Running HagenbergThesis in LaTeX Workshop (VSCode)

[Tim-Plaimer]

I would like to write my thesis in Visual Studio Code, since it is a great editor, using the LaTeX Workshop extension.

But even after installing the recommended LaTex distribution (TeX Live) I still ran into multiple issues, like DeclareDocumentMetadata not being supported and multiple other error messages when trying to compile.

Other Editors, like the one coming with MiKTeX, worked right away, but I find it less convenient than working with VSCode.

Has someone found a good way to setup LaTeX Workshop or is using another LaTeX editor recommended?

[imagingbook]

This seems to be a known problem (described in issue #190) caused by a very recent change in pdfmanagement, which we are currently trying to resolve. The solution has not been merged into the main branch yet, but you may want to try a download from branch https://github.com/Digital-Media/HagenbergThesis/tree/fix-pdfmanagement-problem
Let us know if it works ...

[Tim-Plaimer]

Thank you for your fast response!

I can compile the PDF and changes are applied so it seems to fix the issue. Still, the recipe terminated with errors but I am unsure how significant they are since the PDF is generated.

One is about missing logo file:

LaTeX Warning: File `hgbtheme-default-logo.pdf' not found on input line 57.
Package pdftex.def Error: File `hgbtheme-default-logo.pdf' not found: using draft setting.

And the other error is about the missing bib file but yeah, it doesn't exist yet.

I think those errors can be safely ignored.

The rest are just warnings.

Thank you again for you quick response and helping me resolving this issue!

[imagingbook]

Great! Note that the missing files should be found in any of the ZIPs in
https://github.com/Digital-Media/HagenbergThesis/tree/fix-pdfmanagement-problem/documents
Did you start with one of the ZIP files?

[Tim-Plaimer]

No, I completely overlooked the zip files. I just copied the unzipped HgbThesisEN folder. I thought they are identical but thanks for the tip!

Edit: With the ZIP file it compiles without any error!

[imagingbook]

Hmm, I am surprised your compile worked at all - suspect your system was loading the global hagenberg-thesis files installed via CTAN. This would explain the missing .bibfile, but then again the file hgbtheme-default-logo.pdf should be there ...
What LaTeX distribution are you using? Your main.log file would be interesting to see.

[Tim-Plaimer]

The .bib file was missing because I used the documents\HgbThesisEN folder after cloning the repository which does not contain the .bib file. When I downloaded the HgbThesisEN.zip file and used that it worked right away without any errors.

I am using Tex Live, the recommended distribution for LaTeX Workshop. Unfortunately I can't share my main.log right now since I am not at my home system.