Defined command only works in preamble
I'm writing a class, and when using it I want to use small caps with a font that doesn't have small caps defined (I know – not as good as the real thing). I found this answer Fake small caps with XeTeX/fontspec? which I tried to include, however I get the errors:
Missing $ inserted.
Missing $ inserted.
You can't use 'spacefactor' in vertical mode.
However, the code works perfectly when it's pasted into the preamble.
Anyone know what's going on?
MWE
Class File
ProvidesClass{custom}[a custom class]
NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
DeclareOption*{
PassOptionsToClass{CurrentOption}{scrreprt}
}
ProcessOptionsrelax
LoadClass[usegeometry]{scrreprt}
RequirePackage{graphicx}
RequirePackage{plex-serif}
% Small Caps
makeatletter
newlengthfake@f
newlengthfake@c
deffakesc#1{%
begingroup%
xdeffake@name{csnamecurr@fontshape/f@sizeendcsname}%
fontsize{fontdimen8fake@name}{baselineskip}selectfont%
uppercase{#1}%
endgroup%
}
makeatother
newcommandfauxsc[1]{fauxschelper#1 relaxrelax}
deffauxschelper#1 #2relax{%
fauxschelphelp#1relaxrelax%
ifrelax#2relaxelse fauxschelper#2relaxfi%
}
defHscale{.83}defVscale{.72}defCscale{1.00}
deffauxschelphelp#1#2relax{%
ifnum`#1>``ifnum`#1<`{scalebox{Hscale}[Vscale]{uppercase{#1}}else%
scalebox{Cscale}[1]{#1}fielsescalebox{Cscale}[1]{#1}fi%
ifxrelax#2relaxelsefauxschelphelp#2relaxfi}
makeatletter
newcommand{maketitleee}{
fauxsc{@title}
}
makeatother
Document
documentclass[a4paper, 12pt, oneside]{custom}
title{Title}
author{Author}
begin{document}
maketitleee
end{document}
Update
Removing all the makeatletters and makeatothers seems to change the errors given to those below
Update 2
This was fixed by @moewe's suggestion, which is replacing fauxsc{@title} with expandafterfauxscexpandafter{@title}
macros errors documentclass-writing
asked Nov 13 '18 at 7:03
tecosaurtecosaur
1898
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show 12 more comments
I'm writing a class, and when using it I want to use small caps with a font that doesn't have small caps defined (I know – not as good as the real thing). I found this answer Fake small caps with XeTeX/fontspec? which I tried to include, however I get the errors:
Missing $ inserted.
Missing $ inserted.
You can't use 'spacefactor' in vertical mode.
However, the code works perfectly when it's pasted into the preamble.
Anyone know what's going on?
MWE
Class File
ProvidesClass{custom}[a custom class]
NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
DeclareOption*{
PassOptionsToClass{CurrentOption}{scrreprt}
}
ProcessOptionsrelax
LoadClass[usegeometry]{scrreprt}
RequirePackage{graphicx}
RequirePackage{plex-serif}
% Small Caps
makeatletter
newlengthfake@f
newlengthfake@c
deffakesc#1{%
begingroup%
xdeffake@name{csnamecurr@fontshape/f@sizeendcsname}%
fontsize{fontdimen8fake@name}{baselineskip}selectfont%
uppercase{#1}%
endgroup%
}
makeatother
newcommandfauxsc[1]{fauxschelper#1 relaxrelax}
deffauxschelper#1 #2relax{%
fauxschelphelp#1relaxrelax%
ifrelax#2relaxelse fauxschelper#2relaxfi%
}
defHscale{.83}defVscale{.72}defCscale{1.00}
deffauxschelphelp#1#2relax{%
ifnum`#1>``ifnum`#1<`{scalebox{Hscale}[Vscale]{uppercase{#1}}else%
scalebox{Cscale}[1]{#1}fielsescalebox{Cscale}[1]{#1}fi%
ifxrelax#2relaxelsefauxschelphelp#2relaxfi}
makeatletter
newcommand{maketitleee}{
fauxsc{@title}
}
makeatother
Document
documentclass[a4paper, 12pt, oneside]{custom}
title{Title}
author{Author}
begin{document}
maketitleee
end{document}
Update
Removing all the makeatletters and makeatothers seems to change the errors given to those below
Update 2
This was fixed by @moewe's suggestion, which is replacing fauxsc{@title} with expandafterfauxscexpandafter{@title}
macros errors documentclass-writing
asked Nov 13 '18 at 7:03
tecosaurtecosaur
1898
2
Welcome to TeX.SX! Without seeing your code it is impossible to say what the problem is. Can you please add a minimal working example. A MWE should start with adocumentclasscommand, have a minimal preamble and thenbegin{document}...end{document}. The code should compile and be as small as possible to demonstrate your problem. Cutting your code down to a MWE may well reveal what your problem actually is. In any case, it is really difficult to help you without more information.
– Andrew
Nov 13 '18 at 7:10
4
please don't just post disconnected code fragments, post a single small example that we can run to get the error that you are asking about, otherwise it's very hard to guess the error and advise how to fix it.
– David Carlisle
Nov 13 '18 at 7:46
1
As David says, please post a full minimal working example: the code should be as small as possible so as to reproduce your error. You should either post a minimal latex document that exhibits the problem or, alternatively, a minimal class file together with a minimal latex document. The key thing is that we should be able to reproduce your error from the code that you post. It is virtually impossible to help you if you don't show us the problem.
– Andrew
Nov 13 '18 at 8:02
1
your definition ofmaketitleeeshould have themakeatletter/makeatotheroutside, not inside. There might be other problems (code looks complicated).
– jfbu
Nov 13 '18 at 8:28
1
There still is amakeatletterand amakeatotherin your.clsfile. Remove allmakeatletters andmakeatothers from the.cls. As I said before if I remove all of them (in the earlier version two pairs, now only one pair), the MWE compiles.
– moewe
Nov 13 '18 at 8:52
|
show 12 more comments
I'm writing a class, and when using it I want to use small caps with a font that doesn't have small caps defined (I know – not as good as the real thing). I found this answer Fake small caps with XeTeX/fontspec? which I tried to include, however I get the errors:
Missing $ inserted.
Missing $ inserted.
You can't use 'spacefactor' in vertical mode.
However, the code works perfectly when it's pasted into the preamble.
Anyone know what's going on?
MWE
Class File
ProvidesClass{custom}[a custom class]
NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
DeclareOption*{
PassOptionsToClass{CurrentOption}{scrreprt}
}
ProcessOptionsrelax
LoadClass[usegeometry]{scrreprt}
RequirePackage{graphicx}
RequirePackage{plex-serif}
% Small Caps
makeatletter
newlengthfake@f
newlengthfake@c
deffakesc#1{%
begingroup%
xdeffake@name{csnamecurr@fontshape/f@sizeendcsname}%
fontsize{fontdimen8fake@name}{baselineskip}selectfont%
uppercase{#1}%
endgroup%
}
makeatother
newcommandfauxsc[1]{fauxschelper#1 relaxrelax}
deffauxschelper#1 #2relax{%
fauxschelphelp#1relaxrelax%
ifrelax#2relaxelse fauxschelper#2relaxfi%
}
defHscale{.83}defVscale{.72}defCscale{1.00}
deffauxschelphelp#1#2relax{%
ifnum`#1>``ifnum`#1<`{scalebox{Hscale}[Vscale]{uppercase{#1}}else%
scalebox{Cscale}[1]{#1}fielsescalebox{Cscale}[1]{#1}fi%
ifxrelax#2relaxelsefauxschelphelp#2relaxfi}
makeatletter
newcommand{maketitleee}{
fauxsc{@title}
}
makeatother
Document
documentclass[a4paper, 12pt, oneside]{custom}
title{Title}
author{Author}
begin{document}
maketitleee
end{document}
Update
Removing all the makeatletters and makeatothers seems to change the errors given to those below
Update 2
This was fixed by @moewe's suggestion, which is replacing fauxsc{@title} with expandafterfauxscexpandafter{@title}
macros errors documentclass-writing
asked Nov 13 '18 at 7:03
tecosaurtecosaur
1898
I'm writing a class, and when using it I want to use small caps with a font that doesn't have small caps defined (I know – not as good as the real thing). I found this answer Fake small caps with XeTeX/fontspec? which I tried to include, however I get the errors:
Missing $ inserted.
Missing $ inserted.
You can't use 'spacefactor' in vertical mode.
However, the code works perfectly when it's pasted into the preamble.
Anyone know what's going on?
MWE
Class File
ProvidesClass{custom}[a custom class]
NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
DeclareOption*{
PassOptionsToClass{CurrentOption}{scrreprt}
}
ProcessOptionsrelax
LoadClass[usegeometry]{scrreprt}
RequirePackage{graphicx}
RequirePackage{plex-serif}
% Small Caps
makeatletter
newlengthfake@f
newlengthfake@c
deffakesc#1{%
begingroup%
xdeffake@name{csnamecurr@fontshape/f@sizeendcsname}%
fontsize{fontdimen8fake@name}{baselineskip}selectfont%
uppercase{#1}%
endgroup%
}
makeatother
newcommandfauxsc[1]{fauxschelper#1 relaxrelax}
deffauxschelper#1 #2relax{%
fauxschelphelp#1relaxrelax%
ifrelax#2relaxelse fauxschelper#2relaxfi%
}
defHscale{.83}defVscale{.72}defCscale{1.00}
deffauxschelphelp#1#2relax{%
ifnum`#1>``ifnum`#1<`{scalebox{Hscale}[Vscale]{uppercase{#1}}else%
scalebox{Cscale}[1]{#1}fielsescalebox{Cscale}[1]{#1}fi%
ifxrelax#2relaxelsefauxschelphelp#2relaxfi}
makeatletter
newcommand{maketitleee}{
fauxsc{@title}
}
makeatother
Document
documentclass[a4paper, 12pt, oneside]{custom}
title{Title}
author{Author}
begin{document}
maketitleee
end{document}
Update
Removing all the makeatletters and makeatothers seems to change the errors given to those below
Update 2
This was fixed by @moewe's suggestion, which is replacing fauxsc{@title} with expandafterfauxscexpandafter{@title}
macros errors documentclass-writing
macros errors documentclass-writing
asked Nov 13 '18 at 7:03
tecosaurtecosaur
1898
asked Nov 13 '18 at 7:03
tecosaurtecosaur
1898
edited Nov 13 '18 at 10:08
tecosaur
asked Nov 13 '18 at 7:03
tecosaurtecosaur
1898
asked Nov 13 '18 at 7:03
tecosaurtecosaur
1898
asked Nov 13 '18 at 7:03
tecosaurtecosaur
1898
1898
2
Welcome to TeX.SX! Without seeing your code it is impossible to say what the problem is. Can you please add a minimal working example. A MWE should start with adocumentclasscommand, have a minimal preamble and thenbegin{document}...end{document}. The code should compile and be as small as possible to demonstrate your problem. Cutting your code down to a MWE may well reveal what your problem actually is. In any case, it is really difficult to help you without more information.
– Andrew
Nov 13 '18 at 7:10
4
please don't just post disconnected code fragments, post a single small example that we can run to get the error that you are asking about, otherwise it's very hard to guess the error and advise how to fix it.
– David Carlisle
Nov 13 '18 at 7:46
1
As David says, please post a full minimal working example: the code should be as small as possible so as to reproduce your error. You should either post a minimal latex document that exhibits the problem or, alternatively, a minimal class file together with a minimal latex document. The key thing is that we should be able to reproduce your error from the code that you post. It is virtually impossible to help you if you don't show us the problem.
– Andrew
Nov 13 '18 at 8:02
1
your definition ofmaketitleeeshould have themakeatletter/makeatotheroutside, not inside. There might be other problems (code looks complicated).
– jfbu
Nov 13 '18 at 8:28
1
There still is amakeatletterand amakeatotherin your.clsfile. Remove allmakeatletters andmakeatothers from the.cls. As I said before if I remove all of them (in the earlier version two pairs, now only one pair), the MWE compiles.
– moewe
Nov 13 '18 at 8:52
|
show 12 more comments
2
Welcome to TeX.SX! Without seeing your code it is impossible to say what the problem is. Can you please add a minimal working example. A MWE should start with adocumentclasscommand, have a minimal preamble and thenbegin{document}...end{document}. The code should compile and be as small as possible to demonstrate your problem. Cutting your code down to a MWE may well reveal what your problem actually is. In any case, it is really difficult to help you without more information.
– Andrew
Nov 13 '18 at 7:10
4
please don't just post disconnected code fragments, post a single small example that we can run to get the error that you are asking about, otherwise it's very hard to guess the error and advise how to fix it.
– David Carlisle
Nov 13 '18 at 7:46
1
As David says, please post a full minimal working example: the code should be as small as possible so as to reproduce your error. You should either post a minimal latex document that exhibits the problem or, alternatively, a minimal class file together with a minimal latex document. The key thing is that we should be able to reproduce your error from the code that you post. It is virtually impossible to help you if you don't show us the problem.
– Andrew
Nov 13 '18 at 8:02
1
your definition ofmaketitleeeshould have themakeatletter/makeatotheroutside, not inside. There might be other problems (code looks complicated).
– jfbu
Nov 13 '18 at 8:28
1
There still is amakeatletterand amakeatotherin your.clsfile. Remove allmakeatletters andmakeatothers from the.cls. As I said before if I remove all of them (in the earlier version two pairs, now only one pair), the MWE compiles.
– moewe
Nov 13 '18 at 8:52
2
2
Welcome to TeX.SX! Without seeing your code it is impossible to say what the problem is. Can you please add a minimal working example. A MWE should start with a
documentclass command, have a minimal preamble and then begin{document}...end{document}. The code should compile and be as small as possible to demonstrate your problem. Cutting your code down to a MWE may well reveal what your problem actually is. In any case, it is really difficult to help you without more information.– Andrew
Nov 13 '18 at 7:10
Welcome to TeX.SX! Without seeing your code it is impossible to say what the problem is. Can you please add a minimal working example. A MWE should start with a
documentclass command, have a minimal preamble and then begin{document}...end{document}. The code should compile and be as small as possible to demonstrate your problem. Cutting your code down to a MWE may well reveal what your problem actually is. In any case, it is really difficult to help you without more information.– Andrew
Nov 13 '18 at 7:10
4
4
please don't just post disconnected code fragments, post a single small example that we can run to get the error that you are asking about, otherwise it's very hard to guess the error and advise how to fix it.
– David Carlisle
Nov 13 '18 at 7:46
please don't just post disconnected code fragments, post a single small example that we can run to get the error that you are asking about, otherwise it's very hard to guess the error and advise how to fix it.
– David Carlisle
Nov 13 '18 at 7:46
1
1
As David says, please post a full minimal working example: the code should be as small as possible so as to reproduce your error. You should either post a minimal latex document that exhibits the problem or, alternatively, a minimal class file together with a minimal latex document. The key thing is that we should be able to reproduce your error from the code that you post. It is virtually impossible to help you if you don't show us the problem.
– Andrew
Nov 13 '18 at 8:02
As David says, please post a full minimal working example: the code should be as small as possible so as to reproduce your error. You should either post a minimal latex document that exhibits the problem or, alternatively, a minimal class file together with a minimal latex document. The key thing is that we should be able to reproduce your error from the code that you post. It is virtually impossible to help you if you don't show us the problem.
– Andrew
Nov 13 '18 at 8:02
1
1
your definition of
maketitleee should have the makeatletter/makeatother outside, not inside. There might be other problems (code looks complicated).– jfbu
Nov 13 '18 at 8:28
your definition of
maketitleee should have the makeatletter/makeatother outside, not inside. There might be other problems (code looks complicated).– jfbu
Nov 13 '18 at 8:28
1
1
There still is a
makeatletter and a makeatother in your .cls file. Remove all makeatletters and makeatothers from the .cls. As I said before if I remove all of them (in the earlier version two pairs, now only one pair), the MWE compiles.– moewe
Nov 13 '18 at 8:52
There still is a
makeatletter and a makeatother in your .cls file. Remove all makeatletters and makeatothers from the .cls. As I said before if I remove all of them (in the earlier version two pairs, now only one pair), the MWE compiles.– moewe
Nov 13 '18 at 8:52
|
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First and foremost: faking small caps for a font that hasn't them is hopeless.
When LaTeX is reading a .cls file, makeatletter is implicitly in force and issuing makeatother will most likely introduce problems.
Indeed it does, because when we arrive at defining maketitlee, @ is an “other character”, so the definition becomes
• •makeatletter•@•t•i•t•l•e•makeatother•
(• is used to separate tokens). Note that when maketitlee is called, the replacement text has already been tokenized, so makeatletter will do nothing at all.
Never use makeatletter and makeatother in a .cls file except in the body of a macro definition that has among its actions inputting a file where the special treatment of @ is needed. This is not the case of your maketitlee macro.
After removing makeatletter and makeatother everywhere in the class file, compiling your example .tex file produces no error and the output is
that clearly shows what I mean in the top line of this answer.
answered Nov 13 '18 at 8:42
egregegreg
714k8618953184
I see, however — if I remove themakeatletterandmakeatotherit doesn't work.
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 8:45
@tecosaur I tried, of course.
– egreg
Nov 13 '18 at 8:48
Something that may throw a spanner in the works, after seeing this comment tex.stackexchange.com/questions/459738/… I realised I needed to modify the MWE given, for me that MWE doesn't successfully compile.
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 9:30
However, this does solve the issue which I had (at least the first one). Thanks :)
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 10:03
3
In some situations better thanmakeatletter..makeatotheris:begingroupmakeatletter@firstofone{endgroup <Stuff where @ must be letter>}. This way the category code of@will be reset to whatever it was before issuing themakeatletter-command.makeatotherdoes set the category code of@to 12 (other) no matter what it was before.
– Ulrich Diez
Nov 13 '18 at 11:13
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First and foremost: faking small caps for a font that hasn't them is hopeless.
When LaTeX is reading a .cls file, makeatletter is implicitly in force and issuing makeatother will most likely introduce problems.
Indeed it does, because when we arrive at defining maketitlee, @ is an “other character”, so the definition becomes
• •makeatletter•@•t•i•t•l•e•makeatother•
(• is used to separate tokens). Note that when maketitlee is called, the replacement text has already been tokenized, so makeatletter will do nothing at all.
Never use makeatletter and makeatother in a .cls file except in the body of a macro definition that has among its actions inputting a file where the special treatment of @ is needed. This is not the case of your maketitlee macro.
After removing makeatletter and makeatother everywhere in the class file, compiling your example .tex file produces no error and the output is
that clearly shows what I mean in the top line of this answer.
answered Nov 13 '18 at 8:42
egregegreg
714k8618953184
I see, however — if I remove themakeatletterandmakeatotherit doesn't work.
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 8:45
@tecosaur I tried, of course.
– egreg
Nov 13 '18 at 8:48
Something that may throw a spanner in the works, after seeing this comment tex.stackexchange.com/questions/459738/… I realised I needed to modify the MWE given, for me that MWE doesn't successfully compile.
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 9:30
However, this does solve the issue which I had (at least the first one). Thanks :)
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 10:03
3
In some situations better thanmakeatletter..makeatotheris:begingroupmakeatletter@firstofone{endgroup <Stuff where @ must be letter>}. This way the category code of@will be reset to whatever it was before issuing themakeatletter-command.makeatotherdoes set the category code of@to 12 (other) no matter what it was before.
– Ulrich Diez
Nov 13 '18 at 11:13
add a comment |
First and foremost: faking small caps for a font that hasn't them is hopeless.
When LaTeX is reading a .cls file, makeatletter is implicitly in force and issuing makeatother will most likely introduce problems.
Indeed it does, because when we arrive at defining maketitlee, @ is an “other character”, so the definition becomes
• •makeatletter•@•t•i•t•l•e•makeatother•
(• is used to separate tokens). Note that when maketitlee is called, the replacement text has already been tokenized, so makeatletter will do nothing at all.
Never use makeatletter and makeatother in a .cls file except in the body of a macro definition that has among its actions inputting a file where the special treatment of @ is needed. This is not the case of your maketitlee macro.
After removing makeatletter and makeatother everywhere in the class file, compiling your example .tex file produces no error and the output is
that clearly shows what I mean in the top line of this answer.
answered Nov 13 '18 at 8:42
egregegreg
714k8618953184
I see, however — if I remove themakeatletterandmakeatotherit doesn't work.
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 8:45
@tecosaur I tried, of course.
– egreg
Nov 13 '18 at 8:48
Something that may throw a spanner in the works, after seeing this comment tex.stackexchange.com/questions/459738/… I realised I needed to modify the MWE given, for me that MWE doesn't successfully compile.
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 9:30
However, this does solve the issue which I had (at least the first one). Thanks :)
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 10:03
3
In some situations better thanmakeatletter..makeatotheris:begingroupmakeatletter@firstofone{endgroup <Stuff where @ must be letter>}. This way the category code of@will be reset to whatever it was before issuing themakeatletter-command.makeatotherdoes set the category code of@to 12 (other) no matter what it was before.
– Ulrich Diez
Nov 13 '18 at 11:13
add a comment |
First and foremost: faking small caps for a font that hasn't them is hopeless.
When LaTeX is reading a .cls file, makeatletter is implicitly in force and issuing makeatother will most likely introduce problems.
Indeed it does, because when we arrive at defining maketitlee, @ is an “other character”, so the definition becomes
• •makeatletter•@•t•i•t•l•e•makeatother•
(• is used to separate tokens). Note that when maketitlee is called, the replacement text has already been tokenized, so makeatletter will do nothing at all.
Never use makeatletter and makeatother in a .cls file except in the body of a macro definition that has among its actions inputting a file where the special treatment of @ is needed. This is not the case of your maketitlee macro.
After removing makeatletter and makeatother everywhere in the class file, compiling your example .tex file produces no error and the output is
that clearly shows what I mean in the top line of this answer.
answered Nov 13 '18 at 8:42
egregegreg
714k8618953184
First and foremost: faking small caps for a font that hasn't them is hopeless.
When LaTeX is reading a .cls file, makeatletter is implicitly in force and issuing makeatother will most likely introduce problems.
Indeed it does, because when we arrive at defining maketitlee, @ is an “other character”, so the definition becomes
• •makeatletter•@•t•i•t•l•e•makeatother•
(• is used to separate tokens). Note that when maketitlee is called, the replacement text has already been tokenized, so makeatletter will do nothing at all.
Never use makeatletter and makeatother in a .cls file except in the body of a macro definition that has among its actions inputting a file where the special treatment of @ is needed. This is not the case of your maketitlee macro.
After removing makeatletter and makeatother everywhere in the class file, compiling your example .tex file produces no error and the output is
that clearly shows what I mean in the top line of this answer.
answered Nov 13 '18 at 8:42
egregegreg
714k8618953184
edited Nov 13 '18 at 8:49
answered Nov 13 '18 at 8:42
egregegreg
714k8618953184
answered Nov 13 '18 at 8:42
egregegreg
714k8618953184
answered Nov 13 '18 at 8:42
egregegreg
714k8618953184
714k8618953184
I see, however — if I remove themakeatletterandmakeatotherit doesn't work.
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 8:45
@tecosaur I tried, of course.
– egreg
Nov 13 '18 at 8:48
Something that may throw a spanner in the works, after seeing this comment tex.stackexchange.com/questions/459738/… I realised I needed to modify the MWE given, for me that MWE doesn't successfully compile.
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 9:30
However, this does solve the issue which I had (at least the first one). Thanks :)
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 10:03
3
In some situations better thanmakeatletter..makeatotheris:begingroupmakeatletter@firstofone{endgroup <Stuff where @ must be letter>}. This way the category code of@will be reset to whatever it was before issuing themakeatletter-command.makeatotherdoes set the category code of@to 12 (other) no matter what it was before.
– Ulrich Diez
Nov 13 '18 at 11:13
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I see, however — if I remove themakeatletterandmakeatotherit doesn't work.
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 8:45
@tecosaur I tried, of course.
– egreg
Nov 13 '18 at 8:48
Something that may throw a spanner in the works, after seeing this comment tex.stackexchange.com/questions/459738/… I realised I needed to modify the MWE given, for me that MWE doesn't successfully compile.
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 9:30
However, this does solve the issue which I had (at least the first one). Thanks :)
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 10:03
3
In some situations better thanmakeatletter..makeatotheris:begingroupmakeatletter@firstofone{endgroup <Stuff where @ must be letter>}. This way the category code of@will be reset to whatever it was before issuing themakeatletter-command.makeatotherdoes set the category code of@to 12 (other) no matter what it was before.
– Ulrich Diez
Nov 13 '18 at 11:13
I see, however — if I remove the
makeatletter and makeatother it doesn't work.– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 8:45
I see, however — if I remove the
makeatletter and makeatother it doesn't work.– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 8:45
@tecosaur I tried, of course.
– egreg
Nov 13 '18 at 8:48
@tecosaur I tried, of course.
– egreg
Nov 13 '18 at 8:48
Something that may throw a spanner in the works, after seeing this comment tex.stackexchange.com/questions/459738/… I realised I needed to modify the MWE given, for me that MWE doesn't successfully compile.
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 9:30
Something that may throw a spanner in the works, after seeing this comment tex.stackexchange.com/questions/459738/… I realised I needed to modify the MWE given, for me that MWE doesn't successfully compile.
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 9:30
However, this does solve the issue which I had (at least the first one). Thanks :)
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 10:03
However, this does solve the issue which I had (at least the first one). Thanks :)
– tecosaur
Nov 13 '18 at 10:03
3
3
In some situations better than
makeatletter..makeatother is: begingroupmakeatletter@firstofone{endgroup <Stuff where @ must be letter>} . This way the category code of @ will be reset to whatever it was before issuing the makeatletter-command. makeatother does set the category code of @ to 12 (other) no matter what it was before.– Ulrich Diez
Nov 13 '18 at 11:13
In some situations better than
makeatletter..makeatother is: begingroupmakeatletter@firstofone{endgroup <Stuff where @ must be letter>} . This way the category code of @ will be reset to whatever it was before issuing the makeatletter-command. makeatother does set the category code of @ to 12 (other) no matter what it was before.– Ulrich Diez
Nov 13 '18 at 11:13
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Welcome to TeX.SX! Without seeing your code it is impossible to say what the problem is. Can you please add a minimal working example. A MWE should start with a
documentclasscommand, have a minimal preamble and thenbegin{document}...end{document}. The code should compile and be as small as possible to demonstrate your problem. Cutting your code down to a MWE may well reveal what your problem actually is. In any case, it is really difficult to help you without more information.– Andrew
Nov 13 '18 at 7:10
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please don't just post disconnected code fragments, post a single small example that we can run to get the error that you are asking about, otherwise it's very hard to guess the error and advise how to fix it.
– David Carlisle
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As David says, please post a full minimal working example: the code should be as small as possible so as to reproduce your error. You should either post a minimal latex document that exhibits the problem or, alternatively, a minimal class file together with a minimal latex document. The key thing is that we should be able to reproduce your error from the code that you post. It is virtually impossible to help you if you don't show us the problem.
– Andrew
Nov 13 '18 at 8:02
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your definition of
maketitleeeshould have themakeatletter/makeatotheroutside, not inside. There might be other problems (code looks complicated).– jfbu
Nov 13 '18 at 8:28
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There still is a
makeatletterand amakeatotherin your.clsfile. Remove allmakeatletters andmakeatothers from the.cls. As I said before if I remove all of them (in the earlier version two pairs, now only one pair), the MWE compiles.– moewe
Nov 13 '18 at 8:52