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Compilation error: Input index file not found, and biber failed
I am trying to compile a LaTeX document using a Windows batch file that includes creating an index and glossary. However, I encounter the following error messages:
Compiling test.tex...
Input index ...
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How do I automatically fill LaTeX templates with from a table of data?
I have a LaTeX template like
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
Hello, \VAR{USER}!
\end{document}
and a table of users (for example as a csv) like
ID,USER
01,Peter
02,Michael
03,Jana
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Can LaTeX automatically itemize a list?
So I have a word list file in .txt format,
I want to edit it and enumerate them. But since the file runs into thousands of lines potentially, it would be a daunting task to do it manually. I wonder ...
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lyx - is it possible to include content from a few commands, perhaps in a script?
Let me try to simplify the problem that I'm facing. I am writing a handbook and I want to include the output of maaaaaany commands (and some content of some text files) in the document. I m doing the ...
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arara: load a local batch script or transform the batch script to an own rule
My question is similar to the one here, however it has a little different focus. I am working under Windows using MikTeX 2.9.
I do have several latex projects which are part of a tool documentation. ...
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search for and highlight words/numbers in pdfpages while only printing highlighted pages
I have a project where it would be very helpful to be able to include pdf pages with certain text and or number highlighted, and in addition limit the pages output to those which have the highlighted ...
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for shell script containing the whole latex document, adding a file name choosing capability [closed]
I ran across this post
Possible to have a shell script containing the whole LaTeX document?
The solution in that post works perfectly as written. However I wanted to be able to choose the name of ...
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LaTeX for automatic report generation
I accept that this question might be a bit outside the scope of this page, but please bear with me!
At work I'm going to set up a framework for generating some pretty basic reports, which could be on ...
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Automatically validate and format ISBNs
Is there any way to get Biblatex to automatically validate and format ISBNs? That is, I would like to be able to enter a field such as
isbn = {9789549090666},
in my .bib file—not worrying about the ...
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Script to import .bib and output HTML based on a style [closed]
I'm able to use various tools (such as pyP2B.py) to generate a BibTex database. I've also successfully created a AMA styled RTF of the database using JabRef and the APAish extension, although this ...
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Detecting all pages which contain color
In an larger LaTeX document there are often only some pages with color content (mainly figures) and the remaining ones are only black and white.
Because printing costs for color pages are much higher ...
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How to generate LaTeX documents with Perl
I have to generate Software Requirement Specification documents in LaTeX. I have to use Perl to accomplish this. The documents consist of tables, lists, pictures, TOC, table of figures, headings and ...
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Is there a tool/script available to simply install packages locally?
This question is not on how to manually install packages but how to install packages automatically via script. This question is not about MikTeX or the limited tex package management in certain linux ...
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