{environments} is for general questions related to (La)TeX environments. For questions about environment subcategories like {lists}, {quoting} environments, or {floats} use the appropriate tag instead.
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Turning parts of text on and off
Is there a way to turn certain parts of the text on and off in LyX/Latex ?
I'm thinking of having something like an environment (lets call it "TL" for "traffic light") and a parameter t such that if ...
27
votes
6answers
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Is it possible to automatically enumerate sentences in LaTeX?
1.0.1 Is it possible to automatically enumerate sentences in LaTeX?
2.0.1 I want to thoroughly work through and criticize a longer text. 2.0.2 To facilitate quoting, I would like to typeset the text ...
6
votes
1answer
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define a new Example environment
how can i define a new Example environment like the image shown in the following?
this environment should have the following attributes:
endmarks must be positioned at the last line, whether it ...
5
votes
1answer
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Address book form
I want to create an environment (or any other command) for entering addresses. For example, I want something like this:
\newaddress
\home
\name{John Doe}
\phone{123-456-7890}
\address{100 1st Street, ...
4
votes
2answers
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Nesting custom `xparse` environments
I've defined two simple environments with xparse. Problem is when I try to nest todominute environment inside minutes environment:
\documentclass[a4paper, 10pt]{article}
\usepackage{polski}
...
2
votes
1answer
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lstlisting in a newenvironment
I have a problem with the lstlisting package. I want to define an \newenvironment with one obligatory parameter, which will be the caption name for the lstlisting. I will also have other lstlisting ...
16
votes
1answer
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What is the difference between \newenvironment and \newenvironment*?
I vaguely seem to recall reading that \newenvironment* gives better spacing than \newenvironment, but I don't recall any details and I can't seem to find a reference by searching. What is the ...
0
votes
0answers
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Is there a way I can get the LaTeX environment? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where do I find out how a command/environment is defined?
Is there a way I can get LaTeX environment for a given set-up?
For example I want to get the value of some ...
3
votes
0answers
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Two consecutive remarks on LyX [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Two math sections of the same type in a row?
I am new to lyx, and I am searching for a way to create two remarks one after the other.
When I create a remark, the only ...
10
votes
1answer
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Environment with delayed expansion
I'm trying to define an environment test that stores its contents unexpanded in a macro \testcontents.
For example, the code
\newcommand{\cmd}{bad}
\begin{test}
\cmd
\end{test}
...
1
vote
0answers
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How to hold all lines in a defined environment? [duplicate]
\def\Grammercaption{\textbf{Grammer}}
\def\grammer{\bgroup\ignorespaces\Grammercaption\fontsize{10}{13pt}\selectfont}
\def\grammer{\egroup}
I want all lines of text within this environment stick ...
2
votes
1answer
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Left aligned multi line equations and \newenvironment
I'm building a table of integrals, for my own use. I need simple things: equations must be left aligned, sometimes I need alignment on the equal symbol and to save space sometimes I need 2 equations ...
2
votes
1answer
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Creating a custom environment
I'm using the following syntax for my code snippets
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{lstlisting}[caption=<something>, label=<something>]
The REST Endpoint URL
is ...
6
votes
2answers
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renewcommand for description
I have a document with many \description environments. All of them are defined like this:
\begin{description}[leftmargin=2.5cm,style=sameline]
\item[\texttt{foo}] bar
...
3
votes
1answer
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Issue with \newenvironment and framed and quotation
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage{framed}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\newenvironment{nb}
{\begin{framed}\begin{quotation}}
{\end{framed}\end{quotation}}
\begin{document}
\begin{nb}
...
1
vote
2answers
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Enumeration of equations in the double dollar math mode
How introduce enumeration of equations in the double dollar math mode (i.e. $$...$$)?
Or even better, is it possible to make $$...$$ as a particular math environment, e.g. equation or align?
7
votes
1answer
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Feature Page
Lets say that I want to create a feature environment, which has two columns, in one column there is a picture (with a caption), in the second there is text. For the odd pages, I want the picture on ...
2
votes
1answer
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Cross referencing in numbered environment
I picked up a template to write exams a while ago only. Each problem is written between \begin{problem} and \end{problem}. In the preamble I have
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
...
2
votes
2answers
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Using environment argument in new macro definition
I'd like to be able to define an environment that takes a single argument and be able to use that argument to redefine an existing macro such that the argument of the environment gets used ...
6
votes
1answer
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`advise` Environment in listings package
I was reading the documentation for the latex listings package and there are advises in it which look like so:
I had a quick look in the source code for the documentation and it turns out that ...
5
votes
3answers
162 views
An environment for setting \emergencystretch locally
The following environment, copied from this website about dealing with overfull hboxes, allows one to change the \tolerance parameter for just the paragraph(s) it encloses:
...
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votes
9answers
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Looking for a more appropriate version of \cases
Often-times I find myself wanting to write something like,
That is, a vertical brace followed by a table consisting of three columns, the first and the last are math, aligned where-ever I like, and ...
3
votes
1answer
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How do I left and right justify text within an align environment
I want to simultaneously have text left and right justified around an align environment. I'm able to do this, but my solution seems like a dreadful hack. I really don't want to prepend every line ...
0
votes
1answer
66 views
Creating custom tabularx
I am trying to create a new environment in order to change the layout for tabularx, since the original is not looking like it should. I want the picture to be on the right side wrapped by the text. My ...
2
votes
2answers
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Problem using \textblock with \newenvironment
I want to redefine the frame environment in beamer so that the contents are inside a box in the center of the frame, but when I try defining the new environment like:
\newenvironment{hframe}[1]
...
4
votes
2answers
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How to write an environment wrapping document environment
I'm working on wrapping up some patterns used in my research group for creating posters. Since we're using beamer and beamerposter to make these, all documents go essentially like this:
...
6
votes
2answers
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Nested Environ's give “! Argument of … has an extra }” error
I tried using two Environ's in a nested fashion, but I get the
! Argument of \marray has an extra }
error. Any idea why this happens?
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{amsmath,environ}
...
5
votes
2answers
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Redefine environment to be a synonym for another
I have a document with many description environments. I would like to change all these description environments to LaTeXdescription environments, without manually changing all the occurrences of ...
13
votes
2answers
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Split-like environment inside cases environment
I'd like to have a cases environment with some cases that are too long to fit on one line. I tried this:
\begin{cases}
\begin{split}
long expression \\ second line of long expression
...
6
votes
1answer
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How to allow correct environment nesting when the environment definition involves labels?
The code below shows an improved version of the code provided in this answer to Mark (highlight) a paragraph (\item{...}) with a squiggly line for later attention. The environment tikzborder uses a ...
10
votes
1answer
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Creating a new environment with referencing
I'm trying to create a referenceable "system" environment that basically displays an equation with a custom counter. Then I want to reference the environment with autoref, so as to have "System (S1)" ...
10
votes
1answer
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Creating Command with environments
So I repeatedly use this format for embedding a picture and some text beside it,
\begin{tabular}{l l}
\begin{minipage}{0.3\textwidth}
\includegraphics[SCALE]{NAME}
\end{minipage}
&
...
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vote
1answer
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Interrupt environment with command
At the moment I'm trying to figure out how I could interrupt an environment. What I did so far...
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\newenvironment{envnew}
{
\begingroup
\csname ...
8
votes
3answers
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Indirectly defining two active characters within an \AtBeginDocument command
I'm trying to define a macro that uses two active characters inside an \AtBeginDocument command.
I can write a macro such as the following using only one active character:
\catcode`\_=13
\begingroup
...
2
votes
1answer
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How to remove indents for the initial list but indent all nested lists?
I'm trying to use enumitem to modify my lists so that they're flush to the left side of the paper but so that any nested lists are properly indented.
This is what I've tried:
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3
votes
1answer
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How to indent part of line to certain amount?
I apologize if this is a basic question, but I'm new to LaTeX and typography in general, and I'm not sure how to articulate my question properly.
I have a document which looks like this:
...
3
votes
2answers
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list environment to set different paragraphs within an item
I'm trying to create a document with exercies and solutions. Since exercises often come in different parts (such as (a), (b) and so on), I want to use lists for the solutions. However, solutions are ...
9
votes
1answer
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New list environment: automatic enumeration with “a posteriori” format
This is a follow-up question to Nested enumerate labels with parent label appended plus a single set of enclosing parentheses
First and foremost, sorry for my English, I'm learning it currently.
...
4
votes
1answer
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more margin before block
I have the following:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{xcolor}
%\usepackage{colordef} ...
4
votes
3answers
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Have verbatim code as an equation
I have a little snippet of program code / input that needs to be rendered with the exact layout as typed in (verbatim). Is it possible to have this as an equation? I tried to nest the Verbatim ...
27
votes
5answers
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Why can't the end code of an environment contain an argument?
Environments are allowed to have arguments, but reference to those arguments can only appear in the opening code of the environment, and not the closing code. What is the reason for this, and are ...
3
votes
0answers
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problem with mdframed commands [closed]
I was trying to highlight some text as shown in this post, but I'm having problems. the following works for me
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{mdframed}
\usepackage{lipsum}
...
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vote
1answer
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Define preamble to a default
I have
\begin{arab}[utf]
... some text
\end{arab}
throughout entire document.
Is there any way to get rid of this reoccurring \begin \end command so to have my document look like this:
...
6
votes
2answers
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How to produce white space for all text lines of an environment?
How can I produce whitespace before each line of an environment. If I have the following command in the preamble
\newenvironment{myenv}
...
6
votes
3answers
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What is the shortcut for triggering environments in LyX 2.0.4 without having to use the mouse?
I have LyX 2.0.4 installed on Mac OS X Mountain Lion. In earlier versions, there was a shortcut to trigger environment
without touching the mouse - allowing a more efficient write flow. I wonder if ...
10
votes
3answers
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Creating a new environment for multiple choice questions
I am trying to create a new environment for multiple choice test questions. I want to make sure that every question has a number and has a constant indentation:
1. Lorem ipsum
dolor sit amet.
...
5
votes
2answers
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\newenvironment creating an extra page
The following code produces:
\documentclass[11pt,twoside,openany]{book}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{multicol}
...
9
votes
1answer
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What is the purpose of putting \newenvironment, \newcounter in a document class?
In exam.cls, I saw the following codes which I don't understand how do they function in the document class (exam):
\newcounter{question}
\newcounter{partno}
\newcounter{subpart}
...
5
votes
2answers
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Using an environ environment with \newenvironment
I want to use an environment defined with NewEnviron from environ in another environment definition:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{environ}
\NewEnviron{inner}[1]{%
\textbf{#1:} \BODY
}
...
7
votes
2answers
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Define a command so that it is only active within the document environment
I would like to configure a custom command so that it only affects the document environment. Because the command changes a number of catcodes, it has to be included after the begin{document} tag in ...
