Hi everybody, I am a newcomer of the latex community, struggling with the programme, but happy to learn.
Best regards,
Espe
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- localghost
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Re: Newcomer
Regarding the forthcoming learning curve you will be very happy. And the final result will be worth the learning.
Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten
Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten
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Re: Newcomer
Dear All,
Thanks for your warm welcome! I am trying to acces the info you suggested, but some of the links are no longer available.
Could you give indicate me where can I read to solve the following two issues I got:
1. The connection between the pdf and the program disappeared. I used to make corrections just by clicking on the pdf and it was immediately linked to the latex source but it does not happen anymore. How do you call that option?
2. The second issue seems to be worse, because the version I use (2.10beta8 (210)) does not let me run the program anymore. I get a message telling me the following:
This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.995 (Web2C 7.5.5)
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt xelatex.fmt
fmtutil: format directory `/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c' is not writable.
I can't find the format file `xelatex.fmt'!
Where can I read on how to solve the two issues above mentioned?
Does any latex user live in kraków?
Looking forward to hearing from you...
Thanks for your warm welcome! I am trying to acces the info you suggested, but some of the links are no longer available.
Could you give indicate me where can I read to solve the following two issues I got:
1. The connection between the pdf and the program disappeared. I used to make corrections just by clicking on the pdf and it was immediately linked to the latex source but it does not happen anymore. How do you call that option?
2. The second issue seems to be worse, because the version I use (2.10beta8 (210)) does not let me run the program anymore. I get a message telling me the following:
This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.995 (Web2C 7.5.5)
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt xelatex.fmt
fmtutil: format directory `/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c' is not writable.
I can't find the format file `xelatex.fmt'!
Where can I read on how to solve the two issues above mentioned?
Does any latex user live in kraków?
Looking forward to hearing from you...
- localghost
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Re: Newcomer
This is not the right place for question about specific LaTeX issues. Please choose an appropriate forum.
How to make a "Minimal Example"
Board Rules
Avoidable Mistakes
¹ System: TeX Live 2025 (vanilla), TeXworks 0.6.10
Board Rules
Avoidable Mistakes
¹ System: TeX Live 2025 (vanilla), TeXworks 0.6.10