Questions tagged [auxiliary-files]
{auxiliary-files} is about files generated and read by LaTeX and packages which hold auxiliary information about the document.
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pgfplotstable, externalize and list-and-make with auxiliary output directory
I am setting up a .latexmkrc configuration for my workflow with latexmk, and ran into a dead end regarding a pathing/lookup problem.
my setup so far (use as MWE)
.latexmkrc:
# Set the program used to ...
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Store + display text in the abstract environment
I am trying to store the text from the abstract environment to a file + display this text as well.
I tried the following:
\documentclass{article}
\makeatletter
\renewenvironment{abstract}{%
\textbf{...
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Why TeXShop doesn't erase the "lol" file? Is it laughing at me?
TeXShop (with the standard MacTex distribution, and using the pdflatexmk engine) creates a lot of pesky temporary auxiliary files, and I always have to click the trash button to remove them. But ...
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Compilation issue with TeXShop on Mac (cross references and index not compiled)
I have a large document which is compiling perfectly fine with my old app Latexian (which is now defunct, but still working great under the Rosetta 2 emulation on my Mac). When I try to compile the ...
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Running lualatex after latex while retaining auxiliary files in the presence of colon in labels and nonmain french language
Let's assume that we have a huge LaTeX document, out of which we produce a PostScript version via latex+dvips and a PDF version via lualatex. Compiling everything from scratch (without any auxiliary ...
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How to automatically populate a latex template from multiple tex files in pure latex?
I have a folder mytexfiles/ including tex files which I'm trying to automatically include/populate in a main.tex template located in the same directory as mytexfiles/.
Each file contains a filename in ...
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Difference between `\newcommand{..}[1]` and `\NewDocumentCommand{..}{m}` [duplicate]
In this answer, egreg uses
\NewDocumentCommand{\refprefix}{m}{%
\ifinproofref\else #1\fi
}
The command \refprefix is part of code that's written to the aux file. Defining the command with
\...
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Use "precompiled" aux file to avoid limits on the arxiv
It seems that arXiv does not compile enough times my document (at some points it stops, saying that it reached the maximum number of tries). As a consequence, some parts of my document does not look ...
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Write LaTeX3 seq in aux file
The code below defines a macro \addtothelist that adds the name of a fruit and its color (this is just an example) to \g_mylist_seq. It also defines a macro \printmylist which prints all the items ...
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LuaTeX: Can I determine if it's the first run?
Is it possible to detect if the current run is the first (preferably from the Lua end)?
I tried to read the log file, but it is apparently already erased when the Lua engine starts.
I can of course ...
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Background working differently in the first run
Coming back to a document after some months caused the background configured through the background package to disappear. I checked it was recovered after deleting the aux file, but only for the first ...
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How to prevent extra spaces when writing to .aux file?
Consider this:
\documentclass{article}
\makeatletter
\begin{document}
\csname mycommand\endcsname
\immediate\write\@auxout{\gdef\noexpand\mycommand{text}}
\end{document}
After running pdflatex .aux ...
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Help with refrences and couldnt open filename.aux
Ive done a search of the forums and tried the numberous workarounds for this issue. I have a handin a week from now and could do with sorting this, it did work for a time then one day just stopped... ...
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Macro to define macros within .aux file is not working
Here are some macros that I am trying to define (based on this question):
\odef{foo}{bar} will define an "object" with name foo and value bar.
\objRef{foo} will insert the value of the foo &...
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Debugging "Illegal unit of measure" evidently caused by hyperref
While compiling a large and complex document, I have suddenly started receiving this error:
) (./articles/mental-connections.tex
! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).
<to be read again>
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How do you resolve the aux file confusing citations?
I am writing a second version of a book and was provided a .tex file of first edition citations as \bibitem entries from the publisher (shortened version below).
\makeatletter%
\...
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Overleaf warning: \declareDelimAlias* is deprecated. How to fix that?
I'm working with overleaf on a Mac and I recently got a new yellow warning which I don't quite understand. It says
Package biblatex Warning: The starred command '\DeclareDelimAlias*' is deprecated. ...
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Move generated .pdf and .synctex.gz files into build folder in texstudio
The solution in this post Texstudio + Biber + build folder successfully results in the .log and .aux files being put into a separate folder, but it does not affect the .pdf and .synctex.gz files. Is ...
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\ref doens't output the good reference
I have a big .aux file (850 lines), which contains the line:
\newlabel{aumilieudesalarmes}{{6}{\pageref {86testpage}}}
When I set \ref{aumilieudesalarmes}, I expect to see 6.
But, in this case, i ...
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Storing variables in aux files
Can I use a command to set a variable, then use that variable earlier in the document?
Specifically, I want grab the last revision from the revision history table and put that in my footers.
In my *....
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Where on Windows TeXStudio saves the output files (Auxiliary, pdf etc) of an unsaved document?
When we compile on Windows a saved document, TeXstudio saves auxiliary output files in the folder of the .tex file. But if we compile an unsaved document, I can't find where these output files are ...
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Underscore in label name when switching to using hyperref
Compiling the following document first without hyperref, then with hyperref (consecutively), produces the error
Runaway argument?
{\@firstoffive }\fi
./test.tex:7: Paragraph ended before \Hy@setref@...
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Polyglossia fills the aux file with useless code
My file uses polyglossia with English, Hebrew and Arabic languages. The aux file is filled with 2,103 (!!) instances of the following code:
\selectlanguage *[variant=usmax]{english}
\@writefile{toc}{\...
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Texstudio does not find .lof and .lot files [duplicate]
I have set up a subfolder for the aux-files which works fine so far (main_outputs).
Only thing is that if I add a \listoffigures or \listoftables, I get the warning 'No file main.lot' / 'No file main....
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Warning in arxiv compilation: LaTeX Warning: Label(s) may have changed. Rerun to get cross-references right
I am trying to upload pdfLaTex of a document on https://arxiv.org/. After compiling, I notice the following.
LaTeX Warning: Label(s) may have changed. Rerun to get
cross-references right.
Everything ...
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How to do twoside with a macro in the mid of document applying to whole document
I wrote a package on which depending on how the user invokes a macro, it should change the whole document to a twosided document:
MWE test.sty:
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1995/12/01]
\ProvidesPackage{...
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Best way to `include` standalone files from parent directory
I am trying to set up a repository for my slides and talks, so I have a repository with two folders
slides/
talks/
Now due to the security setup as mentioned here (How) can I include the file ...
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Is TeX code obtainable from other output files
Unfortunetely, all my TeX code within one of my .tex files got deleted. However, I still have all other output files from the compilation process of this specific .tex file.
Is there any way I can get ...
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save a counter to the aux file and read it later
I would like to write a counter to the aux file and then read it back when compiling the tex file for the second time. Basically, I am trying to write a command that has the same logic as the LastPage ...
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package ntheorem seems not to obey the LaTeX-kernel's old protection mechanism
This question is related to my answer to the question
Construct math super/sub-script from reference (\ref) with hyperref and cleveref being loaded:
[...]
In the example below this is done via ...
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How to append the body of an environment to an output file?
I want to define an environment that expands as its body, which can contain mostly arbitrary content, and also appends its body (with some predictable level of expansion) to a file. (Motivation at the ...
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Writing (nested) argument specifier to aux file
This is a follow-up to this question:
where I explained that I want to write some definitions into an aux file and use hooks to achieve this. Refer to this question for context why I want to do the ...
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Append content to a file containing sharp
In my library, I need to be able to append some text to a file. The problem is that that file may contain the # symbol, and it turns out that every time I append something to a file containing a #, ...
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What triggers latexmk to invoke makeglossaries?
I've started using the make-glossaries package, and am creating more than one glossary. Unfortunately, my latexmk calls seem to skip calling makeglossaries, so my build doesn't conclude. I'm using a ...
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Detect Number of Times pdflatex was run
I would like to include information in the pdf to indicate of how many times pdflatex was run. This seems pretty trivial, but I can't seem to get this to work -- must be someting obvious.
The output ...
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How to make bibtex issue a meaningful error message if it is run instead of biber?
Suppose I have a custom class that requires the use of biblatex, and moreover with the biber backend (\RequirePackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}). Even though the documentation of this class states ...
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Can't write to aux file from cmd
I have an automating script written in Java to generate a PDF file from a source tex file. The?main tex file may reside in one drive say 'C:' and one included file via \input in another drive say 'D:'....
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Is it possible to generate bbl file without compiling a pdf?
Suppose that we have a refs.bib file containing bibtex entries, and that we would like to use the plainnat as the style.
I would like to generate a bbl file without the necessicity to compile a PDF ...
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File referencing issue over a connection to server
I am working on a system where access to my LaTeX files/header.tex/even JPG files I created to insert in my LaTeX documents … is all on a work drive.
Within a given LaTeX document, I’d normally write ...
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LaTex error: missing \endcsname inserted. Cannot compile
while editing the citations in a chapter of my thesis I got dozens of errors like the following and can't compile the file to a pdf anymore:
*Missing \endcsname inserted.
<to be read again>
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How to create random number for a document only on first build then reuse it in subsequent builds?
I want to create unique ID numbers for my documents, and am doing so using a random number generator like this:
\usepackage[first=1, last=100000000]{lcg}
\newcommand{\random}{\rand\arabic{rand}}
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Reading stored table lines with @starttoc: Problems with superfluous spaces
I want to store table lines with \addtocontents and generate a table afterwards from this entries with \@starttoc. Because \@starttoc uses \begingroup and \endgroup it makes problems with tables (! ...
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Can I bypass having to compile LaTeX twice?
I read here that sometimes we must compile twice in order for the .aux file to allow sectioning to function properly in the typesetting process.
My question is: if we manually delete the .aux file ...
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Vs-code latex change only pdf Out Dir
I use vs code for writing and compiling tex files.
I changed on vs-code settings the Out Dir to the folder: %DIR%/build.
With this setting all the auxiliary files and the pdf are saved in ./build but ...
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Delete a file using luacode
I would like to delete a file called \jobname.someext which is in the same directory of my .tex file, at the beginning of a typesetting. I know the shellesc package, but can I do this with a luacode ?
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\addcontentsline not writing files
I try to make a custom list of answers as instructed by section 2.3 of The LaTeX Companion, 2nd edition.
I write this code to define my custom list:
\newcommand{\exerciseref}[1]{\hyperref[exercise#1]{...
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Changing the aux folder for makeglossaries
I am using Visual Studio Code with Latex Workshop and I am changing the directory for the auxiliary and output files to a directory called .aux (I want it to stay hidden if possible).
My reciepe looks ...
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How to extract variables from an auxiliary file?
I would like to use an auxiliary file to read and write some information.
Context
In this case, I am using this auxiliary file to record the widths used in the footnote formatting.
Indeed, I want my ...
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How to automatically generate data summary at the beginning of the document?
Within my report I want do define several structural damages and I want to automatically generate a summary table at the beginning of the document.
Here is an example of how far I have come so far and ...
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Combine .tex file with .aux files to produce a single self-contained .tex file
I have submitted a paper to PLoS Computational Biology and it has been accepted. The paper has three supporting text pieces, which PLOSCB requires to be separate files. So, I split my paper into four ...
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