Questions tagged [texworks]
TeXworks is a simple TeX front-end program (working environment) available for all today’s major desktop operating systems. It is modeled on Dick Koch’s TeXShop for Mac OS X.
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Problem finding texlive in TeXworks
I have a new install of texlive 2025 and a new install of TeXworks 0.6.8("Debian") No complaints in the log of either. They cannot find one another (yet). I made a small file in my home ...
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Link with many %
Generally, I don't include many links in my PDFs. Until now I’ve never had problems with \href from the hyperref package: when the URL contains % characters, I escape them using \% and everything ...
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Maximum path length in TeXworks
To compile tex files, I usually use the TeXworks program associated with the TeX Live distribution on Windows, and everything works perfectly. Sometimes, however, when the source file has a very long ...
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Where did the spell checker in TeXworks go? [duplicate]
I use TeXworks, which, for the longest time had an (English) spell checker built in (via spell menu). All of a sudden it is not there any longer. What happened? It may be that some proprietary issues ...
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How do I access .gabc files from a different file directory using GregorioTeX
I am using GregorioTeX to compile handouts for chanting the Divine Office. I have organized my folders in a similar manner to the Breviary; however, I run into the issue that whenever I want to ...
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How to get a refreshable preview of a PDF document with MikTeX+WinEdt+TeXworks
Over the summer I had to replace my laptop and TeX-system: MikTeX 25.4 WinEdt 10.2 TeXworks 0.6.10 With yet another semester starting the following (somewhat sidesteppable) problem has become more ...
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Error trying to randomize my Q&As
So, I am making a practice math test, and I've had Gemini 2.5 pro helping me out with the more advanced LaTeX features. The way my document works is like this: [preamble] \begin{document} NewQA{q1}{[...
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TeXworks problem with not saving file without error message
Recently, I have encountered the following behaviour in TeXworks. I compile my LaTeX file in TeXworks, and an error occurs in the typesetting. I fix the error without first manually terminating the ...
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Umlaut Weirdness in TeXWorks [duplicate]
In the meantime, I nailed down the error myself: {\''a} for a German umlaut of course is wrong, {\"a} is correct. (Not that I didn't know, but annoyingly both looks exactly the same in the ...
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TexWorks ERROR message
I am working on tex using texworks on windows 11-home. When I install texlive 2025 and open more than two tex files with texworks, the following error message window keeps appearing. (I compile with ...
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Using Texworks snippets in Texstudio
I'm switching from Texworks to Texstudio and I'd like to use my previous snippets. In Texworks, you could juste create a txt file in which you just have to put all your snippets, for example : benu:=\...
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How can I get Texmaker to recognize additional math modes?
Texmaker, my IDE of choice, has syntax highlighting that extends to some, but not all, math environments. As it happens to cover the most common environments, it is somewhat annoying when I decide to ...
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Error in TexLive2025 on Windows 11?
I newly installed TeXLive 2025 on Windows 11 and compiled the main.tex file that I had been working on with the latest version of TeXworks. There is a chapters folder in the main folder, and the ...
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Error window appears when opening several files in TexWorks
I have installed TexLive2025 and am working on a tex task with the latest TexWorks. When I open a tex file with TexWorks and then open a second tex file, I get the following error message. Is there a ...
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TeXworks – Space disappearing on the editor (but not in the pdf from compilation) after comma or dot
I am perfectly aware it will be very difficult to get a feedback on the following problem in light of its 'vagueness', but I will try anyway. I had to reinstall TeXLive and everything is working fine ...