# NIME 2023 Latex template - some issues

**URL:** <https://forum.nime.org/t/nime-2023-latex-template-some-issues/338>\
**Category:** Conference\
**Created:** [November 30, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.nime.org/t/nime-2023-latex-template-some-issues/338 "2022-11-30T19:55:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![edumeneses](https://forum.nime.org/user_avatar/forum.nime.org/edumeneses/32/38_2.png) [@edumeneses](https://forum.nime.org/u/edumeneses)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.nime.org/t/nime-2023-latex-template-some-issues/338/1 "2022-11-30T19:55:46Z")

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I’m checking the template available at the [NIME 2023 website](https://www.nime2023.org/call-for-submissions/call-for-papers) and found some issues. I’m posting here in an attempt to help others planning to use the LaTeX template:

1. Both my laptop and Overleaf seem to generate the PDF with no space between sections and paragraphs. A quick fix could be modifying the class, and replacing it with more sensitive values to the spacing parameter.

2. It looks like the `\conferenceinfo` metadata command isn’t updated. Following the commented lines, I assume the information on line 35 should be replaced by: `\conferenceinfo{NIME'23,}{May 31 - June 2, 2023, UNAM / Tecnológico de Monterrey / UAM-Lerma, Mexico City, Mexico.}`. Can the organizers please confirm if the information is accurate?

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**Author:** ![juan\_pablo](https://forum.nime.org/user_avatar/forum.nime.org/juan_pablo/32/109_2.png) [@juan\_pablo](https://forum.nime.org/u/juan_pablo)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.nime.org/t/nime-2023-latex-template-some-issues/338/2 "2022-12-01T19:24:09Z")

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Hi Eduardo, thanks for bringing this to our attention.  
We have now updated the templates.  
If you spot anything else please let me know.

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**Author:** ![charlesmartin](https://forum.nime.org/user_avatar/forum.nime.org/charlesmartin/32/18_2.png) [@charlesmartin](https://forum.nime.org/u/charlesmartin)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.nime.org/t/nime-2023-latex-template-some-issues/338/3 "2022-12-06T03:29:01Z")

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would it be a good idea to store the template under version control, e.g., at [https://github.com/NIME-conference/nime-template](https://github.com/NIME-conference/nime-template).

I took the first step of creating the repo, but got a bit discouraged seeing that there’s in fact _two_ latex templates (papers and music) and that these use different styles… is the music one in use this year @juan_pablo ?

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**Author:** ![juan\_pablo](https://forum.nime.org/user_avatar/forum.nime.org/juan_pablo/32/109_2.png) [@juan\_pablo](https://forum.nime.org/u/juan_pablo)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.nime.org/t/nime-2023-latex-template-some-issues/338/4 "2022-12-06T13:43:15Z")

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> [@charlesmartin](#):
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> I took the first step of creating the repo, but got a bit discouraged seeing that there’s in fact _two_ latex templates (papers and music) and that these use different styles… is the music one in use this year @juan_pablo ?

Yes, the style for music proceedings is different. Please see: [Music Proceedings | NIME](https://www.nime.org/music/)  
And of course it will be in use this year: [NIME 2023 - Call for Music](https://www.nime2023.org/call-for-submissions/call-for-music) (we wouldn’t include it in the templates if that weren’t the case)

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**Author:** ![sirnotto](https://forum.nime.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@sirnotto](https://forum.nime.org/u/sirnotto)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.nime.org/t/nime-2023-latex-template-some-issues/338/5 "2023-02-03T08:17:49Z")

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Hi Juan. Just to let you know, the template I downloaded in late January still had the layout problem described above, and I had to implement Eduardo’s fix. Which thankfully worked really well.

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**Author:** ![astrid](https://forum.nime.org/user_avatar/forum.nime.org/astrid/32/19_2.png) [@astrid](https://forum.nime.org/u/astrid)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.nime.org/t/nime-2023-latex-template-some-issues/338/6 "2023-02-03T16:50:37Z")

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Hi, I noticed something, posting here in case anyone needs this.

Any non-English character in an `\anonymize` field breaks the compilation completely and, in Overleaf at least, there’s no real errors that indicate the problem. For example, this kills it:

```auto
\usepackage[blind]{anonymize}
...
\alignauthor
\anonymize{Fîrstnäme Lästnåmé}\\

```

To fix it you have to escape each character:

```auto
\usepackage[blind]{anonymize}
...
\alignauthor
\anonymize{F\îrstn\äme L\ästn\åm\é}\\

```

Hope this helps! 🙂