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Loop through directory structure and include all *.pdf files
I have a document that is constructed from a number of *.tex files stored in a directory organized as follows:
-2022
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-note.tex
-file1.pdf
-differentfilename....
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Automatically composing documents from multiple text files which are not LaTeX formatted?
I'm looking for a way to create a songbook out of individual song files.
Each song file is a self-contained block of text data consisting of:
Song name
Song author
Some details (optional)
Lyrics with ...
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Automatically elaborate an external table's data
I have to create a serie of sheets with LaTeX using informations from a LibreOffice table (but I can convert it in other formats if needed). The problem is, the table is some hundreds rows long, so it ...
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LaTeX code with input dependent on some integer parameters
Suppose that I have a large number of .tex files with names 1.tex, 2.tex, ..., N.tex (with N = some integer).
I would like to write a LaTeX document, where I set some parameters for example:
howMany ...
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What is an appropriate way to insert structured data from an on-line source into a Tex/LaTeX document? From within, or externally?
Let's say there is a structured list of items on some on-line source. For example, the website https://nothing.better.to.do-a.shame might contain the following data:
A blueberry
<tag>...
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Importing Parameters From a Separate File
Looked a long time for a solution to my problem, but said problem did not seem to lend itself well to "google-eez"!
Here's my problem: I have a Beamer presentation that I present to various ...
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How to sequentially "feed" a LaTeX document from external data source?
I have a quite complex C program that has the ability to generat raw text output to text files that are then printed on a matrix printer. These lists are now meant to receive a typographical update to ...
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How can I read in files paragraph by paragraph?
I have an interesting project here and, while I could do it manually, it seems to me to be an interesting puzzle to automate it.
I have the following structure:
./
+- main.tex
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+- originals/
| |
| ...
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Put from external file?
I need to write a command that read a line from a text file and expand to the content of this line, the next command read the next line and so on.
...
\command{arg}
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\command{arg}
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\command{...
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Include figure (from macro) with underscore in filename
I have a system of where a .tex is generated from a program. The final .tex file has a (simplified) structure like this:
\newcommand{\PlotFrame}[1]{%
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{...}
...
...
\...
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