{key-value} is about packages and macros using the `key=value` syntax for named parameters instead of numbered parameters.
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A big list of every keyval package
I lose track of all the different keyval packages. Can we maintain a list here? (Community wiki, one package per answer with a brief description of scope. I've started things off but need help ...
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How to create a command with key values?
I am trying to create a command that the user can enter keys for values. How can I create one, for example:
\myparbox[width=50,height=10,color=blue, align=left -10px]{}
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How can I make a package that accepts an optional argument?
I am writing a package that has a bunch of values that are going to be the same most of the time, but that I might want to change in select cases. I want to do this by giving this package an optional ...
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A package template using xkeyval?
I would like to write a package offering a number of commands. The package should accept options, and some of these options should be available as command options. Usage should be as follows:
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How to write a class that accepts an optional key-value pair?
a user-defined class:
\ProvidesClass{preview}[2012/12/15 v 0.01 class for creating a tight PSTricks diagram]
\DeclareOption*{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{article}}
\ProcessOptions\relax
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How to control enumitem's description list via leftmargin and labelwidth keys
I am trying to learn how to use enumitem's keys to adjust a description list. In this case, I would like to have my list items and description text both left aligned, but the description text should ...
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TikZ: Track the bounding rectangle of created nodes (Storing values?)
In the main part of the tikzpicture I'd like to simply create blocks. So I need somewhere in theirs' style definition to perform tracking of their common bounding rectangle. I've tried to access ...
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How to pass a macro as a value for a key?
I want to pass a macro to a showgrid key. The macro can be redefined later. Its possible values are top, bottom, false, true.
The following MWE produces a blank page. How to fix it?
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PGF Keys differences between .initial and .default
I am not too sure just by reading the manual as to the subtle differences between the .initial and .default PGF key types. Can someone explain and demonstrate the differences with a minimal example?
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How to use named variables with one environment
Just after there is one code which has been proposed to me in this site.
Instead of using \begin{MyFrame}[1.5cm][2pt][1.3cm][blue][2][8ex], I would like to use something more friendly like ...
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Simple example of pgfkeys
I'm struggling to get my head around the pgfkeys package. I currently use the keycommand package, which I find very easy to understand: it's just ordinary LaTeX commands with named rather than ...
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Passing arguments to a .sty-file - a specific case
After having plowed through (i.e. read and trimmed down the given examples in an attempt to apply them to my case) these documentations and guides:
Implementing key-value input: An introduction
The ...
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More complicated key definitions in loops/for each statements
While writing a package with a key-value interface,
I had a lot of repetitive key definitions.
Naturally, one would like to express these definitions with a loop.
When the definition contains ...
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How to access the value of a biblatex package option/key
Is it possible to access a value which is given as a bibliography option. For example if I have
\usepackage[somekey=foobar]{biblatex}
can I get the value (foobar) of somekey as a macro like ...
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How do I use \ifcommandkey , or how do I check if a key was given?
I'm trying to create a keycommand with optional arguments, but I can't get it to work. I looked at Comparing an argument to a string when argument is a result of a command with etoolbox and although ...
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Pass several comma separated TikZ options to a single keyval key
I'm still improving my answer to Need help creating a 3D cube from a 2D set of nodes in TikZ. One of the options should be to emphasize the edges of the cuboid. This would mean e.g.
\draw[red, very ...
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How to assign a key of a package a key value of another package?
Scenario 1
Actually I can do like this:
In mylistings.sty, I define
\def\tabsize{3}
\RequirePackage{listings}
\lstset{tabsize=\tabsize}
and in mytable.sty, I define
\RequirePackage{mylistings}
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kprefix in \krddefinekeys seems to be not optional
Maybe I misunderstood something but the following example doesn’t compile with out a optional argument defining the kprefix
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{keyreader}
% [KV]------\/
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