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Adding constant to function (vspace) argument?
How can I get Latex to add a constant to a value as part of a \vspace argument?
Here's my minimal example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{calc}
\begin{document}
ab
%\vspace{20mm+10mm} ...
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Undesired equal sign in beamer using \dimexpr
I'm using the following script in beamer to locate our logo at the right-most corner of all pages in the presentation,
\begin{textblock}{5}(10.0, \dimexpr 0.5\headheight - 7.5pt )
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What are the possible dimensions / sizes / units LaTeX understands?
I know there are different ways of expressing sizes or dimensions in LaTeX such as points (pt), inches (in) and ex.
As some commands, such as \hspace understand all of them, I would like to have a ...
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How can I sum two values and store the result in other variable?
In LaTeX2e,how can I sum two values and assign them to other variable?
I want to compute something like:
var=\textwidth - 1cm
And if both were constants:
var=1+1
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\dimexpr replacement/“expansion” without eTeX
I want to use \'{\i} in a bookmark. While it works without problems when eTeX is there, I cannot use e.g. \dimexpr without eTeX. (And the current version of my TeX distribution does not contain eTeX ...
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What is the correct syntax to do arithmetic for length and dimensionless macros?
I want to set papersize based on PSTricks settings. The PSTricks settings may be a value without dimension and/or a value with dimension.
Honestly I have not read the TeXBook because of my laziness. ...
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Why does \dimexpr swallow \relax?
Following the comments at Doing maths with distance values in LaTeX source code:
+1 for teaching me that \dimexpr can optionally swallow a \relax. Yesterday I tried to use \relax as a delimiter ...
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LaTeX3: \dim_eval:n and e-TeX dimension expression
Why does the following code not yield the expected result 264pt? Are non-integers not allowed as factors in e-TeX dimension expressions?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{expl3}
\begin{document}
...
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LaTeX3: \dim_set:Nn with l3calc or calc type dimension expression
I am getting an error when I try to set a dimension register with a l3calc/calc type dimension expression using LaTeX3 \dim_set:Nn command. Even wrapping the whole expression into \dim_eval:n{} ...
