MiKTeX and proTeXt ⇒ xcolor - Undefined control sequence.

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(Hilfe auf deutsch: Undefined control sequence - wie finde ich heraus, was fehlt? - LC editor remark)

Hi @ all
Im trying to compile the Latex template i got from a friend.
It uses the Xcolor package to define some Colors. I was told the he compiled the file successfully but I get Errors about Undefined control sequences.

The error output

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The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.
Undefined control sequences
\set@color ...\@pdfcolorstack push{\current@color 
                                                  }\aftergroup \reset@color 
l.1 \begin{thenomenclature}

That error message is repeated about 40 times ...
can someone help to solve the problem?

[localghost]

The error message alone is almost useless [1]. So it requires a complete and minimal example that exactly reproduces the error (emphasize is on minimal).

[1] View topic: Avoidable mistakes


Thorsten

[F6F]

Im Using MikTex 2.8 (I updated all latex Packages yesterday)
and the TeXnic Center ...

[F6F]

logfile

[Montag]

About your logfile, I discovered something along

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! Undefined control sequence.
\set@color ...\@pdfcolorstack push{\current@color 

I know it's pretty vague, but I used xcolor's own definitions of setting new colors once.

(Also, I've never understood what these

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\set@

are for.)

Just an advice, maybe you could set up your own preamble so you know what's in it and what not.

[F6F]

uncommenting this section:

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%\normalcolor



\listfiles


%\usepackage{xcolor}%colortbl
%\definecolor{darkgreen}{named}{green}
%\definecolor{darkblue}{named}{blue}
%\definecolor{darkred}{named}{red}
%\definecolor{grau}{named}{gray}

in the header avoids the error Messages ...
commands like \set@ are not used in the Projekt ...
so it looks (for me)like they are called from another command or funktion ...(sry for my worse English)

Are there help dokuments for Debugging such things?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Perhaps pdfpages together with xcolor causes a problem. In such cases load xcolor before pdfpages.

Stefan

[F6F]

I moved \usepackage{xcolor}

bevor the \usepackage{pdfpages} but the Problem is still the same...

[Montag]

Maybe you need to add an option, like x11names?

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\usepackage[x11names]{xcolor]

[Stefan Kottwitz]

I'm sure it could easily be solved at least by a small fix/workaround if a small minimal working example would be posted, showing the problem. I just don't like to debug a complete document with included files etc - no time. Though I know \normalcolor defines \current@color and xcolor defines \default@color to be \current@color after \begin{document} etc.

Stefan