{documentation} is for questions addressing issues related to the writing of documenting TeX packages, or to packages designed for documenting TeX code, e.g., ltxdoc.
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Documentation reference for LaTeX internal commands?
This question led to a new package:
macros2e
Is there a place where I can find a reference of LaTeX internal commands? For example, just a few months ago I saw an answer using \@for and today I ...
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Which manuals are on your “TeX Reference” shelf?
This is a community wiki since there is no "one true answer"- if you find an answer that contains a lot of your choices, but is missing something you feel is incredibly useful. Feel free to add it. ...
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Materials for learning TikZ
I feel intimidated in learning TikZ. I was wondering if there are some nice materials (or just your replies) at different level:
for providing big picture, which is
important to beginners to not ...
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Different approach to literate programming for LaTeX
I have spent a couple of hours rethinking the literate style tools we have for LaTeX, which are essentially doc, docstrip and ltxdoc. Although the traditional workflow with a good editor can be less ...
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An explanation of LaTeX's output routine
Is there a good reference for LaTeX's output routine? The documented source is confused and confusing. The authors seem confused as to why parts are the way they are and wonder if maybe things should ...
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Where can I find help files or documentation for commands like \@startsection for LaTeX?
I can't find official documentation for the \@startsection command.
I already looked in:
LaTeX Wikibook
LaTeX: Structured document for TEX, 2008
beginLatex — a book that comes with ProTeX
in the ...
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1answer
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Glossary of TeX and LaTeX terms
This is not about glossary package. :-)
I was wondering whether there is a list of common terms you come across as a not-so-advanced user, defined already. Currently what we have are many books ...
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Help in choosing LaTeX2e books in light of LaTeX3 development
I'm quite new to LaTeX (~3 months) and I'm excited about buying the books. I just bought The TeXbook on eBay and hopefully it should arrive next week. I might even want to get a printed copy of TeX by ...
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4answers
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LaTeX, package documentation look-up
I am on OS X (10.6 Snow Leopard) using TeXLive-2011 to typeset a simple .tex file I am editing in Vim and trying to learn. My problem is: how do I...
gradually learn about what TeX can do for me
get ...
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Best practices references
What resources (online or otherwise) exist that give good advice on best practices for TeX, etc.? I'm looking particularly for things that assume you already know TeX or LaTeX, and aim to help you ...
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6answers
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What is the minimum one needs to know to use TikZ?
I am fed up with the poor quality of the pictures in the papers written by my graduate students and am trying to convince them to use TikZ. I know of three ways to begin learning TikZ:
The TikZ ...
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5answers
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Which books can I read via texdoc?
For years, I was faithfully downloading a copy of TeX by Topic whenever I reinstalled my computer. Then I learnt about texdoc texbytopic and my life got just that smidgen easier. I've just returned ...
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2answers
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Moving to LaTeX3 for package authors
I would like to write a package using as much of LaTeX3 stuff as possible (in particular expl3, xparse and xtemplate).
What should I read to learn these?
In particular: I know that there are good ...
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1answer
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How do I document my style files?
I have many style files (and one or two class files) that I've written in my local texmf tree. Most were simple things that got me out of some trouble and which I put in to a style file in case I ...
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3answers
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Updated documentation of ConTeXt
I'm trying to decide which set of macros/typesetting system to learn. I tried Latex2e for a while, but I was very disappointed that it didn't work nicely with Unicode and that in my tryout I had many ...
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TikZ manual newest version online?
Is there a definite place where TikZ manual can be found online?
I am only finding version 2.00, while I keep loosing the link to 2.10.
Does the official site host the manual somewhere, or is it ...
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2answers
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Template for cheat sheet
I have been working with LaTeX for a couple of years but I don't know anything about pure TeX.
I find this LaTeX cheat sheet useful to remember some commands. So I'd like to have a LaTeX template for ...
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2answers
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Where can I find the LaTeX3 manual?
Few month ago I saw a big pdf-manual of all LaTeX3-packages and the new syntax. I think it was bigger than 300 pages. I can't find it on the web.
Does anyone have a link?
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LaTeX equivalent to R's `help foo`?
From the R command line I can do help foo -- where foo is some R command-- and return a .html help file on foo. This holds even if foo is from some non-standard library I just loaded.
Q: What's the ...
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Where can I find an online manual for low-level LaTeX commands?
Is there an online manual for low-level LaTeX commands I can download?
I am looking for something which would have, for example:
\newif\ifportrait
\newif\ifcustomsize
\newif\ifdebug
\makeatletter
...
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1answer
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LaTeX documentation with verbatim environment
I am trying to document some LaTeX macros concerning marginals. I think a good way for the documentation would be the LaTeX code on the verso page and the output on the recto page. So I came up with ...
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6answers
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Is there some typesetting system that uses XML notation?
Is there some typesetting system that uses XML for notation? This is no offense, but I don't like to type \emph{This \emph{text} is important} despite the fact that there are editors that can do it ...
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1answer
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Online searchable manual for TikZ?
Having used psTricks for years, I'd though I'd drag myself into the modern era and start using TikZ. So far, I like it very much. However, the only manual I can find is the 500+ page PDF manual, ...
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2answers
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Use texdoc within a shell script (in Alfred.app) doesn’t work
I’m trying to call textoc from OS X Application Alfred as a shell script.
And with Alfred everything seems fine—I already asked the developers but they say that the script should work. When ...
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2answers
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What are good advanced LaTeX books?
I've been using LaTeX for about 3 months, and I'm hooked. My background is programming, so for the basic, google is sufficient. I did some research at amazon.com and found these two books with many ...
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Free intermediate level documentation
Are there any free manuals that are roughly on the level of Lamport, Mittelbach & Goossens, Kopka & Daly, etc.; more in-depth than the Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX, but not as daunting ...
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Any way to show LaTeX example code *and* execute it? [duplicate]
In (La)TeX documentation and tutorials, it is common to show a snippet of code next to the output it generates. It might be two minipages side by side, or a code listing followed by boxed output, or ...
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2answers
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Is there a printable version of a reference manual for all TeX primitives?
Everywhere in the TeX community, I see suggestions like \parskip, \obeylines, \parindent, etc. I'd be surprised not to find them even in the most basic LaTeX packages. So I figured they must be deeper ...
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5answers
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Where do I get a list of all possible texdoc's?
An easy way out would be to just texdoc the package name, but almost everyone knows that this does not apply to all packages. Some examples:
I didn't know there was a usrguide
There is an ...
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3answers
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Which latex editor is able to access all documentation of all packages?
I am looking for an editor or documentation browser that can look up all commands from all packages, for eg I want to for 'whiledo' then I want a window or pane to pop up with the required reference ...
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3answers
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How to search a documentation about an tex-function in command-line way on linux?
How can I search things about some functions in LaTeX on Linux in the command-line?
Tried texdoc, but texdoc cite, for example, don't works.
I would like a tool to search about LaTeX functions in ...
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1answer
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Are there guidelines on how to read commented sources of LaTeX packages?
I'm trying to read source2e.pdf (texdoc source2e on the command line), but I'm stumped. It seems a rather mysterious tome to me. As I understand from this answer about what arguments a command ...
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2answers
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What font configuration is used by microtype documentation
I really like the font configuration (appearance) of the documentation for microtype package (see here). How do I find out the combination they're using? (I will fix the protrusion etc later but first ...
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1answer
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Berry naming scheme list of LaTeX font families
Could you provide me with a list of Berry names for LaTeX font families?
I am currently working on a paper comparing various LaTeX fonts, particularly their support of extended Latin and it took some ...
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Is there a good plain TeX tutorial that explains about doing automation and making layout?
I am interested in learning plain TeX especially in
automation: looping, conditional branching, jumping, iterating, etc.
layout: creating custom smart tables and boxes that can span cross pages.
...
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3answers
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Class/package for German documentation
I’m writing the musuos class and I’m writing the documentation with ltxdoc.cls and doc.sty which seems to work. But the documentation is in German so it’s not very nice to get (environment) in the ...
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Tutorial on positioning
As a beginner, I keep running into difficulties when in the need of positioning elements. Pushing them down, up, left or right should be easy concepts, but I find it hard to visualize as a beginner ...
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1answer
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Is there any documentation of \Umathcode, \Umathcodenum, etc.?
Trying to use the package unicode-math I have been looking for some documentation of \Umathcode, \Umathcodenum, etc. The usually place, the package documentation (http://ctan.org/pkg/unicode-math), ...
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An MS command line equivalent to Linux's “man” for help on Latex files?
Is there an MS DOS command line equivalent to Linux's "man" for finding help on Latex files?
e.g., if I were running Latex on Linux I could do:
man texify
to discover a file like this, from which ...
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3answers
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Online references for creating advanced macros?
I am looking for online references for creating advanced macros for LaTeX.
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1answer
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What is `/utils/exec` and where do I find it's documentation
In response to this question on using a conditional to define a TikZ style it was suggested to use /utils/exec.
It is easy to find uses of this, but I have not been able to locate documentation on ...
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1answer
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Packages for documenting self written packages (sty-files)
I am looking for packages useful for creating a documentation for a self written package.
I have found doc, but the documentation ltxdoc.pdf did not give me any useful example.
Also I know of ...
