Questions tagged [errors]
{errors} is for questions regarding or including compilation or similar errors.
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How do I disable scrollmode in Tex Maker?
As answered by David Carlisle in this thread:
Texmaker - Where to type 'H' for help?
David states that \scrollmode is on not allowing the user to interact with the error message after the ...
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BibTeX - bst file - You can't pop an empty literal stack for entry Hirt1974; while executing---line 2291 of file WileyNJD-APS.bst
I have customized the bibliography style file (WileyNJD-APS.bst) and compiling the
bibtex getting the following errors. I am unable to identify the bibtex error
and could you please help me to resolve ...
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Error in making table with multiple columns
I try to make a table with more than two columns as follows
\begin{center}\begin{tabular}{cc}
Sub & $A_i$ & $B_i$ & $C_i$ & $D_i$ & $E_i$ & $F_i$ & $G_i$ & $H_i$ \\ ...
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Overleaf: PDF causing compilation timeout (due to an infinite loop)
I just added a PDF in my Overleaf project (created by myself from Samsung Notes, never had a problem before) and adding this pdf using
\includepdf[pages=-]{Tp12.pdf}
(see pictures below) with
\...
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Error : Missing $ inserted in \begin{cases} and basic questions?
\newpage
\section*{Basics}
\begin{definition} [\textsc{Pochhammer}-Symbol]
The \textsc{Pochhammer-Symbol} with $(a;q)_n$
is an expression in combinatorics, which is defined as
\...
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How to add label to bent arrow? [closed]
I use this code:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[place,
accepting,
label=above:$p_1^1$] (p11) at (-3,0) {};
\node[transition,
minimum width=1.5mm,
...
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Can't colour the right rows table
I have made a table with a table generator. I want the two first rows to be white, the following row to be grey and white intermittently.
This is the code I generated:
Preamble:
(long since this is a ...
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Pgfmath code conflict
I am using the following code, and it works except for the custom macro \QuadraticEquations.
However, it works in a stand alone file. Am I missing something obvious?
\documentclass{article}
\...
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"Missing { inserted" in DeclarePairedDelimiter [duplicate]
MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\DeclarePairedDelimiter{\abs}{\left|}{\right|}
\DeclarePairedDelimiter{\absl}{\lvert}{\rvert}
\begin{document}
$\abs{\cdot}$
$\absl{\...
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"Emergency stop" error in an original document after copying it (Overfleaf)
I have a big problem with my LaTeX project. I haven't modified it for 15 hours (worked before !), just copied it to get the same template in another project, and now the original document stopped ...
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New environment gives "File ended while scanning use of \thmt@collect@body."
In the code below, I use starred theorems through some macros and commands.
\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{amssymb,amsthm,amsmath,xparse}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\...
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"Missing $ inserted " error while using algorithm2e
Hello Latex Community,
I'm writing an algorithm but the TEX maker is showing an error "missing $ inserted error in the last line of the algorithm (\end{algorithm})!!! Could you please help me !!
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suggest ways to rectify "File ended while scanning use of \frame . "
How should I rectify this error?
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“\end occurred when \ifnum ... was incomplete” with both tikz and luatexja
The following MCE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
% \usepackage{luatexja}
\begin{document}
\tikz{\coordinate[yshift=\the\ht\strutbox];}
\end{document}
compiles without anything suspect but,...
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How to locate the line of "Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line ..."?
In my report.log I have plenty of these messages:
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xstring/xstring.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xstring/xstring.tex
\integerpart=\count405
...
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Some align mistake [duplicate]
A question why I get this error when I use align? My code is the following
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\...
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Package CJK Error: Invalid character code
Today, I use another computer to run my .tex. The console shows the following error.
But, I can run the same file on my foemer PC. After diagnosing, I find the problem which is marked below.
If I ...
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Problem with Poker packages
I want to display playing cards in my document, but none of the poker packages I've tried are working (\usepackage{poker} nor \usepackage{pst-poker}). I am, in fact, able to compile (using XeLaTeX) ...
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You can't use `\unskip' in vertical mode
So I have this strange error You can't use `\unskip' in vertical mode in springer latex template. For whatever reason, this is caused by the blank line before the last \end{proof}. Not sure how ...
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Receiving this error in latex for "missing $ inserted" and that "You need to enclose all mathematical expressions.."
This is latex Overleaf and I'm receiving this error with no idea on how to fix it
edit: Here is the code
\begin{definition}[Dirichlet Character]
Any map $\chi:(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})* \rightarrow \...
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installing labbook template or package with chronological + experiment indices
So I have started the research for my Masters thesis and I would like to keep an electronic lab book in LaTex. I am using texlive and tex studio for writing. I have discovered a labbook package on ...
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Undefined control sequence \IfFormatAtLeastTF
I am using \RequirePackage{expkv/expkv-opt,expkv/expkv-def} in my sty file. But when I run my tex file I am getting the following error.
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (TeX Live 2017/...
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problem when inserting figure: "dfTeX error: pdflatex (file ./billeder/Metodeteori/nmr_spectra_ny.png): libpng: internal error"
When I insert a figure in LaTex I get this error:
dfTeX error: pdflatex (file ./billeder/Metodeteori/nmr_spectra_ny.png): libpng: internal error.
I have checked that the file is correctly uploaded, in ...
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Origin of Lua Error
If a lualatex compilation breaks with/at this terminal output:
(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgfkeysfiltered.c
ode.tex))[\directlua]:1: attempt to call a nil value (...
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Float [H] not working // Two-column problem // Various errors
I am currently writing my PhD thesis, and have been looking for a solution of the two stated problem below for hours, when I finally decided to ask the question in front of the "pros". :)
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Custom environment for tcolorbox not working with certain option
I have trouble defining a custom environment for a tcolorbox equation environment. When I define an environment for my tcolorbox with ams align Option I get the error:
LaTeX Error: \begin{tcolorbox} ...
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Converting an overleaf text into Latex [duplicate]
I have written a paper in Overleaf. I can't convert it into a LaTeX file. Is there any special way to do that.
For example the document class is \documentclass[graybox]{svmult} but in LaTeX it has not ...
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Random errors show up when I insert a bibliography
When I include at the bottom of my latex file the code
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{Bibliography}
I get the following errors in my Log file (note my Latex compiles with no errors when I ...
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Missing number, treated as zero - what did I read
OK, guys I wanted to compile a simple thing that usually works and on the line:
[\sum\sub{\gamma \in \Delta}c\sub{\gamma}h\sub{\gamma}, x\sub{\alpha\sub{1}}] \equals 0
LaTeX says "missing number,...
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pdflatex: Command for pdflatex gave return code 1, but not error in log file
When I build my project using a Makefile I get this:
(see the transcript file for additional information)
Output written on build/report.pdf (51 pages).
SyncTeX written on build/report.synctex.gz.
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\tl_gput_right:Nx with argument containing \par causing error after a list
I accidentally ran into this issue and don't understand why this happens. Consider the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
%% OK
Text
\ExplSyntaxOn
\tl_gput_right:Nx \l_tmpa_tl {...
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Patch \input in tabular if on a recent LaTeX
I am trying to implement a workaround for the error I get when inputting a table as external file in a file using \input. The code snippet below works for this purpose:
\IfFileExists{filename}
\...
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"Illegal parameter number in definition of \reserved@a" following \IfFileExists
I tried to use a switch \IfFileExists to define a command differently, but I get the illegal parameter error. I am running LaTeX from TeX Live 2021.
A minimal example is:
\documentclass[12pt,fleqn]{...
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`Missing = inserted for \ifnum` Error During Compilation
I know this question has been asked many times before. There are many similar questions but I failed to solve mine. During compilation, I'm getting the following error message:
./thesis.tex:41: ...
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`\newenvironment` throwing errors
I defined an environment:
% Custom environment
% \begin{subeqns}[eq:label]
% ...
% \end{subeqns}
\newenvironment{subeqns}[1][]
{
\begin{subequations} \ifthenelse{\isempty{#1}}{}{\label{#...
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Overleaf error messages when compiling with \begin{align*} and \end{align*} and using \bm{\varphi}
I'm getting error messages in overleaf such as "Missing } inserted.", "Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup.", "Misplaced alignment tab character &.", "Misplaced ...
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hyperref stopped working abruptly
An avid user of hyperref package here. I had been using it for almost all of my documents, and it had been working just fine, until today, when all of a sudden, all my files that have
\usepackage{...
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Chemformula giving Missing number, treated as zero error
I've recently installed TeXstudio and MiKteX on a new Windows 11 machine and have been trying to compile some of my old .tex files which uses chemformula:
\documentclass[answers, 12pt]{exam}
\...
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Failure to include pdf files in a Windows 11 computer using LuaLaTex MikTex, but ok in Windows 10
I am a reasonably apt LaTeX user, being a local reference to solve problems. However, this baffles me and I could use some help. I already did a lot of checking on both installations, and reinstalled ...
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Is there a \return command to end the current macro?
Is there a \return statement in Latex to end the current macro from being processed?
\if some condition
\PackageError{mypackage}{main text}{help text}
\return
\fi
I just think it would be more ...
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How to fix Undefined control sequence \caption@setlabelseparator with TexLive 2022?
I am trying to use again the answer from this question of mine from 2019 (Misplaced \noalign. \captionsetup ->\noalign when using \captionsetup inside memoir \legend command) with Tex Live 2022, ...
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Image.png suddenly not found [closed]
Latex compiled fine for me until a second ago, I don't know if I did something (I think not), but suddenly it threw me this error: no image ending in "png" loads. The folder with images is ...
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Error with ctable package after updating MikTex
I had a tex file that was compiling fine until I updated MikTex a few nights ago (I updated in both admin and user modes). I now keep getting the following error when I try to compile:
! LaTeX Error: ...
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Cannot paste a large chunk of LaTeX to Overleaf
When I try to copy a large chunk of LaTeX to Overleaf (especially tables), nothing happens. Overleaf does not paste my LaTeX to its editor.
I have to manually copy each line in order for Overleaf to ...
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Can Lua access the traceback/surrounding tokens on error?
Let's say if I have...
\documentclass{article}
\errorcontextlines=10000
\def\c{1 \errorerror 2}
\def\b{3 \c 4}
\def\a{5 \b 6}
7 \a 8
I can
see the traceback on the console...
! Undefined control ...
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Missing number error in pgfplot [closed]
I got a weird error when I use add yshift=-1mm to my plot. The error does not appear when I use positive value. The shift works, but looking at the red error is really annoying.
Can anyone suggest a ...
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Latex No Files found
I do not know what happened. I tried everything I found on line.
The problem is as follows: If I include \addbibresource{example.bib}, Latex stops recognizing any files. It doesn't matter what is in ...
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luatex doesn't stop on error on Windows, but does on ubuntu
I use TeXworks on Win7 (Version 0.6.5, MikTex 21.1) and TeXworks on Ubuntu (Version 0.6.5, "launchpad").
And I have a tex file with an error (undeclared control sequence).
Running luatex (1....
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Aligns: missing $ inserted and other severe errors
I got some fatal error from my code:
\begin{align}
a_{n+1}-a_{n} &= \frac{1}{n+2}\left(1+\frac{1}{2} + \cdots + \frac{1}{n+1} \right) - \frac{1}{n+1} \left(1+\frac{1}{2} + \cdots + \frac{1}{n} \...
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No Output PDF Produced
I'm using TeXShop to produce a PDF file of a .tex file, and my professor can produce an output, but I cannot. I assume it has something to do with garamondx, but I believe I installed it correctly.
To ...
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