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{compiling} is about the process you must go through to convert your TeX from .tex source files into your output document format, be it pdf, dvi, or something completely different.

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How to check what I'm using in my environment

I use VS code with the Latex workshop on Mac and it works perfectly fine when writing a paper. But I don't understand "pdflatex", "mactex", "texlive" or something other ...
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Latex acronym \acl(*) hanging compilation with pdflatex

While writing a Latex document using the acronym package for my glossary I encountered some problems with the \acl & \acl* commands (also \acf) & compilation. On a clean tree without any .aux ...
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Kaobook not compiling (anywhere)

I am trying to compile the most basic file of the Kaobook template as provided here and it does not work. Now, on my TeXLive, it doesn't because it gives me in the report that it is missing an options....
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own \maketitle with multiple authors

I would like to create a latex template and define "\makefile" myself. Everything works until I define several authors with "\and". How can I change this? \renewcommand{\maketitle}{...
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Classic Thesis v.4.2 compile timeout

I am using the Classic Thesis template version 4.2. It has always worked, but now suddenly there is the "compile timeout error". I didn't change anything. This happens even if I use the fast[...
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LaTeX - How to make generated pdf properly copyable and keep the newlines?

The situation: I'm trying to generate my resume with Latex, and get a pdf with all the text - no problems here. When I copy all of this text into a plain .txt file though, the formatting transforms ...
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PDF preview shows different page after compiling with \include

I am writing a large document in TexMaker and I am using \include and \includeonly to save some compilation time, dividing the document in several Tex files. The issue is that now when compiling, the ...
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How can I load LuaLaTeX without biber in VSCode extension "LaTeX workshop"?

"latex-workshop.latex.recipes": [ { "name": "lualatex->biber->lualatex", "tools": [ "lualatex", ...
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How can I see the compilation time on Overleaf?

Overleaf has showed me this warning for the first time: I thought that document was comfortably well under the 1-minute limit for free Overleaf plans. How can I see the compilation time on Overleaf?
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How do you make biber optional when compiling using vs code

So I wanted to compile using lualatex for the compiler and biber for bibliography management. So I decided to have this in my JSON settings file: "latex-workshop.latex.recipes": [ ...
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How to use styling file (abstract.sty) in latex?

I'm new to LaTeX. What I need to do is to write an A4 pdf abstract of my research using LaTeX. The format is given. What I only have is abstract.sty file. Following the tutorial https://www.youtube....
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Equality of compiled LaTeX documents

I want to test whether or not the output of two different compilations of the same .tex file under different circumstances is equal.I first considered compiling to pdf and then comparing the pdf's ...
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XeTeX compilation is just cycling indefinitely

I have a strange problem: a main2.tex file which was previously OK and after pressing F9 key compiled and showed the result in AR now strangely enough cycles forever. Whats wrong with it ? I have just ...
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LaTeX: Can I output the toc without compiling the entire document?

Often you have to adjust the table of contents manually. With very large documents, it is then very time-consuming to compile the entire document each time just to be able to look at small adjustments ...
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Can names of defined LaTeX commands be retrieved from a compiled PDF?

I am aware that a compiled PDF typically cannot be decompiled back into LaTeX without using workarounds. However, I am worried about portions of the information available in LaTeX still being ...
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Compilation stops without any error for caption.tex

I know that we can directly compile .dtx files to get PDF documentations. The following experiment is just out of curiosity. By using the Python script tool dtx2tex, one can strip the documentation ...
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Document Printed an Extra 9,940 Pages [closed]

TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=10000]. <to be read again> I have a book class document that has added thousands of extra pages. I have scoured the log files, but I cannot find ...
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Compile extremely slow on VSCode

I am using TeXLive 2023 with VSCode on Windows 10. Sometimes everything works fine, but troubles appear recently. Sometimes the compilation of files becomes extremely slow. Through the latexmk command,...
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Is it possible to compile without reloading every packages each time?

To compile my document (even a little one), my computer needs to load a lot of packages. During compilation (with pdflatex) I can see in the terminal that most of the compiling time is used to load ...
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In Texstudio "Go to error when displaying log" does not work

Following this post, I did this: [Options] --> [Adv. Editor] --> [Special options] panel --> [Go to error when displaying log] which however doesn't resolve my issue; after compiling, the ...
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Fancyhdr - Missing number treated as zero in chapter [duplicate]

I tried to setup a fresh LaTeX template for my thesis. I wanted to display the chapter number and name as well as the section number and name in the header using fancyhdr following the convention . ...
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XeLaTeX passes to Inkscape wrong path when exporting svg

Here's my .tex file: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \author{} \usepackage{svg} \usepackage{graphicx} \graphicspath { {./images/svg/} } \begin{document} \newpage \includesvg{src/images/svg/demo....
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Save the temporary files produced during the compilation

I know that when we compile a .tex file, pdflatex or the compiling program generates temporary files. I would like to know how I can make these files be saved in the source folder of the compiled .tex ...
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pdf plots/figures have weird artifacts

So I used to use svg-files for my plots, but compiling with too many figures took way too long, so I switched to pdf-figures, which works way better in that aspect. I did not convert the svg files to ...
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SVG is not rendered if (obsolete?) AUX files are deleted beforehand

In my document I use a SVG file in the header (fancyhdr) and the same SVG is used independently on the title page. More or less like this: ... \fancyhead[C]{ \includesvg[]{images/my-svg-file} } \...
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Latex file cannot be compiled by latexmk

I am trying to submit my latex project to JMLR which compiles fine locally and on overleaf. However, it cannot be compiled on JMLR's latexmk. Does anyone know why it can't be compiled with 3 runs of ...
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Why does this MWE not compile (heatmap with contour lines)?

I'm trying to plot some 3D data which is saved in a csv file. Plotting just the color map works fine, but I also need to add the contour lines, so I get a result similar to this: My intuition was ...
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Can LaTeX only compile changed parts to speed up compilation? [duplicate]

I am building an online LaTeX editor and now face issues with slow compilation for documents of increased size. Everytime the user changes the document, the compiler has to recompile the whole ...
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Compiling multiple files leading to secondary articles in the Appendix

I am consolidating three articles into my thesis using Overleaf and I used this link given on the Overleaf website as a base framework. I have included the additional preamble I added but I keep ...
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How to configure MacTex and texstudio?

Earlier I was using texstudio with MikTex. In MikTex, I am facing some issue with its updates. So, I downloaded MacTex. How to configure texstudio with MacTex? When I am running texstudio, it is ...
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Asymptote: Shipout to SVG not working on MacOS

Running on 2023 M2 Pro Macbook pro, running MacOS Ventura 13.2.1 Hello, I'm unable to export any of my asymptote diagrams as an svg file, although I was able to easily on my old windows machine. This ...
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Two playing cards packages show vastly different performance

I am experimenting typesetting poker hands with two packages. I unexpectedly spotted a huge performance difference between the two. $ cat pst-poker.tex \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pst-poker} \...
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\includeonly{} not Working with Precompiled Preamble

Summary of issue I followed the guide linked in this answer, and it works perfectly for me. However, I find that if I use a precompiled preamble, and then specify \includeonly{}, the full document is ...
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Compiling the PGF/TikZ manual with other fonts: 𝛺 (U+03A9) and 𝜇 (U+1D707) in the circuit libraries

I wish to have the PGF/TikZ manual with a different font. I find the default Latin Modern too spindly. Thus, I have tried to compile the manual with the MLModern and New Computer Modern (NCM) fonts. I ...
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How to avoid " busy synctex.gz file" all together

I am running TeXShop 3.61 on Mac, I have read many similar questions (for example the post by Werner: How do I close a busy synctex.gz file?)on this problem of "synctex.gz file" popping up ...
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How to produce two documents with one tex file?

I have given (it is already typeseted) two very similar projects: A catalog with exercises and solutions and a catalog with only short solutions for the exercises. Because of the use of the package ...
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Compile with 3 different preambles

I have a tex file without a preamble (it starts with \begin{document}) to which I need to add a preamble that depends on the output type. I cannot use conditionals here because the first line (\...
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How to resolve a citation compilation error which occurs randomly

Occasionally when I compile a multi-chapter document it refuses to compile and says that there are math equations in the citations. If I comment out all lines with citations in one particular chapter, ...
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Latex compilation very slow

I have a recent installation of Ubuntu 22.04 on which pdflatex takes around 50 secs to compile a document. The exact same document on another computer but with 18.04 takes less than 2 secs to compile. ...
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LaTeX manuscript conversion failed

I was trying to submit a manuscript compiled in latex to a journal, and to upload the latex source files. I got some error messages. There were problems compiling your ZIP into a PDF and I should ...
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missing reference error, after adding a specific citation [duplicate]

I'm running into an error that i can't solve. After adding a particular citation, the compiler goes crazy and gives me missing reference errors. With certain citations, i don't have any error. I'm ...
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`latexmk` running in terminal but not in neovim with `vimtex` after switching to native TeXLive installer

I start by giving some Arch-related context, but the question remains about vimtex and latexmk. Yesterday, I tried updating my computer on Arch. I got an error installing texlive-core (2023.66587-1) ...
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How to select specific tagged part of a LaTeX document?

I am writing a wide set of exercises, that I tagged with different themes. A single exercise can of course be associated to different themes. Is there a way to tag them (in a specific "exercise&...
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The document doesnt compile when i include \usepackage{hyperref}

I am trying to make my document navigable by including the hyperref package. But, when doing so, I find the error: ​! LaTex error: File `refcount.sty' not found. Type X to quit or ro proceed, or ...
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How can I reduce the long compilation time? [duplicate]

translation by DeepL.com Description of the problem: I use Visual Studio Code on Windows, together with the extension "LaTeX Workshop" and the LaTeX distribution "TeX Live". ...
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LaTeX VScode on mac - stuck on activating extensions

I've reinstalled VScode and all the libraries several times but I still can't get my latex project to compile. VScode is stuck on activating extensions: Any ideas?
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Trouble compiling "Undefined control sequence. Undefined control sequence. Too many }'s." [closed]

I try to create document so that the first chapter has a number, the section has no number, but each problem environment has a consecutive numbering that matches the chapter number, and the numbering ...
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How can I stop LaTeX from compiling a part of the document again?

I have a personal journal template that I use daily to make notes. It is based on the researchjournal template available on overleaf. Now, I added a command to include a random graphic (from a ...
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How to avoid returning to the first page of PDF after compiling in Overleaf?

I want to see the page corresponding to edited Tex page when I compile the file on Overleaf, but it always return to the first page in PDF file. How can I fix this?
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Error: could not start the command, unable to compile

With already existing documents, texmaker works flawlessly. I can change and edit the document. However, when creating a new document, I am unable to do so since I receive this error. I have literally ...
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