Presentations and Posters ⇒ a question regarding template KOMA script

[refmac5]

the following is the error when I was trying to run pdflatex using the KOMA script template. Anyone can tell me where I can fix? Thank you.
New to latex.

Code: Select all

! LaTeX Error: Command \footheight already defined.
               Or name \end... illegal, see p.192 of the manual.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              
                                                  
l.120 \newlength{\footheight}
                             
?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Welcome to the forum!

Indeed, that template brings that error immediately, without any change. But you can safely remove that line

Code: Select all

\newlength{\footheight}

then the document can be compiled. You can find the line as line number 120, as the message said. That length is indeed already defined.

For our readers, here is the link to the template: KOMA-Script Presentation.

Have fun with LaTeX! If there's any problem, or if you would have any question to LaTeX, let us know.

Stefan

[barometer]

Hello, just to follow up with this post. I recently updated to Koma script v3.20. After than when I recompile the .tex file, it give me all sorts of warning message. In particular, the page orientation (or paper size) is changed. I couldn't figure out how to revert it the original version. Any suggestions?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Welcome to the forum!

just to follow up with this post.

Why?
Same error message?

Please open a new topic for each new question. If you just attach to the end of an old and solved topic, there's not a good chance that people read it. Don't worry, here is space for a million topics.

Any suggestions?

Sure, one of a hundred things can be wrong. Hard to say if you don't post code and don't show those warning texts you get.

Perhaps open a new topic with code (minimal working example) and warning messages?

Stefan

[barometer]

Hi, sorry about etiquette. Here is a mwe. I am simply using the codes from the sample you cited

Code: Select all

% -*- program: pdflatex -*-
\documentclass[
paper=128mm:96mm,
fontsize=12pt,
pagesize,
parskip=half-,
]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[ % Page margins settings
  includeheadfoot,
  top=3.5mm,
  bottom=3.5mm,
  left=5.5mm,
  right=5.5mm,
  headsep=6.5mm,
  footskip=8.5mm,
]{geometry}

\usepackage[automark]{scrlayer-scrpage}% activates pagestyle scrheadings automatically
\automark{section}
\automark*{subsection}
\clearpairofpagestyles
\ihead{\rightmark}

\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\section{This should appear in the header untill it reaches a subsection}
\lipsum[1]
\clearpage
\subsection{Once subsection is reached this should appear in header}
\lipsum[3]
\end{document}

The warnings I got are:

W: /usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/tex/latex/koma-script/typearea.sty:0 Maybe no optimal type area settings!(typearea) The maximum limit of line width is about 45%(typearea) larger than the heuristically detected line width.
W: /usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/tex/latex/koma-script/typearea.sty:0 page content and margins higher than paper.

[Johannes_B]

The problem at the very top was fixed in the template a few days after reporting here.

The warning you receive can be ignored. You can avoid it if you substitute the second line in your example with papersize={128mm,96mm}, as an option for package geometry.

[barometer]

Thanks for the update. I've solved this issue