Questions tagged [debugging]
is about finding the cause of errors or wrong results in (La)TeX code/documents using a methodical approach.
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begin/end form makes textfield inputs unfillable
I noticed a weird behavior on Latex using Overleaf. The below code produces this result, according to overleaf output:
But if I download and open the pdf using acrobat reader I see that some ...
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cleveref conflicts with polyglossia when required in a class
When I run the following MWE (with xelatex):
% File myclass.cls
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesClass{myclass}
\LoadClass[12pt]{article}
\RequirePackage{polyglossia}
\RequirePackage{cleveref}
% ...
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concmath-OTF and eulervm lead to problems in math mode
I'm trying to use the recently-released concmath-otf package in a combination with eulervm, instead of the concrete package. My goal was to replace concrete roman with the more modern opentype version,...
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Lyx with \graphicspath BAD, identical LaTeX with \graphicspath GOOD. Possible bug?
Consider the following MWE: I have
a LyX file /home/user/latex_files/main.lyx, where I have used \graphicspath{{./img/}} to set the (relative) path for all my images that I want to include in my file
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Latex Equals Symbols Greyed Out... Bug?
Every equals (=) symbol looks like a minus (-) because the lower half is greyed out. Does anyone know why this happens? Very confusing to look at and have no idea why it's doing this?
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Debug LaTeX in Visual Studio Code (with LaTeX-Workshop)
Visual Studio Code seems to be very useful with LaTeX-Workshop plugin. In comparison to TeXStudio, TeXMaker, etc. it is able to autoformat code. It is very useful when I search for an unmatched ...
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LuaLaTeX 64 bit does not finish compilation
Setup: Windows 11, all updates, texlive 2021, all updates, win64 from CTAN.
The files that were previously compiling flawlessly with LuaLaTeX stopped compiling now (I cannot check when exactly, as I ...
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Equivalent to Source Maps or Providing Source Location Hints to Compiler
I'm using Pandoc and LuaLaTeX and have organized my project into several dozen LaTeX embedded Markdown documents into a final output document. Effectively, each chapter is a document and combined with ...
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Show definition of \NewDocumentEnvironment
xparse provides \GetDocumentEnvironmentArgSpec to examine the argument specification of a defined environment (and similarly for commands and showing on the terminal).
However, I would like to be able ...
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How to debug and fix error: Use of \label@optarg doesn't match its definition
I've been having a very bad time lately with the errors produced by this main.tex MWE:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{ctable}
\usepackage{sectsty}
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\usepackage{hyperref}...
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How to exit from a latexmk build?
In the following example, I don't know how to exit from the build process:
? ! Interruption.
^Cl.1917347403
? ! Interruption.
^Cl.1931472264
? x
! Interruption.
^Cl....
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Error `Display math should end with $$. $$$\backslash` [Bibliography]
While adding references in my thesis paper, I copied the following bibtex from google scholar:
@article{bhattacharya2017fuzzy,
title={Fuzzy independent topological spaces generated by fuzzy $$$\...
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Error `Missing \endcsname inserted` (Bibliography, bibtex)
While adding references in my thesis paper, I copied the following BibTex from google scholar:
@article{aygunoǧlu2009introduction,
title={Introduction to fuzzy soft groups},
author={Ayg{\"...
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Automatically bisect latex file for debugging
If I have hard to interpret error messages in a latex file, I comment out half of the file, compile, see if it works or not and so on and find the problematic part by successive bisections.
Is there ...
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Print macros call stack [duplicate]
Can one print call stack of latex macros?
I want to know from where my macro is called.
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Strange ```tableofcontents```error in XeTeX
I am currently typesetting a book with XeTeX and there's a strange error in overleaf:
\alloc@ ...else \errmessage {No room for a new #2}
\fi \fi
l.41 ...
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Conflict between microtype and syntax packages
While using the syntax package together with microtype, I stumbled on a strange error:
Missing font identifier.<to be read again>\chardef <TEST> ::= `
Missing number, treated as zero.<...
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Why does my pdf image cause a bug only after printing the document?
So I have a page that looks normal on screen.
It looks like this on the screen;
Near the top of that page a figure is displayed. This figure is a pdf, created in inkscape.
In the .tex the figure ...
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Why does this Tikz-picture lead into an infinite loop? [closed]
Somehow the following Latex-Code does not finish compiling in TexStudio, at least on my PC. (It leads to an infinite building-process, I hope it is clear what I mean.) Could you please explain me what ...
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Overleaf, where to find missing { or output.gls?
I am working on a document in LaTex with overleaf when I noticed this error:
<to be read again>
\let
l.21 ...entrycounter[]{page}\glsnumberformat{18}}}
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Tikz: Showing all node names (for debugging)?
Is there an easy way to show the name of all nodes, say, in a scope? Without having to assign explicit styles to the nodes? (Context: complex figure, broken down in lots of subcommands, not feasible ...
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Texstudio failure to view TikZ output compiled by XeLaTeX
Texsudio successfully shows the result of the following MWE compiled by pdfLaTeX or LuaLaTeX.
\documentclass[tikz, border = 3pt]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[draw] (...
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Cannot make the columns evenly distributed. What's the reason?
Dear experienced friends,
I met a strange bug when I tried to draw a table. As shown in the picture, I wish I can make all the columns 4,5,6,1,2,3 evenly distributed. However, the width of 6 is always ...
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afterpage package and verse environment cause troubleshooting
I use both afterpage package and verse environment in my document.
So, when a verse environment comes just after an \afterpage command rendering, an unwanted linebreak occurs after the first verse.
As ...
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How to get type of reference (eg. if it is @book, @article, ...) from citefield in biblatex?
I want to see title, year, abstract and type of a reference (eg. if it is book, article, ...) in citation in my draft (to be able to check if it is correct (for debugging;) ), I have many references).
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Image bug in overleaf
I was programing in overleaf, and after i added a new image and recompilate, all my other images just bugged. How can i fix this?
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How to build a LuaTeX binary with debug info?
I would like to build a binary of LuaTeX with debug info, so that it can be run inside a debugger (like gdb) and one can step through the program in terms of the source code. My goal is to debug the ...
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Same Latex source file but receive different result after compiling
I'm using Latex to typeset a big file, which i need to include 2 sub-files
\input{titres/remerciements.tex}
\input{titres/resume.tex}
The 2 files are in French and there is already the declaration ...
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Increasing separation between body and footnotes when using KOMA
I have tried
\skip\footins=2\baselineskip
and it works; but now on page 4 my page number is set in a different font (apparently Latin Modern) than my main font! What must I add or change to avoid ...
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Why does printing an array cause lualatex to freeze?
The following MWE sends lualatex into an infinite loop on my machine:
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{luacode}
\begin{luacode*}
start = {42};
\end{luacode*}
\begin{document}
\directlua{tex....
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Can anyone produce a minimal working example of listings in Beamer?
I'm trying out the solution in : Lstlisting Python
but in Beamer.
And no matter what I write, it throws me like a thousand errors:
I thoroughly checked. There is no missing }
My code is literally (...
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Overfull hbox due to `glossaries-extra`
As identified based on another of my questions here.
Warnings like
Overfull \hbox (28.00505pt too wide) in alignment at lines 46--46
seem to be produced when using the glossaries-extra package.
Here ...
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locate overfull hbox in alignment
I fail to locate the exact position of the origin of the final 4
Overfull \hbox (36.55566pt too wide) in alignment at lines 343--343
warnings in my document.
My document is uses several \subimport*{}...
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How to debug issue where LaTeX refuses to produce more than 7 pages? [closed]
I consider myself quite experienced in this field by now. But today I am totally stumped. I have a .tex file where LaTeX truncates anything after page 7. It used to be that I had a \newpage in the ...
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Previously working code now gives "Argument of \put has an extra }" after TeXLive/MiKTeX reinstall
I realize this might not be as detailed as expected, but I'm working on a series of books (meaning I have subfiles and many different packages loaded).
Turns out I'm running short of space in my C ...
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Lualatex + amsthm + polyglossia + CharisSIL = error
The following
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsthm,polyglossia}
\setmainfont{CharisSIL}
\newtheorem{defi}{Definition}
\begin{document}
\begin{defi}
Harmless definition
\end{defi}
\end{...
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Overwritten global Lua variables "attempt to index a NN value"
I have a Lua file (too old to remember what I did exactly) that includes this line:
local arg_cnt = debug.getinfo(formatter).nparams
which triggers an error with the message
attempt to index a ...
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how to debug runaway argument?
How do I figure out what line the latex starts looking for a missing brace or..... I would prefer not to include my latex code
Excluding 'comment' comment.)
Runaway argument?
! File ended while ...
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How to fix spacing issues? [duplicate]
Might be a waste of time, but how do I debug excess space that appears in resulting pdf? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-XLQ3t5EINC4ZAs9kk7q5tpM77gpCMjd/view?usp=sharing, https://drive.google.com/...
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Blank line between equation and theorem statement
I need to end a paragraph with an equation before the statement of a theorem, but I get an unnecessary blank line. How can I remove it? Looks like the problem lies within the "thmtools" and &...
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background package causes tikz error when verbatim page breaks
The background package causes a tikz error with verbatim
I have a few lines of of text within begin/end verbatim, and normally this would just break over a page where needed, however, when I use the ...
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labels with debug information [duplicate]
On macOS, I tried the following:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\pie{47/Rice,32/Wheat,22/Other}
\end{tikzpicture}
What I observe is not what I expect with labels:
It is like there is some debug info attached to ...
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What is wrong with this alignment?
What is wrong with this alignment?
Context:
First, apologies for the lengthy post.
So I'm using the alignment environment for the first time in my LaTex article document, but not with much success. ...
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How can I automatically draw frames around all elements on a page?
Fine-tuning the layout and spacing of elements in a document is often a guessing game. It would be great if LaTeX could display the spatial extensions of all elements (float, subfigure, minipage, ...
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Debugging Badboxes
I am currently working on a document where I get a lot of badboxes, unfortunately I don't get any information on where does badboxes occur (apart form the file). How can I find these badboxes ...
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Why is my proof not working with a matrix?
I was writing up a proof on a LaTex article, which required me to utilise a number of matrices in it.
However, I quickly discovered that when I hit \end{proof}, at the end of my proof, it would not ...
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Adding figures using inkscape and
I was searching about how to add inkscape diagrams to LaTeX file. And I found this blog from a student who is using incscape and LaTeX for taking lecture notes. Coming to my issue: I loaded packages ...
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"\pgfsyspdfmark{pgfid1}{8899518}{14980839}" [closed]
I copy pasted the following code and it run perfectly well. But in my main tex file, it showed the error message.Sorry I don't have the MWE because I don't know how to recreate it.
\documentclass{...
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Why does LaTeX trigger a font warning when I don't even use that font and how can I trace it down to an input file?
My first question is, when exactly does LaTeX trigger a font warning? I suspect, it is in the moment when I request a font through \sffamily or \selectfont, correct?
This is why
\documentclass{article}...
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Why is this image not appearing where it should in this code?
I was trying to write an article in laTex and I attempted to incorporate the following image:
I wrote the following code - you can ignore the substance of the text in the code, that is out of context,...
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