is about finding the cause of errors or wrong results in (La)TeX code/documents using a methodical approach.
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1answer
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How to debug an infinite loop in pdfLaTeX code
I have some code which crashes when loading the myriadpro package and loading in the document only the symbol \oiint
\documentclass[]{scrbook}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{amsmath} %
...
12
votes
1answer
299 views
Are subcaption and tabularx incompatible?
I know that tex.sx isn't the forum for bug-reporting, but I have a bit of a problem and I'm looking for a technical workaround. The following MWE produces odd labels:
\documentclass{article}
...
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votes
2answers
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How do I debug pgfkeys?
I'm sure if you're reading this question you are already familiar with my love for pgfkeys. However, it is absolutely impossible to debug: \tracingmacros is a total mess, with every key expanding to ...
2
votes
1answer
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Debugging Advice: TeX Capacity Exceeded with TeXLive2011 (but not with TeXLive2010)
I have a feeling that this is going to be rather embarrassing when I eventually get to the bottom of this problem, but since I have been struggling with this for some time I am posting this question ...
3
votes
1answer
216 views
How can I check/debug a .cls file?
I am editing a .cls file in order to customize the output of a particular document. However, I am occasionally coming up against errors. Is it possible to check that my .cls file is valid (i.e. no ...
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vote
1answer
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Is that a bug between `xymatrix`, the `input` command and .sty file?
I have a problem compiling the following document.
First, I have a file macros.sty that consists of :
\newcommand{\test}{
\xymatrix@R=0mm{x}
}
Then, I have an auxiliary file out.aux that consists ...
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2answers
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Is plotting exponential graphs a known source of bugs in TikZ?
I want to plot $y = 2^x$ over a small domain. Unfortunately, even though tikz (v 2.1) seems to be able to calculate 2^{negative numbers} it is not plotting them correctly.
My minimal example is:
...
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votes
1answer
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Using pgfplots with a0poster
I want to use tikz/pgf to plot some graphs in a poster done with a0poster. That is the code:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[xlabel=lambda, ylabel=int]
\addplot[blue] table [mark=none, col ...
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vote
0answers
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Weird error in file converted from docx to txt by LibreOffice [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
LaTeX baffled by BOM---Unicode's byte order mark.
I have a large text file in .docx format, and I used LibreOffice to convert it to plain text so I could nicely ...
16
votes
5answers
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What tips and tricks are there for debugging TikZ/PGF code?
When answering questions here and when drawing my own complicated TikZ/PGF drawings, I've developed a fair number of "tips and tricks" for debugging the code. I'm sure that others have as well. I ...
2
votes
4answers
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Debugging - any packages that will draw individual line (and word) frame boxes?
I was just wandering if there is a package (or an option to a package, like \usepackage[showframe]{geometry}) that could emphasize/draw borders(/lines/frame) around each (and every) word; and/or each ...
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votes
1answer
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bug with page numbers when using soul package
I recently ran into a curious bug when using the soul package. I
managed to boil it down to the following example. The problem is that
the page numbers get messed up. In the example below, they should ...
7
votes
1answer
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Is there a \show for catcodes?
In the course of attempting to out-pedant another mathematician, I wanted to \show the catcode of $ to convince myself that it was a "special" character in ordinary TeX as well as LaTeX. I was just ...
1
vote
1answer
217 views
Help understanding/debugging spacing around headings (and other places)
I am trying to get my headings set up to meet my university's thesis formatting requirement. I'm using the titlesec package because it has the ability to suppress the spacing before the second heading ...
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vote
1answer
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Warning Message Using Revtex4 in Preamble
I was wondering what was the cause of the following warning! message with the documentclass below:
Using the following:
\documentclass[amssymb,twocolumn]{revtex4}
WARNING MESSAGE BELOW
Class ...
1
vote
0answers
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tikz bug in the automata package? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Strange arrow mark with TikZ edge and anchors.
The following code
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node (q0) [initial,state] {$q_0$};
\node (q1) [state,right ...
3
votes
1answer
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Strange persisting error, even after removing the code.
After doing some changes to my document, I get a “Runaway Argument” error on compilation. After undoing these changes the error persists. However, when I copy the code to a new file or rename the .tex ...
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votes
0answers
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TeXShop error panel for debugging deactivated. How to reactivate? [closed]
I use TeXShop regularly and somehow what I will call the "error panel"
has stopped appearing. For years, in TeXing, when I hit 'Typeset'
if there are any errors, a panel comes up, and tells me where ...
3
votes
2answers
269 views
Trace values of parameters
I would like to print the value of a register into the document for 'debugging' purposes. For counters I would use \arabic{myCounter}. But \abovedisplayskip is not a counter.
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vote
0answers
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How do I temporarily change the PGF version used? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Installing several versions of a package
This might be a more general question but I'm interested in the PGF implementation so I'll ask specifically. I have TikZ code ...
6
votes
2answers
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How do automatic overlay specification work in beamer?
I've tried reading the excellent Beamer user guide, but failed to understand.
I understand the basic idea: there's a counter beamerpauses that is advanced by a + inside an overlay specification. You ...
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votes
2answers
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How can I work around this TikZ bug?
I have some files with TikZ graphics that have suddenly changed appearance since I upgraded to PGF-2.10. Here is a minimal example:
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
...
18
votes
1answer
318 views
A “stacktrace” for errors
Is it possible to get some kind of "stacktrace" in TeX errors? I sometimes get errors which only show some deep LaTeX internals, but nothing about which LaTeX macro referenced it.
Thanks,
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votes
2answers
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Introspection and reflection with LaTeX/TeX macros
Below is a short program that can use \meaning and \string to let a combination of LaTeX and TeX commands to print out the listing of macros. Unsurprisingly (nothing can surprise me with TeX any ...
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votes
2answers
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\underfullrule?
I always use something like \overfullrule=1mm when I am writing Latex documents. I do read all warnings regarding overfull \hboxes, but I still prefer the visual output that very clearly shows exactly ...
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votes
2answers
570 views
hyperref incorrect links: how to debug?
Problem Statement. I am writing a large document that is too big to provide here for illustration. For the first hundred pages or so, the hyperlinks are correctly matched to the displayed text. For ...
23
votes
6answers
2k views
Reducing the console output of LaTeX
When I run pdfLaTeX, I get very verbose output:
(/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/frontendlayer/tikz/librarie
s/tikzlibrarycalc.code.tex)
...
Is there a script to soak up all the ...
5
votes
1answer
812 views
Defining a custom ‘wrapfig’ environment
[ This is an updated version of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3233031/latex-defining-a-custom-wrapfig-environment ]
The wrapfig package interacts badly with the setup and teardown done by \begin ...
2
votes
2answers
294 views
Meaningful error messages when using latex instead of pdflatex
When I have TikZ images or I include .png graphics, I need to use pdflatex instead of plain vanilla latex. (That is, I need to use pdflatex all the time, rather than just when I want to produce the ...
34
votes
2answers
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Is there a \show for lengths?
The \show command is extremely useful for figuring out what's going on with a particular macro. Similarly, using \the can tell me the value of a counter. I'd like to know if there's something ...
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votes
2answers
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How to best debug LaTeX?
..and I don't mean finding out why it doesn't compile, I mean serious debugging: breakpoints, figuring out value of variables at a given moment during run/compile, stepping, examining a stack (is ...
