Questions tagged [input]
{input} is about the \input command which makes LaTeX process the content of a given file basically the same way as if it would be written instead of \input.
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Using `\input` inside documentation (.dtx) files
The different category codes active in .dtx files cause problems with commands that use \input inside them. An example is the \worldflag command from the worldflags package. Comments within included ...
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Use a File as Input for a Macro with the `listofitems` Package [duplicate]
After a saga about parsing SGF files that culminated in this very thorough answer by user @StevenB.Segletes, I've been trying to use files as input for the macro he was able to create there. The final ...
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\documentclass in separate .tex file
I have always put all my preamble, including \documentclass, in a separate "preamble.tex" file like this:
\documentclass[a4paper,
twoside=on,
titlepage=on,
11pt,
BCOR=1cm,
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Transmit filename to main file while using !# tex root
I have, in a directory named tds, several files, say td1.tex, td2.tex etc. with no preamble but with the directive :
% !TEX root = ../main.tex
In this file main.tex :
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{...
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\documentclass not working when inside \input [closed]
When I place my \documentclass command inside my preamble.tex file (which I am importing into the main.tex file using \input), my compliation fails with the error *** (job aborted, no legal \end found)...
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\input not loading tikzset definitions from standalone
I made the following tikz as a standalone .tex and wanted to \input the file into another. It compiles as a syandalone but it wont load the tikz boxes and arrows when imported.
\documentclass[tikz]{...
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Including standalone tikz in beamer
I have a stand.tex that contains the following latex code:
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
% Draw horizontal line
\draw[->] (0.5,0) -- (19,...
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LaTeX error when formatting external data with siunitx
The following example fails with ! Argument of \@iinput has an extra }. The problem does not occur when not using \input or not using \num. How can I avoid the error?
\documentclass{minimal}
\...
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Can a variable be passed to the same program to iterate over, instead of editing the source and running it with distinct values?
My MWE is:
\PassOptionsToPackage{rgb,dvipsnames,svgnames,dvipsnames,hyperref}{xcolor}
\documentclass[border={2pt},tikz]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{math, calc}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[...
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How can I use \input with relative figure folders? [closed]
I am trying to make a main file with \input of a bunch of tex files. These tex files use \Figures... . png as images in each folder of each tex file. The \input in the main tex file gives the error ...
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How can I input external files by using a list of names?
My code is the following:
\documentclass[ngerman,german,14pt,twoside,openany]{scrbook}
\usepackage[left=2.5cm,right=2.5cm,top=2cm,bottom=2.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{...
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Problem with \input with pdflatex [closed]
I'm having a problem when using the \input command with PdfLatex to compile. I have two files, the first one and the other to include with \input.
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\...
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Include all chapters, but compile only one?
Instead of one big tex file, I put the chapters into separate tex files for faster compilation. My main tex file now looks like this:
\include{ch-abstract}
\include{ch-acknowledgments}
\include{ch-...
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Errorin compiling using color package and input
I'm using Overleaf to do a report for school, and in order to be readable, I've chosen to write every chapter in different .tex and then take them in the main .tex with all the packages, and do \input....
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Difficulty with template for multiple chapters
Folks:
I am a Latex newbie.
I have a book consisting of 24 chapters in word.
I would like to be able to work on each chapter separately, but compile them as one Latex file. I copied code from ...
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Importing a section from another document (with begin document)
I have two different latex files, which I would like to import one to another file. Here's what I've searched previously in older posts.
This one
Another one
To understand my case, I provide the ...
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\graphicspath but for tables [duplicate]
I want to do something similar to this post Separate directory for tables
I want to have a standard directory path for tables like I have it for figures. For figures, I have the following:
\...
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\input{} does not work inside \longtable{} [duplicate]
I want to create multiple reports with dynamic tables. When I try to insert columns with \input{inputfile.tex} it gives me the errors:
"Misplaced \noalign.
\midrule ->\noalign"
and
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Loop to input content into tabular
I'm trying to input files that represent rows of a table into a tabular environment using a loop, but I'm having trouble using input.
Here is a MWE of my code without using loops. I have files with ...
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\input with multicols pagebreaks
I have multiple .tex files that I insert into a main document.tex file. This is done for separating the different parts of my paper. The .tex files that are called with \input in document.tex contain ...
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TeXstudio: create chapters in subfolders and figurtes in subsubfolders
I'd like to setup my document as such:
/folder/main.tex %includes the preamble info
/folder/chapter1/CH1.tex
/folder/chapter1/Figures/<all_Ch1pictures.png>
/folder/chapter2/CH2.tex
/folder/...
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Importing parts of a .txt file in LaTeX document [duplicate]
Can you define which lines and columns from a .txt file to show up in LaTeX?
I tried the \lstinputlisting command where it seems I can only limit the output to specific lines and not columns as well, ...
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Easy way to iterate through files in directory
I've already read multiple solutions where the poster iterates over the number of the files, but what I'm looking for is a simple way to iterate through the files in a directory. For example,
\...
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nested relative inputs
Problem:
This is something that that bothered me for quite a time. If you have multiple files, then you have to make all input paths relative to the main tex file (or actually the directory from where ...
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How to determine where does `\input{}` search for a file?
I have some file foo-<YYYY>.tex which I update every year and is located in the following path:
C:\Git\directory\texmf\tex\latex\folder
My MiKTeX configuration contains the previous path in its ...
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several table of contents
How does the code have to be edited if an external tex file is included (via \input)?
The external file should have its own independent table of contents.
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
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breakable textfield
is there any way to have a fillable textfield which is breakable across two pages, i.e. not
to be forced to one page only?
MWE:
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{letter}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\...
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pdflatex for pdf with interactive/fillable box with adjustable height to input
Following up on this question from August 2023, is there any update on creating a form on a hyperref generated pdf, with height adjustable (without rescaling) to the context, so it can be saved/...
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When inputting a file, can I extract the title as a section header?
To move sections and sections down the hierarchy, I have:
\let\section\subsection
\let\subsection\subsubsection
In case it's needed, here is ExampleFile.tex
\documentclass{article}
\title{Example ...
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How to turn string read from (CSV) file into counter
I have a csv file with tags and (page) nrs, as follows:
tag,nr
t1,1
t2,5
t3,9
The nr-column refers to page numbers in a pdf file. Each page has a corresponding tag. Given a tag, I want to show the ...
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How to properly define TEXINPUTS
There are numerous questions on this site (and elsewhere on the web) how to define $TEXINPUTS and other strategies for including non-standard locations to be searched by TeX.
See, for instance the ...
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Input under conditions
I have a main document with inputs of several others.
This is my main document
\documentclass[11pt, a4paper]{article}
\newcommand{\years}[1]{\textbf{Years} #1}
\newcommand{\corps}[1]{#1}
\begin{...
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input tex from variable
This PR0101_Enunciado.tex file is inside the folder Ejercicios and contains this line only :
Un enunciado de pregunta
Then, in another folder at the same level of somefolder, I have this main.tex:
\...
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How to create a latex file with html input value?
I have a latex file and a website. On the website I have an input field, in which you can write text. Then when you click a download-button on the website I want that it automatically creates a pdf (...
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longtable contents from file
I observed a difference in a longtable environment that reads it contents via an "\input" command. longtable package version 4.17 creates an additional empty line, that is not present with ...
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Redefining \input with itself leads to unexpected behaviour
I am trying to intercept calls to \input and branch of functionality for some filetypes. However, I have run into the following strange error:
Consider the M(n)WE given below, where the macro \input ...
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Wrong pathnames with latexdiff -- flatten and multiple files added with \input
I've written my thesis in latex and have one folder per chapter and in each chapter folders, I've subfiles per sections. Now, I'm using latexdiff on my mac's terminal to look at difference between the ...
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Using \input for command arguments
I'm making an rpg system. I want to separate the contents of the spell from the formatting of the spell to, for example, be able to format the spells differently for character sheets vs a dedicated ...
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\Include working on mac, but not on windows
I am working on a big LaTeX document (thesis), that's broken down into multiple .tex files, and I thus have only a thesismain.tex file to compile that uses \include.
On a MacBook, compilation goes ...
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Change build root directory in VSCode
tldr: how to change build root to different path from main tex file.
Using VSCode and the Latex-workshop extension, I want to compile a document. My folder structure is as follows:
/workspace_folder/
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List of acronyms as an input of a separate file .tex and not in the main
I'm trying to have a list of acronyms in my paper, but since it will be really long I don't want to write all the \newglossaryentry in the main. I tried to create a separate .tex file and use \input{} ...
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Executing python script or code using \input not working
Im trying to execute a python script from within LaTeX by means of using the \input command, however I get a strange error that I can't really understand. Im following the working example taken from ...
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scanf functionality in TeX?
Is there a function akin to scanf of C that can simultaneously parse stdin or txt and assign them to variables? For example, I am trying to typeset a pdf from a text file. The first line contains the ...
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Space after \input in tables causes new blank row
I have an issue with \input when using the new versions of LuaLateX. I include this MWE and afterwards some figures of the issue. I'm testing the code in Overleaf.
The problem is that when I'm using ...
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Error with \input: runaway argument
I have the following two .tex files which won't compile:
\documentclass[a4paper, twoside, 14pt, pdftex, pdfa]{extreport}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[czech]{babel}
\usepackage{comment, ...
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pgffor with foreach inputted from another file does not work anymore with MiKTeX 23.4
This piece of code used to compile just fine with MiKTeX 2.9.6300:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgffor}
\begin{document}
\input{forEachInput.tex}
{
test \fruit
}
\end{document}
The file ...
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eqref from another documents perspective
In the following code, I have two documents sharing the same input file (myeq.tex), which has a labeled equation. In Document 1, the equation would be referred to as equation 1 since it is the first ...
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Python from LaTeX: Strange Networkx/Graphviz error
It is hard to give a minimal example, because Python3 with some packages is needed. I want to call Python from LaTeX, here is an example how I want to do it (--shell-escape is needed):
\documentclass[]...
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Are header guards necessary for LaTeX packages? If so, how to implement one?
A header guard is used in some programming languages to avoid repeatedly importing the same file. Here's one example of this scenario in LaTeX: Let's say we have header1.sty, header2.sty and main.tex ...
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How to input lyx file into .tex file
I would like to input the body of a lyx file into a tex file.
Currently I convert the .lyx file (say child.lyx) to child.tex in Lyx with File > Export > Latex, and use \input{child.tex} in the ...
