Text FormattingCan't two different text editors for the same text?

Information and discussion about LaTeX's general text formatting features (e.g. bold, italic, enumerations, ...)
Post Reply
MazukFarnas
Posts: 1
Joined: Sat Nov 02, 2019 8:29 am

Can't two different text editors for the same text?

Post by MazukFarnas »

It has happened twice to me so far. I have two editors: Tex Shop and Tex Studio. If I write something in Tex Studio and compile it successfully and then open the same files (the .tex and the .bib) in Tex Shop (or vice versa), the bibliography just won't compile. Re-compiling the bib does not work, recompiling the .tex won't work either. And once the compiled-without-bib version is opened in a different editor, the bib won't compile in the original editor ever again.

Is there a reason for this? How can I get my bibliography compiled again? Is this because of the .aux file?

I was using both of the editors because I like how TeX Studio auto-fills commands and citations but the raw file is more readable in TeX Shop.

Please help. It's my thesis.

Recommended reading 2024:

LaTeXguide.org • LaTeX-Cookbook.net • TikZ.org

NEW: TikZ book now 40% off at Amazon.com for a short time.

And: Currently, Packt sells ebooks for $4.99 each if you buy 5 of their over 1000 ebooks. If you choose only a single one, $9.99. How about combining 3 LaTeX books with Python, gnuplot, mathplotlib, Matlab, ChatGPT or other AI books? Epub and PDF. Bundle (3 books, add more for higher discount): https://packt.link/MDH5p

Stefan Kottwitz
Site Admin
Posts: 10335
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:44 pm

Can't two different text editors for the same text?

Post by Stefan Kottwitz »

Hi,

welcome to the forum!

The code itself should not be an issue. Also the .aux file, as it's generated by the same LaTeX compiler, independent of the editor.
  • actually, check that both editors run the same LaTeX engine (pdfLaTeX or XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX), same options to it
  • verify that the text encoding of both editors is the same (UTF-8 is recommended)
Stefan
LaTeX.org admin
Post Reply