Titlesec Problem, Won't Compile

Asked Aug 14 '17 at 09:37

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I came back to a .tex file I haven't used in a couple of years and it no longer compiles. I've narrowed down the problem to the titlesec package (I think); if I can find out why this MWE won't compile maybe I'll find my answer:

%!TEX TS-program = xelatex
%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode

   \documentclass[paper=4.25in:6.75in,pagesize=auto,fontsize=9.5pt,headings=small,BCOR=.25mm,openany,DIV=16]{scrbook}

\usepackage{blindtext}

\usepackage[compact]{titlesec}
\titlespacing{\section}{0pt}{2ex}{1ex}
\titlespacing{\subsection}{0pt}{1ex}{0ex}
\titlespacing{\subsubsection}{0pt}{0.5ex}{0ex}
\vspace{-1mm}

\begin{document}
\chapter{red}
\blindtext
\section{blue}
\blindtext
\subsection{green}
\blindtext
\subsubsection{yellow}




\end{document}

This is the error thrown:

test+001.tex:17: Missing number, treated as zero. 
<to be read again>
                                }
1.17 \section{blue}
?

If I add these lines the tex file compiles:

\titleformat{\section}
 {\normalfont\Large\bfseries}{\thesection}{1em}{}
\titleformat{\subsection}
 {\normalfont\large\bfseries}{\thesubsection}{1em}{}
\titleformat{\subsubsection}
 {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}{\thesubsubsection}{1em}{}

edited Aug 14 '17 at 17:26

asked Aug 14 '17 at 09:37

user26732

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Perhaps you should cite the error you get. Compiles fine on my system. – daleif Aug 14 '17 at 09:56
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What's \vspace{-1mm} supposed to do in the preamble? – egreg Aug 14 '17 at 09:57
@egreg It was a suggestion, probably found on this forum, to reduce size and space. I was trying to squeeze a 400 page book into a much smaller format. – user26732 Aug 14 '17 at 10:08
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Using titlesec with the koma-script classes isn't recommended. – Bernard Aug 14 '17 at 10:09
@daleif: If I remove the \usepackage{titlesec} and the subsequent \titlespacing commands it compiles fine on mine as well. However, with them, no luck. – user26732 Aug 14 '17 at 10:10
@user26732 In that position it does nothing at all. – egreg Aug 14 '17 at 10:22
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Compiles without error for me. Is your system up-to-date? – Ulrike Fischer Aug 14 '17 at 10:34
Texlive 2015, MacOS. – user26732 Aug 14 '17 at 10:41
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There was a bug in titlesec once. Tryvto update that package. – Johannes_B Aug 14 '17 at 11:25
Version 2.10.2. – user26732 Aug 14 '17 at 16:10
You should install TeX Live 2017 and use \RedeclareSectionCommand instead of titlesec to change spacing of the headings. – Schweinebacke Aug 14 '17 at 17:29
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because the error can be fixed by a simple update of classes and packages or upgrade of TeX Live. – Schweinebacke Aug 14 '17 at 17:30
Upgrading the package didn't fix the problem. Maybe a 1 gb download of Tex Live 2017 will, but it's disappointing that a text that once compiled now all of sudden is broken. One of the virtues of LaTeX is that it doesn't get broken by annual upgrades. – user26732 Aug 14 '17 at 17:32

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