{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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How to preview LaTeX equation or document in TexMaker?
My code:
\begin{document}
\begin{equation}
2*x+y
\end{equation}
\end{document}
I found that F2 can compile as LaTeX. Compile result:
Process started
Process exited with error(s)
...
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Why compilation with a lot of \lstinputlisting is so slow?
I'm using a lot of \lstinputlisting in my document and the compilation of it is really slow. Why it takes so long? How could I make things better?
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Increase LaTeX capacity
I am trying to compile a TeX file, but after a long time I got this message:
l.3593 ...temp.png}
If you really absolutely need more capacity,
you can ask a wizard to enlarge me.
Here is how much ...
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LaTeX code sniffer and/or beautifier?
I'm looking for a LaTeX code sniffer and/or code beautifier, because I'm creating a CI server for my LaTeX books and I wanted a few things. :D
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How to use 'makeglossaries'?
I try to make a glossary with the glossaries package. I understand that I have to run makeglossaries to display the glossary. (according to this link: "Processing the file will have to include a call ...
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1answer
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Each time that I compile, kile creates another Pdf with same file
I read this question
and I know that this not happens, if I use pdf viewers like evince or okular, but now I use FoxitReader because is lightweight and because I have Fedora 15 spin with LXDE and ...
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What reasons (if any) are there for compiling in interactive mode?
I'm a command-line junkie and often compile with a simple pdflatex filename.tex from a terminal, and I forget (or am too lazy) to type -interaction=nonstopmode or interaction=batchmode. Hence, when I ...
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LaTeX sourcefiles older than 5 years old. XeLaTeX fails
When compiling a LaTeX document with XeTeX, I get the following error:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
! You are attempting to make a LaTeX format from a source ...
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Looking for a web site or a tool to edit TeX and get instant preview in parallel [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there any way to get real-time compilation for LaTeX?
There are some online TeX editors which allow to type TeX source, compile it and see the output. I am looking ...
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I do not know the key '/tikz/insert path'
Trying to compile this example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
% A path that follows the edges of the current page
...
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Why does LaTeX change font each time I compile? [closed]
First time I compile the document the font in the entire document is the one specified for the section titles (larger than it should be in the rest of the document etc.) and some characters are wrong. ...
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Shell escape after PDF is finished and closed?
I like to escape to the shell using \write18 at the very end of the compilation after the PDF file got completely written and was closed, so that I can use it as part the shell command. Is this ...
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1answer
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Where can I find a list of the LaTeX command line options?
I am using MiKTeX 2.9 on Windows, and am working with TeXnicCenter. I can see in the build profiles that LaTeX can take command-line options, for instance:
--src -interaction=nonstopmode
Try as I ...
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votes
1answer
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Problem related to “hpdftex.pdf” [closed]
I am trying to use the following template for the CV.
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{moderncv}
\moderncvtheme[black]{classic}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
% personal data
\firstname{Yu,}
...
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Hyperref links in bibliography do not work
I added the hyperref package and got some errors. Thus I deleted the auxiliary files and compiled again. This time there were no errors, and the links work except in the cites (bibliography), where I ...
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votes
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Producing different versions of a document
I am writing a documentation for a software environment which will be composed of several subfile put together using the \include command.
The thing is, I would like to be able to output different ...
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Replacement for MiKTeX's texify in TeX Live
I used to use the texify command in MiKTeX on Windows.
I would, for example, run a command like:
texify --pdf --run-viewer file.tex
which, as I understand it, would produce a pdf, automatically ...
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votes
1answer
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Which switches are necessary to be specified when invoking latex?
By default TeXnicCenter activates --src -interaction=nonstopmode. The following screenshot shows the other switches but --src does not exist there.
Shortly speaking,
What is --src for?
Which is ...
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votes
1answer
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LaTeX compilation failure on Mac OS X from Python Script
I wrote a Python script to automate some LaTeX builds. Currently I develop/test on Mac OS X (did not try it on other UNIX flavors).
The particular execution function which should compile the LaTeX ...
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votes
1answer
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How to create pdf with command line using MiKTeX?
I downloaded and installed MikTeX on my machine (Windows 7), then when I run the command:
latex ex.tex
the outputs were:
ex.aux
ex.dvi
ex.log
So my question is, what option could I use to ...
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votes
2answers
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Can TeX post-process the PDF it produces?
This is a follow-up to Can LaTeX be persuaded to produce text output?. Having discovered that pdftotext is the way to go, I'm curious as to whether it is possible to have TeX invoke that command on ...
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votes
1answer
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Change to class file not reflected
I am using a class file to help document my thesis.I need to make some basic changes and I therefore go and edit my class file.I save it and then in Texnic Center when I do shift+ctrl+f5 I do not ...
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How to compile a document with EPS images using TeXnicCenter?
I have all my input images in EPS format. I am using TeXnicCenter. When I use latex->dvi output profile, all of the EPS images show up fine. However when I want to take the final output by using ...
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Speeding up minted compilation
I've been looking into speeding up my pdflatex compilation time and it's lighting fast now.
Only one thing's still very slow: compiling source code using the minted package.
I was wondering if ...
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vote
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Beamer compilation error, ps error [closed]
I have a presentation in beamer and I've used the trick with overlays, the one I asked about here.
And in other presentation everything worked. I compiled the document, first to dvi, and then to ps, ...
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votes
1answer
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Is pdflatex a one pass compiler?
I was wondering why pdflatex displays some references in the text as question marks the first time that the file is compiled? For instance, with bibliographies at the end of an article that are ...
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votes
1answer
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In TeXnicCenter I'm trying to produce a PDF but no output is being created
Very simple really.
I installed TeXnicCenter, Adobe Reader X and MiKTeX 2.9.
Tried to build a code in the PDF format. I get 4 new files but no .pdf file.
Yet another option listed as LaTeX => PS => ...
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votes
2answers
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Possible to avoid re-compilation of unmodified part of LaTeX document?
I have some TikZ code in my LaTeX document. Whenever I edit other parts in the LaTeX document, I recompile it. But repeating recompiling unmodified TikZ code can be time-consuming.
I was wondering ...
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vote
0answers
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Compilation problem after running bibtex [closed]
I'm having the following problem:
My document compiles properly before running bibtex. When I try to recompile after running the bibtex command it gave this compiling error:
Runaway argument?
...
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votes
3answers
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Compiling a LaTeX document manually
I've created LaTeX documents before using 'nice IDEs' such as TeXnicCenter and have a little experience in general with TeX, however, now I'm wondering about creating one "manually". By that, I mean ...
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vote
1answer
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Passing listing-environment as option to command
I have a simple command which takes one argument. Now I want to pass a small listing-environment to the command.
Here is the code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{listings}
\begin{document}
...
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thesis won't compile anymore! [closed]
I opened up my thesis this morning to compile and nothing happens! It worked fine Saturday. LyX hangs and when I exported to .tex and tried to compile with TeX Shop it also hangs.
here is the console ...
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votes
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Implementation of a C compiler in TeX ?
Seeing the many things already done with TeX, I wonder if anyone has implemented a C (or C++) compiler in TeX. This does not seem too far fetched as an experiment. I do not expect great performance.
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vote
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Easiest way for installing and using pdfLaTeX on Windows
Installing and using pdfLaTeX is straight forward on Linux since you can select an install from the synaptic package manager and then use the command prompt. In Windows it seems a bit more complicated ...
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votes
2answers
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How to redirect SAS output to LaTeX?
I'm wondering how can the SAS output directly be redirect to LaTeX as we can do by using Sweave with R. Thanks
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vote
1answer
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Has anyone got a LyX 2 precompiled for Windows?
I've been trying to compile LyX 2 myself but I can't start the resulting executable (the Resources directory is missing a lot of subdirectories). I don't know what the problem is, I exactly followed ...
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votes
1answer
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Output quality of various compilation methods
I read from the LaTeX WikiBook that in order to achieve the highest quality output we should choose the shortest compilation route. However I found no clear explanation for this, except the vague ...
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votes
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Telling LaTeX where to compile to from inside your document?
Here is a hypothetical scenario. I want to make a beamer presentation and a handout for that presentation. I start my file as follows:
\newif\ifhandout
\handouttrue
\ifhandout
...
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votes
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Having a LaTeX PDF display the date the document was printed, not compiled…
I have been looking around for quite some time trying to find a way for a PDF (created using XeTeX) to adjust the date accordingly by the date it was printed - not compiled. I am familiar with \date, ...
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votes
1answer
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Compiling partial documents (without document tags)
I am getting some colleagues to migrate from Word to LaTeX for technical documents, but old habits die hard.
I am looking for a way to compile each LaTeX document partially without document tags, so ...
3
votes
1answer
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Make use of two BibTeX libraries in one document
I am trying to make use of two bibtex libraries in the same document for my thesis:
one for books (filename: literatur.bib)
one for internet resources (filename: internetquellen.bib)
but on ...
6
votes
2answers
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How to disable the prompt on error?
When pdflatex can't compile a file, it drops me to a prompt. I've never used it and always try to get away from there as quickly as possible, usually generating a q.log file in the process.
Is there ...
3
votes
1answer
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LaTeX doesn't pick up changes to style file
I installed the widetext package and was happily using it until I decided to edit the style file widetext.sty. Happily, LaTeX immediately picked up the changes and compiled correctly. I then decided ...
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votes
1answer
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How to makeglossaries with TeXworks?
I am using TeXworks to edit my LaTeX files. I currently use the pdfLatex+MakeIndex+BibTeX which calls the texify (it is the standard configuration). How to configure this option to call the ...
3
votes
1answer
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What could cause repeated NULL characters in an .aux file? [closed]
I have a LaTeX document that was compiling fine until this evening. I was playing around with synctex and latexmk when I noticed the error, but I'm not sure what is causing it.
There are over 100 of ...
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votes
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How do I run bibtex after using the -output-directory flag with pdflatex, when files are included from subdirectories?
When I have master pdflatex file which includes one or more child documents using something like \include{include/childdoc}, and I call pdflatex on it using pdflatex -output-directory=out parent.tex, ...
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votes
2answers
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TeX compilers/wrappers and robustness
Please see this post for context.
We can use texi2dvi to get LaTeX to compile the correct number of times, and to insert a bibtex call into the loop if necessary. rubber is another wrapper script ...
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votes
1answer
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Conditional compilation of beamer slides
I'm preparing a beamer slideshow, and I will have to print slides.
I would rather use landscape mode slides, but it is possible that I need to use portrait mode ones. Sadly, I won't know until a few ...
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votes
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texify: how to invoke bibtex8 instead of bibtex?
Suppose that I need to run
bibtex8.exe -B -c cp1251.csf
or something like that in order to produce correct bibliography list; cp1251.csf comes with the gost package but it makes no difference in the ...
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votes
1answer
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TeXworks can't compile any .tex document
I've just installed TeXworks on new computer (with ubuntu 10.4). It seems all required texlive packages are installed, in any case I can compile .tex documents using terminal. But in TeXworks while ...
