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MiKTeX is a typesetting system for Microsoft Windows, consisting of an implementation of TeX and a set of related programs.

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MiKTeX is a typesetting system for Microsoft Windows that is developed by Christian Schenk. It consists of an implementation of TeX and a set of related programs. MiKTeX provides the tools necessary to prepare documents using the TeX/LaTeX markup language, as well a simple tex editor (TeXworks). The name comes from Christian Schenk's login: MiK for Micro-Kid.

MiKTeX can update itself by downloading new versions of previously installed components and packages, and has an easy installation process. Additionally, it can ask users whether they wish to download any packages that have not yet been installed but are requested by the current document.

The current version of MiKTeX is 2.9 and is available at the MiKTeX homepage. Since version 2.7, MiKTeX has support for XeTeX, MetaPost and pdfTeX and compatibility with Windows 7.

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How do I use TrueType fonts with LaTeX

I need to use a font family in my LaTeX documents, that is available as 18 .TTF (TrueTypeFont) files. Where do I have to copy the files in my MiKTeX 2.8 installation? How Do I make the fonts available for LaTeX? I usually use pdfLaTeX. I read in…
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Setting up R to pick up texlive rather than miktex on Windows

On Windows, how could I instruct R to call TeXlive instead of MikTeX? I've got R set up on my Linux and Windows machines. On my Windows machines, I happen to have both MikTeX and TeXlive available. For reasons I won't go into I'd like R to call…
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How do you display straight quotes instead of curly quotes when using LaTeX's 'listings' package?

I'm using LaTeX's "listings" package to format source code. Unfortunately I get curly quotes instead of straight quotes. Since the curly quotes don't always point in the right direction, it looks bad. How can I get straight quotes instead? I'd…
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R cmd check Latex error: FATAL pdflatex - GUI framework cannot be initialized

I am checking my package and this is actually the last remaining problem. The pdf file cannot be compiled and the logfile tells me 2015-10-15 14:17:47,430+0200 INFO pdflatex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name…
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Failed to compile tex in r markdown

I wanna make use of an R markdown and I get this message when I run bookdown::render_book("index.Rmd", "bookdown::pdf_book"): "C:/Program Files/RStudio/bin/pandoc/pandoc" +RTS -K512m -RTS Documentation.utf8.md --to latex --from…
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How do I treat LaTeX warnings as errors

I am using the MiKTeX 2.8 distibution for Windows. We develop software primarily, and use LaTeX to make our user instructions. We use LaTeX because: It's great under source control for tracking changes etc. The source files don't suddenly decide to…
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.Rmd compilation failed due to LaTeX

I am trying to knit my .Rmd document to pdf. I have tried both to install tinytex and separate miktex distribution, but neither helped. When I compile a .Rmd file I still get: "C:/Program Files/RStudio/bin/pandoc/pandoc" +RTS -K512m -RTS…
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Pandoc for Windows: pdflatex not found

I receive the error: pdflatex not found when I try to convert a .tex or .md file to .pdf. I have downloaded MikTex and have the associated LaTex packages. These don't seem to include pdflatex, although I do see pdftex. Are these not interchangeable?…
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How to get a list of all available (TTF-) Fonts with XeTeX?

Very neat that I can use any available TrueType font on my Windows machine with MikTex and XeTeX. %!TEX TS-program = xelatex %!TEX encoding = UTF-8…
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Setting font in pandoc to generate pdf using MiKTeX

I am new to pandoc and using it to convert set of markdown files into pdf. I would like to change the default fonts for the pdf. The documentation gives an example to set the fonts pandoc -N --template=mytemplate.tex --variable mainfont=Georgia…
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Insert contents from an external text file into a latex file

I have a text file in the working directory of a latex document. I have created sections in the latex document. I would like to insert the contents of the text file in latex. My reason for doing so is to simply the latex file into simple parts so…
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Latex/Miktex: Undefined citations

I am writing a latex script for my work, and I am having infinite trouble in getting the references in the PDF. My code is shown below, and I am using MikTex 2.9 on RStudio. Some background information that might be relevant: I am using Mendeley…
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Error : File `l3backend-pdfmode.def' not found. }

I am trying to compile a .tex document into a pdf in TexStudio (and I have also tried in MikTex) and the following error is outputted File l3backend-pdfmode.def not found. I have tried downloading 13backend package but no luck. Do I need to place…
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Doxygen & (La)Tex - Cannot create PDF when using param-tags

I'm trying to generate PDF from source files using Doxygen and MikTex (also Tex Live tested) but with no success. Here is an example file which from I'm trying to generate the documentation: /** * @defgroup Example examplegroup * @{ */ /** * …
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Miktex did not succeed after I updated R to version 3.5.0

After I updated R to version 3.5.0, I couldn't start my MikTex from Rstudio, --- output: pdf_document: latex_engine: xelatex includes: in_header: header.tex keep_tex: yes --- Above is the code I typed ahead of my Rmd, and after…
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