General ⇒ Runaway Argument

[Bubb]

Runaway argument?
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l.7 \begin{document}

I received this error while I was trying to compile my LaTeX presentation
But there is no missing "}" in my code.

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\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usetheme{Warsaw}
\title[3D Desktop Scanner]{3D Desktop Scanner}
\institute{Begeleider: Rein vd Boomgaard}
\author{Remco Gubbels}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\titlepage
\end{frame}
\section{Introduction}
\subsection{Doel}
\begin{frame}{Doel}
\begin{itemize}
\item Fysiek model
\pause
\item Laserscan
\pause
\item Virtueel model
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}{Doel}
\begin{figure}
  \includegraphics[scale=0.5]{laser_scanner.jpg}
\end{figure}
\end{frame}
\subsection{Voor de scriptie}
\begin{frame}{Informatie}
Wat was er al
\begin{itemize}
\item Het concept
\item Wat oppervlakkige informatie voor de aparte onderdelen
\item Oude scripties
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\subsection{Verschillende onderdelen}
 
 
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Run LaTeX here

Anyone that knows what's going wrong?

Bubb

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Bubb,

welcome to the board!

I can compile this file without problem, there's no error. Could you please post your .log file as attachment to a post? Perhaps we would find further useful information there.
And please ensure that the posted example is really the same as the one which gave the error.

Stefan

[Bubb]

Heey Stefan,

Thanks for the quick reply

This is the log file it created when the error occured:

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This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009/Debian) (format=latex 2011.4.12)  27 JUN 2011 17:00
entering extended mode
 %&-line parsing enabled.
**voorstel.tex
(./voorstel.tex
LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh
yphenation, loaded.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/beamer/base/beamer.cls
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/beamer/base/beamerbasercs.sty
Package: beamerbasercs 2007/01/28 (rcs-revision 1.4)
)
Document Class: beamer 2007/03/11 cvs version 3.07 A class for typesetting pres
entations (rcs-revision 1.70)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/beamer/base/beamerbasemodes.sty
Package: beamerbasemodes 2007/01/28 (rcs-revision 1.22)
\beamer@tempbox=\box26
\beamer@tempcount=\count79
\c@beamerpauses=\count80
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/beamer/base/beamerbasedecode.sty
Package: beamerbasedecode 2007/01/28 (rcs-revision 1.20)
\beamer@slideinframe=\count81
\beamer@minimum=\count82
)
\beamer@commentbox=\box27
\beamer@modecount=\count83
)
\headheight=\dimen102
\headdp=\dimen103
\footheight=\dimen104
\sidebarheight=\dimen105
\beamer@tempdim=\dimen106
\beamer@finalheight=\dimen107
\beamer@animht=\dimen108
\beamer@animdp=\dimen109
\beamer@animwd=\dimen110
\beamer@leftmargin=\dimen111
\beamer@rightmargin=\dimen112
\beamer@leftsidebar=\dimen113
\beamer@rightsidebar=\dimen114
 
 
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Edit:
I tried to delete all the files generated by the pdflatex command and then tried again, it works now for some reason.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

This log file is incomplete, there's no error to find.
Ah, I see your edit. Yes, sometimes already deleting an aux file helps.

Stefan

[akeinsley]

I have also been getting a Runaway Argument error. I'm not sure how to post the message itself, but the error looks like this,

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Runaway argument?
{d
./01-27.tex:17: File ended while scanning use of \@newl@bel.
<inserted text>
\par
l.17 \begin{document}
 
 
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This has been working the entire time, and getting rid of the new stuff doesn't help either. Anyone have a suggestion?

Thanks,

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi akeinsley,

try to post a minimal example, which produces that error, so we could check and help to fix it. You could create such minimal example by making a copy of your document and reducing that.

Stefan

[akeinsley]

Here is the part I was working on when it all went wrong. I've removed the other areas at were working prior to this.

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\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Singapore}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage[retainorgcmds]{IEEEtrantools}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{color}
\title{Macroeconomics I \\ Optimization Techniques II}
\author{Andrew Keinsley}
\institute{University of Kansas}
\date{January 27, 2012}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\titlepage
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Agenda}
\tableofcontents
\end{frame}
\subsection{Basic Differential Equations}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Basic Differential Equations}
A differential equation is an equation that involves the derivatives of a function as well as the function itself.
\vspace{.5cm}
These are the backbone of macroeconomic models.  We constantly model how variable change over time, which involves the derivative of the variable with respect to time as well as the variable itself.
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}
 
 
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Run LaTeX here

Thanks for the help. Let me know if you need anything else.

[akeinsley]

Alright, I copied and pasted everything except for the part I posted earlier into an new file and it worked fine. I then started re-placing each frame of the part that didn't work to see where I went wrong.

I found that every frame in the section I posted worked fine until the last one. At that point I got some sort of "there's nothing to end" error. So I eliminated the frame and typeset it again, where then I received the error term I originally posted.

I'm not sure if that helps at all, but I think it's worth a shot.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Alright, I copied and pasted everything except for the part I posted earlier into an new file and it worked fine.

The code above produces an error, because \subsection is used without a \section.

At that point I got some sort of "there's nothing to end" error.

That's the next error:

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! LaTeX Error: There's no line here to end.
 
 
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This error is shown if you use \\ at a bad place. Here it's in this equation:

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\begin{equation}
L(t) = Ce^{nt} \label{labor4} \\
\;\;\; \mathrm{where} \; C = e^c
\end{equation}
 
 
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Run LaTeX here

Remove the \\, or use a multiline math environment of the amsmath package.

Stefan

[akeinsley]

Works great! I appreciate the help!