Questions tagged [texinputs]
{texinputs} is for questions regarding the LaTeX environmental variables.
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(Corrected) updated \l_file_search_path_seq (expl3) no longer recognises `~` (TeX Live 2023 updated yesterday)
[This is an amended version of Updated \l_file_search_path_seq (expl3) no longer recognises `~` (TeX Live 2023 updated yesterday), which isn't the question I needed to ask.]
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Updated \l_file_search_path_seq (expl3) no longer recognises `~` (TeX Live 2023 updated yesterday)
[This question is an erroneous version of (Corrected) updated \l_file_search_path_seq (expl3) no longer recognises `~` (TeX Live 2023 updated yesterday).]
After updating TeX Live 2023 using tlmgr ...
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TEXINPUTS, TEXMF and other variables
While investigating some things about TeX, I stumbled across TEXINPUTS, which one can use to tell (La/pdf/..?)TeX where to find it's files. I decided to look into it a bit closer and learned about ...
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is there an IMGINPUTS environment variable?
Two env variables TEXINPUTS and BIBINPUTS provide great convenience for a user to put multiple sty files and bib files in dirs different from the current working dir for tex.
Is there is similar env ...
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Latex can't find .sty with TEXINPUT exported
My LaTeX document starts with this: \RequirePackage{mymacros}
mymacros.sty is located in a completely different dir. Following this guide which says I should export TEXINPUTS, I've added this line to ...
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TeX Live ignores TEXINPUTS, maybe kpathsea problem
for a long time my TeX files imported the file ~/lib/tex/mylib.tex,
using the assignment TEXINPUTS=".:~/lib/tex:" and referencing this
file with \input{mylib}.
after changing from Suse linux ...
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Windows Makefiles and TEXINPUTS
under Windows (using make from GnuWin32) i want to set my TEXINPUTS variable in a makefile
My Structure is as follows:
./
|-texmf_project/
|-Package.sty
|-main.tex
|-makefile
I want to be able to ...
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error in importing tables from external .tex files
I have the following table saved into a separate .tex file. The file name is (table.tex)
the table is the following
\begin{table}[!htbp]\centering
\def\sym#1{\ifmmode^{#1}\else\(^{#1}\)\fi}
\caption{...
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Setting up TEXINPUTS on MacOS Catalina
I use MacOS, LateXTools in Sublime Text as a TeX editor, and MacTeX as a TeX distribution. I store my macros in a folder named TEXINPUTS on Dropbox, and set up symlinks to the relevant location in my ...
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How to get rid of leading zeros in a number?
I'm trying to check user input (a number parameter) for leading zeros and remove them. I wonder if such command is provided by LaTeX2e, or by one of the engines (pdftex, xetex).
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Read file using LaTeX
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I am planning to read source code of a open-source project. With a (perhaps weird) habit, I often print all the source codes according to the way they are organized (in particular, the ...
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Missing files (basic sty files) when TEXINPUTS is set
Below is my files tree:
.../Doc/Tex/book.tex
.../Doc/Tex/images/im.jpg
.../Doc/TexBase/myTemplate.sty
.../Doc/TexBase/baseImages/logo.jpg
On Windows it was enough to set TEXINPUTS evironment ...
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LaTeXTools + Sublime + Windows + TEXINPUTS
Can't find the way how to fix problem with TEXINPUTS env.
In my docs I use personal .sty templates. Every doc is a new git repository.
Usually I put my template to texlive\texmf-dist\tex\latex\...
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$TEXINPUTS and texmaker, LaTeXila
We have a number of .cls files on a central server, the corresponding directory is set in $TEXINPUTS (on Linux) and pdflatex works just fine.
Now I would like to switch to a graphical environment ...
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TEXINPUTS on Windows
I am writing an application which generates .tex filed and invokes pdflatex (on windows/texlive for now, but it should be compatible with toher distros and OS).
I would like to enable the user to ...
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How to properly configure my tex environment? [closed]
I'm new using latex and I'm a bit lost about how to properly configure my environments so my compiler is able to find my files.
From what I read, I'm supposed to have a TEXINPUTS and TEXMFHOME ...
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XeLaTeX not giving priority to .cbx files in local texmf tree [duplicate]
I just installed MacTeX on a new machine. I'm running into a difficulty I hadn't had before.
I have a .cbx file inside ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/biblatex/cbx/ that has the same name as another .cbx ...
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\VerbatimInput : adjust a long line of a .dat file
In this document, \VerbatimInput is calling test_2.dat.
test_2.dat contains a line too long, so that the compilation produces a pdf where that line is not entirely seen:
By using adjustbox, one can ...
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\VerbatimInput gives error when the .dat file contains ( or * symbols
I have a \VerbatimInput call to a test.dat file, as shown here:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[left=2.5cm,top=2.5cm,right=2.5cm,bottom=2.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\...
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How to use $texinputs in Powershell
We have a custom LaTeX build script that was written for bash many years ago. It's nice because it uses the // notation on $texinputs to recursively add image locations (allowing us to use sub-folders ...
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macOS pdflatex : TEXINPUTS default value for streaming in STDIN
I have a very simple file hello.tex
I want to use streaming instead of taking file as argument, and the following commands actually work:
cat hello.tex | pdflatex
cat hello.tex | TEXINPUTS= ...
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how to add a default path to texmaker LaTeX
I am trying to add a path to texmaker (Texmaker 4.5 on OSX Sierra).
The reason is that i want to be able to do the same template doc every time so i dont have to re-import everything manually.
I ...
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Setting TEXINPUTS in El Capitan (OS X)
I updated to El Capitan some time ago. My TeX installation works fine, but there is a problem: When I run latex from inside TeXShop, it does not see the TEXINPUTS environment variable. When I run ...
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Overleaf - Included sty and other input package files common across all my projects
When an ordinary user specifies TEXINPUTS in Overleaf [e.g., as illustrated here] is there a concept of a ".." directory above the current Project? The reason I would like to be able to do that is ...
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version of multiple files: all document in one .tex file
I am using latexpand to Replace \input{fileX} by the content of fileX automatically using the following command in ubuntu:
perl latexpand mainfile.tex > newfile.tex
But I am obtaining a warning ...
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Relative paths to tex files? [duplicate]
In the preamble of my tex document I can set graphicspath. Is it also possible to set a path to sub sections and tables, so I can do \input{relative-path/filename.tex} from any tex file and move that ...
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Querying and modifying TEXINPUTS from inside a latex file? [duplicate]
If I have images, or files that I \input or \include, I know I can use:
TEXINPUTS=/path/to/extra/dir pdflatex myfile.tex
... to allow Latex to find files not present in subdirectories in the current ...
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Advice for coding with excessive quantities of symbols, accents, and special characters [closed]
I am beginning a new project where I will be using far more special characters and accents than I ever have before. Given that this will not be in my native language (or a language I even speak) I am ...
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How to add a search path for packages in TexStudio on Mac OS?
I would like to add a custom folder into the search path of TexStudio on OS X Yosemite for using custom packages. Is it possible to do so in a way that it would work when compiling LaTeX documents ...
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Fontspec not searching in TEXINPUTS
I'm writing an application in which I want to generate pdf file using xelatex. The process of generating the pdf file from tex file takes place in a tmp file however data files such as fonts and ...
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Setting TEXINPUTS in TeXstudio Mac OS X
I am a newbie using TeXStudio - and trying to set TEXINPUTS so that LaTeX can recursively search for my figures. I've run
setenv TEXINPUTS :FIGURES//:
at the command line, and then run LaTeX, which ...
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How can I use a usepackage only for one section?
I need 2 different usepackages: one for a floatchart ( http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/simple-flow-chart/) and one for my whole document.
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For the Floatchart:
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
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Completely hermetic, local TeX install
I have an unusual situation. My deployment environment needs to place pdfTeX and associated files into a custom directory that is not known until deploy time, and changes from one server to the next ...
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Setting environment variable with arara
I wanted to set my TEXINPUTS environment variable from with an arara rule/directive. For example my texinputs.yaml rule is
!config
identifier: texinputs
name: texinputs
command: export TEXINPUTS="@{...
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Setting texinputs with .bat file (texlive2012)
How can I append additional paths for LaTeX to search for external .sty and .cls files using .bat file.
My try:
set TEXINPUTS=D:\myfolder latex %1
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TEXINPUTS and arara and/or TeXworks
I was wondering how I could use TEXINPUTS combined with either arara or TeXworks. To understand my point, I just received an answer on the thread `How to run LaTeX and lilypond-book in one command?', ...
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How to use Gnuplots .eps and .tex files at all with pdflatex
I tried to make a plot with data from a .txt file. The part with gnuplot works, but bringing the diagramm to Latex is frustrating. That's what I do:
-- GNUPLOT --
set terminal epslatex size 10cm,5....
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How do I query pdflatex for its package search path as well as modify it?
I am trying to install a local package draftwatermark to override an out-of-date version of the package, by applying the answer in How to have local package override default package .
I have placed ...
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LaTeX not finding my local files
I've tried following the advise in other postings here, but nothing is working and I'm now afraid I'm going to break something.
I've tried setting:
export TEXINPUTS=.:~/projects/ini/latex/texmf:$...
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TEXINPUTS ignored in ubuntu 12.04?
I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 (default, no tweaking) and I am trying to use pdfLaTeX, like this:
the file z.tex exists
I am in the directory containing z.tex
TEXINPUTS is a shell variable ...
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Setting TEXINPUTS for pdflatex in Ubuntu
I have a set of files that are commonly used as inputs in my tex files, so I put them in a directory and set the path in the TEXINPUTS environment variable (in Ubuntu). This works fine when compiling ...
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Configuring TEXINPUTS from AUCTeX?
I'm working on a collaborative (version controlled) LaTeX project. We have a bunch of custom .sty files in a subdirectory of our project named tex. We set TEXINPUTS=".:tex:" in the project Makefile ...
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Local texmf tree vs. `TEXINPUTS`
Integrating Local Additions provides a nice explanation of how to manipulate TEXINPUTS or register a local texmf tree.
Q: When integrating local additions, is there a reason to prefer one approach ...
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Texmf tree with MikTeX + Vista32?
This post is a follow-up to my post Using subfiles package with .sty files. Answering that post, a couple people suggested I build a local texmf tree.
I've hunted around and it seems that this is ...
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How to have local package override default package
I have an non-root account on a shared server which has an old version of a package available to all users, and I want to use a newer one on my account. I cannot just use $TEXINPUTS, because latex ...
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How to edit the environment variable TEXINPUTS in winedt for adding different search paths?
I want to edit the environment variable TEXINPUTS but I dont know how in windows platform with Winedt. I googled it many times but I didn't get what I need.
I found how to reach TEXINPUTS by: > ...
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Using TexMaker on OS X
I've started using TexMaker as an alternative to emacs (I work on both ubuntu and mac and I want to have the same programs on both) for typesetting LaTeX. TexMaker is easy to use but there is one ...
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