{scripts} is for questions involving external scripts (small programs in source code form) related to (La)TeX.
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How to replace all $ $ by \( \)?
I want to replace all TeXish math $ $ in a tex file by LaTeXish \( \) and also $$ $$ by \[ \]. How can I do this cleverly?
Please beware that in TikZ environment, one can not replace $ $ by \( \).
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Triple scripts for analysis
I am doing the music harmonic analysis.
There are plenty of symbols that must be added and there are need for:
underscript
triple sub/super scripts:
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6answers
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Automatically replace all |foo| with \abs{foo}
Technically speaking, this isn't a LaTeX specific question, but there are so many useful tools in LaTeX, and I'm using it to solve a LaTeX problem, so I thought here would be a good place to ask.
I ...
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1answer
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TextMate 2 and lost paths
This is a recent development, and I'm not sure what I've changed to make this happen… other than setting TM_SUPPORT_PATH to ~/Library/Application Support/TextMate/Managed/Bundles/Bundle ...
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Problem executing script for latexdiff
I am a LaTeX beginner and new to Scripting. I try to implement this interesting solution for latexdiff and multiple files found in this question-answer before I begin writing my phd thesis. However ...
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Most efficient method to strip all of the LaTeX code from a document?
Can some people please give me some suggestions for the most efficient method to strip all of the LaTeX code from a document?
The best method that comes to my mind, which I have no clue about how to ...
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1answer
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Possible to have a shell script containing the whole LaTeX document?
I've seen some examples where shell scripts are incorporated into LaTeX documents. However, I haven't seen any example of an entire LaTeX document being incorporated into a shell script. Does anyone ...
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Problems With Text Encoding While Cutting [duplicate]
Introduction
I'm learning how to type with LaTeX and I've found that the character encoding is very important to get good results. I find myself copying parts from pdf documents such as problem ...
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Autocompile LaTeX doc when updated in Windows (via dropbox, in this case)
Goal: I'd like to be able to have a script running on my Windows computer that autogenerates the PDF of my LaTeX doc whenever the main .tex doc gets updated.
Use case is I am editing the .tex file ...
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Sublime Text 2 Snippet escaping backslash
I'm trying to set up a snippet for building a set with appropriate spacing. I want the snippet to generate the following markup when I type "set" + TAB:
\{ \, content here \, \}
I have the ...
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How to write a script in hyperref form [closed]
In Adobe Acrobat Pro it is possible to write java script which can replace symbols.
How can I replace empty spaces after the last word with dots in the form field?
There should be a way to add ...
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2answers
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OS X command-script to compile LaTeX
I'm trying to create a script that compiles LaTeX on OS X. Unfortunately I'm not familiar with the language and even though the code works, it has several flaws. Is it possible to close the terminal ...
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error “latexdiff: The Perl Script could not be found.”
I have MikTeX 2.9 installation and Strawberry Perl 5.10.1.5.
All the latexdiff, latexdiff-fast, latexidff-so paths seem to be present in the scripts.ini file and their .exe files in the ...
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Configure TeXShop to run a script on the document before typesetting
Is it possible to configure TeXshop to automatically run a script on a document at the beginning of the typesetting process? I am interested in having the application run a python script on the ...
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1answer
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What is the state of support for (Unicode) Indic scripts in Context?
I have used XeTeX for typesetting a book using Unicode Malayalam. It is working perfectly and the production is fine.
Reading about ConteXt, I learn it is more suitable and flexible for book ...
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1answer
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Search & Replace Script for TeXworks
Does anyone have an example for a search & replace lua script that I can use with TeXworks. I have a rather large document here (about 3'000 pages DIN A5) which I need to update continously. To ...
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More generic live preview editor? (can support pandoc and/or custom scripts) [closed]
I'm a fan of using things like pandoc, GPP and Rake to make my source files to look cleaner, be human readable, simplify my workflow and get some level of style/semantics separation (especially for ...
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Is LaTeX scriptable through AppleScript and to what extent?
Before I go full into this software and explore it thoroughly, I have some questions that need to be answered.
How far can I automate or script LaTex using AppleScript? I am choosing applescript ...
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How do I make a script to make inkscape TikZ more human readable
When I export a svg file from inkscape to TikZ, the result is often huge, and not very human readable. I would like to write a perl script for post processing the output. The script should be able to:
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Script to delete a command and associated curly braces from source in TeXShop?
When I'm editing the source in TeXShop, I often find that I want to remove emphasis from a word or phrase. But deleting the \emph from the beginning of the word and the {} surrounding it is a bit more ...
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How to create a PDF presentation for each available Beamer theme automatically?
Rather than changing the theme by hand and compiling it for each available theme, is there an easier way to do so such that I can get a PDF presentation for each available theme automatically?
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pdftex and interaction=batchmode and xwatermark
I try to compile this file:
\documentclass[10pt,openany,titlepage]{book}%
\usepackage{lipsum}%
\usepackage{xcolor}%
\usepackage[printwatermark,default-first-page=10]{xwatermark}%
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Is there a package or scripted solution to generate the program for scientific conferences [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a LaTeX package for conference event programs?
I am looking for a solution to generate the program to a scientific event with multiple conferences and ...
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Script to import .bib and output HTML based on a style [closed]
I'm able to use various tools (such as pyP2B.py) to generate a BibTex database. I've also successfully created a AMA styled RTF of the database using JabRef and the APAish extension, although this ...
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How can I update TikZ/PGF?
I am searching a script that will do the following.
Removing all old PGF/TikZ files in my local texmf tree
Installation of all new PGF/TikZ in my local texmf tree of the csv repository:
PGF and TikZ ...
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Detecting all pages which contain color
In an larger LaTeX document there are often only some pages with color content (mainly figures) and the remaining ones are only black and white.
Because printing costs for color pages are much higher ...
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Calling an external script from LyX [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
LyX: How to add command line option/flag for latex compiling?
Is there a way to call an external script with LyX? Something like the math-extern command, that sends the ...
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2answers
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Unable to use python.sty package
When compiling a .tex file that uses python.sty package and contains:
\begin{python}
...
\end{python}
I keep getting an error:
./main.tex:33:I can't find file 'bin/main.py.out' \end{python}
...
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How can other programming languages and tools be used to create content for TeX documents?
When writing about programming languages or tools one often wants to include output from them in the document. Then it is useful if such output can be created as the document is compiled. For ...
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replace often used Tex-Literals ($ and $$) for math regions into \( or \) and \[ or \]
Is there an editor or IDE (or a script) for substituting the TeX-Commands $ and $$ for opening and closing math regions into the corresponding LaTeX-Commands \(,\) and \[,\]?
I'm sure there is a tool ...
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1answer
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Copy sectioning and non-text environments to new file (for presentation)
My situation is as follows: I've completed a thesis in LaTeX (memoir) and now need to create a presentation for its defense. That means copying all of the document structure from the thesis ...
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1answer
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Converting from LaTeX to HTML using htlatex
Using htlatex to convert LaTeX to HTML
Referring to the question posted above.
So I used both the script and the htlatex command from the command-prompt in order to convert my LaTeX file to HTML but ...
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What are the advantages of Lua over other scripting languages for a TeX implementation?
The question is inspired by Martin Schröder's answer to I am new to TeX. Should I use LaTeX, XeLaTeX, …? as well as my two previous questions on this forum:
Automatic document update
Generate LaTeX ...
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1answer
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Testing Framework API for LaTeX
As part of an online exam application, we need to automate the evaluation of LaTeX scripts written by the students. Essentially, the script should be evaluated against a set of test cases and if it ...
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Generate LaTeX Truth Table with Python Cheetah
While looking for code which can automatically generate truth table in LaTeX I stumbled on this Python generator. It appears that the code can be used from Cheetah's framework. Can anybody point me to ...
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Automatic document update
As many of you I do quite a bit of teaching to make living. The worst part of the semester is usually beginning when I create and upload course Syllabi as well as the end of the semester when I ...
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all-in-one-engine for TeXShop
I am trying to write my 'Matura work' for school in LaTeX. Therefore I am using MacTeX and TeXShop and normally it works fine.
But I am really annoyed with running all these different engines like ...
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Kile: show me script example
Can someone please show me an example script in Kile?
I want a example.
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How do extra braces impact the placement of items in the document?
I am placing some of my document through some outside BASH scripts, but want to protect some information such that the scripts will not change them. The simplest option for me is to put { and } around ...
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1answer
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Run a shell script from a PDF generated by LaTeX
I have a shell script (which should open some program/file) which I want to invoke by clicking on a link in the generated .pdf file (in my case a beamer presentation).
I tried including:
...
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How to make the rmligs script available globally on Windows?
Hopefully on-topic as about "(La)TeX related software and tools"
I just learned about the rmligs script. Since it isn't available through MiKTeX (and neither through TeX Live), I downloaded the ...
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Use \addbibresource via a script
Is there some way to use \addbibresource with biblatex to fetch a remote bibliography (in my case from CiteULike), but piping it through a script first?
The output from CiteULike isn't perfect for ...
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Compiling latex directly from R
I want to find a programmatic way of converting a .tex latex document to pdf.
What I usually do, and this works in most cases, is to use:
tools::texi2dvi(latexfile, pdf = TRUE, clean = TRUE)
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pdflatex bash script to supress all output except error messages?
I have a bash script which I use to compile a file with pdflatex twice (to make sure it sorts out references properly, etc.). This is the 'latexbuild' script I use:
module load ctan
pdflatex ...
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Does LaTeX have a built-in scripting language?
Say I want to draw a simple graph in LaTeX.
I'm interested to know if you can write a for loop or something to create things like lines or squares programmatically in LaTeX.
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Generate list of all installed (La)TeX files
I'm trying to write a script (Perl) for the general public which would need to have a list of all installed TeX files of a certain type, e.g. .sty and/or .cls files or only plainTeX files (.tex), ...
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How to generate LaTeX documents with Perl
I have to generate Software Requirement Specification documents in LaTeX. I have to use Perl to accomplish this. The documents consist of tables, lists, pictures, TOC, table of figures, headings and ...
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LaTeX compilation failure on Mac OS X from Python Script
I wrote a Python script to automate some LaTeX builds. Currently I develop/test on Mac OS X (did not try it on other UNIX flavors).
The particular execution function which should compile the LaTeX ...
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Write18: capturing shell (script) output as command/variable?
Let's say I compile the following file with pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex:
\documentclass{minimal}
\begin{document}
File listing is:
\immediate\write18{ls /usr}
\end{document}
This will send ...
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Is there a tool/script available to simply install packages locally?
This question is not on how to manually install packages but how to install packages automatically via script. This question is not about MikTeX or the limited tex package management in certain linux ...
