CVPR 2024 LaTeX Template: Windows Compatibility Issues

[zhazhiyuan]

While the template runs successfully on Overleaf, I have been experiencing consistent errors when trying to compile it locally on a Windows system. The error message is displayed as shown in the attached image. I consulted with other members of our lab who are also using Windows, and they reported encountering the same issue. However, when the template was tested on a Mac using TeXShop, it worked seamlessly.

Based on my observations, it seems that the current Latex template might not be fully compatible with Windows systems. I would appreciate it if you could kindly investigate this issue and possibly provide a resolution or guidance on how to work around it.

[licongguan]

Delete \RequirePackage{cite} % Automatically ordered citations in cvpr.sty

[cr333]

This issue seems to be unrelated to the cite package.

@zhazhiyuan: Do you observe this error on a fresh check-out of this repo? Could you please post a complete copy of the log you get from LaTeX? That should also contain your LaTeX version.

This information would be helpful for debugging this issue, as I cannot reproduce it on my Windows LaTeX setup (pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.25 (MiKTeX 23.5)).

[zhazhiyuan]

Dear Dr. Richardt, the complete log is as follows. Currently, I use the overleaf to deal with our work. @cr333

Command Line: texify.exe --pdf --tex-option=--interaction=errorstopmode --tex-option=--synctex=1 "C:\Users\zhazh\Downloads\author-kit-CVPR2024-v2\main.tex" Startup Folder: C:\Users\zhazh\Downloads\author-kit-CVPR2024-v2

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.3-1.40.12 (MiKTeX 2.9) entering extended mode (C:/Users/zhazh/Downloads/author-kit-CVPR2024-v2/main.tex LaTeX2e <2011/06/27> Babel <v3.8m> and hyphenation patterns for loaded. (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\base\article.cls Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\base\size10.clo)) (C:\Users\zhazh\Downloads\author-kit-CVPR2024-v2\cvpr.sty (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\psnfss\times.sty) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\cite\cite.sty) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\tools\xspace.sty) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\graphics\graphicx.sty (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\graphics\keyval.sty) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\graphics\graphics.sty (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\graphics\trig.sty) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\00miktex\graphics.cfg) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\pdftex-def\pdftex.def (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\generic\oberdiek\infwarerr.sty) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\generic\oberdiek\ltxcmds.sty)))) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\ams\math\amsmath.sty For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option. (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\ams\math\amstext.sty (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\ams\math\amsgen.sty)) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\ams\math\amsbsy.sty) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\ams\math\amsopn.sty)) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\amsfonts\amssymb.sty (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\amsfonts\amsfonts.sty)) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\booktabs\booktabs.sty) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\natbib\natbib.sty

Package natbib Warning: The cite' package should not be used (natbib) with natbib. Use optionsort' instead.

) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\silence\silence.sty) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\etoolbox\etoolbox.sty (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\misc\etex.sty)) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\caption\caption.sty (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\caption\caption3.sty)) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\caption\subcaption.sty) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\ltxmisc\url.sty) CVPR 8.5 x 11-Inch Proceedings Style `cvpr.sty'. (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\lineno\lineno.sty) (C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\tex\latex\enumitem\enumitem.sty)) ! Missing = inserted for \ifnum.

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[cr333]

Thank you for sharing this more complete log.

It looks like including the cvpr package completes successfully (line 7 of main.tex), and the error appears sometime after that and before including preamble.tex (line 11 of main.tex), as that filename does not appear in your log.

My best guess is that something breaks because of an outdated LaTeX distribution. You are using "pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.3-1.40.12", which was released on 2011-06-20 as part of TeX Live 2011 more than 10 years ago.

I’m afraid we cannot support such old LaTeX distributions and I am therefore closing this issue.

I would strongly encourage you to install a more recent distribution.