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Re: Mistake in LaTeX syntax not detected, strange pdf generated


From: Immanuel Litzroth
Subject: Re: Mistake in LaTeX syntax not detected, strange pdf generated
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:54:12 +0100

Same problem here -- seeing mistakes in latex/pdf generation.
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On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 1:27 PM Dominik Schrempf
<dominik.schrempf@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I wanted to chime in here, because sometimes I do have a similar
> problem.
>
> Whenever I export to LaTeX + PDF, it is pretty difficult to see if the
> compilation actually worked (or not). This is, because the compilation
> happens asynchronously, and so, the message about the compilation
> results in the modeling vanishes fast.
>
> Usually, I open the LaTeX compilation buffer manually, but I think it
> would be great if Org Mode was a bit more verbose about the result of
> the compilation (not the actual export). Not sure how this would work
> though... (Not very helpful, I know).
>
> Thank you!
> Dominik
>
> Alain.Cochard@unistra.fr writes:
>
> > Alain.Cochard@unistra.fr writes on Tue 29 Nov 2022 12:33:
> >
> >  > I would expect that the mistake be reported in the *Org PDF LaTeX
> >  > Output* Compilation buffer.  So far, what I saw in that buffer was
> >  > essentially what shows up when I run 'pdflatex org_generated_file.tex'
> >  > from a terminal.  Not this time: the "regular" pdflatex compiles
> >  > correctly, not the pdflatex that Org uses internally.
> >
> >  > I thought what Org did was simply run pdflatex+bibtex+etc. just as
> >  > what one would do manually, but apparently there is some difference.
> >
> > Hum, I correct myself here: the compilation buffer does report the
> > mistake (I hadn't looked at it).  Also, the manual compilation with
> >
> >    pdflatex org_generated_file.tex
> >
> > does generate the same pdf provided that I hit <return> many times.
> > Also, I see that the message
> >
> >    PDF file produced with errors.
> >
> > appears in the *Messages* buffer.
> >
> > So perhaps Org could display this message in the minibuffer instead of
> >
> >    Running /usr/bin/xdg-open /home/cochard/Org/debug3.pdf...done
> >
> > which leads to the impression that the compilation is OK.
>


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