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Getting Not defining \perthousnad and Not defining \micro when compiling beamer with Kile

This error is generated by the textcomp packaged imported by gensymb. You can prevent it by explicitly importing textcomp before gensymb: \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{gensymb} ...
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Turning the "line number" on in kile?

In Kile 2.1.3 at least: View --> Line numbers. Shortcut key is F11.
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Is it possible to put Kile's Live preview in separate window?

If you use Kile 3 beta (here I use 2.9.60) -- the one with live update of the .pdf I mean, then it is easily done: under Kile >> settings >> configure Kile >> Appearance you have a 'Document Viewer' ...
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Code folding in Kile

% BEGIN <lots of stuff> % END You can add stuff after the BEGIN/END, too. For example, I'll often add a label or something for easy identification. For example, suppose my document looks like ...
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How to compile latex even when pdf is open in windows using MiKTeX?

Apparently there are numerous feasible solutions. Of course, the best solution is the one with which you are most comfortable. Following is my preferred approach for processing files LaTex files on ...
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Error when using \overline inside \emph

Hmmmm. I'm not quite sure what you're trying to do here. \emph{} is a text mode command meant for emphasising something as part of the text, e.g.: That was a \emph{really} bad idea, as it turned out....
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Kile syntax highlighting: A single dollar sign in the preamble

otherkeywords={$, $, \{, \}, \[, \]}, seems to work. The repetition doesn't seem to bother anything when compiling and it makes Kile happy. EDIT A similar problem, which cannot be worked around in ...
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How to configure Kile to run arara

It is pretty straightforward. For example, here are the settings I use: Then just configure a short cut of your choice, if desired. Running Arara on a project is just like compiling any other ...
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Rename label and automatically update all references

On any label ore ref argument: Context Menu -> Find Usages There you can rename the label and it's usages.
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rendering of tikzcd code to get an image file

You can make your commutative diagrams with the standalone class and include the resulting .pdf in another file with \includegraphicx{mycd}: \documentclass[tikz]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz-cd} \...
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How to install individual package (like commath) in LaTex?

If you installed TeX through a package manager, you want to install new packages for it through the same package manager. You mention that this is Manjaro, so you would want to search the package ...
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Have kile detect whether to use PDFLaTeX or XeLaTeX

If you use Linux or Mac, you can use the following script as "compiler" for Kile: #!/bin/bash filename="$1" read -r line < "$filename" directive=${line:0:5} latex=${line:6} if [ "$directive" == "% ...
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Kile: How can I insert repeated code snippet and make keyboard shortcut in kile for LaTeX?

Start selecting the desired text in a Kile document: Keeping the text selected, choose Tools > Create Snippet from the menu to bring up the snippet creation dialogue: This allows you to specify the ...
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Editor with beamer environments/macros

Up to now, it seems that only advanced editor (eg. Vim or Emacs) can fill your needs. For Vim (with a plugin manager like Vundle) i recommend you these plugins: ultisnips (a snippets manager) vim-...
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Is it possible to make xelatex to compile just once?

Kile enables by default the option "Automatically run additional tools." at Settings -> build tools -> xelatex.
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Return to Editor not working on Kile

It turned out that what I thought ''Return to Editor'' does, is done by the ''Focus Editor View'' command, whose default is Ctrl+Alt+F, and works well! That is, Focus Editor View will get the cursor ...
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Spell-checking and Kile

I do not have a proper solution for the spelling suggestions being two menus down, but I have a workaround that may improve a heavy user's workflow. One can use keyboard shortcuts to bring up the ...
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How to view messages/log files in kile?

I had the same problem and I noticed it was hidden in the bottom because its height was reduced a lot and there was nothing to show. I don't know the root cause but I fixed it as follows. I went to ...
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How to install Kile in Windows?

As of Kile 3.0 (beta), now you can either download the .exe file from the Kile Downloads Page or install Kile from the Microsoft Store
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Kile : pdflatex finished with exit code 1

You have faulty chars in your bib-file. The error messages in the log-file give enough context to identify the entries.
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rendering of tikzcd code to get an image file

You can try externalizing the tikz graphics using this code in the preamble: \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{external} \tikzexternalize \tikzsetexternalprefix{ext-tikz/} % files will be stored as a ...
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How to configure Kile livepreview with -shell-escape

Yes, it is possible. Open kilerc and navigate to the section [Tool/LivePreview-PDFLaTeX/Default]. Add -shell-escape to the options field under this section.
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Unhelpful, misleading errors in amsmath environments

TeX is unable to report more information about undefined control sequence. Suppose the following example: \def\process#1{{\preprocess #1}} \def\preprocess{\def\foo{Hello}} \process{ There is a ...
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Wordwrap in Kile?

The F10 key toggles Word Wrap off and on in Kile.
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Configure kile and biblatex

The solution is to use latexmk with Kile, i.e. in the Build menu add the new tools: 1) compile class: name: LaTeXMk command: latexmk options: -pdflatex="pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode" ...
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Kile: how to use shortcut to compile the root file directly?

In case someone is still ending up here for a solution, you should know that now it is possible to set a master file in Kile. Just go to: menu > Settings, and click on entry "Define Current ...
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Tex compiling problem

The immediate problem shown by Kile is that the document is being compiled with pdfTeX (which is the default) but it requires one of the newer engines: LuaTeX or XeTeX. The screen shot shown is not ...
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Installing TeX Live and Texmaker or Kile under openSUSE Leap 42.1

Finally, I installed TeXLive from the official website : Installing TeX Live over the Internet and I followed the TeX Live - Quick install documentation. That should have worked with the ditros ...
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