Unanswered Questions
25,615 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Is there a way to optimize citation order to reduce the number of superscript numbers in text?
I want to know if there is a way to optimize the order my citations are in, such that they output the minimum number of numbers in the text.
So, if I have citations \cite{A,B,C} and later \cite{A,C,...
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Hyphenation differences between LuaTeX and other engines
I would like to hear what from the LuaTeX documentation would help me predict the differences in hyphenation behaviour of LuaTex.
I answered a question about hyphenating already-hyphenated words (like ...
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Decide between Polyglossia and Babel for XeLaTeX in 2019
Which are the key questions one has to ask to decide between Polyglossia and Babel for a XeLaTeX project in 2019?
There has been a similar, more general question in 2012, but the packages have ...
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Transform paper folding diagram to 3D object or vice versa
I made this commands to make paper models, and I ask if it is possible to have a 3D view of them converting in tikz-3D, or backward. But it's easier to draw the flat model and generate the volume ...
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Is it possible to convert a citation style language (csl) style file to a bibtext (bst) style file?
I am in a bind, trying to wrap up my thesis in two weeks time.
My university requires me to use their citation style, which they only provide for endnote or zotero.
Since all my citations are in ...
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Asymptote generates different output whether running in interactive mode or from pdflatex
I would like to make 3d pictures and put them side-by-side. I can do that nicely creating a file example.asy:
settings.render=1;
import graph;
import graph3;
import contour3;
material reds = ...
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Obtain an animated PDF from an animated SVG
I have read Animations in LaTeX, but my question (I think) is different.
I have an SVG animated file and I want to create the same animation in LaTeX, without rewriting the code.
An example is this ...
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How to select the right index tool for LuaLaTeX in 2019?
There are several tools for indexing:
luaindex (one release from 2011, written in Lua, "This is an alpha version!", by Markus Kohm)
makeindex (1987-1993, written in C, by L. Lamport, P. Chen et al.)
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Migrating from XeTeX to LuaTeX
This is a somewhat open-ended, but nonetheless well-posed and important question. The latest LaTeX news (#40, 2024-11-01) contain the following important update regarding engine support (my emphasis):
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tikz 3d gets "too many vectors" at commercial printer - detection? fix?
The 3d marmot included in samcarter's upcoming tugboat article on tikzlings (thanks sc!), which reduces to,
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikzlings}
\begin{document}
\tikz{\marmot[3D]}
\end{...
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Unexpected behaviour with sorting option, multiple ref context and biblist (biblatex 3.0)
I have a large bibliography file where the vast majority of entries are annotated (and annotations can (and do) contain \cite commands).
I have to produce a list of the annotated entries displaying ...
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Is there a "fast" LaTeX compiler?
I am wondering about what the bottleneck of the compilation speed of LaTeX is (e.g. MiKTeX/MacTeX/etc). By looking at information on CPU usage, it appears that the compiler uses only a small fraction ...
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Proper usage of otherkeywords option in listings
I'm trying to understand how listings' otherkeywords option really works. The documentation says about it:
Defines keywords that contain other characters, or start with digits. Each given 'keyword' ...
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Tags, like on TeX.SE, but with the ability to show or hide both the tag--document structure and associated text, as in the multiaudience package
The term "tags" can be understood to mean that which is used to organize and make text more understandable (as in TeX.SE).
The term "tags" can also be understood as something used to manipulate the ...
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Is still xtemplates recommended for document class writers?
Suppose I'd like to create a LaTeX class based on another one (say article), with e.g. quotations or theorems with specific designs (say as tcolorbox boxes): is it still nowadays recommended to rely ...
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