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Font not loadable: metric data not found or bad
Unlike pdflatex lualatex doesn't trigger the tfm generation from a mf-source if it can't find the tfm (this is not miktex specific: it doesn't do it in texlive either, but there bbold10.tfm exist in ...
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compiling tex files with xelatex is insanely slow on my Windows machine
After some search in the internet and tex.sx, I finally know the cause.
I have installed a new font into my computer a few days ago but have not run the fc-cache program. Following the post here, here ...
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Can't make Line-less Fraction
You may want to use the plain-TeX directive \atop. It uses so-called infix notation. If you end up using \atop a lot, you may want to create a LaTeX-style macro.
\documentclass{article}
\newcommand\...
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How do I open PDF in Adobe Reader DC without locking the file from being updated by pdflatex?
Been a few months since I asked this question, so I figured would be good to give it closure, for anyone facing the same problem.
The best solution I found is to install SumatraPDF. It is very ...
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! Font \TU/lmr/m/n/10=[lmroman10-regular]:+tlig; at 10pt not loadable
In case someone else comes across this problem, the solution is to install luaotfload:
sudo tlmgr install luaotfload
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TeXworks takes more than 20 minutes to start
After the hints of Ulrike Fischer, I found the last registry key that TeXworks was reading from before hanging (Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TUG\TeXworks). It seems to be a collection of ...
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How to install a package on texlive? [windows 7]
Please start the TeXLive manager and you should get:
In the Status-block you could select only installed packages. (marked as 1)
In the column "Local Rev" (marked as 2) you can see the actual version....
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MiKTeX Installation Fails with "Executed process did not succeed"
A bit late to this, but finally managed to solve this "unknown option" issue after hours of tinkering with the setup options (even to the extent of reformatting Windows) but to no avail.
Apparently ...
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RStudio Can't Find pdflatex On Windows 7
Ulrike Fischer's comment is correct. In RStudio for Windows, I can do this:
Sys.setenv(PATH = paste(Sys.getenv("PATH"), "C:\\RMathew\\PortableApps\\MikTeX\\miktex\\bin", sep=.Platform$path.sep))
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Proofreading of Latex document
I have had good results using Adobe Acrobat's File→Save As Other...→Microsoft Word→Word Document to convert a PDF produced by Latex. This gives reviewers a Word (.docx) document with remarkably ...
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How can I manually install a package on MiKTeX (Windows)
This is a simple and straightforward answer that worked for me.
As an example I'll take the listofitems package of CTAN and Miktex 2.9. We suppose the package is not available in the Miktex Package ...
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MiKTeX Installation Fails with "Executed process did not succeed"
I tried finding and executing initexmf.exe. It was where the window said it was.
I got this additional information by running it as Administrator:
fileName="C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\...
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Configuring Foxit as external PDF viewer in TeXstudio
Solution using @naphaneal's and @PhilippImhof's comments:
In
Options --> Configure TeXstudio --> Commands --> External PDF Viewer
change this
C:\Program Files (x86)\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\...
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Latexmk script could not be found
I have found a solution. I downloaded the latexmk sourcefiles from this link: personal.psu.edu/jcc8//software/latexmk-jcc/latexmk-448.zip
I unzipped the file that I downloaded, and then I copied ...
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How to download "tikz" package for texlive in Windows 10? (can't find it on the texlive manager)
The package is called pgf :
pgf – Create PostScript and PDF graphics in TEX PGF is a macro
package for creating graphics. It is platform- and
format-independent and works together ...
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Error with \uppercase in titlesec's label field
latex provides \MakeUppercase because \uppercase will destroy lots of text, almost all text if you are using UTF-8 with non ascii letters. However the specific error here is
\uppercase\...
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Is there any way to run windows Texlive on WSL?
The only advantage of installing TL over WSL is the speed at compile times, I did the test installing using WSL 1.0 (version 2.0 is not yet available).
If you're looking to improve the compile times ...
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How to compile a LaTeX document?
I'd take a more integrated approach than the other answer.
Use build tools
Look on your system (some other sx site might be more appropriate, but, generally: Win-R – cmd – enter the commands and ...
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Has anyone managed to use \glossaries with TeXstudio on Windows?
The problem may be because the 'makeglossaries' command (that generates the .gls file) is not called before pdflatex is invoked.
Step 1: Make sure that 'Makeglossaries' command is properly defined as ...
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Trouble installing MiKTeX 2.9 on Windows 10
For some reason the file locations like:
C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\.....
was getting set to "read only" automatically during installation (in my system).
I did the following and it ...
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Can I just install TeX Live to get ConTeXt?
The version of ConTeXt in TeX Live 'just works' on Windows provided we are talking about the LuaTeX-based MkIV code. ConTeXt MkII needs a Ruby interpreter to run the wrapper script, and Windows ...
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Opening TeX documents with TeXworks instead of TeXstudio
How to set default program in Windows to open a .tex-file:
Goto project folder and right click on a .tex-file
Goto "Properties"
Under "Open With" click on Change (or similar)
Click on "Other programs"...
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TeX Live on Windows 2016 cannot find pygmentize!
The problem can be fixed by doing
set PATH=c:\windows\system32;%PATH%
this makes sure cmd.exe is available. My guess is pdflatex or minted requires cmd.exe.
I do know why cmd.exe is not on the PATH ...
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Problem using python package with MiKTeX
If pdflatex can't write the py file then the most probable cause is some protection software that denies it the rights. There has been some reports that e.g. bitdefender does this: pdflatex won't ...
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Ebproof package: error on updating MikTeX v. 21.1. on Windows
Jan, 28th 2021 update: the maintainer sent an update for ebproof to CTAN, so you can update (it may take a day or two for your mirror to update) and then you can remove the undo-recent-deprecations ...
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Is there any systematic way to have the pdf outputs a naming to include the date they are edited on and remain in the folder after multiple edits?
Setting the job name
Option --jobname can be used to set the name of the job including the .pdf, .log or .aux files. The date can be automatically generated by command date in Linux:
$ pdflatex --...
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Unresponsive pdf viewer in TeXmaker
Since the last update, Adobe Reader is Acrobat Reader again and the path to the executable is now:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader
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How can I have several (La)TeX distributions co-existing on the same computer and easily switch between them using one editor?
I have up four tex systems on my laptop and 6 on my PC (+ the context minimals). In my editor (winedt) I have setup a pop-up menu which I can call with Alt+Q which allows me to switch between the ...
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Where can I get a windows version of bibtex.exe?
Easiest would be to download it from the TeX Live SVN, where it contains the list of Windows binaries. Specifically, there you will find bibtex.exe.
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