Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ tikZ | Compilation fails for Documents in Spanish

[xetam]

Hi,

I tried to add a caption in a figure with tikZ in a margin note but LaTeX show many errors when compiling but this no occurs with i setup a document with English language and i need setup with Spanish.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article} 

\usepackage{graphicx}											
\usepackage{caption}											
\usepackage[paperwidth=8.5in, paperheight=11in]{geometry}
\geometry{top=0.75in,left=0.9in,bottom=0.75in,textwidth=5in, marginparsep=0.3in,marginparwidth=2in}								
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{marginnote}
\begin{document}
\marginnote{
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=2]
\draw [thick](0,0) -- (1.75,1.75);
\draw[red,very thick,->,>=latex] (0,0) -- (.75,.75)node[below=3pt] {$-F$};
\draw[red,very thick,<-,>=latex] (1,1)node[anchor=west] {$F$} -- (1.75,1.75);
\draw [|<-,>=latex] (-0.2,0.2) -- (0.55,.95);
\draw [->|,>=latex](.75,1.15) -- (1.55,1.95) ;
\shade[ball color=green] (0,0) circle (.05cm) node[below=3pt] {$M$} ;
\shade[ball color=green] (1.75,1.75) circle (.05cm) node[right=3pt,anchor=west] {$m$} ;
\coordinate [label=left:{$r$}] (A) at (.75,1.1);
\end{tikzpicture}
\captionof{figure}{text example}
}
\end{document}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

welcome to the board!

The reason for the error is, that the character > has a special meaning for spanish texts with babel, it's a shortcut for quoting, but you use it for TikZ arrow tips. You can disable the shortcut, if you like, then the error would go away. Just write after \begin{document}:

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\shorthandoff{>}

Stefan

[xetam]

thankyou, run fine but i ask me but how this affects the text of document

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Do you use > as a shortcut for Spanish quoting, such as in >>? If not, disabling doesn't affect the document. Actually, the Spanish support affects the document, as you can see. Similar for <, by the way.

Stefan

[cgnieder]

You can use etoolbox's \AtBeginEnvironment to patch the tikzpicture. Then you won't have to worry about effects on the text.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\AtBeginEnvironment{tikzpicture}{\shorthandoff{>}\shorthandoff{<}}
\begin{document} 

<<prueba>>

\begin{tikzpicture}
 \draw[->] (0,0) --++ (2,0);
\end{tikzpicture}

<<otra prueba>>

\end{document}

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Regards

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Clemens,

that's a very good tip, just in this case, where \marginnote is used, it would not directly work this way. Patching \@mn@@@marginnote perhaps would.

Stefan

[cgnieder]

Oh, I didn't test for that... Thanks Stefan!

It turned aut to be a bit trickier, actually. The code below will disable the shorthands in \marginnote and the tikzpicture:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\usepackage{tikz,marginnote}
\usepackage{etoolbox}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\marginnote{%
  \shorthandoff{>}\shorthandoff{<}\@dblarg\@mn@marginnote}
\apptocmd\@mn@@@marginnote{\shorthandon{>}\shorthandon{<}}{}{}
\makeatother
\AtBeginEnvironment{tikzpicture}{\shorthandoff{>}\shorthandoff{<}}

\begin{document} 

<<prueba>>
\marginnote{
\begin{tikzpicture}
 \draw[->] (0,0) --++ (2,0);
\end{tikzpicture}
}
\begin{tikzpicture}
 \draw[->] (0,0) --++ (2,0);
\end{tikzpicture}

<<otra prueba>>

\end{document}

Best