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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dot2texi issue on Overleaf: Conversion error for .dot file in a subfolder
I am trying to use the dot2texi package to generate dot graphs in LaTeX on Overleaf, but I encounter a problem when compiling a subfile.tex located in a subfolder. As a result, the graph is not ...
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Why latexmk is not able to run -shell-escape with auxdir?
I am exploring all the possibilities of latexmk since it is used as default in Overleaf, and found nice to be able (locally not on Overleaf) to specify the auxdir so my build-files are not polluting ...
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Externalize on Overleaf
I am using a template given by my uni and running it on ShareLatex/Overleaf. I am currently running into an issue when trying to plot more data using tikz, that gives the follwoing error:
TeX capacity ...
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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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