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Redefine `\item` so its first "argument" is a full word
I defined a Tikz macro and I want to use it so the item of an inline itemize is passed as its argument. So far, my solution is this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}
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Wrapping a circle on a torus
I have used the sample code from latexdraw that draws a torus. I am trying to draw a filled circle and a dashed circle where they should be wrap around the torus instead of being drawn uniformly at z=...
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parskip after opening in scrlttr2
Using the parskip=half option, scrlttr2 still sets a full parskip after the opening. I feel that this is not intended and also not appealing.
Is there a way to only get a half skip?
I did not find ...
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How to draw a figure (horizontal and diagonal ines) with numbers / variables within (easy)
I am looking to draw diagrams similar to this many times over the course of a document, and fill in all (6) of the negative spaces (top, bottom, top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right). The ...
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Why does this pdf figure crash lualatex?
I have an old workflow that uses LaTeX itself to process diagrams and plots. I've used this generate hundreds of figures over the years. This has suddenly started producing invalid pdf figure files: ...
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\bm makes \dot and \hat of capital letters A-F reset the whole letter to \Gamma
When using \bm, I can't use \dot and \hat on uppercases A-F (lowercases and the rest of the alphabet are fine), and it instead writes the Gamma character, along with an error message the the value ...
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Accent placement issues with STIX2 Math: \hat and \tilde too close on uppercase letters
I am using the classicthesis style for the document layout and STIX2 Math as the math font, and I am encountering systematic issues with the placement of math accents, in particular \hat and \tilde.
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Putting two flowcharts on the same page side by side in Latex
So i have the following code in latex and i'm trying to put these two flowcharts side by side, for some reason i cant do that and instead one is on top of the other , i can't understand what i do ...
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The choice between pdflatex and xelatex, and the use of newcomputermodern
It is kind of a short and soft question.
Let me provide some background for my question: I am compiling a latex project, which involves a main tex file and more than 100 other tex files with no ...
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Is the use of boxes (un)limited? Using boxes instead of an outfile
In this file, I use boxes instead of an outfile. \FOXNum=1 %startbox defines the number of the first box, \lastFOXNum=10 defines the last box.
The values are optional.(1-10,20-50,1000-4000).
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How may I replace the name(s) of definition(s)?
In this example, notes are defined. Here as "FOXName{xy}".
By replacing FOX with another word,I can define as many note-routines as I like, f.e "RABBITName{xy}"
How may I do this ...
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Best practice for structuring a long thesis with \input
I am about to start writing my thesis, which will be a fairly long document.
I would like to organize the project in a clean and maintainable way using.
This is what I came up with, is it good, or is ...
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How to get rid of the double quotation mark produced by `\string\eta`?
Trying to implementing this :
\RegistVarType{obj}BG{pink}Font{\sf} will produce a command named \obj,
\obj c will display a "c" in \sf font with pink background color; also,
\RegistVarType{...
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How to check if pdfmanagement tools are loaded are not in *a stable way*?
Of course, one can check \IfPackageLoadedTF{pdfmanagement-testphase}{true}{false}, but since the name has testphase, I assume that some day it will go. If I use this test in a package, some day it ...
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math environment affect variable scope
The macro below is to define and calculate a series of variables. However, I found that the variable scope appears to be affected by the math environment. Is this caused by \fp_set_variable or by the ...
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