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pstricks and admin rights
I am using MiKTeX 2.9 on an XP account with restricted user rights. Unfortunately I was not able to compile a file under xelatex which included pstricks graphics, so I tried everything that I found on ...
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0answers
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fontspec does not work correctly. MiKTeX portable, no admin rights
I am trying to set up a TeX System at work, where I have no admin rights. So I went for MiKTeX portable. It is "installed" on my Desktop. I want to use fontspec with XeLaTeX to be able to choose the ...
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miktex 2.9, l3kernel installation fails [closed]
I freshly installed 2.9
I tried to compile a XeLatex document, which works fine on my work computer.
I got the following error:
expl3.sty missing.
It tries to install l3kernel
starting package ...
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What' wrong with this article? It failed in compilation via XeLaTeX [closed]
I wrote an article as follows.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{unicode-math}
\setmathfont{Asana Math}
\setmainfont{Bitstream Vera Serif}
...
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0answers
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What are the forbidden characters in file name with XeLaTeX [closed]
I was wondering what are the forbidden characters in file name using XeLaTeX.
I know that the forbidden characters for Windows files are \ / ? : * " > < |
Also, I have found another character ...
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2answers
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Weird spacing with DejaVu Sans Mono with MiKTeX's XeLaTeX
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{DejaVu Serif}
\setsansfont{DejaVu Sans}
\setmonofont{DejaVu Sans Mono}
\begin{document}
Hello World!
\textsf{Hello World!}
...
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vote
1answer
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Texmaker / TeXstudio does not compile XeLaTeX with MiKTeX portable
I am trying to migrate from TeXworks to Texmaker (just for the fact that it is better for handling multi-files projects). I am using portable versions of both MiKTeX and Texmaker, so, in Texmaker I ...
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votes
2answers
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Unicode characters changing order in listings (XeTeX)
I am trying to input code listings with unicode characters and everything seems to work (more or less) except some unicode characters being displayed out of order. For example instead of
służąca ...
4
votes
1answer
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xeCJK l3-too-old
I started using XeTeX and whenever I use the xeCJK package I get the following error:
! Critical xeCJK error: "l3-too-old" !
!
! Support package 'expl3' too old.
!
! Please update an up to date ...
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0answers
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XeLaTeX and BiBLaTeX won't play nice when using TeXworks on Windows XP [closed]
I've imported a tex file that works splendid on Mac OS X with TeXShop to TeXworks on a Windows XP machine (using the latest MiKTeX version). In it, I use the following commands ...
5
votes
4answers
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fontspec LuaTeX error
I have installed "ProTeX" with "TeXstudio 2.3" & "Miktex 2.9".
I get an error
! The fontspec package requires either XeTeX or LuaTeX to function
when I attempt to run
\documentclass{article}
...
2
votes
1answer
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XeLatex: problem with aux-directory and include-directory options on TexLive?
I am trying to port some app from MikTex to TexLive (Windows to Ubuntu basically). The options that works perfectly fine with MikTex just ended up as not recognized for TexLive
The options in ...
4
votes
1answer
210 views
MikTex CJK Windows font issue
I usually use the MS Mincho font for doing Japanese stuff. However, with XeLatex the following creates gobbledegook:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xeCJK}
% Font should be available on windows
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4
votes
1answer
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MikTeX cannot find the file
Why is it that MikTeX's XeTeX cannot find my file?
Dude, you're right there in the same directory as the file, why can't you see it?!
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votes
2answers
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pst-barcode, textpos and XeLaTeX
Please consider the following MWE, which shall place a QR code (pst-barcode package) at a fixed position on the page using the textpos package:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-barcode}
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votes
2answers
513 views
PSTricks transparency does not work with MikTeX's XeLaTeX
I use MikTeX and have updated all packages several minutes ago. The problem is that XeLaTeX produces a weird result where the transparency parts become opaque. It is not caused by preview as ...
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votes
0answers
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SyncTeX wrongly placed when XeTeX called with -aux-directory [closed]
I am using MikTeX 2.9 and compiling "hello.tex" containing:
\documentclass{minimal}
\begin{document}
text
\end{document}
with:
xelatex --synctex=1 --aux-directory=auxdir hello.tex
produces a ...
3
votes
1answer
658 views
Problem including PDF 1.6 files in XeTeX with MikTeX
Here's the MWE for my problem:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Adobe Garamond}
\begin{document}
text
\begin{figure}
\centering
...
1
vote
1answer
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XeLaTeX compilation of Alessandro Plasmati's CV example fails
I am trying to compose a CV of mine like this resource link here!, but facing issues with compilations. Could you pls help me out?
Related known question-in-stackexchange.
On Win XP, MikTex 2.9 and ...
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vote
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Is there a way to use long or Unicode filepaths with texify?
I use MiKTeX and it’s TeXworks and there is the command for making XeLaTeX+MakeIndex+BiBTeX at once. This uses texify and when your file is somewhere in the directory tree where there are non-standard ...
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votes
1answer
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How to get a list of all available (TTF-) Fonts with XeTeX?
Very neat that I can use any available Truetype font on my Windows machien with MikTex and XeTeX.
%!TEX TS-program = xelatex
%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
\documentclass[]{article}
...
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3answers
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'fontspec' package problem with XeLaTeX in MiKTeX 2.9
Recently, I updated to MiKTeX 2.9, and after this the xelatex compiler fails when compiling documents with the fontspec package included. In other words, the following code won't compile:
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