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Put file contents as PDF comment (respecting UTF-8)
I want to have file contents rendered as comment in a PDF file. I decided for pdfcomment, which works. pdfcomment requires newlines being typeset as \textCR\textLF. Which leas me to the following ...
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How to use listings with catchfilebetweentags?
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When inserting a listing with the catchfilebetweentags package, I get the error
job aborted, no legal \end found. How do I make these packages work together? If I can't, are there viable ...
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Storing file paths and names in an array or list for use as arguments for \catchfilebetweentags or \insertgraphics [closed]
EDITED SOLVED---Thanks @Skillmon
I have a multitude of compartmentalized tex files each with three tags (all built from the same template with the same tag names). The files are 20001.tex, 20002.tex,.....
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tabularray: How to comment out some rows using \if condition inside a table stored in a macro?
The following gets me this error
! Incomplete \iffalse; all text was ignored after line
26.
So, how to make \if work inside the table stored in the macro \MyTable?
\newif\ifShowRow
\ShowRowfalse
\...
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tabularray: Reading a table stored in a macro by catchfile
How to fix the following error, so that the table saved in \MyTable can be read by tabularray?
./tabularrayfilecatch.tex:29: Misplaced alignment tab character &.
\MyTable ->1 &
2 \ 3 & ...
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Copy text between labels (catchfilebetweentags package)
I would like to copy parts of a .tex file into another .tex file AND for these parts to be defined as everything that is between two particular labels.
I've tried the catchfilebetweentags package and ...
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What are the alternatives to catchfilebetweentags?
I want to be able to have files chapter1.tex, chapter2.tex, etc. (with preambles) that can compile on their own and a file allChapters.tex that gather the actual contents of the chapters.
So far, I ...
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Catchfile and complex chemfig symbols
An excellent suggestion for a way to call chemfig symbols stored in individual files from a common library was put forth here. I have tested the solution with a variety of relatively simple compounds ...
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Issue with mol2chemfig and moderately complex structural formula
This issue very well could be related to: this post
When \callchemfigsymbol{s_adenosyl_l_methionine.tex} is uncommented, an error is observed. When \callchemfigsymbol{methane_pseudo_3D_stereo.tex} is ...
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Pass content file to macro
I'm trying to execute a macro that get a string as a parameter. I want to load the string from as a verbatim content of a file.
I'm oriented mostly on catchfile package with no success.
I've already ...
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Catchfile error when using --shell-escape flag in LaTex system preferences
I am trying to use the minted package to copy and paste python code into a LaTex document. I am using MacOS13 and using TEXShop version 4.44.
I used the following:
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Force catchfilebetweentags to fail upon missing tag
When moving code around different files during refactoring it would be nice if catchfilebetweentags could raise a compilation error when the target tag does not exist.
At the moment it silently ...
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Is catchfilebetweentags compatible with endfloat?
I am using catchfilebetweentags to add figures to a document as described here. I get an error when additionally using the endfloat package. Here is an example:
Main file:
\documentclass[11pt]{...
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Catchfilebetweentags not working
According to the description of catchfilebetweentags package command \ExecuteMetaData*[<file>]{tag} should do the same job as \ExecuteMetaData[<file>]{tag} but also ,,uncomment'' comment ...
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Problem inserting data in table using multiple files with catchfile
I have multiple data from different files that I want to use in the body of tabular environment. I saw a solution here, but the method only works for one such file only.
If the following was done
\...
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Write text only if Execute Metadata is not empty
I use the catchfilebetweentags package to get specific content from a common .tex file. MWE for the file where all content is stored (called master.tex):
\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage{...
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TikZ: colors stored in matrix with coordinates inferred
I'd like to use data stored in an external CSV file to fill nodes inside a tikzpicture matrix. If my data is stored as x/y/z, I can write the following loop (put together from this and this):
\...
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Read out text file until first empty line is found [closed]
Im currently writing a manual for a package and wanted to include parts of a Matlab file.
I was able to display the whole file with the listings package but my goal is to only display the first part ...
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Excluded `\marginpar{}` imported into another file fails to compile
This is another follow up question based on this (using an altered MWE from this answer)
Situation
I am importing several parts of a file into another one (a summary-excerpt). This is done using the ...
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Conflict between catchfilebetweentags and a kind of arrow from xypic: argument of \next@ has an extra }
I'm using the solution from https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/4952/1403 to input a part of file.tex into another file.
But I'm getting this error:
at the line \ExecuteMetaData[file.tex]{tag}.
Here's ...
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Missing spaces when importing parts of other file
This question is a follow up and based on this question (using an altered MWE from this answer)
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I am importing several parts of a file into another one (a summary-excerpt). This is done ...
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Compile error with catchfilebetweentags
I tried to test the package catchfilebetweentags with the following minimal example, but get a compile error. What's wrong here and how to fix it?
Contents of catch_main.tex
\documentclass{article}%
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.tex file with catchfilebetweentags macros expanded
I have a .tex file, say original.tex, where I have imported snippets from several other files using the \catchfilebetweentags command. For archiving, I wish to produce a version of original.tex that ...
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Result of Catchfile doesn't work inside a tikzpicture environment [duplicate]
This is a follow-up to this question. I am trying to get points to be graphed using data from an external file. The vertical coordinates are countries, and the horizontal ones are years. For this to ...
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Figure problem with catchfilebetweentags
This question is a follow up and based on this answer by touhami
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I would like to create an excerpt from a script that I have TeX'ed as a compendium of the most important statements (...
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Import several parts of file at once
As a follow up to this Question
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I would like to create an excerpt from a script that I have TeX'ed as a compendium of the most important statements (theorems & definitions).
I seek to ...
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"\input only part of a file" and keep numbering
I would like to create an excerpt from a script that I have TeX'ed as a compendium of the most important statements (theorems & definitions).
The question
\input only part of a file
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XeLaTeX and ifplatform/catchfile (loaded by "minted"): Errors on compilation [closed]
FOR THE RECORD
I was unable to test any of the solutions provided, as I changed my main system last year. After that, no more problems arose. I suspect the old system had problems with the hard drive....
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Is there a way to input part of a file that includes sagetex?
I am trying to build a sort of jumbling program for Tex Files. Specifically I want to randomly order problems on quizzes/exams that are generated.
I have gotten most of the work done, but I am left ...
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catchfilebetweentags error with multicol
I am using the catchfilebetweentags library to store equations in an external file and then import them into my document. This is useful when you need to use the same equation in multiple documents. ...
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How to import multiple fragments of file labled with the same label?
I want to make include of labled part of file. I need something like catchfilebetweentags but with the support of multiple usage of the same lable. Catchfilebetweentags include just the first ...
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Workaround to make catchbetweenfiletags work with lualatex
I recently discovered that a basic example of the package catchbetweenfiletags doesn't work with lualatex (while it works with pdflatex).
What follows is the MWE. Do you know if there is workaround ...
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Replacing placeholder text in LaTeX \input file
I am using the Dia graphics editor and exporting my diagrams to TikZ code. I am trying to address Dia's inability to easily typeset formulas e.t.c. by using LaTeX for this part. Unfortunately that ...
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catchfilebetweentags bug with \verb command
With example
\RequirePackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{main.tex}
%<*example>
\verb|This is an example|
%</example>
\end{filecontents*}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{...
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Make catchfile work with pgffor's foreach
Consider the following MWE, extracted from my solution to this question:
\begin{filecontents*}{demolist1.dat}
1,2,3
\end{filecontents*}
\begin{filecontents*}{demolist2.dat}
{1,0,2},{0,3},{1,1}
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Specifying a letter class \address from an external file using catchfile package
I'm working with the letter class, and have created a custom .cls file in which most formatting of a letter is taken care off. From a .tex file used to produce the letter (or call, as I may have ...
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Why does \ExecuteMetaData break my paragraphs?
I have a lot of content to assemble in several different ways and would like to use excerpts from one file in another. I have specified:
\usepackage{catchfilebetweentags}
I then have an external ...
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Formatting code fragments extracted from file with minted
I would like to use the catchfilebetweentags package to grab code snippets from a source file and use minted to highlight them.
Imagine I have the following in program.scala:
//<a
def ...
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How can I use `catchfile` package to gobble first characters on a line
When using the fancyvrb environment Verbatim, you can gobble the first n characters of each line before printing it out. I'd like to be able to do something similar, but not via verbatim.
In the ...
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