Questions tagged [compiling]
{compiling} is about the process you must go through to convert your TeX from .tex source files into your output document format, be it pdf, dvi, or something completely different.
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Is there a "fast" LaTeX compiler?
I am wondering about what the bottleneck of the compilation speed of LaTeX is (e.g. MiKTeX/MacTeX/etc). By looking at information on CPU usage, it appears that the compiler uses only a small fraction ...
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pdftex log file eating up disk space
Disclaimer: I did not know if this was the best place to post this issue or if I should have posted it on Stack Overflow instead, as it is more compilation-oriented than a real (La)TeX issue.
I am ...
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Pre-built preamble with LuaLaTeX and microtype
I have been trying to get super-fast compiles with LuaLaTeX by using a pre-built preamble for my documents. However, every time I try to compile, I get this error:
No file main.aux.
[\directlua]:1: ...
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Text mysteriously disappears
I have occasionally encountered a very mysterious problem that really bugs me and is also kind of dangerous if one creates a large document. However, although I have tried very hard, I'm not able to ...
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LuaTeX performance with RAMdisk
This question may seem like it's been asked a million times over, but the relevant questions tackle XeLaTeX or plain LaTeX. What I want to know is if moving any filesystems/file locations to a ...
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Is there any online service for compiling a large number of ConTeXt files?
I have about 16,000 ConTeXt files that I need to compile.
On my computer, a single file from that list takes 45 minutes to compile, as there are many pages and a lot of calculations done in Lua. This ...
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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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Selectively compiling source in LuaLaTeX
I have recently switched from Xe(La)TeX to Lua(La)TeX 1.0.4 (TeX Live 2017) in order to use font expansion feature of microtype package.
As a result, my compilation time increased dramatically. I ...
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When and why should I use % !Mode:: "TeX:UTF-8" directive?
I often see the following lines are included at the beginning of the tex files:
% !TEX TS-program = xelatex
% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
% !Mode:: "TeX:UTF-8"
Directives started with % !TEX are ...
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Will arara be able to handle this non-linear compile sequence?
I have been reading and playing arara now since the summer and I LOVE IT!!!!
Prior to arara I used batch and script files that were operating system specific. Thank you arara for removing this ...
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Draft compilation without changing code
I usually have my documentclass not in the body file but in a different one, so when I want to switch between draft and final modes I have to change the file I'm working on and look for that line.
My ...
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LaTeX error using LyX: Missing \begin{document}
I am using LyX as a LaTeX editor. I have a little file in my computer compiling normally in an old LyX version. Now I have a new computer and installed the latest LyX version (Lyx 2.3.4, 12 Jan 2020). ...
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How can I compile my .tex file into a .pdf in terminal?
I am probably trying to do the simplest thing with LaTeX, that is compile my test.tex file that I made in TeXShop into a .pdf so that I can view it as a pdf.
I am running OS X El Capitan, which I ...
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Including compiled PDFs in documentation built by l3build
I am building a project with l3build. There are some examples I want to present in the documentation, showing their source code, annotated with DocStrip, as well as including the output they produce ...
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Have two different master files compiled with AucTeX
I use a template for exercises where I have a ex environnement, and then a sol environnement. Theses files are included in one master file called for instance AF1920_serie4.tex, and in another file ...
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