Is there a problem with using the cite package within a beamerposter? I'm trying to use it so that my references are ordered when I call \cite{ref1,ref2,ref3}, but I get the error:
./main.tex:333: Undefined control sequence.
\@cite@n ...mpcnta \m@ne \mathchardef \@cite@incr
\z@ \let \@h@ld \@empty \l...
This is a sample source file which will generate the error. To test this, you will need to input your own .bib file with the appropriate references.
\documentclass[final]{beamer}
\usepackage{cite}
\usepackage[scale=1.24]{beamerposter} % Use the beamerposter package for laying out the poster
\usetheme{confposter} % Use the confposter theme supplied with this template
\newlength{\sepwid}
\newlength{\onecolwid}
\newlength{\twocolwid}
\newlength{\threecolwid}
\setlength{\paperwidth}{48in} % A0 width: 46.8in
\setlength{\paperheight}{36in} % A0 height: 33.1in
\setlength{\sepwid}{0.024\paperwidth} % Separation width (white space) between columns
\setlength{\onecolwid}{0.22\paperwidth} % Width of one column
\setlength{\twocolwid}{0.464\paperwidth} % Width of two columns
\setlength{\threecolwid}{0.708\paperwidth} % Width of three columns
\setlength{\topmargin}{-0.5in} % Reduce the top margin size
%-----------------------------------------------------------
\usepackage{graphicx} % Required for including images
\usepackage{booktabs} % Top and bottom rules for tables
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% TITLE SECTION
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\title{TEST} % Poster title
\author{AUTHOR}
\institute{INSTITUTE}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\begin{document}
\setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{2ex} % White space under figures
\setlength\belowdisplayshortskip{2ex} % White space under equations
\begin{frame}[t]
\begin{columns}[t]
\begin{column}{\onecolwid} % The first column
\begin{block}{Block}
CITATIONS \cite{ref1,ref2}.
\end{block}
\begin{block}{References}
\bibliographystyle{abbrv}
\bibliography{bibfile}
\end{block}
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\end{frame}
\end{document}
Is it simply not possible to use the cite package with the beamerposter? Is there an alternative?
Best Answer
The error does not occur with an up-to-date TeX Live 2017, so some of your packages appear to be outdated. If updating is not an option, an alternative to
\usepackage{cite}is