{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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TeX works very slowly
LaTeX compiler on my Debian system works very slowly. For example, file including only a few lines of text compiles several minutes. All this time LaTeX does something, but what exactly it does is ...
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generating LaTeX tabular code during compilation
I use LaTeX for scientific reporting in brain imaging (fMRI). I have a tabular array in LaTeX, that contains quite a lot of rows and columns, which both are brain regions and in the each intersecting ...
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much time in compiling document latex [closed]
I have a problem in compiling my document. It takes much time in compiling and when I stop this this error appear:
! File ended while scanning use of \@writefile.<inserted text>\par ...
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How/where to test my template document?
I've created a sort of a template for a Ph.D. thesis at my faculty (a document class, a main thesis.tex file and some dummy content). The faculty's Linux server doesn't have a full TeX distro (e.g. no ...
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Why doesn't latexmk handle errors in the preamble?
Today I discovered that if I have an error in the preamble of my tex file then Latexmk produce an error only once.
Precisely, for example if my file looks like this
\documentclass{article}
...
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Long Execution Time with pdfLaTeX on Mac OS X [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Fast PNG embedding using pdflatex
I'm using pdfLaTeX on Mac OS X v10.7.3, and I've added about 25 PNG images to a LaTeX document that is roughly 35 pages long. The ...
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Variability in the line spacing of paragraph breaks?
Don't know how to describe my problem properly, but there seems to be a variablility in the line spacing of paragraph breaks, with my settings or generally or anything. Since I don't know what is ...
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Included graphics is not shown [closed]
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[polish]{babel}
%\usepackage{indentfirst}
%\usepackage{fullpage}
\usepackage{graphics}
...
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How to exploit externalized images runtime-wise?
Thanks to the valiant efforts of @zeroth, I got TikZ' externalization running with todonotes, TikZ images pieced together by environments and macros and my homebrew compilation script. In particular, ...
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Endless compilation with TikZ. Bug? [closed]
If I try to compile this,
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node [rectangle, % <-- there's a syntax error
...
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0answers
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I can´t compile/run with Texmaker [closed]
I´ve just installed TeXMaker, and it just doesn´t work. I´ve checked the manual and it says that I have to select the command in the file browser. Which command? I´m starting with all this and I need ...
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Error when using \begin{RÉSUMÉ}
I write a paper in French, I add a package \usepackage[english,francais]{babel} to use a French but when I write:
\begin{RÉSUMÉ} abstract in french \end{RÉSUMÉ}
I get the error:
! LaTeX Error: ...
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Using Sublime Text 2 for LaTeX [closed]
Is anybody using Sublime Text 2? I use it quite frequently for coding, it by far my favourite editor. But I never used it for LaTeX. There is a package called LaTeXTools for editing and viewing LaTeX ...
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0answers
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make flashmode work [closed]
I am not sure whether this is an appropriate question for tex.SE. Anyway: I am trying to use Flashmode, which I discovered reading the answers to this question.
Unfortunately I am not able to make it ...
2
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0answers
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Will TikZ compilation become faster? [closed]
I find that TikZ compilations are rather slow. I often work with old computers and the LaTeX compilation is very fast but TikZ slows down the process. Externalizing the graphics helps but making a ...
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Delete .aux file in order to successfully compile
From time to time I need to prepare presentations, and I use the beamer class plus the minted package.
I would like to know why sometimes I need to delete the aux file generated by pdflatex to ...
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Issues when compiling TeX files with Vim and LaTeX-suite
I'm having problems compiling a TeX file with LaTeX-suite on Ubuntu.
In my .vimrc, I have the following lines :
filetype plugin on
set grepprg=grep\ -nH\ $*
filetype indent on
let ...
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Precompile header with xelatex
I read about precompiling the preamble in http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/15606/4918 and it worked fine with pdflatex but how can I do this for xelatex?
I tried
xelatex -ini -shell-escape ...
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1answer
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When compiling in ConTeXt, context vs texexec
I'm interested in learning ConTeXt. In the past I've mainly used LyX, and a bit of LaTeX recently. I was reading Berend de Boer's introduction to ConTeXt, and pretty much the first thing he said about ...
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Post-commit service hook for GitHub repository containing LaTeX?
This question is related to Compiling documents online.
I store my LaTeX documents in a git repository on GitHub. Is there a web service which offers a post-commit hook for GitHub which automatically ...
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ligature with special characters: fī
I am using a lot of special characters such as ā, ī, ū, š, ṣ, ḥ, ḫ and so on. I just spotted that sometimes this causes problems with ligatures for example the fi-ligature, if the dot on the i is a ...
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1answer
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What shell commands are executed by LyX View menus?
For a variety of reasons, I'm using LyX as my primary LaTeX document creation tool, but I want to avoid doing things or relying on features of LyX that make it hard to use other tools as well. While ...
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1answer
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How to control the PDF output based on the compiler being used?
I have a batch file that will compile the same input file with 3 compilers one after another as shown below. This mechanism is used to see the file size of the resulting PDF (before and after ...
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votes
1answer
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Require a certain (or later) version of a package?
Is there a way to enforce that a certain version, or a later version, of a package is loaded when building the document? I've found that compiling a document on another platform, where the package ...
2
votes
1answer
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Compiles to PDF but not DVI
I just installed TeX Live on Ubuntu 10.04 using the install-tl-unx.tar.gz package. However, when I tested the installation I noticed that it cannot compile to DVI but it can compile to PDF.
My ...
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How to jump from a line in a .ps file to the corresponding line in the .tex file
I have TeXnicCenter and GSview. If I have a .tex file house.tex, and the resulting PostScript file house.ps, I'd like to be able to jump from a line in house.ps to the corresponding line in house.tex ...
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Does ConTeXt ever require multiple passes to compile?
When I compile my ConTeXt document with context file.tex, it seems that the compiler compiles the code several times. I have never noticed any messages, common in pdflatex, asking me to compile the ...
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votes
1answer
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Interweave .tex files to create single PDF
I have three .tex files.
contains all the verses in a document in this format: \subsection*{वृद्धिरादैच् 1.1.1} \label{1.1.1}
contains explanation 1
contains explanation 2
Is there a way to merge ...
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1answer
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Call pdflatex with a stream
When creating LaTeX-driven reports, I would like to skip writing LaTeX sources to the disk prior to compilation and cleaning up afterwards. Can a stream be sent to pdflatex somehow?
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How to test --jobname compilation option within latex file
Due to some commands in my preamble (\synctex=1,\makenomenclature,\settocdepth{subsection}) which are not fully compatible with --jobname procedure, I would like to add a test before these three line ...
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TeXnicCenter does not compile a document [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix the error “GUI framework cannot be initialized” with TeXnicCenter and MiKTeX?
I checked the net, but haven't found a solution so far.
I'm using ...
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1answer
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Bypass % !TEX TS-program =
Some LaTeX editors (TeXShop and TeXworks, for instance) allow a special comment line to define a default engine to use with a current document, like this :
% !TEX TS-program = pdflatex
It's really ...
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0answers
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Why after compiling twice, the table of contents is still missing in pdf file? [closed]
I am compiling a LaTeX file with 10 chapters and a table of contents. I have added the following in the first page.
But why is the table of contents still missing?
\pdfbookmark[1]{TABLE OF ...
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Why won't my glossaries print?
I have a look around online and at other posts however I haven't been able to find a solution to this problem. Here is the code I'm using:
\documentclass[a4paper,final]{report}
\usepackage{epsfig}
...
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How to make the moderncv templates from CTAN work in Ubuntu 11.10
I am trying to use moderncv on Ubuntu 11.10. The class is in texlive-latex-extra but it seems to be an old version and it does not recognize some new commands.
I would like to either upgrade the ...
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1answer
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makeglossaries hangs waiting for input on mac
I'm very new to Latex so apologies if this is a newbie question. However I have looked around online and can't find an answer.
I'm trying to compile my file in TeXShop (on mac) using the following ...
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5answers
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Speed up LaTeX compilation on a document with lots of automatically created tables
I know that similar ground has been covered before (e.g. Speeding up LaTeX compilation), but this question is more specific.
I want to create some reports programmatically, so I wrote a program that ...
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0answers
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Bugs in the Gummi (beta) version for Windows [closed]
I'm a beginner in LaTeX typesetting, and I'm learning with the help of Gummi's live preview editor, installed on Windows 7. As suggested by the developers I am using TeX Live, not MiKTeX, as my Latex ...
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vote
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compiler can't find file on cifs/Samba share [closed]
I am unable to compile LaTeX files whenever they are on a particular network drive. I am using ubuntu lucid and mount a samba share in fstab like so:
//domain.com/me$ /home/me/H_DRIVE cifs ...
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0answers
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AutoLaTeX or LaTeXMk? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Tools for automating document compilation
I stumbled upon AutoLaTeX today and it seems to be very similar to LaTeXMk indeed. Can you point out some differences, and give ...
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Diagram / Infographic of TeX & friends?
So, I recently delved into LaTeX for a project at work. But I’m come from the XML+XSL world, and some of LaTeX’s design is kind of difficult for me to grok.
(I’m not interested in debating the ...
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votes
2answers
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How to clean up .table and .gnuplot using latexmk
I'm using latexmk as my building assistance. I'm also trying to use it as the clean-up contractor... In .latexmkrc I added:
$pdf_previewer = "open -a /Applications/Skim.app";
$clean_ext = "rel paux ...
5
votes
1answer
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How can I see why a file isn't compiling somewhere else, if it does in my machine?
I'm attempting to submit a paper using the Elsevier Editorial System in LaTeX, and in the final step before submission it builds a file with information, the cover letter, and hopefully the ...
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0answers
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Does anyone know what the other files that come with compiling are? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Prevent pdflatex from writing a bunch of files.
Whenever I hit "compile" on MikTeX 2.8, I get a bunch of files I don't need like .aux, notepad files.
Is there a way to ...
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1answer
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Could someone help with me LaTeX ? I don't know why it isn't compiling
I am new to LaTeX and i guess computer science in general. I am trying to generate a pdf with an image. I am having a lot of problems. I use MiKTeX 2.8
Here is what I entered
\documentclass{report}
...
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2answers
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Multiple indexes in LaTeX
I am familiar with the creation of multiple indexes using the multind package. One of the required steps is to run the makeindex executable for each generated .idx file. A typical solution would be do ...
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0answers
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Creating multiple PDF files from a single LaTeX file [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to create individual chapter PDFs
In my LaTeX file, I have
\chapter{chapter one}
\chapter{chapter two}
\chapter{chapter three}
etc.
I wonder if there is a way ...
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votes
1answer
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Document not compiling correctly [closed]
I've compiled a LaTeX document successfully by typing
latex documentname.tex
into terminal when in the correct working directory. The document successfully compiles. I'm using TexLive.
I then make ...
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votes
1answer
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How can I compile different .tex file on click on typeset in TeXShop? (MacTeX 2011)
My problem is that I want to have different .tex files for the preamble, the presentation aroundings (my target is a beamer PDF file) and the content of the presentation.
Mostly I'll be working on ...
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2answers
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Build Sequence to create a PDF with citations from .bib
I seem unable to configure TexMaker's quick build so that if I have a .bib file, and a .tex file in a directory, and I click 'Quick Build' once, I get a PDF.
Can someone either tell me the sequence ...
