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Kile is a (La)TeX editor to edit (La)TeX source code. It runs on Unix-like systems including Mac OS X and Linux with the Qt libraries installed.

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How to use kile with feynmf or feynmp?

Does somebody know how to teach kile to automatically do the additional steps for compiling Latex documents that contain Feynman diagrams produced with feynmf or feynmp? For what I know I have to ...
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Is it possible to integrate sage in kile?

I'm using sagetex to output the result of computations directly on LaTeX. I'm using Kile as my editor. The usual procedure for compilation is: compile LaTeX on Kile. goto terminal and load the Sage ...
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Configure kile and biblatex

How do people configure kile to work with biblatex? I have two bibliographies \begin{refsection} ... \end{refsection} \begin{refsection} ... \end{refsection} and to get this to compile I need to ...
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building and viewing PDFs on Kile opens multiple instances of the same file

I've been a relatively long-time user of TeXnicCenter, and whenever I recompiled a tex file to PDF and viewed the output in that program, I would get an updated version of the PDF that was already ...
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Arara rule for log file scraping

Is there a script or arara rule that does log file scraping for messages about bad boxes, warnings, and obvious rerun messages and outputs this to stdout? It doesn't need to be perfect. I am looking ...
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How to create new shortcuts on kile?

The shortcut Alt + SHIFT + ( insert \left( \right) in line. How to create new shortcuts on kile to insert [] {}. Attention, than the plug-in kile.
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How to configure kile to run texlive 2011?

I install TeX Live 2011 in Linux, but i can not configure kile to run the TL11. Can you explain step by step, please? Solved: $gedit ~/.profile and digit PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/i386-...
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Unhelpful, misleading errors in amsmath environments

With the simple equation environment; \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{equation} a \foo b \end{equation} \end{document} you can see a helpful error message, ...
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Automatic update for pdf with Kile

How can I achieve that Kile updates the pdf automatically in certain intervals? Version: Kile 2.1.3 on Ubuntu 13.10
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disable syntax highlighting in kile

In the \verbatim environment, the syntax highlighting is disabled default, e.g. a $ ist not recognized as beginning of the math mode. I add my own environtment (\rawtext) to the kile Verbatim ...
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Package biblatex Warning: No "backend" specified, using Biber backend

I am trying to compile a simple tex file but I get this warning and no bibliography printed out: Package biblatex Warning: No "backend" specified, using Biber backend. I am using Kile on Ubuntu 14....
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How to configure kile in texlive 2010?

How to configure kile in texlive 2010?
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How can I do automatic 'environment' of command in 'Texmaker'?

I have knowledge about 'Kile' more or less. Now I am using 'Texmaker'. But there is a problem in it. In Kile when we write \begin{env} it automatically write \end{env} from the following : Settings ...
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Unable to use python.sty package

When compiling a .tex file that uses python.sty package and contains: \begin{python} ... \end{python} I keep getting an error: ./main.tex:33:I can't find file 'bin/main.py.out' \end{python} ./...
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Kile vs WinEDT vs TexShop

Question 1. When I type \begin{document} What keyboard shortcut can I use to so TexShop/Kile/WinEDT will automatically type the following: \end{document} Question 2. How to do the following in WinEDT/...
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How to set up inverse search with Okular and Kile

The title pretty much sums it up. I use the package srcltx in my documents. I am running Ubuntu with Kile 2.1 and Okular 0.8.2 as a viewer. I am pretty sure that inverse search should work, but I ...
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Kile will not work on Ubuntu (utf8x.def)

I just installed Kile on Ubuntu and I can't get it to work. Even just starting with one of the templates I continue to get the error: [PDFLaTeX]finished with exit code 1 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/...
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mathtools.sty not found in kile [closed]

How could I solve this following problem: 'mathtools.sty' not found .\usepackage I am using following packages: \documentclass[12pt]{report} \usepackage{textcomp, amssymb} \usepackage{...
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How can I install Kile 2.1.0 spellcheck libraries other than English?

I need a french dictionary. At least, it would be nice to have any information on the location where kile stores its spell-checking dictionaries.
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Kile and texlive 2012

Since I was not happy about the choice of texlive 2009 from Ubuntu repositories, I installed texlive 2012 manually from the website. Secondly, I like Kile to write, but when I try to install it, it ...
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Kile: how to use shortcut to compile the root file directly?

I have several tex files to create a pdf. The root.tex use \input{} to import other tex files. While I'm editing other tex files, I want to compile my tex by using some shortcut instead of using ...
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Argument names for autocompletion in Kile

Let say I created the following command in my latex document \newcommand{\red}[1]{ \textcolor{red}{#1} } When working with the LaTeX editor Kile, the autocompletion gives me something like \red{x}...
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Multiple Kile instances with multiple Okular instances

I usually worked with a unique instance of the latex editor Kile, together with the ForwardPDF build to see the output with forward search in a unique instance of Okular (this uses okular --unique). ...
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Kile and LuaLaTeX

After failing to compile some lualatex-code in texniccenter (see here: ForwardSearch: "Cannot execute the command" when using LuaLaTeX), I would like to compile a minimale example in kile. ...
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Why doesn't BibTeX work?

For some reason, I am not able to do any citations or even my bibliography. I get a "[BibTeX] finished with exit code 2" message when I compile in Kile. Yet, all seems to be ok in my bibliography. ...
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What is the difference between install texlive through iso image and through apt-get in Ubuntu?

I'd like to install TeX Live, but I'd like to know the best option: download the ISO image or install through apt-get command: apt-get texlivefull. I am using Xubuntu 11.10. Is there a significant ...
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Restructure classic thesis project with subfolders using Kile

I would like to change the folder structure of the ClassicThesis project. My current folder setup looks like this. |-- bib // Some *.bib files. |-- bst // Some *.bst files. |-- cfg // Configuration ...
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How to configure Kile livepreview with -shell-escape

I'm looking to configure kile-livepreview on Ubuntu with -shell-escape so that when I've saved the minted environment is compiled. I'm successfully configured the PDFLatex and it works flawlessly. I ...
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Kile document doesn't work well in WinEdt. How do I convert it?

If I save a document in Kile (on Linux) and and open it in WinEdt (Windows) my text is in a bad format. For example: If I have a kile document named main.tex (saved using the UTF-8 encoding) with: ...
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Issues with Kile live preview while running on windows

I recently downloaded Kile 2.1 via the KDEwin installer. The editor runs flawlessly, except for the live preview. In the log and messages I get an error message saying: [Kile] Unknown tool ...
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Kile: How can I insert repeated code snippet and make keyboard shortcut in kile for LaTeX?

To insert figures in LaTeX document I use this code repeatedly: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% figure environment start %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{figure}[hb!] \centering \includegraphics [scale=...
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latex compiler hangs, no error message shown [closed]

When I am compiling my .tex file using Kile GUI, if there is no syntax error in my .tex file then it works properly and show a message that there is no error. But latex compiler hangs if there is ...
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problem with kile installation in fedora 13 + texlive

I recently started using fedora with kde and I want to install kile. But, the version of TeX Live in the official repositories is TeX Live 2007 and I want a more complete and recent version. I tried ...
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Kile - change color scheme for panels

I'm trying to configure kile on my ubuntu 14.04. I have changed the edito color scheme to a dark one and it looks nice but the side panel, konsol, and other windows are still bright white which doesn'...
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Have kile detect whether to use PDFLaTeX or XeLaTeX

I use plain LaTeX for research papers (which don't run without error in XeLaTeX) and XeLaTeX for presentations (which use fontspec). I am working with Kile and have a shortcut (Alt+2) for QuickBuild ...
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How to open recomplyed PDF file at the same place

I am writing articles using kile. The process goes on like this: I make some changes, then I comply using quickbuild and look at the result, then I make changes again, and so on. Now, when I use ...
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Add NON-English spell-checker and/or dictionary to Kile?

I'm running Kile 2.1.0 on Debian 7.3 Wheezy, KDE desktop, 32-bit processor. I'm trying to add Italian dictionary and spell-checker to Kile's configuration. I've followed the instructions of user np8 ...
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how to stop Kile (the editor) from automatically adding quote mark?

I'm on Debian 7.3 KDE desktop with Kile v. 2.1.0, the editor for LaTeX. I installed it from the repos without the LaTeX-related recommended packages, after 'manually' installing TeXLive from a CTAN ...
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Using epsfig - gives errors in Kile but compiles fine using pdflatex in terminal [closed]

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{epsfig} \begin{document} \begin{figure}[ht!] \centering \epsfig{file=example.eps} \end{figure} \end{document} When I compile with PDFLaTeX in Kile (I ...
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How to access style files in texlive-publishers from Kile

I installed texlive-publishers for Ubuntu 11.10 but I don't know where all the class files got installed. They look to be installed under /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex. So with my rudimentary ...
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TeX Live with Kile in Ubuntu

I have found How to configure kile to run texlive 2011? and this is my problem. I have installed Ubuntu's TeXLive with sudo apt-get install texlive and TeXLive 2011 using the net installer from CTAN (...
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Why does the pdf file is successfully generated while the compilation ends with warnings in beamer using Kile? [closed]

I don't know what is going with Kile when I use the document class beamer. The pdf can successfully be generated after the compilation but I get many error messages. Please here a minimal working ...
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Using UTF and not displaying accent marks

I'm having this issue wich started some time ago and now is being quite annoying. I write in spanish and need to use accent marks a lot. I usually start my articles or reports with the preamble ...
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