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Latexdiff Missing \begin{document} error [closed]
Disclaimer: I have very little knowledge of programming, but I have started using LaTeX and need to use it to track changes for revisions. latexdiff was working fine for me and I got a nice output ...
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Installation/usage of latexdiff on Windows 7
Description
I'm new to both Perl and latexdiff. I'd like to use latexdiff to track changes between versions of my LaTeX documents. However I couldn't get it to work.
I have MikTeX 2.9, and ...
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latexdiff produces invalid output
I am not sure what am I doing wrong. The two documents I am comparing compile without errors. However when I run latexdiff on the two, the output does not compile. The error I get when trying to ...
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Diff between 2 files
I've read many threads about generating diffs between pdf files. They work great, but I have a problem. If a chapter gets dislocated by one page it automatically thinks that this is something new, ...
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Problem executing script for latexdiff
I am a LaTeX beginner and new to Scripting. I try to implement this interesting solution for latexdiff and multiple files found in this question-answer before I begin writing my phd thesis. However ...
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Problem regarding Latexdiff, Perl and MikTex 2.9 on Win7 [closed]
I try to implement this interesting solution for latexdiff and multiple files. There are other questions regarding missing perl scripts but I cannot relate them or their solutions to my problem (i.e. ...
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Location of output file for scm-latexdiff
I want to use scm-latexdiff to automatically generate the diff between two versions of a latex file. However, when running scm-latexdiff, it seems to do the job, but I can't find the location of the ...
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When using latexdiff, is there a way to generate a list of pages that contain changes?
I have tried redefining \DIFaddbegin et al. with todo (todonotes) or index (makeidx) calls by using the preamble below, but I'm not getting anything.
%DIF PREAMBLE EXTENSION ADDED BY LATEXDIFF
%DIF ...
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Problems with installing latexdiff
I have a mac book air and tried to use macports to install latexdiff. I used the command
sudo port install latexdiff
The installation seemed to work fine, but when I tried to use latex diff I get ...
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error “latexdiff: The Perl Script could not be found.”
I have MikTeX 2.9 installation and Strawberry Perl 5.10.1.5.
All the latexdiff, latexdiff-fast, latexidff-so paths seem to be present in the scripts.ini file and their .exe files in the ...
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latexdiff problem in MikTex 2.8 after update: “Perl script not found” [closed]
Some days ago, I've updated my Miktex 2.8 installation (on Windows 7). However, since doing that I have problems with latexdiff (it did work before). When I run it, I get:
latexdiff: the Perl script ...
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Problem using latexdiff and pdflatex with custom command
Using latexdiff I have the problem, that by adding new \section, I get the following error by trying to run pdflatex.
! Argument of \UL@word has an extra }.
<inserted text>
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ConTeXt equivalent of latexdiff
I was just wondering if anyone knows of a ConTeXt equivalent to latexdiff?
For those not familiar with latexdiff: it is a Perl script that marks up differences between 2 latex files. It is included ...
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Force latexdiff not to parse tikzpicture environments
Is it possible to force latexdiff not to parse TikZ figures? When I run latexdiff on a document where there is something like
\begin{figure}
\begin{tikzpicture}
...
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{figure} ...
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is there an option in latexdiff to ignore whole environments?
I need to highlight the difference between two rather complex math tex-files and get a lot of errors. The files are complex in the math equations, fair enough to get errors, but what if I would like ...
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latexdiff produces invalid output from changes to \multirow
A co-worker and I are hoping to start using latexdiff for tracking changes in a document he is writing and I am proofreading. I've run into a spot where latexdiff seems to be generating invalid ...
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latexdiff + svn not working with multiple files (flatten)
Short question
Seems like --flatten doesn't work properly with latexdiff-vc.
How can I get this working, without reverting to my elaborated workflow described below?
Context
I track the history of ...
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latexdiff fails on description environments
This example fails to generate a valid .tex:
test.tex
\documentclass[a4paper]{report}
\begin{document}
\begin{description}
\item[thing] explanation of thing
\end{description}
\end{document}
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How to use correctly latexdiff with figures?
I did change a source of some image between new and old version of .tex files, when I run latexdiff it marks such parts like this:
\DIFdelend %DIF > lamp
\DIFaddbegin \begin{figure*}[t]
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Is it possible to have an undetermined character length argument in a macro?
I have the following macro,
\def\RCS$ $#1: #2 $ ${\expandafter\def\csname RCS#1\endcsname{#2}}
Which is used for revision version control, i.e,
\RCS$ $Revision: 1.2 $ $
\RCS$ $Date: 2010/04/02 ...
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Can latexdiff-cvs handle RCS tags?
I would like to know if anyone has a nice way of combining latexdiff-rcs with printing actual RCS tags in their document.
For example, I am using CVS to version control a latex document. My document ...
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Make latexdiff mark differences in title
I am using latexdiff for showing the difference between two latex documents, but for some reason latexdiff is not displaying differences in the title of a document.
Is there a way to fix this?
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Error when trying to generate a PDF from a latexdiff document.
I used latexdiff to generate a tex document with the differences between two other tex documents. This worked fine, but when I try to generate a PDf from the diff document I always get this error:
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trackchanges VS latexdiff
I am trying to decide whether to choose trackchanges or latexdiff for corrections on my thesis. Can anyone tell me their views? I have had problems with latexdiff choking on equations (is there any ...
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texdiff for multi-file documents in subversion
I've been looking for a convenient way to highlight changes between subversion revisions of my Latex document in the generated PDF. I am working on a reasonably complex document that pulls together ...
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latexdiff is not working
I installed latexdiff to track changes. The first question is where to give the command (latexdiff old.tex new.tex > diff.tex). I saw on the internet that it can be done in the Command/DOS ...
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Latexdiff error (caused by multi paragraph \sout): Paragraph ended before \UL@on was complete
I try to use latexdiff to point out changes I have made in a document to the other people who need to read it and give me their advice... However, I've been getting this error:
Runaway argument?
{En ...
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Best LaTeX-aware diff and merge tools for subversion
What's a good (or preferably, in your opinion the best) way to make subversion diff'ing and merging LaTeX-aware?
I know latexdiff and latexrevision exist, but it's not clear to me how to make those ...
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Using latexdiff with git
I'd like to be able to use latexdiff with git. At the moment I have an alias in my .gitconfig file for a word-based diff:
[alias]
wdiff = diff --color-words
but is it possible to make an alias ...
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Can latexdiff be used for mathematics documents?
I've been pulling my hair out trying to get latexdiff to work with a mathematics document. It produces output that latex can't compile if one of the files is this:
\documentclass{amsart}
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