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34 questions linked to/from File extensions related to LaTeX, etc
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Use of different output files in LaTeX (pdflatex) [duplicate]
When I use pdflatex, I get a bunch of files: test.aux test.log test.out test.pdf test.tex test.toc The .tex file and the .pdf file have an obvious use, but what do the other files do? ...
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FIles produced by compiling LaTeX source code [duplicate]
Every time I compile a source code of LaTeX there are a lot of files produced except the .tex file and the .pdf (obviously!). I can guess that they are really useful to some people and obviously to ...
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What temp files generated by latex can I delete without risk? [duplicate]
My projectfolder consist of several 'real' files and is full of files I don't know. There are some cleaning procedures which deletes specified endings after a run but I am not sure which filetypes I ...
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Beginner with latex: what are files .bbl, .toc, aux, .blg, .log used for? [duplicate]
When i compile a file, with .tex file other ones are produced. I know that log files contains warnings and errors (and more things i do not know), also that .bibl files are related with some ...
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Extra files when compiling tex [duplicate]
When building a LaTeX file (with Texstudio, if that's important) in addition to the .tex and .pdf files, there are also .aux, .log, and .synctex.gz created. What do these extra files do?
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What files are used in the TeX world? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: File extensions of LaTeX-related files Egad! What are all those files? What are files that LaTeX creates when calling one of it’s programs (including biber, xindy etc.)? What ...
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Why appears .log.fls etc when using TeX in the Atom editor? [duplicate]
So when i press control+option+b, there will appear so many weird files. And my question is that what are the functions of these files? Should i delete these files?
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Files with the extension .out [duplicate]
I use Git as the version control manager for my TeX projects. I use the .gitignore file to indicate to Git which files not to track. I have annotated the entries of my .gitignore file so as to ...
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List of temporary/intermediate file types [duplicate]
I’ve compiled a list of LaTeX-related temporary/intermediate file types, with the help of some AI. Could you please suggest any improvements or point out any missing files? Thanks in advance! .acr ...
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Prevent pdflatex from writing a bunch of files
If I create just a basic hello.tex file an compile it using pdflatex hello.tex The pdflatex program is creating a plethora of file which is a little annoying. Currently it writes all those files ...
116 votes
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Deleting external/auxiliary files?
Is there a way to make TeX delete files? In my document a lot of auxiliary files are created and it would be wonderful to have them removed after their content has been used.
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How to remove a blank page "before" the title page
I'm using MiKTeX 2.9 and TeXniCenter for writing my thesis. I have a lot of packages and everything was going well, until last night that a blank page with ".0" written in the top left corner kept ...
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Glossary of TeX and LaTeX terms
This is not about glossary package. :-) I was wondering whether there is a list of common terms you come across as a not-so-advanced user, defined already. Currently what we have are many books ...
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latex gives me the error: Ouch---my internal constants have been clobbered
As the title states, compiling with latex produces the error, right away: Ouch---my internal constants have been clobbered!---case 14 I have no idea what this means... I use TexLive 2012. I updated ...
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‘Bundle’ TeX output in a directory
(My personal interest in this question is mainly for OS X but solutions/approaches for other operating systems are also appreciated.) What I see as a main distraction with using TeX/LateX is that it ...