I have a really long table in LaTeX that spans several pages and is also too wide for the page. I am using the longtable package with every column width specified with the p{width} command. The problem is, that most of the rows contain a multicolumn call, and thus are not adhering to the p{width} command. Minimal example: \begin{longta...
When running latex, the command-line output it cut after 80 characters: LaTeX Warning: Reference `fig:assign-by-x' on page 76 undefined on input line 2 41. Any idea how I can stop this? Version is: pdfTeX using libpoppler 3.141592-1.40.3-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.6) kpathsea version 3.5.6 on Ubuntu Linux 9.04, bash shell. ...
How can I insert a figure (i.e. graphic) that extends 100% of the viewport but with a given height? ...
I use a style file that specifies page margins. I cannot understand the style file, but I guess it specifies bottom margins by using commands such as \vspace, \vskip, \vfil. When I compile the tex document with pdflatex the margins, especially the bottom ones, change. When I compile the document first to ps then to pdf, the margins are ...
As of now the workflow is something like, I import an SVN or a CVS repository and then compile a document locally on my machine to get either a ps or a pdf file. But I was wondering if there is a Web front-end to do all the stuff, like for instance, an editor using which you can edit the file online and then download just the pdf file by...
I am attempting to use overlays with figures to save myself from creating a different image for each slide. The overlay works with any text I include, but not with the figures. For example: \setbeamercovered{dynamic} \begin{figure}\resizebox{10.0cm}{!}{ \includegraphics{problem-a.pdf} Test A \pause \includegraphics{problem-b.pd...
I'm using the colortbl package to color table cells. I've combined this w/ the xcolor package to define my own colors. However, it appears that xcolor does not support transparency. I saw the package transparent, but it is oriented toward text and I wasn't able to set the transparency level of a defined color. Are there any packages ...
I'm writing an article for a magazine. I'm trying to insert a (floating) 2-column box at the upper right corner of a 3-column document, with the text wrapping around it nicely andn the columns being aligned. I'm making the box using the tikz package so I can have a box with rounded edges and a background color. I was trying to do the wra...
When compiling a latex document with 15 or so packages and about five includes, pdflatex throws a "too many open files"-error. All includes are ended with \endinput. Any ideas what might cause the error? The error seems to depend on how many packages are used (no surprise...); however, this is not the first time I use this many packages...
First of all, what's the difference between utf8 and utf8x in \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} when used in LaTeX? Secondly, what packages are required when writing an article in Icelandic using LaTeX? I found: \usepackage[icelandic]{babel} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} after experim...
Is it possible to have different colors for on screen and hardcopy display of hyperref links in the same file? In my thesis, I like the functionality of linking reference numbers to the reference entry in the bibliography and I like having the pubmed links in the bibliography work. Having the links be blue or red helps indicate that the...
I have a small graphic that is part of my document. It's PDF, is 193 lines, and has some binary data mixed with its postscript. I'm currently using the graphicx package and including the pdf as a separate file. Is there a way I can inline it directly in my latex source? ...
Hello, I am using Doxygen to generate a PDF of my code documentation. The PDF has very big margins when using PAPER_TYPE = letter. It looks ok when using a4wide but I would like to have more control over it. I want to use a package called geometry but can't figure out where to add code like this: \usepackage[top=2.9cm,left=2in,bottom...
I use this LaTeX code to add a bibliography section: \bibliographystyle{plain} \bibliography{bp} The first page looks fine. It contains the Bibliography title, no header and a list of citations. However on the next page is a header with the title of the previous section. Is there a way to remove this header? ...
Hi, I would like to know if there's a way to use a command (something I create with \newcommand) in a package configuration). Something like \usepackage[someoption=\somecommand]{somepackage} Thanks for your help! ...
Hi, is there a way to have roman numbers for the pages at the end of the article - like \bibliography{...}, \listoffigures and acronym-lists? Currently they show up without any numbers :( Cheers,.. Argh sorry - I was kind of incorrect I'm not looking for a way to change the page-numbers - I'm looking for a way to change the actual ac...
I am generating a pdf output with pdflatex with the following command in gVim: :!pdflatex % This command in turns executes the following in the Command Prompt: cmd.exe /c pdflatex /testvim.tex Now, the problem I'm having with this is that the pdf is outputted to the system32 folder: C:\windows\system32\testvim.pdf How can I in...
Hello, I have a LaTeX text document that compiles fine with the current version of pdflatex on my home computer. I've made minor edits to the body of the document. I'm trying to recompile it, using either http://sciencesoft.at/latex/?lang=en or the first google result for the words "latex to pdf online." (I can't post the hyperlink d...
Hello I've been trying to get pstricks to work but to no avail. I am using Miktex, and I downloaded the package from it packages manager. But when I try to build it, it always fails: This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.1 (MiKTeX 2.8) entering extended mode (C:\xxxx\Desktop\untitled-6.tex LaTeX2e <2009/09/24> Babel <v3.8l> and h...
For dvipng, the -D option increases the dpi of the image but also increases the image size, and the -Q option improves antialiasing but doesn't do enough. Is there a way to increase the image resolution and quality without increasing image size? ...