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Problem when running Texmaker on .ins file [closed]
I want to install the subcaption package manually, since I can't find it in the MiKTeX package manager. It's my first time to manually carry out an installation, so I looked it up and found that I ...
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Cross-platform package manager for packages *not* on CTAN [closed]
I do not want to reinvent the wheel, so perhaps you could help me find a tool that fits my needs.
Background
As far as I know, it takes some time to get a LaTeX package available on CTAN. And some ...
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Directory in the search path of LaTeX System
From the Acrotex installation manual:
"Placement. The ZIP file installs in a folder called acrotex, so place the ZIP file in a directory in the search path of your LATEX system where you want the ...
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File biblatex.sty and eforms.sty not found [closed]
I tried compiling a file that uses the fancytooltips package, according to Gonzalo Medina's answer at Showing the bibliographic entry in a popup when you hover over the citation key. And it cannot ...
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Difference between fancytooltips and fancy-preview
I read the documentation for both fancytooltips and fancy-preview here, and I don't really understand what their differences are, or when I should prefer one over the other. I see that fancytooltips ...
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Anyone having trouble reaching miktex.org? [closed]
Looks like a network misconfiguration to miktex.org ....
Tracing route to miktex.org [178.77.68.21]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 172.28.8.2
2 20 ...
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A bad result with the soulutf8 package
When I combine \textsl \textbf and \hl from the soulutf8 package, the result is ugly. Some letters are degraded. By zooming or printing you can see that with the following code:
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How to install and use the ocr-a font
Can someone help to install the ocr-a font? I'm using fedora, I'm trying to find a proper tutorial but cannot find a good one.
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hf-tikz.sty package installation on mountain lion
I want to install LaTeX on Mountain Lion and want to use some highlighting in my text for which I am using hf-tikz.sty package. I installed MacTeX and Texmaker on Mountain Lion but the package hf-tikz ...
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The origin of filecontents
Does anyone know why the filecontents environment was introduced?
What is the purpose of packing it all in one file, but without using a tarball?
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How to use hyph-utf8 correctly?
I'm using MiKTeX and pdfLaTeX and the package manager tells me that hyph-utf8 is installed and auto-download of packages is activated, too.
But when I do \usepackage{hyph-utf8}, because I hope that ...
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Loading Packages Together versus Separately
There are a few questions regarding the speed of loading packages together, but this question isn't necessarily about that. I'm more interested in any tangible, persistent differences, such as ...
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problem about typesetting Chinese characters in Latex
I found the post How does one type Chinese in LaTeX? about how to typeset Chinese in Latex. I just encountered the same problem, and my questions are:
1.To type Chinese or Japanese, I have to have ...
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Why does loading pgfplots after tikz break the default layers in a tikzpicture?
Taking the MWE from Jake's answer to the question Background rectangles with equal width but 'fitting' height, I get an error when loading pgfplots after the tikz packages but not before. I'm assuming ...
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MiKTeX: Proxy server problem? [closed]
Any time I try to install a package, the package manager fails with the following message:
MiKTeX Problem Report
Message: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
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import in \newcommand in my package produces an error
I have written and installed my own package gym.sty. In that package I defined
\newcommand{\loadgym}{\import{sagegym}}
since I need to execute some commands after \begin{document} for the package ...
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How can I reduce the left margin in the documentclass hitec?
I am quite aware of the package geometry, but it does not seem to play nice with the hitec document class. I have looked at related questions How to reduce the margins and How can I change the margins ...
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Turning off default scaling options (\setkeys{Gin}) temporarily
To set the default scaling values for the \includegraphics command, one can use \setkeys{Gin}{(key)=value)} from the graphicx package. For example, say I put down
\setkeys{Gin}{width=.7\textwidth}
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Adding Imprint Shadow font
I'm using MiKTeX on Windows, and I've found Imprint Shadow font which I'd like to use with lettrine for capitalization of first font of chapters (I'm experimenting a bit). I've extracted all the ...
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pgfgantt package - Timeout: Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02)
I am trying to compile a tex file that should display a gantt chart made with the help of the pgfgantt package.
During compilation I get the line Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02) and ...
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Package installation in TeXstudio
I am very new to LaTeX and I know that I have to configure something in order to automatically install the packages that I need. I use TexStudio as editor and have attached a picture of what shows up. ...
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How to get “paragraph keywords”? [duplicate]
Sometimes, especially in large textbooks, you find descriptive keywords like "Model Definition" to the left/right of the normal text flow. They help to quickly orient yourself in a lengthy text with ...
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! LaTeX Error: File `chronology.sty' not found
I'm trying to make a time-line using the chronology package, but get the error:
! LaTeX Error: File `chronology.sty' not found.
Here's what I have, using an example I found on StackOverflow:
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Hyperref option clash error because unknown package requires/loads it too
I am currently hunting for errors in my template and these two I cannot solve after reading the log and researching:
! LaTeX Error: Option clash for package hyperref.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX ...
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Showing labels for equations with eqnarray
I am using \usepackage{showlabels} to show the labels in the pdf-file but it turns out that I only see the labels coming from align or equation environment and not the ones from eqnarray. Why?
I ...
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How to use the ifsym package?
I have added \usepackage{ifsym} in the front, and LaTeX cannot pass the command \Letter.
What should I do to it?
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Where to put .sty file [duplicate]
I have made a long list of macros that I have put in a style file. I have been working with this same style file for many years now. I would like to put it somewhere in my TeX tree, so that I don't ...
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Is there a way to limit the scope of \usepackage?
When I tried to use the breqn package suggested by an answer to the question
How do I break a long equation over lines
It managed to break a whole bunch of unrelated equations (equations that did ...
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Compiling *.ins files in MiKTeX 2.9
I am trying to install the hieroglf package on my PC. I am running MiKTeX 2.9.
When I try to run latex hieroglf.ins I get an error message indicating that the file can not be found. I know the file ...
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How to install a package in mactex? [duplicate]
I am using mactex on osx.
I wanted to do a smartdiagram
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\smartdiagramset{circular distance=4cm, font=\large, text width=2.5cm,
module minimum ...
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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 ...
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LuaLaTeX: use or don't use classical font packages?
In the lualatex-doc I am reading under "switching from LaTeX to LuaLaTeX":
Don’t load inputenc, just encode your source in UTF-8.
Don’t load fontenc, but load fontspec.
Don’t use any package that ...
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What is the difference between the scalefnt and anyfontsize packages?
What is the difference between the scalefnt and anyfontsize packages?
Even though I use scalefnt, I get font size substitutions of up to "2.30002pt" in a document I am currently editing. The ...
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Where to put Latex generic commands? [duplicate]
Using more and more Latex I reach a point where I don't want to copy/paste anymore the new "generic" commands I created.
As an example, I have generic commands to create Tikz pictures. These commands ...
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Problem with quote redefinition and packages? [closed]
I got a problem (probably simple), but I dont really see how to explain it with a MWE.
So I'm trying to modify my quote environment. I entered the following line in my preamble :
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Installing longtable package on mac [closed]
I'm trying to install the longtable package on my Mac (OSX 10.7.5).
I have the TeXLive-2012 distribution (from http://www.tug.org/mactex/).
In the TeX Live Utility, I can't see the longtable ...
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Including package to create MATLAB labels using LaTeX
When using LaTeX as the interpreter to typeset labels in MATLAB it would be great to be able to include packages to customize appearance. Is this possible?
As of now I know no method to create non ...
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Error: File 'pdfpages.sty' not found
I'm trying to compile simple thesis example using TexMaker with MiKTeX 2.9. I need pdfpages package in order to include pdf as the title page. Without the following line the code compiles fine:
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Background Package with Options [closed]
I get the error message Error: Unknown option pages=some for package background, when I tried to compile the following code from the manual of the Background package.
\documentclass{article}
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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 ...
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Should I use fix-cm?
I recently became aware of the existence of the fix-cm package. I've looked at the documentation in fixltx2e.pdf, but it's not clear to me exactly what the problem is that it fixes. Should I worry ...
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Style sheet found by TeXShop but “not by terminal” [closed]
I'm having some strange problem. I have a personal style sheet, which has been used for years without any problem when using TeXShop. For some reason, I want to generate a PDF with the pdfLaTeX ...
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How to change the Find Panel in TexShop?
I run a TexShop v3.11 on a Mac OSX 10.8.2. The find panel of TexShop is set to be Ogrekit in Preferences. Then I quit TexShop and reopened it. But, when I use cmd+F in my editing document, the find ...
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How to create a “Diagram package”?
After looking for some material about Venn Diagrams, for example that (Ed Sandifer. How Euler Did It, Venn Diagrams Mathematical Association of America, January 2004) and after checking different ...
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How do I manually install the necessary packages to get TeXmaker to work? And in which directory do I put them? [duplicate]
I use Ubuntu 12.04 and I'm just getting started with TeXmaker. However, I need to get the library/package (what's the difference anyway?) for it to work and I'm having trouble with finding it in the ...
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How do I conveniently install LaTeX packages? [duplicate]
I am trying to install a LaTeX package:
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/adjustbox
How do I efficiently install it? Right now, I am just downloading each file one at a time from ...
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Updating pgfplots
I am using Latex in MacOsx Lion. My current version of pgfplots is 1.4.1 which I want to upgrade to 1.7. I really do not know how to install version 1.7. Any help ?
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.sty suffix (extension) for LaTeX packages
I understand that the suffix .cls stands for classes.
Then, why packages don't have the suffix .pkg, but rather have .sty?
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MacTex 2012Basic cannot find installed packages
In an attempt to save valuable space on a 128GB SSD drive, I endeavored to replace my full 2012 MacTex texlive install (>3.5GB) with 2012Basic (270MB!). I understand that packages are not installed ...
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Some installed packages not found
I'm using LaTeX on a Mac. The editor I use is Textmate 2.
When I hit "typeset & view", what I get is something like
! LaTeX Error: File 'xy.sty' not found.
However, if I do pdflatex ...
