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Asymetric curly braces TikZ [duplicate]

How can I draw asymetric curly braces in TikZ? I have the following MWE: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz, pgfplots} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[ >=stealth,] \draw ...
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Brackets around matrices in TikZ

I'm writing a custom package for labeled matrices using TikZ. I noticed an inconsistency in TikZ. This is best illustrated with the following MWE: \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} ...
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I would like to create an inline brace command \inline{} for xelatex using TikZ. The difficult part is calculating the text width for the node without hardcoding it into the tikzpicture environment. ...
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Underbrace in Tikz

I'm trying to add an underbrace to a graph in tikz but when i compile run PDFLaTeX and View PDF, the underbrace doesn't look correct. Instead of curling down and inwards at the ends, it goes outwards ...
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Labeling non axis parallel braces in tikz

Given two points, the following code draws a brace connecting them and labels it. \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{calc,decorations.pathreplacing} \begin{document} ...
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relative positioning in multipart nodes

Is there a way do draw a line from the beginning of the tip of the brace, using relative positioning? \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} ...
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multi-line text for brace decoration in tikz

I'm trying to make a time-line with events by means of tikZ. Everything is going fine, I found (here) some nice examples and explanations but... I do a brace decoration for my time-line which has long ...
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Side braces - can somebody make sure I'm reading this right?

After some trial and error, and a little help from this stack overflow question I was able to put together this code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} ...
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How to form braces or brackets used in math formulas around nodes in a TikZ picture? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Adding a large brace next to a body of text I'm trying to create a brace or bracket around two or more nodes within a TikZ picture. Since there are more elements in the ...
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Adding underbrace in tikz

I have this code to draw a mass on a spring and now I want to have a curly brace below the spring to denote the distance: x_0. How do I do this? \begin{tikzpicture} ...