Questions tagged [shell-escape]
{shell-escape} is about the “--shell-escape” argument, i.e. to enable external running of commands from inside the ‘.tex’ file.
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Use of the package 'bodeplot' giving warnings and doesn't produce the plot
I am just a beginner and am writing my first report in LaTeX, so excuse me if the solution is very obvious. I am trying to plot asymptotic approximation of bode plots using the package bodeplot as ...
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pdflatex, include eps file, run with -no-shell-escape => no error/warning/message but broken output
When running pdflatex -no-shell-escape on a file that includes an eps file, the automatic conversion to pdf will not be executed and the images not included.
I am surprised that in this case:
there ...
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Why can't tikzexternalize write to a directory above
I use the command
\tikzexternalize[prefix=../figures-tikz/]
and I got the error message
! I can't write on file `../figures-tikz/BQ-m-meca_0.md5'.
If on the other hand I write the command
\...
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Using `--cnf-line` to add `pygmentize` to `shell_escape_commands` ad hoc
I noticed the command-line flag --cnf-line, which can be used for lualatex (and related commands) and is described in its help page (lualatex --help) as follows (formatted for clarity):
--cnf-line=...
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How to get Anki working with TikZ-based packages in 2024?
I want to learn the LaTeX language to study chemistry with chemfig package and make Anki flashcards. The problem is that I am unable to make it work with Anki (normal LaTeX works fine)
I tried these ...
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Automatically running nomenclature makeindex (on mac)
When I update the nomenclatures in my beamer presentation (file.tex) using texstudio on my mac, I run on the terminal command line:
makeindex file.nlo -s nomencl.ist -o file.nls
This works, but is a ...
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Link on pdf triggers .sh/.py/.bat
I have been looking for a while for a solution in LaTex. My intention is to create a link inside a PDF generated with LaTex that triggers a .sh/.py/.bat by clicking in the link. Not like \write18, ...
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LuaLatex and intersection segments: Error only with Lua
I need to use LuaLatex with my document and somehow run into an error while compiling a plot. I reduced my document to the following MWE:
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{shellesc}
\usepackage{...
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How to create indexes using the songs package in overleaf
I'm creating a songbook using the songspackage. I'm very new to LaTex and opted to use overleaf which has worked good, the only problem I really have is with the index.
I'm using an older base ...
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Why "shellesc" conflicts with "tabularx" and how to fix?
This is the code that works just fine:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{shellesc}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{lr}
hello!
&
\ShellEscape{/bin/echo 'hello!' > a.tex}
\...
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Print output of `\write18` in the log file
When running commands like:
\immediate\write18{ls}
in the command line, I can see the output in the command line directly in the terminal, which is practical for instance to get error messages. ...
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.eps files not working with pdfLaTeX
As the title suggests, I'm trying to use .eps files for my figures but pdfLaTeX can't seem to find the converted PDFs.
Package pdftex.def: File `Figures/fragment 1ab-eps-converted-to.pdf' not found: ...
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Markdown package not working despite `--shell-escape` enabled
I am trying to use this markdown package. I tried to compile the document
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{markdown}
\begin{document}
\begin{markdown}
_Hello,_ [Stack Exchange](http://...
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How to change the shell used by \write18?
I'm on macOS (the same happens on Ubuntu). Here is my default/current shell:
$ ps -p $$
PID TTY TIME CMD
5835 ttys002 0:00.13 -bash
Then, here is my document foo.tex:
\documentclass{...
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How to restore Texstudio to the configuration before using "latex --shell-escape"
today I implemented (with my Macbook) the answer from: Export eps figures from TikZ, where I ran the CLI command:
latex --shell-escape
Up until then I used Texstudio without issues. After that, ...
