Questions tagged [kile]
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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Kile - autocompletion for bibtex entries
I would like to Kile autocomplete my citations, so when I type \citep{ a list with my bibliography entries pops up.
I tried also by typing the first 3 letters of the entry key, and/or pressing Ctrl+...
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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 spell check not working?
I have Kile installed on my computer with Windows 10. The spell check does not appear to do anything. After selecting "Spelling", a dialogue box saying "Spell check complete" pops up. No misspelled ...
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Visualize PDF document using internal viewer with kile
How can I Visualize PDF document using internal viewer with kile like in texmaker. I don't like to close the pdf document every time it shows up in a new window.
Shortly How to Put the pdf document ...
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Command line *before* \documentclass & relation with output-directory
This question has to do with changing the output directory on a file I am trying to compile (using Kile, though I hope the solution isn't editor-specific). If I type
pdflatex -output-directory ...
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Creating an Arabic book with a commentary and footnote
I wanted to write an arabic book that includes a commentary and footnote, in the style that most arabic books are written in. currently im playing around with arabtex, and trying myself.
I was ...
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Kile's structure view over multiple project files
Long story short: I'ld like to extend Kile's structure view to display chapters, sections, etc. from multiple .tex files. I already added those files to the project. Unfortunately Kile only displays ...
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How to design table so that copied text from pdf in sorted by rows in text file?
I have a simple table with text:
\documentclass[letterpaper,11pt]{article}
\newcommand{\resumeSubheading}[4]{
\vspace{2pt}
\begin{tabular*}{0.97\textwidth}[t]{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r}
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Kile script for regexp replace
It would be very handy to set a shortcut to script in Kile that replaces given instances of text, like for setting non-breaking spaces (~) around given words within selected text:
(^|~|\s)(I|of|not)...
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Different .dvi file depending on how do I compile .tex file
I'm using TeX Live 2014 with kile as the editor. Usually I compile .tex files using kile's compilation button. There is no errors and no warnings, the output is complete.
When I compile the same file ...
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How to add spellcheck dictionaries to Kile without being the root?
I am needing to add the spanish dictionary to spellcheck in Kile, but I am not the root, then the installation using synaptic is not an option. I am using ubuntu 12.04 and the Aspell program that is ...
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Kile structure view
I'm discovering Kile. The structure view is useful, but it would be very nice to have numbered sections in this view, in order to be able to jump quickly to section 54 for instance.
Do you know if it ...
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kile auto-backspace while typing
I just started using kile to work with latex and I'm having an odd problem. While typing, I might pause to think, and if there is whitespace behind the cursor, kile will automatically perform a ...
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Auto completion duplicates text [Kile]
When I try to autocomplete an argument in Kile it ends up writing the entire command and ignores what I wrote, like this:
\document
\document\documentclass{}
I'm not sure what's causing this, any ...
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Why doesn't Kile use my build arguments?
Currently, I am working on a .tex file on Windows using Kile editor. If I use the following command to compile the file via terminal, everything works fine:
pdflatex --enable-write18 --extra-mem-bot=...
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Question about Kile on Windows 10
I am using Kile Version 2.9.93 on Windows 10(27 inch Monitor 1080p), To my eye, the viewer for Kile is worse at rendering text when compared to TexMaker...
But Both Kile and TexMaker produce identical ...
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Kile: Live preview (compilation behavior)
I like Kile's "Live Preview mode", except for the "Compilation behavior": In the settings, we have to choose one of two:
Compile documents after saving
Compile documents whenever there are changes ...
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make Kile syntax highlight extension aware
Is is possible to make kile use a specific syntax highlight scheme for different kinds of files? I have a documentwith a .tex file as main file, but I also work with some sage script, and some sagetex ...
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How to go to the edited code part in Kile directly?
When I use Quickstart in Kile to compile the pdf of my code, the pdf starts from the first page. Is there any setting change such that I can directly go to the most recently edited part, as is the ...
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In the Kile build tool configuration, which token expands to the live preview file?
In the Kile Latex editor, I can configure different viewers via:
Settings -> Configure Kile... -> Tools -> Build
Now, I want to configure Evince as a viewer to open the live preview, to do ...
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Kile preview in same window
I cannot get the view I had on Kile on my Windows machine earlier-the editor on the left and pdf viewer on the right. I am using Kile on a Mac. Whenever I click on quickbuild it opens the pdf in an ...
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Integrating SageTex and Kile/TexStudio in Linux
I had followed the instructions given in the answer to a similar question, but it seems that sage never gets launched once pdf is created in that integration. I am attaching screenshot of log and ...
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Open a file in a specific instance of Kile
This question is potentially off-topic, but hear me out. It's not actually to do with LaTeX, but rather with one of its editors -- Kile. There's a [kile] tag, so I think I'm justified in asking this ...
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Kile - different dictionaries for different documents
I use Kile as my LaTex editor and sometimes I have to work in a project with three or four different languages. I have all dictionaries installed, but it seems impossible to set a specific dictionary ...
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How to disable cursor blinking in Kile, TeXworks and/or Texmaker
I disabled cursor blinking in my operating system (Ubuntu 16.04), but this did not influence the cursor behaviour in these editors. Does anyone know how to stop cursor blinking in these programmes?
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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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How do I automatically generate BibTeX citation template in Kile?
When I want to cite something in BibTeX, I Google (for example) bibtex article and scour for pages with example templates filled out:
@article{article,
author = {Peter Adams},
title = {The ...
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Hyperref package makes not appear year in citations using apacite style
I am creating a kind draft of references pdf, when I use apacite package anly, it works, when I add hyperref package years in citations do not appear.
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Kile - syntax highlighting of new command
I made the following changes to my /usr/share/kde4/apps/katepart/syntax/latex.xml file for Kile:
in the <highlighting><contexts> section, I added the line
<StringDetect String="\lm{" ...
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kile hangs and no error messages are shown
I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04. When I use kile (with TeX Live), everything works as long as there is no error. However, if there is an error, kile does not show the errors and it just hangs. Any ...
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PSTricks algebraic coordinates going from MikTeX to TeXLive
I am using PSTricks and some tikz functions for preparing some sketches.
This snipped worked perfectly fine MikTeX on Windows 7
\documentclass[]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{amstext}
\usepackage{amsmath}
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Kile on Windows 7, a problem with overwriting the existing PDF file
The problem I'm having with Kile on Windows 7 (x64) is the following:
each time I need to close the compiled PDF file manually to run the "QuickBuild" command, since Kile can not overwrite the ...
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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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‘Article.cls’ not found after installing homebrew
I’m using Kile as my primary editor on Max OS X and everything was working fine until yesterday. I installed homebrew and used it to install some other software.
I’m thinking some of my directories ...
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Still getting a "Restricted shell escape" on Kile
In order to add gnuplots in my documents, I'm using this basic code to verify my system (Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS + Kile 2.9.93)
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{shellesc}
\begin{document}
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How to enable synctex with Kile and Okular?
I am using Ubuntu, Kile, and Okular. What are the exact steps to enable and use synctex with that setup?
What I want to achieve is that I open the compiled PDF with Okular (from Kile) and then ...
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Auto-completion of citation tags in Kile when using \parencite
I am currently trying out KDE's Latex editor Kile. Auto-completion of citation tags stored in a .bib file seems to only work for the commands \cite{} and \citep{} from bibtex. Does anyone know of a ...
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Kile on Linux Mint: Built-in viewer has disappeared
I am new to LaTeX, and I've decided to focus on Kile as my IDE. This, largely because it has features that will allow me to learn at a faster pace.
Unfortunately, the Kile manual (link doesn't have ...
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How to add bibliography to the table of contents when using bibitem
In order to write the bibliography, I am using this code:
\begin{thebibliography}
\bibitem{name} Authors, {\em Name of the article}.
\end{thebibliography}
The complete code is:
\documentclass[12pt,...
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How to sort the list of files and projects in Kile
When I work in Kile, I like to have multiple (> 20) files open so that I can c/p equations between them, etc. To overview what's open, I always have File & Projects selected in the left sidebar....
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Accessing all TeX Live documentation files in Kile
I have set the location of TeX documentation as /usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/doc in Kile and selected the option of 'Use your system's TeXLive documentation'. Still, when I go to Help -> TeX ...
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How can I stop kile from automatic compiling
Whenever I open or save a latex document, Kile automatically compiles it. It also does so when I open an input file which should not be compiled directly. This is almost like Word, which I hate ...
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Configuring Kile to use a build folder with bibtex/biber
I am looking for a way to configure Kile to compile all files within a build/ folder (to avoid having all build files making a mess in the root folder).
I successfully did this for XeLaTeX using -...
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Kile : TeX file working on Overleaf not compiling on Kile
I am compiling a project report that contains at the moment of creation no complicated packages that I might have not installed on Kile (new user here!). Before Kile, I was using Overleaf and the same ...
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Kile shortcut stops working
I have been using Kile for quite some time now and I have never experienced this problem. But I had to format my computer and I reinstalled Kile and a problem with { occurred. So the shortcut for this ...
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special characters and compose key in Kile
I've been using Kile (with various Ubuntu distributions) for ages without any problem to write my maths papers. Now, for some reason I was recently forced to upgrade my system to Ubuntu 20.04, and ...
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"capacity exceeded, sorry[input stack size=5000]\tableofcontents"
"capacity exceeded, sorry[input stack size=5000]\tableofcontents"
I get this problem when i have added "dominitoc". Can you help me. thank you so much.
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Kile: re-fill wrapped paragraph after editing
Is there a possibility to refill/reshape a wrapped paragraph after making changes? I configured Kile to hard-wrap after 70 characters, but when I insert or delete words in a paragraph there are ...
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Kile or any TeX software cannot find 'TeX Live' binaries (manually installed) when launched from graphical menu or launcher icon
I have recently installed latest TeX Live 2020. Post installation, I have added the PATH of texlive installation /usr/local/texlive/2020/bin/x86_64-linux to ~/.bashrc and /etc/environment. Now, if I ...
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How can I install a package in kile (windows)?
I want to use the package algorithm2e.sty to write the code of my thesis. When I use the line \usepackage[english]{algorithm2e}.
I get an error saying ifoddpage.sty not found \RequirePackage.
I ...
