{incompatibility} is for questions about packages and document classes that are not compatible with each other or that need to be loaded in a specific order.
4
votes
1answer
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Clash between alltt and semantic and minus sign
Why does this code...
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{alltt}
\usepackage{semantic}
\begin{document}
\begin{alltt}
\(x-y\)
\end{alltt}
\end{document}
...give this error?
ERROR: TeX capacity ...
3
votes
1answer
55 views
Package conflict when using the combine document class
The following code demonstrates two types of errors, which I think are fundamentally the same. The code should format as is; now remove the % in front of \usepackage{semantic}. Reformatting fails to ...
5
votes
1answer
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(Nonfatal but Symptomatic) Conflict of amsmath and mathstyle Packages
This was brought to my attention by our colleague, Lover of Structure, but since it affects my scalerel package (which began using the mathstyle package to detect the current math style, as of version ...
3
votes
0answers
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revtex incompatible with dblfloatfix?
This minimal example makes my latex/pdflatex from MiKTeX (or TeX Live of a colleague) crash:
\documentclass{revtex4-1}
\usepackage{dblfloatfix}
\begin{document}
Hello World!
\begin{figure}
...
1
vote
0answers
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Conflicting commands in preamble
I am using the class IEEEtran for writing a journal. I have two conflicting commands in my preamble. The first command has been used by me for some time, though I have no idea why it should be there. ...
8
votes
1answer
111 views
How to disable \renewcommand
I've got a custom class derived from report. I defined some standard commands inside of it to reflect its specific, so they look like:
\newcommand\contentsname{Custom Content}
...
0
votes
0answers
68 views
Unable to use subfigure package together with subcaption packages [closed]
I am using following code to place two sub figures one below another but it is giving multiple error
\begin{figure}[ht]
\centering
\subfigure[Feb 25]{
...
5
votes
2answers
113 views
Conflict between ifxetex and ucs under pdflatex/xelatex - why?
I use TexLive 2012 (on Mac) and the following minimal example does not work:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{ifxetex}
\usepackage[mathletters]{ucs} % Need newline here!
\ifxetex
\else
\fi
...
11
votes
2answers
225 views
How to undo \usepackage?
I would like to use two packages which conflict with each others. I hope I can apply them separately whenever I need and then cancel them so as to solve the problem. Is it possible?
For example, I ...
7
votes
2answers
75 views
Chemfig package compatibility
Looking for help on the following problem:
I am trying to use chemfig package in my document, however after initial insertion had the following error:
!No room for a new \dimen.
I found No room ...
2
votes
2answers
65 views
enumitem conflict with french babel
The following crashes with the error:
! LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.
\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage[francais]{babel}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}
...
4
votes
1answer
47 views
Concatenating book chapters at the PDF level
There are some LaTeX packages which conflict with each other. When assembling a book from different chapters provided by different contributors, it might be not too easy to resolve these conflicts. In ...
1
vote
1answer
58 views
Dashed hline in longtabu (arydshln conflicts, does not work?)
I have a large table with the following requirements:
Spans multiple pages (currently using longtable)
The last column's text must wrap (using tabu's longtabu environment as tabularx does not ...
3
votes
2answers
36 views
Babel spanish option and fancyvrb incompatibility
The following MWE compiles without problems
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
\begin{document}
\SaveVerb{x>y}|x > y|
...
3
votes
2answers
54 views
Use of \GetIdInfoAuxI doesn't match its definition and other errors
I have several errors reported with this minimal example (latest TeX Live 2012).
The errors were introduced with recent TeX Live updates.
\RequirePackage[l2tabu, orthodox]{nag}
...
1
vote
0answers
62 views
glossaries vs hyperref conflict [closed]
I'm writing my thesis and I'm having some trouble with the package glossaries and some strange conflict with hyperref package.
If I load hyperref before glossaries in order to have links I cannot ...
1
vote
0answers
59 views
Incompatibilities with and alternatives to nath
I just discovered the existence of nath to auto-size mathematical expressions. But I also read that it has many incompatibilities and it also doesn't seem to be maintained anymore (last update was ...
6
votes
1answer
88 views
Incompatibility of the ocg-p package with the ocgcolorlinks option of the hyperref package
When I use the option ocgcolorlinks of the hyperref package together with the package ocg-p (MiKTeX + pdflatex), it looks like the ocgcolorlinks option becomes not working anymore (independently of ...
1
vote
0answers
67 views
Conflict between expl3.sty and breqn [duplicate]
I've encountered some problems using the breqn-package. I've allready read most of the topics on this forum about breqn but didn't find a solution.
When I use the breqn-package, the log-file produces ...
2
votes
1answer
61 views
soul package does not work with user-defined language shorthands
Using \caps from the soul package with user-defined language shorthands generates an error. However, it works fine with language shorthands defined by babel itself, e.g. by using ...
5
votes
0answers
69 views
Incompatibility between amsrefs and memoir?
I am having trouble trying to use amsrefs together with the memoir class. Here is a minimal example:
\documentclass{memoir}
\usepackage{amsrefs}
\begin{document}
Some text.
\end{document}
LaTeX ...
2
votes
1answer
294 views
How to fix this amsmath warning about redefining \vec
I am using the pss(b) template, which starts with,
\documentclass[pss]{wiley2sp} % provides pss two-column style
\usepackage{amsmath}
%\usepackage{bm} % uncomment these two packages if ...
1
vote
1answer
53 views
nath and biblatex incompatibility
I try to use nath and couldn't get it to work within my document. So I started to track down the error with a minimal and adding all packages that I use after and after. I saw that I can load every ...
6
votes
1answer
281 views
A problem with beamer, tikz and fonts
I am having a weird problem with beamer and tikz. The following MWE doesn't compile. Removing the \alert from the author line, or the \usepackage{tikz} or the math content in the frame is enough to ...
6
votes
1answer
105 views
Why do I need \newrefsegment when I already specify refsegment=section?
The following works well and shows exactly what I want. I am just wondering
about this: Why do I have to use \newrefsegment, if I already specified
refsegment=section? I expected everything to work ...
10
votes
1answer
152 views
What are best practices for package authors to deal with package conflicts?
One occasionally encountered problem with LaTeX is incompatibility between packages. What are best practices for package authors to deal with package conflicts?
For example:
What is the best way to ...
3
votes
0answers
71 views
Creating a dependency tree (\RequirePackage) for packages used in my document
Is there a way of creating a dependency tree for packages \RequirePackageing each other for those packages used in my document, ideally with the respective required options and version numbers? Are ...
3
votes
1answer
56 views
What to do when a package conflicts with a development version of another one?
I'm not sure about making this question here but I don't know where to do it.
I'm using cvs version of TikZ and from time to time I found it incompatible with some other packages based on its ...
2
votes
1answer
84 views
ulem incompatibility with multiple entries in \cite
Consider the LaTeX code:
\documentclass[aps,pre]{revtex4}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\begin{document}
\sout{
asdas~\cite{a1989, b2001}.
}
\bibliographystyle{apsrev4-1}
...
0
votes
1answer
113 views
Numbered citations in Tufte-Latex 3.5
Tufte-LaTeX 3.5 (compiling with PDFTexify)
I need to have my citations in the numbered format e.g. [1], [2], etc.
I tried adding the following to the preamble
\usepackage[numbers]{natbib} but get ...
15
votes
2answers
295 views
In which order should I load inputenc and fontenc?
When I’m using pdfLaTeX, my preamble usually contains
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
and
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
Should these two be loaded in any particular order? What problems could arise if ...
4
votes
1answer
66 views
how to get the ws-procs9x6 document class to work with subcaption package?
I have a problem concerning the ws-procs9x6 document class furnished by a conference.
I can't get it work with the caption & subcaption or even subfig packages to work with it, which is a problem ...
2
votes
1answer
184 views
Problem with algorithm(ic) and hyperref
The following code works ... fine!
\documentclass{book}
% \usepackage{subfig}
% \usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage{algorithm}
\usepackage[noend]{algorithmic}
...
4
votes
1answer
94 views
Clash between mhchem and breqn. Any way to dodge or fix?
The use of breqn causes the subscript numbers in chemical expressions, formatted by mhchem, to be exlargened and perhaps moved slightly making it look ugly.
Is there a way to avoid this or should I ...
2
votes
0answers
83 views
Conflict between luatex-ja and fontspec
I am using LuaLaTeX to write my thesis, because LuaLaTeX has better compatibility. However, now I found that there seems to be conflict between the package luatex-ja (which provides neccessary CJK ...
2
votes
0answers
105 views
MinionPro conflicting with amssymb
I am using the package MinionPro. But I need some symbols, for example, \gnapprox and \mho, available on the package amssymb.
Well, here is my code (as minimal as possible):
\documentclass{report}
...
1
vote
1answer
156 views
Debugging TikZ and PGFPlots compatibility issue
I just tried to compile an old TikZ code (which as far as I recall compiled perfectly in the past and was not changed in the meanwhile) and I faced some serious compilation issues related to TikZ.
...
0
votes
1answer
215 views
Clash between TIKZ and French Babel [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
tikz declare function and babel french option
I'm working on a document requiring both tikz and [french]Babel.
There is a clash between [french]Babel, and TIKZ:
No ...
7
votes
1answer
90 views
Command Name Conflict
In my preamble I have a newcommand definition using the following syntax:
\newcommand{\RN}{\bcR^{\bcN}}
This command lets me print R^N in the sort of boldface I like. I've used this command without ...
1
vote
0answers
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Conflict between TikZ package and memoir package - all packages updated [closed]
I am getting an error when I run memoir with the tikz package. I updated my TexLive distribution to the 2012 version so there should be no conflicting version problems. Memoir and tikz are both in ...
2
votes
1answer
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Using both titlesec and fncychap in the same document
I have created my thesis using fncychap to customize the chapters. There are also chapters starred created using chapter*{}. I would add an hrule in those chapters. As the user mafp suggested me, it ...
12
votes
3answers
293 views
Conflict between TikZ and university thesis class file
When compiling a document using my university's thesis class file and the TikZ package I receive an error message (missing number, treated as zero). Would someone know how I can solve this problem?
...
1
vote
0answers
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Are packages siunitx and xfrac incompatible? - “redefsymbols” [closed]
Is this a bug? Where can this be reported? Can someone of you report this?
Code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{xfrac}
\begin{document}
bla
\end{document}
Output:
...
3
votes
2answers
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Bug in Bjornstrup style of fncychap (the second line does not stretch until the end)?
I am using the \usepackage[Bjornstrup]{fncychap}. The problem I encountered is shown in figure . How can I fix it?
I tried changing the style file from:
409 \addtolength{\mylen}{-2\myhi}
to
...
5
votes
1answer
56 views
Conflict between listings and gb4e?
this code doesn't compile for me. Could it be a bug or is something wrong with my LaTex installation?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{gb4e}
\usepackage{listings}
...
5
votes
1answer
90 views
Conflicts with Datatool and babel (french)
I am having trouble compiling a latex document using an external CSV file with datatool and using the french language from the babel package.
The content of my latex file is:
...
4
votes
1answer
118 views
mtpro2 and tikzmark conflict
The \tikzmark command (as in here) does not work within the \PARENS command provided by the mtpro2 package.
Here is a MWE (requiring at least two runs):
\documentclass{article}
...
7
votes
1answer
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Conflict between MathTime Pro 2 and refcheck
The following MWE shows the problem:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[lite]{mtpro2}
\usepackage{refcheck}
\begin{document}
\begin{align}
a & \leq b
\end{align}
...
5
votes
1answer
177 views
Problem with tufte-book and subfigure
I'm having a problem using both the tufte-book class and the subfigure package. This problem started after a fresh install of texlive, and I can't find a reason for it.
Consider the following ...
18
votes
2answers
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Incompatibility between verbatim and tabu? (Danger of using \scantokens in a package)
With the following MWE
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{tabu}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\verbatim@processline
{%
\begin{tabu}to\textwidth{|l|X[-1,l]|}
...
