Questions tagged [packages]
{packages} is about packages in general, e.g. about choosing, installing or using packages. For questions about writing packages, choose {package-writing} instead. If your question concerns a specific package, choose its name as tag. For {document-classes} or {templates} use the respective tag.
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Graph of f and f' with luacas package
Recently I have discovered the interesting package named luacas (compilable with LuaLaTeX). To pag. 14 of the manual
https://ctan.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/ctan/macros/luatex/latex/luacas/doc/luacas.pdf
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Exam overview using exercisepoints package: total and section-wise scores
I have a "frontespizio" that I use for my exam for my students
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[italian]{babel}
\usepackage{mathtools,amssymb,siunitx}
\...
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Why does \DocumentMetadata conflict with package mdframed?
In an effort to meet federal (US) law for accessibility of documents, I have started experimenting with various accessibility enhancements for my LaTeX source files. (As a stable TeX user for over 30 ...
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How to include another later document with its own document class in a larger latex document
For context, I am trying to include my cv, typeset with the document class moderncv, inside a larger application document.
Is there any effective way of handling this ?
(Most of the document inclusion ...
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How force put \usepackage inside \begin{document} in case there is a conflict globally
What I’m really asking is this: if a package bumps into conflicts with some macros or with another package, it can make you wonder whether you could somehow push \usepackage down until after \begin{...
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What is the colordef package?
The colordef package is installed in a template I'm using. Deleting it would screw over the entire document. There's no information on this package online or on CTAN. What is it?
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How to fix LaTeX: You have requested package `../package_name', but the package provides `package_name'. for git submodule usage self-contained
I have a LaTeX style package that I typically use as git submodule and thus import from some relative path. This however will then result in a warning like that:
"LaTeX: You have requested ...
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Uniform sequences of mathematical dots
When I need to write a sequence of dots without using TikZ, I often define a simple macro based on \bullet or another symbol that produces two or three dots (which they can be increase and decrease in ...
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How to comfortably contribute to existing 3rd-party CTAN-available LaTex packages with git repositories, from my local computer?
I have a full TeX Live installation with latest packages. Some packages I use have github or gitlab repositories. Sometimes I write small fixes in my preamble for some packages. I'd like to submit ...
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Is there a way to have a GUI that fills in tex file? [duplicate]
I have a class and a .tex file to write special-formatted memos. Unfortunately, I doubt the main end users who write the memos will want to change the field text in the .tex file for each memo. Is ...
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Independent pages and subpages
I am working on a typographical project that consists in an English translation from a foreign language text with a commentary. I would like to organise the material as follows:
on the left page (i.e....
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Remove numbering at top of a page in scrlayer-scrpage
How do you remove the upper numbering?
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[fontsize=12.5pt]{fontsize}
\usepackage[italian]{babel}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{
paperwidth=21cm, ...
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How to install sty-File in Overleaf from repository?
I'm trying to use Overleaf to compile a tex-Document I created. However, Overleaf doesn't support the eforms-Package I'm using: LaTeX Error: File `eforms.sty' not found.
I read that you can manually ...
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Automatic numbering of multiple images
I would like to number the following images as shown in the reference image, but what I have so far is only an idea.
Other (better) suggestions are more than welcome.
Is there perhaps a specific ...
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True-false with `enumext` package
I know very little about the enumext package. My intention is customize block true-false where I can choose the number of columns and create a structure similar to this one.
I currently use two ...
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