General ⇒ Tex Capacity Exceeded, Sorry [save size=5000]

[RMCabrera]

Hi everyone!

My name is Ryan and I am having a serious trouble with my using of Latex. Although it has provided me with many advantages (e.g. nicely presented document, beautifully written equations, etc.) but it has troubled me with one thing:

!Tex capacity exceeded, sorry [save size = 5000]

I really don't know how to figure this out, because I'm really no-computer savvy as most other people who have been using Latex; in fact, I am only a beginner and I am just a "user" of this seemingly powerful tool.

Please, people, I am asking for your help, because I am really running out of time (I need to submit my Thesis the soonest possible time); I need to find a way to increase the save size, if it is possible. Please, heeeeeeeeeeeelp!

Best regards,

Ryan

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Ryan,

welcome to the board!

Locate the file texmf.cnf on your computer, open it with an editor and look for "save_size" and change the value in that line.

For look-up, you could run at the command prompt:

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kpsewhich -a texmf.cnf

On my system, Linux with TeX Live 2011, it's /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf.

I guess, you need to rebuilt the format files afterwards. On my system, I would run

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sudo fmtutil-sys --all

Stefan

[RMCabrera]

Hi Stefan!

I understand your point, that I have to locate the file texmf.cnf in my PC; and then I have tried the code that you gave me:

kpsewhich -a texmf.cnf

and type it in the command prompt, but unfortunately, it didn't work! Why?

Like I've told you, I'm really no good at this?

You mentioned about opening it with an editor and to look for "save size" and change its value; but I just don't know how that works?

Please help me my friend?! and people from this community, pleassssszzzz

By the way, I am using Windows XP; I just thought it might matter!

Thanks anyways!

Best regards,

Ryan

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Ryan,

I have tried the code that you gave me:

kpsewhich -a texmf.cnf

and type it in the command prompt, but unfortunately, it didn't work!

perhaps try the search feature of Windows to locate the file on your hard disk drive.

Stefan

[shruthi]

@stefan
could you please elaborate on format files.
i found textmf.config increased the stack value, But i don't know what to do next.

[StarValkyrie]

This error can also mean a missing close bracket or /end command for something, usually text-formatting related. Try opening a copy of your document in a program that color codes the TeX commands - like Texmaker, for example - and proofreading the TeX for whatever section you were editing before the error started.