Questions tagged [typein]
{typein} is for questions related to the `\typein` command, which allows the user to read in a command from the terminal at compilation time.
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Can I reuse entries in from a former console?
Hey I created a template document that asks the user for input to customize the document. The user inputs various entries into the TeXShop console. The LaTeX file uses those inputs throughout the ...
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Thesis using MIT template using \typein to address other files
I'm typesetting a thesis using the MIT thesis template. There was a prior question asked before here:
https://tex.stackexchange.com/posts/97109/revisions
\typein [\files]{all}
\def\all{}
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\typein and user-friendliness: how can I prevent errors from occurring if the user presses arrow keys or delete?
I'm writing a document for my friend Sir Galahad to compile, and I'm using \typein to customize it: I'll give him the file bridge.tex, he will run pdflatex bridge.tex, and during compilation the ...
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Interactive macro with \typein
I would like to allow the user to interact with the document at compilation time, for example to choose the color of hyperlinks.
For that, I created a new if and used \typein like in the following ...
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incompatibilities between LuaLaTeX and \typein ?
The following ecm compiles fine with LaTeX and XeLaTeX, but doesn't work with LuaLaTeX :
\documentclass{minimal}
\begin{document}
\typein{test}
\end{document}
And here is the error :
Invalid \...
