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How to redefine \str_if_eq:xxTF for backward compatibility
I just updated all the packages for TeXLive 2012 today and it appears that \str_if_eq:xxTF has been deprecated.
How do I define a macro so that I can use the latest TeX Live but still be able to run ...
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Wrapper for siunitx' \SI macro to automatically split number and unit
Problem
I use the siunitx-package to typeset numbers and units with correct spacing etc. There is a command
\SI{<number>}{<unit>}
for that. However, it would be much easier to write ...
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Search specific entries in database
I have written a command, which takes five arguments to interpolate between two points.
Now I tried to get the two points from an csv file.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{expl3}
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Writing macros on file defined at compilation time
This is a follow-up to this question. I have a LaTeX3 code that reads a file formatted as follows:
<numberA> "<nameA>"
<numberB> "<nameB>"
<numberC> "<nameC>"
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List Version of \str_if_eq
I am using \str_if_eq:xxTF{\A}{\Target}{<true>}{<false} to execute the <true> or <false> code if \A=\Target.
What is the list version equivalent of this?
So I am looking for ...
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Store results of a calculation automatically under a new macro name
As I am now accessing values from tables via a macro to make dynamic references in the text (see here) and make calculations with it, I need a way to make the resulting variables under which the ...
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Trying to make an automatic histogram (in pgfplots?)
How can I convert the automatic table generated by the macro, to an automatic histogram?
Is the best way do it using pgfplots?
\documentclass{article}
\RequirePackage{ifthen}
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luacode and ExplSyntaxOn/Off
I'm trying to build some sort of an interface to a lua matrix module. I've navigated a few issues and arrived at something that I felt like I could probably modify to work. Anticipating the need for ...
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Symbolic functions: changing catcodes and \tl_rescan:nn
The goal is to have the user input (for the sake of argument) a linear function in one variable, for example 2*x+3 along with the variable (this isn't crucial) and a value for the variable. I would ...
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Does writing to a property list take longer than writing to a token list?
In the question Write a column selectively to the appropriate row using pgfplotstable? I offered the following:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xparse}
\usepackage{booktabs}
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\NewDocumentCommand with constructed csname
In the spirit of my previous questions Defining \xthinspace: Thin space only if not followed by certain characters and Ellipses & Correct Space Factor, I’m trying to define a generic \xspace-like ...
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Test if a given control sequence is an \outer macro
I'm in need of a macro which receives a control sequence as argument to test if this control sequence is actually an \outer macro. I can code it myself as below .
\documentclass{minimal}
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A LaTeX3 macro to typeset chemical compounds?
Out of curiosity I wonder how would a macro coded in expl3 that does the basics of mhchem (as in section basics in mhchem manual) looks like?
I have found examples in TeX and LuaTeX in ...
