Presentation Compilation Error: Unexpected Outcome

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around a compilation error encountered while preparing a presentation using LaTeX. Participants share their experiences with similar issues and explore potential causes and solutions related to document compilation failures.

Discussion Character

  • Technical explanation, Debate/contested, Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • One participant reports that their document fails to compile past line 10, despite previously compiling successfully.
  • Another participant suggests that copying the code into a new file resolved the issue, expressing curiosity about the underlying cause.
  • Several participants share similar experiences with unexpected compile errors that were resolved by reopening the document.
  • It is proposed that the issue may be related to auxiliary files generated by LaTeX, with a suggestion to delete these files and recompile as a potential solution.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree that compilation issues can occur unexpectedly, and multiple potential solutions are discussed. However, there is no consensus on the exact cause of the problem.

Contextual Notes

Participants mention auxiliary files and their potential impact on compilation, but the specific nature of these files and their role in the errors remains unresolved.

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I was writing up my presentation and everything was running. I compile it after every two slides and it was all good, and now all of the sudden it won't compile past line 10!

I even commented out every line in the document so that it is just a blank document. Will not even compile that meanwhile it was compiling for every two slides for up to 20 slides and bam... it's crap.

Here is what it says...

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/2020/problemmi.jpg

And again, here is the code before at the beginning...

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/7890/problem1.jpg
 
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I copied and pasted the code into a new file and it worked.

Still curious to know what the hell happened.
 
You're not alone. I've had weird compile errors, SAVED the document, reopened it, and it worked.
 
It's something in the aux files that LaTeX creates. You can also delete the aux files and recompile.
 

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