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{tilde} is for questions about handling the special tilde character.

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How do I set the tilde (~) character correctly in LaTeX? There’s a question discussing that on Stack Overflow, with a lot of answers. But dare I say it? They all suck: \textasciitilde is too high, \...
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Please suggest me a way to put tilde over a symbol phi. I can easily put it over a letter but coming to the case of symbols, it is giving problems. Thanks in advance.
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Possible Duplicate: How does one insert a backslash or a tilde into LaTeX? I have tried using \text{\~{}} to draw a tilde in math mode. However, this only produces a superscript tilde. I have ...
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I'm trying to make a URL with a tilde character (~) in it: \usepackage{url} ... \url{http://lyle.smu.edu/~tspell/jaws} It looks right in the resulting PDF, but when clicking on it the browser goes to ...
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Working with the following abridged line in a BibTeX entry: author = {J. Pe\~{n}a} For some reason results in a BibTeX compilation to: J.~P. {n}a With a period and a space appearing and the tilde ...
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I am getting strange errors in LaTeX: perhaps you should insert a `~' before "\ref" missing `\ ' after "i.e." missing `\ ' after "i.e." I understand that the first expects me to put a tilde before ...
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How do I insert a nice tilde that is centered in the middle in a lstlisting? I found another thread about tildes but I can't apply it because the method described there only works outside of ...
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What effect does the tilde character ~ have in math mode? Is it the same non-breaking space that it is in text mode? Is it bad style to use ~ in math mode? I've seen it used in some examples but ...
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I'm trying to include a pdf in a document, using pdfpages package, but I'm having troubles when filename contains tilde or space. e.g. \includepdf[pages=-]{C:/Users/MYUSER~1/AppData/Local/Temp/...
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I'm using the latest version of moderncv from CTAN. When I set : \homepage {homepage: my.homepage.url/~username/} The tilde doesn't show up. So I tried: \usepackage{textcomp} \homepage {homepage: my....
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Regarding tiny nonbreaking spaces, is there a difference between using a ~ (tilde) and using \, (backslash comma)? If so, what is the difference, in terms of length, properties, situations where you ...
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In LaTeX, \tilde{x} puts a ~ on top of the x. How can I put a ~ below the x?
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Today I need to type ~ in my document, but apparently it does not get rendered properly. I just got a blank space. I searched on the web and I found the same problem here. However, its solutions show ...
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I am trying to get a double tilde symbol over a letter but I can't find a well suiting solution. I tried $\tilde{\tilde{z}}$ and $\overset{\approx}{z}$ but both solution look a bit off. I am trying ...
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I use a tilde below a letter as a symbol for a vector. Redefining the \vec-command delivers a good output, but subscripts are a pain. I'm using the following code: \documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{...
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