Messages d'erreur de LaTeX

Cette section présente de nombreux messages d'erreur de , et autres logiciels proches, ainsi que la manière de les traiter.

Deux questions générales peuvent être utiles à lire :

• Quelle est la structure des messages d'erreur de TeX ? ;
• Comment traiter les erreurs ?.

• ''*'' (TeX) ;
• '⟨caractère⟩' invalid at this point (calc) ;
• ⟨commande⟩ allowed only in math mode (amsmath) ;
• ⟨nom⟩ undefined ;
• \< in mid line.

• Accent ⟨commande⟩ not provided by font family ⟨nom⟩ (textcomp) ;
• A ⟨Box⟩ was supposed to be here (TeX) ;
• Argument of ⟨commande⟩ has an extra } (TeX).

• Bad \line or \vector argument ;
• Bad math environment delimiter ;
• \begin{⟨env⟩} allowed only in paragraph mode (amsmath) ;
• \begin{⟨env⟩} on input line ⟨num-ligne⟩ ended by \end{⟨autre-env⟩} ;
• \begin{split} won't work here (amsmath).

• Can be used only in preamble ;
• Cannot be used in preamble ;
• Cannot define Unicode char value < 00A0 (inputenc) ;
• Cannot determine size of graphic in ⟨fichier⟩ (graphics/graphicx) ;
• Cannot include graphics of type : ⟨ext⟩ (graphics/graphicx) ;
• \caption outside float ;
• Checksum mismatch in font (dvips) ;
• Command ⟨nom⟩ already defined ;
• Command ⟨nom⟩ invalid in math mode ;
• Command ⟨nom⟩ not defined as a math alphabet ;
• Corrupted NFSS tables ;
• Counter too large.

• Destination ... duplicate ignored (pdftex) ;
• Dimension too large ;
• \displaybreak cannot be applied here (amsmath) ;
• Division by 0 (graphics/graphicx) ;
• Double subscript (TeX) ;
• Double superscript (TeX).

• Encoding file `⟨nom⟩' not found (fontenc) ;
• Encoding scheme ⟨nom⟩ unknown ;
• \end occurred inside a group (TeX) ;
• Entering compatibility mode (LaTeX) ;
• Environment ⟨nom⟩ undefined ;
• Erroneous nesting of equation structures ; trying to recover with `aligned' (amsmath) ;
• Extra & on this line (amsmath) ;
• Extra alignment tab has been changed to \cr (TeX) ;
• Extra \endgroup (TeX) ;
• Extra \or (TeX) ;
• Extra \right (TeX) ;
• Extra }, or forgotten $ (TeX) ;
• Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup (TeX).

• Fatal format file error; I'm stymied (TeX) ;
• File `⟨nom⟩' not found ;
• File ended while scanning ⟨quelque chose⟩ (TeX) ;
• Fixltx2e is not required with releases after 2015 (fixltx2e, LaTeX) ;
• Float(s) lost ;
• Font family ⟨enc⟩ + ⟨famille⟩ unknown ;
• Font ⟨nom⟩ not found ;
• Font ⟨nom-interne⟩ = ⟨nom-externe⟩ not loadable : ⟨raison⟩ (TeX) ;
• Font ⟨nom-interne⟩ = ⟨externe⟩ not loaded : Not enough room left (TeX) ;
• Font shape ⟨fonte⟩ not available (LaTeX) ;
• Font shape ⟨forme-fonte⟩ not found.

• I can't find file `⟨nom⟩' (TeX) ;
• I can't write on file `⟨nom⟩' (TeX) ;
• Illegal character in array arg ;
• Illegal parameter number in definition of ⟨commande⟩ (TeX) ;
• Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted) (TeX) ;
• Improper argument for math accent : Extra braces must be added to prevent wrong output (amsmath) ;
• Improper discretionary list (TeX) ;
• Improper \hyphenation (TeX) ;
• Improper \prevdepth (TeX) ;
• Improper \spacefactor (TeX) ;
• \include cannot be nested ;
• Incompatible list can't be unboxed (TeX) ;
• Incomplete ⟨condition⟩ ; all text was ignored after line ⟨numéro⟩ (TeX) ;
• Infinite glue shrinkage found ⟨quelque part⟩ (TeX) ;
• Interruption (TeX) ;
• Invalid use of ⟨commande⟩ (amsmath).

• Keyboard character used is undefined in input encoding ⟨enc⟩ (inputenc).

• Language definition file ⟨langue⟩.ldf not found (babel) ;
• Limit controls must follow a math operator (TeX) ;
• \LoadClass in package file ;
• Lonely \item--perhaps a missing list environment.

• Math alphabet identifier ⟨id⟩ is undefined in math version ⟨nom⟩ ;
• Math version ⟨nom⟩ is not defined ;
• Mismatched mode ljfour and resolution 8000 (dvips);
• Misplaced alignment tab character & (TeX) ;
• Misplaced \cr ou Misplaced \crcr (TeX) ;
• Misplaced \noalign (TeX) ;
• Misplaced \omit (TeX) ;
• Missing \begin{document} ;
• Missing control sequence inserted (TeX) ;
• Missing \cr inserted (TeX) ;
• Missing delimiter (. inserted) (TeX) ;
• Missing \endcsname inserted (TeX) ;
• Missing number, treated as zero (TeX) ;
• Missing p-arg in array arg ;
• Missing @-exp in array arg ;
• Missing # inserted in alignment preamble (TeX) ;
• Missing = inserted for \ifnum (TeX) ;
• Missing = inserted for \ifdim (TeX) ;
• Missing $ inserted (TeX) ;
• Missing \endgroup inserted (TeX) ;
• Missing \right. inserted (TeX) ;
• Missing { inserted (TeX) ;
• Missing } inserted (TeX) ;
• Multiple \label's : label ⟨étiquette⟩ will be lost (amsmath) ;
• Multiple \tag (amsmath).

• No counter `⟨nom⟩' defined ;
• No Cyrillic encoding definition files were found (babel) ;
• No declaration for shape ⟨//forme-fonte//⟩ ;
• No driver specified (color/graphics/graphicx) ;
• Non-PDF special ignored! (pdfTeX) ;
• No room for a new ⟨//registre//⟩ (TeX) ;
• No \title given ;
• Not a letter (TeX) ;
• Not in outer par mode ;
• Number too big (TeX).

• OK (TeX) ;
• OK (see the transcript file) (TeX) ;
• Old form ⟨commande⟩ should be \begin{⟨env⟩} (amsmath) ;
• Only one # is allowed per tab (TeX) ;
• Option clash for package ⟨nom⟩ ;
• Overfull ⟨objet⟩ (TeX).

• Page height already too large ;
• Paragraph ended before ⟨commande⟩ was complete (TeX) ;
• (Please type a command or say `\end') (TeX) ;
• \pushtabs and \poptabs don't match.

• \RequirePackage or \LoadClass in Options Section ;
• Rerun to get crossreferences right (LaTeX) ;
• Rotation not supported (graphics/graphicx) ;
• Runaway ⟨quelque chose⟩ (TeX) ;
• Runpopen command not allowed (LaTeX).

• Scaling not supported (graphics/graphicx) ;
• Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item ;
• Sorry, I can't find ⟨format⟩... ;
• Suggested extra height (⟨valeur⟩) dangerously large ;
• Symbol font ⟨nom⟩ is not defined ;
• Symbol ⟨commande⟩ not provided by font family ⟨nom⟩ (textcomp).

• Tab overflow ;
• \tag not allowed here (amsmath) ;
• TeX capacity exceeded, ⟨explication⟩ (TeX) ;
• TeX capacity exceeded (...) semantic nest size (TeX) ;
• TeX capacity exceeded (...) text input levels (TeX) ;
• Text line contains an invalid character (TeX) ;
• The attribute ⟨attribut⟩ is unknown for language ⟨langue⟩ (babel) ;
• The character `⟨car⟩' is not a shorthand character in ⟨langue⟩ (babel) ;
• The font size command \normalsize is not defined... ;
• There's no line here to end ;
• This may be a LaTeX bug ;
• This NFSS system isn't set up properly ;
• Token not allowed in PDFDocEncoded string (hyperref) ;
• Too deeply nested ;
• Too many columns in eqnarray environment ;
• Too many math alphabets used in version ⟨nom⟩ ;
• Too many unprocessed floats ;
• Two \documentclass or \documentstyle commands ;
• Two \LoadClass commands.

• Unable to read an entire line (TeX) ;
• Undefined color ⟨nom⟩ (color) ;
• Undefined control sequence (TeX) ;
• Undefined font size function ⟨nom⟩ ;
• Undefined tab position ;
• Unknown graphics extension : ⟨ext⟩ (graphics/graphicx) ;
• Unknown option `⟨option⟩' for package `⟨//nom//⟩' ;
• Use of ⟨commande⟩ doesn't match its definition (TeX) ;
• \usepackage before \documentclass ;
• UTF-8 string \u8 : ⟨séquence-8-bits⟩ not set up for LaTeX use (inputenc).

• \verb ended by end of line ;
• \verb illegal in command argument.

• You already have nine parameters (TeX) ;
• You can't use `⟨commande⟩' in ⟨mode⟩ mode (TeX) ;
• You can't use `\end' in internal vertical mode (TeX) ;
• You can't use `\hrule' here except with leaders (TeX) ;
• You can't use `macro parameter #' in ⟨mode⟩ mode (TeX) ;
• You can't use `\prevdepth' in horizontal mode (TeX) ;
• You can't use `\spacefactor' in math mode (TeX) ;
• You can't use `\spacefactor' in vertical mode (TeX) ;
• You haven't defined output directory for `⟨chemin⟩' (docstrip) ;
• You haven't defined the language ⟨langue⟩ yet (babel) ;
• You haven't specified a language option (babel).

Sources :

• https://latex.developpez.com/cours/detecter-et-resoudre-les-erreurs/,
• LaTeX Companion, 2e édition, Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Johannes Braams, David Carlisle, Chris Rowley (Pearson, 2006) ; ISBN: 978-2-7440-7182-9. Annexe B, Détecter et résoudre les problèmes, reproduite avec l'aimable autorisation de l'éditeur.