pdflatex

Selection in PDF files

Hello, I'm working on an ebook conversion script. When I create a PDF file using emacs ps-print-buffer-with-faces and then ps2pdf, I can select the words one by one on my ebook (Sony PRS 600). Same when I use Microsoft Word to print to PDF. Yet, when I create a PDF using pdflatex, or latex -> dvips -> ps2pdf, I can't select but blocks...

Latex Item inline "Missing $ inserted." error

Why does this line yield the "Missing $" error: \begin{item} Hello \rightarrow \end{item} ...

PDF on Linux: Combine font subsets and replace Type 3 with Type 1

I have a PDF file that I'd like to post-process on Linux. In particular I'd like to: Replace Type 3 fonts with Type 1 fonts Replace multiple subsets of the same font with a single subsets (the subsets are the result of including figures in LaTeX, where each figure contains a subset'ed font) With Windows these two steps are possible w...

LaTeX Conflict with references, no output generated

Hi So far I´ve managed my bibliography very well. I use JabRef to organize it. But now it bugged forever (might be my fault, of course). The output does not come. I tons of messages like "LaTeX warning citation x undefined in line y" I did try to fix it with your "Why won't Latex generate any output?" i found at http://www.andy-robe...

ocaml Unix.system call to pdflatex

I'm having a problem calling an outside application from a compiled ocaml application, pdflatex. I'm using the proper string as an argument, when I run it from the toplevel I get the expected results, Unix.system "pdflatex -interaction batchmode -output-directory res ALGO_GEN.tex";; And it generates the proper output, This is pdfTeX...

I don't want the .aux, .log and .synctex.gz files when using pdflatex

Yeah, the title says it all. I just want to have a .tex file which I compile with pdflatex and end up with a .pdf file. I don't want all the other .aux, .log and .synctex.gz files. pdflatex doesn't seem to have arguments for this but I hope you can help. ...

Latex \tableofcontents command always shows blank Contents on first build

When I generate a .pdf file from a .tex file using pdflatex, only the "Contents" title is shown with no actual TOC. If I run pdflatex my.tex once more, it generates the TOC just fine. I can reproduce this simply by removing the .toc file. What I think is happening is that my .toc file is being generated too late -- so how can I make the ...

Latex code for adjusting attributes of hline (color, dashed), and/or attributes of vertical lines in table

I want to color hline; e.g., \hline[color=red,width=2mm,dashed] or something. Below is a feeble attempt which fails. not I put textcolor gray around {|} to try and make it gray. Ideally, I want it gray and dashed. Also note textcolor gray around the {\hline} tag. Any help would be appreciated using latex syntax. Are there attribute...

Latex: problem with foreign characters

I am writing a report in Latex from a latex template given in my university. The text is in English but I need to have some Swedish characters there was well like ä, ö, å etc. Now the problem is that I was initially writing the whole report in one single .tex file. But now I have decided that it'll be more manageable to have separate fi...