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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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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Why is this space being inserted when using \newcommand and \setlength? [duplicate]
I'm trying to debug some \newcommand macros I'm working on, and I've got it down to this minimal example. All it does is define two lengths and then set their values - it doesn't use them for anything....
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What is the error runaway argument in the following code?
Here is my code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\title{IELTS Course Companion}
\author{Ethen Hu}
\begin{document}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\maketitle
\section{numbers}
\subsection{...
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How to debug todonotes issues (expandafter {\@captype)
In a LaTeX document (using revtex-4.2 and todonotes) I run into issues with todo note related errors – which seem erratic and which I somehow cannot debug. The issue seems to be related to a certain ...
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How can I fix overfull \hbox problem in biblatex? [duplicate]
The errors aren't creating any problem in my desired output, but what does it mean?
How can I fix it?
I will share my tex file if needed.
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How do I know whether my LaTeX file has errors?
I have changed the settings in TeXShop so that the console appears only when there are errors. However, I always pops up.
How can I identify the number of errors I have?
MWE:
\documentclass[12pt,...
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Error with tabular* (Underfull \hbox (badness 10000))
I get an error when compiling a tabular* environment.
The error I get is:
Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in alignment at lines 3--5
[]
Overfull \hbox (17.62482pt too wide) in paragraph at lines ...
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problem with \mathaccent when \usepackage{hyperref} is loaded
Here is a MWE.
\documentclass[a4,12pt]{report}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\renewcommand{\.}[1]{\ensuremath{\mathrm{#1}}}
\newcommand{\+}[1]{\ensuremath{\mathbf{#1}}}
\newcommand{\ud}{...
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I've a 12 in my first page but I don't know why
I have a problem to solve because I read three time my code
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\...
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How can I tell how big a minipage is?
I'm debugging a document layout that uses a minipage, and I've seen somewhere where you can turn on an option to draw rectangles around the various boxes for debugging. However, I tried searching and ...
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How to include an external code file?
I have the following file structure:
File
|-urlaubsfahrt.py
|-Test
|-test.tex
And the following tex file:
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8x]{...
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Debugging of expl3 code
I've been programming quite a bit in expl3 for the last weeks, and while I really like the expressiveness of the provided API, what often is incredibly painful is debugging larger programs.
In many ...
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Logic quantifiers displayed wrong when using newpxmath
When using the package newpxmath, the quantifiers \foralland \exists are displayed as \hslash and \hbar, respectively.
See the following MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\...
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Convert XeLaTeX to ePub
Hi all,
I have a XeLaTeX file which once compiled gives that kind of pdf page :
What I need is to have from the tex file an ePub format instead of the pdf one.
So before posting all this message, ...
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What is wrong with my plot?
My plot as shown below is not reflecting the upper cap surface exactly as I have defined it (I simply negated the z-ordinate of the parametric equations)
Is this some kind of numerical bug?
\...
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\ref + \inaccessible : ideas to help debug a document?
I have a error in a document and I'm unable to debug it.
The errors
At the second compilation of my document, the command \ref{} raises the error
Missing control sequence inserted
\...
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Change in everypage package behavior (which hasn't been revised since 2007)
The everypage package was last changed in June 2007 (https://www.ctan.org/pkg/everypage). And yet, in the last few months, since I upgraded my LaTeX installation, it behaves differently. The only ...
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Biber error on Mac - locale and bibtex subsystem issues [duplicate]
Biber runs with this warning:
Running `Biber' on `citation_issues' with ``biber citation_issues''
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
...
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How can I more efficently debug “Missing character” errors?
I am working on a rather long paper with a ton of inline math. I have a ton of "Missing character: There is no � in font pplr7t!" errors upon compiling, and I understand that using characters no ...
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Debug: how to fix this “missing delimiter” error
I am using an example-code for my CV. The code here is really simple, I acctually didn't use any "\left", but still getting this error of "missing \right", along with the error "missing delimiter" and ...
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LYX debugging does not allow going to error in document
Lyx produces an error message when compiling, but I cannot find where the error is in the document. When hovering over the errors it says clicking it would take me to the error in the document but it'...
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Included graphics in TiKZ with XeLaTeX get displaced
I have a problem with \includegraphics within TikZ with XeLaTeX, namely that the images get displaced.
This is similar to the problem described in this question, but the symptoms are different. ...
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Workflow for patching and testing expl3 modules
Say I want to write a patch for one or some of the expl3 modules. As far as I can see, to test the patch I have to do the following:
Edit the module's .dtx file;
Run l3.ins to compile (beside others) ...
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Proper usage of otherkeywords option in listings
I'm trying to understand how listings' otherkeywords option really works. The documentation says about it:
Defines keywords that contain other characters, or start with digits. Each given 'keyword' ...
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Why can't this MetaPost drawing be placed more than once in ConTeXt?
I used the code at How to conditionally draw parts of a MetaPost drawing in ConTeXt? to display a crossword puzzle. The code works great, until I try to display another crossword puzzle, at a later ...
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How to debug “Inconsistent local/global assignment” in l3seq (expl3)?
I'm trying to debug an expl3 code that usesl3seq and seq_gput_right. By adding the enable-debug and reviewing the code I get the error:
! LaTeX3 Error: Inconsistent local / global assignment
That ...
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`\show` for macro arguments
For debugging purposes, I want to write to the log what is actually passed to a macro as argument. A naive \newcommand\test[1]{\show#1} obviously doesn't do the job. So how can I printout a list of ...
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Why do I keep getting a “missing \begin{document}” error?
Sorry about the awful formatting, this is a screenshot from my mobile.
I am an absolute beginner when it comes to Latex and I just can't understand why it keeps giving me such an error when I clearly ...
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How to display string variable without hanging texworks
I was getting unexpected results storing a parameter into a string variable, and added the statement "\str_show:N \l_tmpa_str" to produce debugging output. Texworks treats the output as an error. My ...
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Debugging space in badges
I would like to create badges in Latex. I want to place the badges on the paper next to each other, so I have to cut the paper only once!
I have the following code:
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{...
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Text not wrapping on column boundary
I am trying to render a LaTeX project and the words are spilling over the column boundary. What could be the reason for this? I thought that the class library took care of these issues.
For example:
...
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Can't Find what's causing the error in this code, trying to insert a figure
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{cite}
\usepackage[UKenglish]{babel}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{chngcntr}
\...
