Questions tagged [errors]
{errors} is for questions regarding or including compilation or similar errors.
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Why latex does not tell me which command is undefined?
From the beginning, took me a lot of time to come with the following minimal example:
\PassOptionsToPackage{main=brazil,english,spanish,french}{babel}
\documentclass[
10pt,
a5paper,
]{memoir}
\...
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Tilde in section title + amsmath & hyperef & silence leads to crash
I stumbled upon a LaTeX crash (capacity exceeded, parameter stack size=10000) and condensed it into the minimal working example below. I assume this is a bug in one of these packages? Can anyone ...
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Error using itemize- Illegal parameter number in definition of \NewCount. \begin{itemize}
I'm trying to make a list using the code below. It had been working previously but now I am getting this odd error. I've tried cleaning auxiliary files with no luck.
\begin{itemize}
\item Alice and ...
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Error: Files not found
Dear LateX community,
I've been working with LateX quite some time now and have now a document that originates from a template from this website. https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/journal-...
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how to use \define@ for additional xcookybooky-keys
I am starting to use the xcookybooky package and currently am trying to define additional keys to the headline, as in the documentation, where it say, for example,
\define@key{headlines}{...
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The LaTeX gives error for the figure codes
\documentclass[journal]{IEEEtran}
\usepackage[classicReIm]{kpfonts}
\usepackage{booktabs,tabularx,lipsum
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\subfigure [\ RBM-based load forecast] {...
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Command \iint already defined, but i am not using the wasysym package
I have the same problem as this question: I get the error \iint is already defined but I am not using the wasysym package. Here is my preamble
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{...
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pkfix-helper shows METAFONT error (can't find file `ecsy')
I tried to use pkfix-helper, but I get a strange error from METAFONT. I'm MiKTeX and all packages are updated to the newest version. What does this error mean and how can I fix it?
C:\Users\username\...
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“Dimension too large” error with tikz graphic using tikzmark when document gets too many pages
I use this code (fixed by marmot :) ...), which worked perfectly until a point where my document got too many pages.
At a given point I get a "Dimension too large" error.
It uses code that tests if a ...
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error-command \c@refsection already defined
I'm using the IET template(https://digital-library.theiet.org/journals/author-guide). The error information also tell incompatible with natbib? Can anyone help me? Thanks a lot!
\documentclass{cta-...
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How to report the --output-directory bug on pdflatex/latexmk on Tex Live?
As already reported on this other question I can't write on file 'foo.aux', when:
Using the --output-directory option of both pdflatex and latexmk
Using Tex Live 2017 on Linux
The ...
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hyperref--xkeyval interaction? \reserved@a ->\@nil error
The code from this answer produces an error
\reserved@a ->\@nil
when also loading hyperref.
% !TEX TS-program = xelatexmk
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{xkeyval}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\...
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I can't add a photo in a solution (underfull \hbox (badness 1000)
\begin{solution}
text
\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth]{images/mixtas.png}
\label{fig:mesh2}
\end{figure}\\
more text
\end{solution}
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How do I move these words to the left? They are cut off the edge [closed]
Code:
\begin{twenty} % Environment for a list with descriptions
\twentyitem{May 2017 - present \hspace{0.5cm}}{\hspace{0.5cm}Production assistent weekend/holidays \newline \hspace{0.41cm} Royal ...
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! Package inputenc Error: Unicode character × (U+00D7)
$\ln{\frac{1}{×}}$
I try to write this code for ln(1/x) but it doesn't matter,
I define some package for example \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
but it doesn't matter really.
anyone can help me?
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Make LaTeX error messages more detailed, e.g. “command not found” > which command? [closed]
It would save users a lot of time if error messages from LaTeX would show more details. For example, the notorious "command not found" could show WHICH command caused the error.
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system returned with code 256
From this morning I'm not able to compile even the most simple codes. I don't know why these errors are produced
\documentclass[preview, border=1pt, convert={outext=.png}]{standalone}
\...
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Invalid character in input file [closed]
i was writing a file for 6 months. when i opened this file today, i didnt find the code but i found this message:
(This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (TeX Live
2016/W32TeX) (preloaded ...
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Errors with table [duplicate]
I am very new to the latex community (1 week) and writing my thesis with latex.
I am trying to built a table using the following code:
\begin{center}
\begin{longtable} [c] { |m{3cm}|m{2cm}|m{2cm}|m{...
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\mbox overflowing the line
I'm trying to avoid a line break in a middle of a method name as it can be seen here:
I want PredRNN++ to remain intact.
I tried using
\mbox{PredRNN++}
but then the name gets pushed out into the ...
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Double question marks instead of figure reference
% !TeX program = pdflatex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[draft]{graphicx}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{boat.jpg}
\...
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Beamer - error when uncovering tikz matrix
I am trying to uncover a tikz matrix using the code below. But it is throwing an "undefined controlled sequence" error. Does anybody know how I can fix this?
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}
\...
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usepackage{siunitx} produces error - texstudio
Im using TexStudio in UTF8. the following codes
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\num{0.12368455}
\num[round-mode=places,round-precision=4]{0.12368455}
\end{...
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Split Equation not working in trivial case in Overleaf
I,m quite new at LaTeX and I've been having problems with the split equation environment with error messages on every line in my environment. I'm trying to isolate the problem and I've reduced to ...
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Package tikz Error: I did not find the tikz library 'bayesnet' not found
I receive the following error while I try to compile my tex file
Package tikz Error: I did not find the tikz library 'bayesnet'. I looked for either could be found in the current texmf trees.. \...
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Unknown errors with pax package with lualatex compiling
Let we have some document.tex-file with hyperlinks
\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation}\label{key}
E = mc^c
\end{equation}
\eqref{...
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fontspec package conflicts with \textbf and \textit and \textsc
I have used fontspec package along with different packages to use some diacs such as ʾ ı ā ū, but when I use \textit or textbf, they do not function. When I deactivate the fontspec package, everything ...
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location of the Runaway argument?
I have difficulties in locating the runaway argument, where exactly should I look at in the code?
Runaway argument?
{\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.4}Analisi dello Spettro
! File ended while ...
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fncychap.sty not found
These are the packages I used while during compilation I got this error see in the attachement.
\documentclass[oneside]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\let\circledS\undefined
\usepackage[english]{...
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Simple macro for new # symbol [duplicate]
I was unsatisfied with how the # symbol looked in my document and had a look at this question. I tried to create a simple macro to replace
#
with
\texttt{\#}
I thought that a simple
\...
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Missing number treated as zero in overleaf
I'm currently working on my thesis and when I compile the acknowledgements alone it has no error but once I compile everything it shows this error.
\documentclass[english, a4paper, 12pt, twoside]{...
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PDF being generated and then disappears [error message below]
The error message reads"Sorry, but miktex-makepk did not succeed for the following reason: PK font futr8r could not be created. The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going ...
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Define command that accepts \\ in arguments
I am trying to define a new command \dfix that can handle newlines in its arguments. The command works as expected when the arguments have no \\ in them, but LaTeX produces errors if I do include ...
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! Missing $ inserted. error [duplicate]
I don't know why I'm getting
> ! Missing $ inserted.
<inserted text>
$
l.11 m^
*(E) := \inf_P m(P)
My code
\documentclass[border=1pt, convert={outext=.png}]{...
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errors in apacite.sty on running pdflatex
\documentclass{interact}
\usepackage{epstopdf}% To incorporate .eps illustrations using PDFLaTeX, etc.
\usepackage{subfig}% Support for small, `sub' figures and tables
%\usepackage[nolists,...
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Unexpected error when importing txt file [duplicate]
I have the following text, stored as 1.txt:
qui représentent une même application linéaire. Je me donne, cette fois, une application linéraire de \textit{R⁴} dans \textit{R⁴}, donc une ...
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inputenc: Unicode character … not set up for use with LaTeX
Note: This question turns out to be based on a mistaken premise, and the ‘aha!’ that may come from it, if you think you may have a similar problem, is that the pdftex in TeXLive 2018 handles UTF-8/...
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Tecla F6 envía error: Archivo de registro no encontrado [duplicate]
Trato presionar la tecla F6 y en los tutoriales de YouTube los que hacen el video lo presionan y a todos les va bien, pero a mi no :(
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Detect \begin{…} … \end{…} mismatch, or ending what you did not begin
While testing some of my new environments I made a mistake like this:
...
\begin{document}
...
\begin{A}
...
\end{A}
...
\begin{B}
...
\end{A}
...
\end{document}
LaTeX complained that B did not ...
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Missing \endcsname in package xcookybooky / TexLive
i recently started using latex to get all my recipes into a uniform format. Therefore i use the package xcookybooky.
When i am entering a recipe and try to compile it i get an error stating
"! ...
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List of Figures / Tables oddness
Recently, after building a document, I noticed the error in the List of Tables which is reproduced in the image below
The same thing occurs with the List of Figures, but not with the Table of ...
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Problem with siunitx package together with rmstyle.cls
could somebody point out what to change in rmstyle.cls file to get siunitx working?
Here is the MWE:
\documentclass{rmstyle}[12pt]
% \documentclass{article}[12pt]
\usepackage{siunitx}
\setcounter{...
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Reporting LaTeX error at custom location
I'm familiar with \PackageError as a way to cause LaTeX to report a custom error message when the command is run. But I'm wondering, is there a way to cause LaTeX to report an error, with a custom ...
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Strange “no line here to end” error
Unfortunately I didn't find any helpful question that already exists, so I need to open a new one on my problem.
I have two main documents I use. One is the main.tex with the entire thesis, and one ...
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Added a style file to ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/circuitikzgit but I still get ! LaTeX Error: File `circuitikzgit.sty' not found
I'm using a Mac, I created the directory ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/circuitikzgit and added the sty file circuitikzgit.sty to it. I then ran sudo texhash ~/Library/texmf, restarted TeX Live, and my tex ...
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Issue with ciruitikZ package
I'm trying to use the option RPvoltages for the package circuitikZ version 0.8.3 but I get the following error message:
! LaTeX Error: Unknown option `RPvoltages' for package `circuitikz'.
This ...
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Missing \endcsname inserted. \end
I am trying to import existing .tex files into a larger document, but I am running into this error. How can I fix it?
Below is the offending code.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[subpreambles=...
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LaTeX gives error in the following code
\documentclass{article}
\hyphenation{op-tical net-works semi-conduc-tor}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{...
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Having trouble using “rSection” or “rSubsection"
In a resume I wanted to write in Latex, I am getting a strange Error when I use the “rSection” as below:
\documentclass{resume} % Use the custom resume.cls style
\usepackage[left=0.75in,top=0.6in,...
