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coruun

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Registered: 2014-10-23

Posts: 26

[SOLVED] Lualatex can't compile KOMA document

I tried to test my document with texlive 2016 and therefore installed Arch with testing repositories in an systemd-nspawn container.

After reducing my document to the following four lines, I noticed that lualatex can't compile documents with a documentclass from the KOMA-script package (e.g., scrartcl or scrbook), while the standard classes (e.g., article or book) compile without an error:

\documentclass{scrartcl}
\begin{document}
   Lorem Ipsum
\end{document}

Is this only me, or did I hit a bug in testing?

EDIT:

This is not a bug, it's a feature! Lualatex removed many pdf-related commands and, thus, requires many packages to be updated for compatibility.

A workaround is to load one or two additional packages as early as possible:

\RequirePackage{luatex85} % for general compatibility
\RequirePackage{shellesc} % if you want to use shell-escape

Last edited by coruun (2016-07-13 08:15:08)

qubodup

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Registered: 2008-01-19

Posts: 66

Re: [SOLVED] Lualatex can't compile KOMA document

Thank you very much for sharing! Just adding

\RequirePackage{luatex85} % for general compatibility

made my document work again. Phew!

Care to share where to find out about why  this is and how to prepare for other documents not working?