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Questions tagged [external-files]
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How to increase the TeX open file limit?
I noticed that TeX has a open file limit, while using some additional bibliographies with multibib, using hyperref, backrefs and so on (basically only 5 additional newcites were possible in that document before hitting the limit).
I worked around…
maxschlepzig
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IfFileExists and filecontents causes an error
I would like to use the filecontents environment in my document. I get a warning
LaTeX Warning: File `test.txt' already exists on the system.
Not generating it from this source.
If I run multiple passes of pdfLaTeX on the…
StrongBad
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Is it possible to print the file size of a file?
Is it possible to print the size of a given file in latex? For instance, suppose I have a file ./foo.jpg whose size is 381.3 KiB. I want a command \printfilesize so that \printfilesize{./foo.jpg} writes 381.3 KiB.
Brian Fitzpatrick
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Is there any tool available to LaTeX to search for files with wildcards?
Say I want to find all of the packages of the form
tikzlibrary*.code.tex
Is there any way I can retrieve a list of all such files available in TeX's path in a portable way, hopefully one that doesn't require a special compilation sequence?
My…
Sean Allred
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Efficient way to write backslash to a file
Say I have a writer and an environment (actually an Environ) defined as
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{environ} % www.ctan.org/pkg/environ
\newwrite\mywriter
\NewEnviron{writethis}
…
Bart Michels
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Numbers in text, without having to update values from external files by hand?
I am writing a paper discussing numerical results of simulations. I am still tuning those simulations itself, so the results keep changing slightly. I don't want to re-type numbers over from what I computed all the time into the LaTeX document by…
eudoxos
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Write values to a file
I'd like to write the contents of a macro to an external file. The code below
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\newcommand\foo[3]{1: #1, 2: #2 and 3: #3}
\foo{foo}{bar}{baz}
\foo{See \ref{sec}}{\begin{description}
\item[whatever]…
topskip
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Using #define value from c source to be used on .tex document
I would like to extract a value from a .h head (C language) and use this value as input to LaTeX.
As an example, consider defines.h:
#define MEB_COM_PACKET_ID 0x01
using this value on a table of a .tex document…
Rafael Corsi
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Output and Code on the same Sheet
I'm thinking of creating a query material so that I can see the compilation result with your code just below.
As I'm starting in this TEX world, I do not want to accumulate multiple TEX files on my system. I'd rather create a PDF that has everything…
LCarvalho
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Is there a command to define a "virtual file" in a tex document
I wonder whether there is something like the filecontents environment, but without writing the actual data to the filesystem.
With the filecontents environment, I can write a texfile like…
silvado
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Access record values on external file using keys
I would like to access the value of a record using a key.
Let's say an external file with two fields delimited b comma is as follows:
A, Cycle A Morning Summer
B, Cycle A2 Night
C, Not a defined 1st cycle
..., .....
Z, Last cycle
With a macro I…
hpcolos
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Expandable read from file
This question follows this Applying TikZ options stored in a file. I just wonder why the following fails to read the file. Please ignore the content of filecontents; although it works, it's just for developing a MNWE. The problem is with my use of…
Ahmed Musa
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Different file extension for \input files?
Is there a conventional choice for a different file-extension given to source files prepared for \input (i.e. containing LateX source, but not something you can process on its own)?
The context here is automatically packing up selected files…
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Why the pdf file cannot show the chapter?
Today,I typoset a book.
My code:
\documentclass[UTF8]{book}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage[colorlinks,linkcolor=blue,anchorcolor=blue,citecolor=red,unicode]{hyperref}…
abc
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How to merge several files in LaTeX
I am writing thesis in LaTeX and I am beginner in LaTeX. I read about combining files into main file, but it didn't help me much and my problem persists. I am giving minimal code what I am trying to do. Please help me with this problem. Compiler…
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