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I have used LaTex just a couple of times and hence I know just a few things. I have an assignment where I should create my own cv, and for this reason I decided to do a search on the web to find a tool or a package that could have helped me, and in fact I found the package europecv, but now I have a few problems:

  1. Why do I need to include the package label to not get this error (what is it used for?):

Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted). \begin{europecv} (followed by: )

Missing number, treated as zero. \begin{europecv} (followed by:)

  1. How to insert a further space between 2 ecvitems of a ecvsection? I have tried with \\, but it seems not to work.

  2. I would like to change the title of the cv. This is the current one:

Europepass

Curriculum Vitae

  1. If I usepackage{label}, when I compile, I get this error. Is this because the package label is not included by default in the MacTex? If yes, how can I integrate this new package:

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Remember that my main problem is the point 1.

This is the code:

\documentclass[10pt]{europecv}

\usepackage{label} %


\ecvLogoWidth{12mm}

\ecvname{name}
\ecvaddress{address}
\ecvtelephone{0010101010}
\ecvemail{email@email.fame}
\ecvnationality{human}
\ecvdateofbirth{stuff}
\ecvgender{male}

\begin{document}
\begin{europecv}

\ecvpersonalinfo[10pt]


\ecvsection{Education}
\ecvitem{School}{Bullshits’ School}
\ecvitem{Date}{1900-2900}
\ecvitem{Country}{earth}
\ecvitem{Qualification Awarded}{None} \\


\ecvsection{Skills and Competences} 
\ecvitem{Languages spoken}{Chinese, Japanese, Korean, English, Finnish, German}

\end{europecv}

\end{document}
  • Hmmm, could you provide the community with some sample code in the form of a minimal working example (MWE). Okay, if it's not working due to the label package, that's fine. But at least it should be something that incorporates all of the stuff mentioned in your post. We want to copy-and-paste-and-compile and replicate your problem. – Werner Sep 28 '14 at 18:15
  • Apart from the example missing \usepackage{graphicx}, it compiles fine for me. No package called label required. – Paul Gessler Sep 28 '14 at 18:27
  • Yes; europecv uses \includegraphics internally; I haven't the faintest idea why it doesn't do \RequirePackage{graphicx}, which is the accepted practice when a package is used by a class. – Paul Gessler Sep 28 '14 at 18:32
  • Never heard about label.sty – egreg Sep 28 '14 at 20:36

1 Answers1

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Adding the package label does not correct the error, it merely causes another error before you encounter the original error. In fact, the label package does not exist on CTAN as of writing.

The error you reported is actually the second error reported by LaTeX. The first error (the one you should be looking at) is:

! Undefined control sequence.
\draweuropasslogo ->\includegraphics 
                                     [width=\ecv@logowidth ]{europasslogo}
l.14 \begin{europecv}

The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., \hobx'), typeI' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.

From this, you can determine that graphicx is not loaded, but is used internally by the europecv class. So adding \usepackage{graphicx} solves the problem, and your MWE compiles without error.

The class author(s) really should have put \RequirePackage{graphicx} inside the class, since this is the way to ensure all dependencies are satisfied at compile-time.

Paul Gessler
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