[Tex/LaTex] What does this error mean

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This is my first attempt in using Tex and I am already drafting my Thesis in this, but so far so good. However, I have lately encountered this error, and I cannot figure out what this means…
help please…

%LINE 16
\begin{document}
\frontmatter      % Begin Roman style (i, ii, iii, iv...) page numbering

% Set up the Title Page







_____________________________
% Chapter 1

\chapter{Introduction} % Write in your own chapter title
\label{Chapter1}
\lhead{Chapter 1. \emph{Introduction}} % Write in your own chapter title to set the page header
\section{Background}

\section{Motivation}

\section{Research Aim and Objectives}

\section{Research Approach}

\section{Thesis Structure}

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I think yo' is right with the comment, that the .aux file is truncated:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\section{Hello World}
\end{document}

After pdflatex test.tex the .aux file is:

\relax
\@writefile{toc}{\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}Hello World}{1}}

Then the .aux file is edited in an editor to truncate it to:

\relax
\@writefile{toc}{\contentsline {s

Running again:

pdflatex -file-line-error test.tex

gives the error in the same format as in the question:

) (./test.aux)
Runaway argument?
{\contentsline {s
./test.tex:2: File ended while scanning use of \@writefile.
<inserted text>
                \par
l.2 \begin{document}

?

The \@writefile command starts on line 2 in file test.aux, but the error is detected after the file end, thus the file name is shown as test.tex.

Back to the question, the error occurs during the first read of the .aux file. The .aux file is truncated at line 16.

Suspicion: The file size of the .aux file is just a sector with 512 bytes. Thus the write cache did not get flushed at the probably abnormal end of the previous LaTeX run.

Deleting the .aux file and running LaTeX again should fix the issue, when the run is not aborted due to a fatal error.

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[Tex/LaTex] What does this error mean in Mathtools-colon

It does not compile because of the line 11, uncomment %\usepackage{unicode-math} and uncomment

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% BRACES %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%\setmathfont[BoldFont={latinmodern-math.otf}]{latinmodern-math.otf}
%\setmathfont[range=\mathscr,Scale=MatchUppercase]{Asana-Math.otf}

where I don't know anything about the package. Perhaps someone here able to help with it you?

Code Compiling with OSX Texpad 1.4.7 -- this should be the newest so the same as yours

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
% \usepackage{background}
\usepackage[log-declarations=false]{xparse}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{amsmath, amsfonts, amssymb, textcomp, mathtools, xparse}
\usepackage[T4, OT1]{fontenc}
\graphicspath{ {/Users/masi/Dropbox/Patology_and_Biopsy/images/} }
\usepackage{newunicodechar}
%\usepackage{unicode-math}
\usepackage{multirow}
\newcommand{\Int}{\int\limits}
\newunicodechar{ƒ}{{\fontencoding{T4}\fontfamily{cmr}\selectfont\m f}}
\newunicodechar{Ƒ}{{\fontencoding{T4}\fontfamily{cmr}\selectfont\m F}}
\DeclarePairedDelimiter{\abs}{\lvert}{\rvert}
\DeclarePairedDelimiter{\norm}{\lVert}{\rVert}
\newcommand{\eqbreak}[1][2]{\\&\hskip#1em}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{Tabbing}
\usepackage{doi, natbib}
\hypersetup{
colorlinks=true,
linkcolor=blue,
citecolor=blue,
allcolors=blue
}
\usepackage{enumerate} % alpha numerical ordering
\usepackage{titling} % Two titles in one document
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % underline by \uline{lorem}
\usepackage[affil-it]{authblk}
\usepackage{import}
\usepackage[version=3]{mhchem} % To have chemical symbols like \ce{O2^{.-}}
\usepackage{xcolor,colortbl} % rowcolor for tables
\definecolor{Gray}{gray}{0.85}
\definecolor{LightCyan}{rgb}{0.88,1,1}
\definecolor{colori}{RGB}{0,0,0}
\definecolor{colorii}{RGB}{0,0,0}
\NewDocumentCommand\MyArrow{O{0pt}mmmO{out=150,in=210}}
{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay, remember picture]
  \draw [->,thick,line width=4pt,#4]
    ( $ ({pic cs:#3}|-{pic cs:#2}) + (-#1,1.3ex) $ ) to[#5]  
    ( $ (pic cs:#3) + (-#1,0) $ );
\end{tikzpicture}%
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Question and Answer %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\usepackage[framemethod=tikz]{mdframed}
\newtheorem{question}{Question}
\mdfdefinestyle{que}{
%   font = \normalfont,
  linecolor=cyan,
  backgroundcolor=cyan!20,
}
\surroundwithmdframed[style=que]{question}

% Unicode-math bug fix
% http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/161809/why-is-unicode-math-not-working-with-tikz
\newtheorem{question}{Question}
\let\masiquestion\question
\AtBeginDocument{%
  \let\umquestion\question
  \let\question\masiquestion
}


\newtheorem{answer_original}{Answer}
\mdfdefinestyle{ans}{
  font = \normalfont,
  linecolor=cyan,
  backgroundcolor=yellow!20
}
\surroundwithmdframed[style=ans]{answer_original}

\makeatletter
\newsavebox{\@my@box}
\newenvironment{answer}%
{%
    \noindent
    \begin{lrbox}{\@my@box}%
    \begin{minipage}[t]{\linewidth}
    \begin{answer_original}
}%
{%
    \end{answer_original}%
    \end{minipage}%
    \end{lrbox}%
    \rotatebox{0}{\usebox{\@my@box}}
}%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Smaller things

\newtheorem{sidenote}{Sidenote}
\mdfdefinestyle{que}{
  linecolor=cyan,
  backgroundcolor=cyan!20,
}
\surroundwithmdframed[style=que]{sidenote}


\newtheorem{case}{Case logic}
\mdfdefinestyle{que}{
  linecolor=cyan,
  backgroundcolor=cyan!20,
}
\surroundwithmdframed[style=que]{case}

\newtheorem{citation}{Citation}
\mdfdefinestyle{que}{
  linecolor=cyan,
  backgroundcolor=yellow!20,
}
\surroundwithmdframed[style=que]{citation}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% BRACES %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%\setmathfont[BoldFont={latinmodern-math.otf}]{latinmodern-math.otf}
%\setmathfont[range=\mathscr,Scale=MatchUppercase]{Asana-Math.otf}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{tikzmark,decorations.pathreplacing,calc}
\newcommand\MyText[4][0pt]{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay, remember picture]
\draw [decoration={brace},decorate,thick]
   ( $ ({pic cs:#3}|-{pic cs:#2}) + (#1,1.3ex) $ ) --  
    node[anchor=west,xshift=5pt,text width=5cm] {#4} 
  ( $ (pic cs:#3) + (#1,0) $ );
\end{tikzpicture}%
}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Counter Section %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\makeatletter
  \def\@part[#1]#2{%
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
      \refstepcounter{part}%
    \fi
    \addcontentsline{toc}{part}{#1}%
    {\parindent \z@ \raggedright
     \interlinepenalty \@M
     \normalfont
     \LARGE \bfseries #2%
     \markboth{}{}\par}%
    \nobreak
    \vskip 3ex
    \@afterheading}
\@addtoreset{section}{part}    
\makeatother
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%



%
%

\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}
\newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition}
\newenvironment{definition}[1][Definition]{\begin{trivlist}
\item[\hskip \labelsep {\bfseries #1}] \emph}{\end{trivlist}}
\providecommand{\keywords}[1]{\textbf{Keywords:} #1}




\begin{document} % The error refers here!

\title{Introduction to General Pathology Notes} 

Lorem
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] What does the “Emergency stop” error mean

Most likely you tried \input{texstudio_hy2940} and that file does not exist and you are running in \batchmode so TeX can not stop and ask for a different file name.

Look in the log file for the full error message.

The TeXBook says:

Sometimes an error is so bad that TeX is forced to quit prematurely. For example, if you are running in \batchmode or \nonstopmode, TeX makes an "emergency stop" if it needs input from the terminal; this happens when a necessary file cannot be opened, or when no \end command was found in the input document.

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