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Is fine-grained grid control possible? [closed]
I want to make a variety of checklists which are essentially based on a grid layout. I care about having fine-grained control over the exact placement of labels and boxes. I do not care about ...
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Status of TiKz with ConTeXt MkIV
Whats the recent status of TiKz support in ConTeXt MkIV? I'm asking because
in pgfmanual 2.10 on page 25 it says:
Note that pgf/TikZ is not supported by recent ConTEXt versions (like mark IV, the ...
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Simulating hand-drawn lines
I am working on a project that will have some vector graphics, perhaps using TikZ (or a similar tool). All of the graphics consists of lines, in shades of gray. However, the lines from TikZ appear too ...
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A plot using tikz is giving very odd results [closed]
I'm trying to include a plot of tan(x) in some student notes.
Here is my input (using ConTeXt):
\usemodule[newmat,tikz,pgfmath]
\usetikzlibrary[arrows]
\starttext
\starttikzpicture[scale=0.65]
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CMYK ConTeXt colors in TikZ
Colors defined via the internal \definecolor macro in ConTeXt cannot be used in TikZ when the CMYK system is used.
Is there a way to convert them or tick a setting so that TikZ can use them?
Minimal ...
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Node below and left of another node in TikZ
I am using TikZ to make flowchart kind of diagrams. I want to get a node below and to the left of another node. Please see the following example. I want the replicate the sort of relationship between ...
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Setting unit length in TikZ?
As I understand it, the basic unit length in TikZ is 1cm, so that for example
\draw (0,0) -- (1,0);
draws a line 1cm in length. What I want to do is to redefine that length so that all drawings in ...
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LaTeX equivalent of ConTeXt buffers
While creating a series of graphics (using TikZ) in ConTeXt, I frequently use ConTeXt's buffer to "copy-paste" code. Is there a LaTeX package that implements this feature?
Since most LaTeX users may ...
