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Title: Latex help

razing32 6 Feb 2024

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Hey there

Need some help

Trying to write a resume using this class :
https://github.com/ridhamdave/resume-latex/blob/master/resume.cls

Checking i have the home directory :

kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFHOME



/home/razing/texmf

I've run texhash to update :

$ texhash /home/razing/texmf



texhash: Updating /home/razing/texmf/ls-R... texhash: Done.



$ ls ~/texmf      



ls-R  resume.cls  tex  texput.log

Sadly running pdftex gives the following :

$ pdftex cv.tex



This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.25 (TeX Live 2023/Arch Linux) (preloaded format=pdftex) restricted \write18 enabled. entering extended mode (./cv.tex ! Undefined control sequence. l.1 \documentclass {resume} ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.2 \begin {document} ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.3 \name {} ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.4 \address {} ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.5 \address { } ? ! Argument of \ has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } }



? Runaway argument?



! Paragraph ended before \ was complete. <to be read again> \par <to be read again> } }



? [1{/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}] )</usr/share/texmf-dist/ fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb> Output written on cv.pdf (1 page, 17282 bytes). Transcript written on cv.log.

Not sure what i am doing wrong.
It feels like it is not finding the class at all but i have put it in the directory and updated it.
( note also asked this on reddit)

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razing32 7 Feb 2024

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It seems the ls-R file sees the class :

cat ls-R

% ls-R -- filename database for kpathsea; do not change this line.

./:

.:

ls-R

resume.cls

tex





./tex:

latex



./tex/latex:

resume.cls

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razing32 7 Feb 2024

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Upate
Someone of reddit pointed out i was using pdftex and not pdflatex as i should have been.
I did change it but i am again stuck with an empty file for an of the references from the custom class file.

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razing32 7 Feb 2024

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Quoting: GuestYou are doing something strange here, i have never used either of these commands before to load a style file. Are you loading it in your cv.(la)tex file?

It's a class file , not a stlye file
As far as i understand it you place it in ~/texmf/tex/latex/ adn then run texhash to update the tree which tells latex how to find files .
All i want is that one class file that has structures for a resume but for some reason it feels like rocket science trying to load it.

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xavi 7 Feb 2024

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I always used LyX and it was helpful for me. Maybe it solves your problem.

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razing32 9 Feb 2024

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Quoting: xaviI always used LyX and it was helpful for me. Maybe it solves your problem.

Does it handle custom classes and styles by itself or is it just a frontend ?

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razing32 9 Feb 2024

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Quoting: GuestHave you tried just putting it in the same directory?

Yup , first thing i tried.

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razing32 10 Feb 2024

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Quoting: Guestmaybe you deleted something, or introduced commands from an unloaded package. I just cloned the git repo on my computer to a random folder and pdflatex compiled the example just fine.

Latex error messages are unhelpful enough that we can speculate and never get the problem, hard to tell sometimes even looking at the original. Can you maybe share your file with the personal data deleted? What kind of edits have you made to the original example file?

I did not delete anything. I just added the class file and updated the tree structure to hopefully find it.
Latex by itself works fine , just the class file does not.

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razing32 11 Feb 2024

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Quoting: Guest
Quoting: razing32
Quoting: Guestmaybe you deleted something, or introduced commands from an unloaded package. I just cloned the git repo on my computer to a random folder and pdflatex compiled the example just fine.

Latex error messages are unhelpful enough that we can speculate and never get the problem, hard to tell sometimes even looking at the original. Can you maybe share your file with the personal data deleted? What kind of edits have you made to the original example file?
I did not delete anything. I just added the class file and updated the tree structure to hopefully find it.
Latex by itself works fine , just the class file does not.
So the example in the github repo doesn't work for you?

I haven't tried that way. I installed it from the arch repos and used it like that.
Based on the wiki intstructions the class should be in ~/texmf/tex/latex and then you run texhash.
In any case , I think i am done with it .
I finished my CV based on some examples i found online and i will leave it there.
Maybe i will dig into it more at some point out of curiosity but for now , not that interested.

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