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I would like to add a reversed gray shadow under a title to mimmic a mirror effect. How can we do that with standard pdflatex (the live tex distribution)? Currtently, the code below only add a dull ...
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I would like to draw a sphere, of radius 3, and an ellipsoid of semi-axis 2, 3 and 4 together. They intersect at two great circles on the sphere (marked in red). I started out with the sphere and the ...
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The following is an example from an English book. I'm planning to rewrite it in latex. The layout is with an itemize of points in the middle, and with "CONNECTIONS" notes along the two sides....
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I have a list of numbers from 1 to 12. I want to print the numbers 3,6,9 and 12 in purple, the others in blue. With my code: \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tikz,ifthen} \begin{document} \...
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I need to put diagonal arrows under an equation (the red ones in the picture). I tried using \swarrow \qquad \searrow, but they are not positioned where I need them. I would prefer not to use tikzmark....
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I'm working on creating a specific two-column table in \LaTeX. The second column, $f(n)$, contains expressions that are linear combinations of $\alpha$, $\beta$, and $\gamma$, but not all terms are ...
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Suppose we are working in the three-dimensional real vector space V. A cone is a subset C of V such that if an element v of V lies in C, then all of its nonnegative multiples also lie in C. I would ...
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when facing the text in latex: Receiver class org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.RibbonLoadBalancerClient does not define or inherit an implementation of the resolved method 'abstract org....
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As a continuation of TikZ word search diagram here is the problem I'm facing. I did what Explorer suggested and it worked fine except that my rounded rectangles look like sausages or like Hieroglyphic ...
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I've been trying to adapt the answer https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/239471 to the drawing I've been attempting, but I'm getting a strange result. I want draw an arc that begins and ends where it ...
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I have the following snippet \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tabularx} \usepackage{rotating} \usepackage{multirow} \newcolumntype{C}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X} \newcolumntype{V}{>{\...
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Sometimes I see the accented è written in LaTeX sources as a command like this: \`e I've always wondered the reason. On my laptop (a modern machine), I can type è directly using the keyboard, and the ...
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What is the best way to demonstrate a tagged PDF vs untagged. I don't mean a verification mark. I am looking for a, preferably Linux, screen reader that can read a tagged pdf and its formulas ...
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Based on the documentation, I would expect the two rectangles generated by this code to look identical: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \pgfdeclarehorizontalshading{...
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I have the following document \documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontsetup} \usepackage{amsmath} \newcommand{\coordRng}{\operatorname{\Gamma}} \begin{document} \(\coordRng (X)\) \(\Gamma\) \end{...
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I'm trying to put multiple numbered equations into one line to save space. One way to do this is to put the equations inside a tabularx table. However, when I try to put an equation environment inside ...
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I'm trying to set up tcolorbox blocks using minted engine. I want to use a font of my choice in those, not the default monospaced one (or tt or helvetica, per minted manual). Let's say I want 'Code ...
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I was inspired by some of the illustrations in https://math.stackexchange.com/a/46222. I wanted to try graphing implicit surfaces myself, and came across the method of marching cubes. See https://...
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Suppose I have a paragraph, and the first line of it may or may not contain an inline picture or a big character with the height greater than that of normal characters. Something like this: Lorem ...
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A MWS is as follows. \documentclass{ctexart} \usepackage[main=chinese, provide=*]{babel}% \babelprovide{greek} \babelfont[greek]{rm}[Scale=MatchUppercase, ItalicFont={GFSArtemisiaIt.otf}, BoldFont={...
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I meant to restrict the overlay to all but the last page, but this setup fails due to \zref@extractdefault{abspage}{abspage}{0} stuck at 0. Is there a solution to this specific issue, and a better ...
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I try to compile the following with lualatex, TeXLive 2025 current, {pdfmanagement-testphase}{2025-11-12}{0.96x} \DocumentMetadata{lang=en-US,pdfversion=2.0,pdfstandard=x-6n} ... but this yields ! ...
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I would like to put parentheses around one column of a tikz-cd diagram — something like the diagram in the example below, but with the second set of parens around just the left-hand vertical of the ...
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The desired output is with an overlay; but \tl_show:N prevents inhibits it. Though I found a workaround for this, \tl_log:N, it has cost me time so I thought I'd post it for insights. The question is: ...
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Consider the following MWE: \documentclass{article} \DeclareKeys [ myKeys ]{ a .store = \whereA, b .store = \whereB, } \SetKeys [ myKeys ] { a = AAA, b = \pageref{#2}, } \...
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Please help. OT3 is a very old encoding and I want to use it for stylistic reasons to make my document look old. EDIT: I figured out how, but I have a new question: does OT3 and \usepackage{ipa} ...
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I would like to have a framed box that contains some (justified) text and, on the side, a figure with its label and caption, something like this: I think/I read on other threads that some starting ...
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I'm trying to customize the quote environment for a novel (citations at the beginning of each chapter), and I'm having troubles in setting custom vertical line spacing, horizontal line length, the ...
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I sometimes want to put the content of a float on a page by itself and control the alignment in the usual type area. To do this, I use a minipage that has exactly the size \textwidth x \textheight. ...
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I'm trying to draw a pixelated (blocky) circle in TikZ where each filled 1×1 square corresponds exactly to an integer grid cell (think Minecraft blocks). Given a center and radius, I want a compact ...
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This manual seems to say that this package does the arithmetic for you and only gives results that are correct and complete. I don't know how anyone who teaches mathematics fails to see what's wrong ...
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In a previous question (i.e., How to align the visual bottom of a large quotation mark with the cap height of the text?) I was looking for a solution for how to properly align a quotation mark. As cfr ...
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I am compiling my thesis using Latex, which eventually generates a PDF file. In addition to its textual content, I want to insert a graphical image (.png) as its cover page. This is what I am doing ...
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I am using tikz to make a PA Dutch hex sign-like image. How can I make the comma-like shape that is seen below? I will ultimately be replicating it and rotating it around a center point, but I don't ...
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In the following MCE, I apply to every item stored within the \l_tmpa_clist clist an inline function that displays this item preceded by its index (its position in the list). For this index, an ...
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I would like to factorize the code to avoid to manually type the a's, b's and m's. Is it possible? \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{nicematrix} \usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor} \begin{document} $...
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Do people creatively use math mode for things other than math? If so, when and why?
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I'm still really a noob with fonts in LaTeX. I'm looking for a better font display than the one used in the code below. What other nice font codes should I try on line marked with a comment, to get ...
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I can't figure out how to both use an option in a package and pass it to a second package. This will store to \cmdA in mwe_pkgA, but will not pass to mwe_pkgB: % -------------------------------- % ...
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I need to print cards (bussiness for example) on both sides of A4 paper so they must match exactly.I was trying to do some calculations and search for hidden margin, but none of those worked. code: ...
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I was courious to know how many line of expl3 code is in the LaTeX kernel. I run a python script (code below) to count the number of lines in each dtx file in the base directory of the LaTeX2e ...
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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article} % Use XeLaTeX to compile % Go to Menu > Compiler and set it to XeLaTeX \usepackage{wrapfig} \usepackage{fontspec} \usepackage{polyglossia} \usepackage{siunitx}...
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Disclaimer: This is a bit a XY problem, or rather: I have a problem X and I have a solution Y which works but does not really make me happy. Background: I have an environment, say {foo}, which I use ...
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This LuaLaTeX code tries to process key-value pairs from a Lua string. The Lua function parse_kv_pairs takes a string containing comma-separated key-value pairs, removes whitespace, and splits the ...
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The ibrackets package doesn't seem to work when I use \underset or \overset. \[ ]-\infty\underset{\substack{\uparrow \\ \frac{\pi}{2n}}}{,} a] \text { oppure } [a\underset{\substack{\uparrow \\ \frac{\...
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Every now and then I need a refresher on LaTeX logic. In the example below I expected either an error or at least a different result — certainly not the value 2, which is the behavior I would have ...
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I heard verbatim fonts have extra characters for stuff you can type on a keyboard. How are they stored internally? Is it a secret? Is it hacked?
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I am working with the amsart class and I would like to define two new environments to create a sort of structured dialogue with que (question), ris (answer). I would have with this MWE: \...
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I thought that \begin{env}...\end{env} is essentially equivalent to \env ...\endenv. However, in the case of align*, the first example below compiles without issue, while the second gives a runaway ...
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How do I get the table to respect the “new” left margin/indent in a list so it centres correctly, rather than the full-page text width? \documentclass[10pt]{book} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{...
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