\section{Text2}
Text3
\begin{quote}
...
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Stop LaTeX compile with a command?
Is there a way to stop the compile process through the use of a command? Something like:
\exception{This is a user-set exception. Compile halted.}
So when performing the compile process, the ...
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0answers
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Very long execution time for simple text [closed]
The process of pdfLaTeX is extremely time consuming. It takes 12 seconds to compile the simple "Hello Word" text (no figure, no table, no nothing). I have tested both TeXmaker and TeXnicCenter with my ...
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3answers
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LaTeX with Sublime Text 2
I recently (2 days back) started using LaTeX, I use Sublime Text 2 (ST2) for most of the programming. I found that ST2 has LaTeX package. So what I am doing is write the document with ST2 and run it ...
0
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2answers
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Problems with compiling a lyx document (error is related to limits of sum)
I am having problems compiling a lyx document I created, the problem seem to be with the limits on the summation I made, can someone please tell me how can I fix this problem ?
The problems are in ...
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Compilation issue with pdfLaTeX and auto-pst-pdf
I am using a lot of png/jpg images in a document, so I decided to use pdfLaTeX. The main issue of this approach is that PSTricks is not directly supported. Since I found a package (auto-pst-pdf) ...
0
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1answer
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Bibliography not printed at the end of the book
I'm having a problem with printing the bibliography at end of a book. The main .tex file is
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}
\usepackage{amsmath, amsthm, amssymb}
\usepackage{url}
...
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Memory limit reached - Precompile .tikz plots - How to output pdf with papersize near to image [closed]
Okay, well I have a problem my .tex file has reached the memory limit. Now I tried to change the memory limit /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf however that does not work. It keeps saying pdflatex> ...
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votes
1answer
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Running class and bst file through command line/shell script
I am trying to run the latex project: http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform/sigchi-papers-latex-template/at_download/file through command line. I have written a shell script(*.sh file), where ...
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Large document edited by a dozen people
We, a team of 12 people, plan to write a 50 pages paper. The paper will be divided into chapters. Usually, no more than 2 or 3 people will work on a given chapter.
Having one large file will create ...
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How to tell when to use pdflatex, latex, and xelatex for any given tex file?
I'm writing an automatic compiling pipeline that should be able to compile any given tex file into a pdf. The diversity of the input tex files mainly shows up in what format of figures they use and ...
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0answers
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Unable to run LaTeX compiler and tools in the Terminal [closed]
I cannot use latex, bibtex, pdftex commands on Terminal although I have already installed LaTeX on my computer. What about that?
I have a MacOX SnowLeopard computer. I have installed LaTeX ...
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1answer
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Different compilation times with different Operating Systems
I have noticed that when compiling or rather typesetting with XeLaTeX, I experience very different compilation times on different Operating Systems.
When I typeset on Windows, the compilation process ...
14
votes
3answers
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Hiring someone to help me with LaTeX for my PhD thesis
I do not know whether this is an appropriate question, but I was carrying it around for quite some weeks and now it just has to come out.
I am working on my PhD thesis. My thesis will include a long ...
2
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1answer
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In TeXnic center, is there a command can I use to point to exactly the place in the article where I made a LaTeX error?
I know this probably could be a very elementary question, but I am a very beginner in LaTeX. I am using LaTeX in windows on a PC. I am using teXniC center and MikTeX for writing a laTeX article. When ...
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Does LaTeX have to reprocess included files that haven't changed?
I have included several .tex files (they do not contain the header code like documentclass, begin and end document, etc). When I include the file using \include everything works. But if I recompile ...
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1answer
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textpos error with newenvironment{aside} and xelatex
I'm using xelatex with texlive 2011 vanilla on the latest ubuntu precise pangolin.
I fork and try to use the great cv template from https://github.com/afriggeri/cv
This template uses TikZ for the ...
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0answers
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TeXworks won't make a pdf file [closed]
I compile and then a message appears telling me that "PDF is damaged or has a format not compatible". What can I do?
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Why does Latex/Bibtex need three passes to clear up all warnings?
As explained by Andy Roberts, if you need to compile a new document with bibtex citations, then you need to run latex three times, and bibtex once:
latex document
bibtex document
latex document
latex ...
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Avoid linebreaks in LaTeX console / log output
Is it possible to tell the LaTeX command not to use line breaks in its console / log output?
This would make it easier to automate the processing of the log file, e.g. extracting the names of missing ...
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Running several latex processes in parallel
I am working on an experiment running LaTeX on server to compile some documents on the fly. Assuming I want to have several workers waiting for documents to be compiled, are there any access issues in ...
