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Is there a program that automates the use of a standardized Tex document?
I have a standardized LaTex document that contains two letters and several pages of documentation. This is to be sent to each and every customer we have, for every order we deliver. The document stays ...
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LaTeX software to evaluate expressions
I am looking for a latex package that can evaluate symbolic expressions by substituting the values of symbols declared in some header. For example, in these set of equations, as you can see, I get ...
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Create .bat to execute XeLaTeX+MakeIndex+BibLaTeX
Time ago I created a bat script to execute PDFLaTeX+MakeIndex+BibLaTeX so I can add as a processing tool in TeXworks (image below), and it was easy because I found many sites explaining how to do that ...
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[arara]: Reuse compiled preamble with pdflatex and mylatexformat.ltx
When running pdflatex more than once successively, is it possible to:
• Compile your preamble packages
• Snapshot this moment in compilation
• Continue running through the rest of the pdflatex ...
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Can you tell TeXShop to compile a certain way without using a shebang?
I have a custom class that has a bibliography option. If I am not using that option, I would prefer to compile with pdflatex; if I am using that option, however, I would like to use pdflatexmk. This ...
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Bash file to compile multiple documents using different variables from CSV in separate folders?
There is probably a better way to do this, but this is my MWE attempt and I cannot get it to work.
I want to compile multiple form letters from a .csv file like below:
company, dept
World of ...
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Partial Recompilation, how?
Editors like BaKoMa TeX and texpad seem to be able to recompile individual pages. I'm interested in how to makes this happen myself, but have been unable to find out how to do this.
I'm hoping that ...
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Compiling (La)TeX files automatically with GitLab CI
Inspired by this question about compiling LaTeX files with Travis CI:
How can GitLab's integrated CI feature be used to build (La)TeX documents?
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Make latexmk just run pdflatex once
As far as I know latexmk automatically defines what to do when running it. So compile it several times that all references are correct.
However this takes a loooong time when I just want to check my ...
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Recompile main-file automatically after every compile of other files
I am using Kile as LaTeX editor (great btw). For the pictures I use a standalone class and include the resulting .pdf via \includegraphics.
However, when I change my graphic and compile it in the ...
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Is there a way to make latexmk automatically switch between pdflatex and xelatex?
Assume I have some projects to be compiled with pdflatex, some with xelatex. For now I'm just passing an appropriate key to latexmk command in console, e.g.
latexmk -pdf ToBeCompiledWithPdflatex.tex
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Run user command before build and view in TeXstudio
I made a user command:
user0:Make Nomenclature with the command: makeindex -s nomencl.ist -t %.nlg -o %.nls %.nlo
Now every time I want to build my complete pdf with the correct nomenclature, I ...
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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 Command to Compile another Latex File
I am making a cover letter, where I add a CV to that letter. I currently use the command
\includepdf[pages={-}]{CV.pdf}
Using the package pdfpages to include another pdf file. This imply that CV.tex ...
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One source, multiple outputs
I built a CV using the kjh-vita LaTeX template (based on memoir and the template's custom stylings). I use(d) extensively end-notes via the enotez package. Then, I derive(d) a short version without ...
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