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Difference between various methods for producing text in math mode
What is the difference between \text, \textrm, \textnormal, and \mbox (and possibly other commands commonly used to produce text in math mode)?
Various (La)TeX tutorials teach different methods, and ...
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LuaLaTeX + fontspec: cannot compare documents with Acrobat
I use the option "compare documents" in Adobe Acrobat Pro a lot to highlight changes between revisions. What I just noticed is, if I compile a simple document such as the one below with LuaLaTeX + ...
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Comparing the output of two PDFs
Sometimes I want to compare the results of two different settings to see which gives better results. Such settings can result in small changes in the location of words and other elements of the ...
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Word 2010 on typesetting math [closed]
I tried to find that online, but all I found was: "Word bad, (La)TeX good! Word ugly, (La)TeX pretty!". I want an honest take from someone who used the new Math system in Word 2010, preferably who ...
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Handling different time zones
I'm looking for a way to handle date/times with different time zones. For example in svn-multi and filemod a date and time with a timezone is returned. I like to be able to compare times in different ...
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Proper use of cmap and mmap
I am curious about the differences between
\usepackage{cmap}
\usepackage[resetfonts]{cmap}
\usepackage{mmap} (= \usepackage[useTeX]{mmap})
\usepackage[noTeX]{mmap}
What are their precise ...
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difference between \vspace and \vspace* for negative arguments
Is there ever a difference between \vspace{...} and \vspace*{...} if a negative argument is supplied?
Most importantly, does the choice of which macro to use have an influence on page breaking ...
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Availability of LaTeX packages' functionality in ConTeXt, XeTeX, and LuaTeX
I am considering trying out ConTeXt, XeTeX, and LuaTeX, but one concern of mine is the fact that I am using a large number of LaTeX packages.
There are a number of questions comparing these TeX ...
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Persuade me to write my thesis in ConTeXt, or not
I'm going to write my master thesis in Computer Science, regarding Operation Research, (in Italian). I have about a month and a half to collect the results and write everything down.
I have had a ...
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LaTeX programming comparison operators
The example for the forloop package is \newcounter{ct}\forloop{ct}{1}{\value{ct} < 5}{\arabic{ct}}. I need to compare two counters having the first run up to the second. <= doesnt work, neither ...
