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algorithm2e and \algomargin with negative value
How can I use a negative length in \algomargin using algorithm2e? I get the unpleasant effect that the vertical lines and the caption are not moved accordingly, see for example:
Note that this ...
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A line of length \textwidth in TikZ
Why does the following latex document:
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\noindent
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) -- (\textwidth,0);
\end{tikzpicture}
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Page geometry discrepancies
In the Companion 2nd Edition Table 4.2 shows page geometry values for various font sizes of the letterpaper paper size. These differ sometimes substantially from current values of the standard ...
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How do you increase headrule length in fancyhdr?
It's pretty well-known how to increase the headrule width, but how do I increase its length (i.e. let it run into the margin).
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Difference between \textwidth, \linewidth and \hsize
The three lengths \textwidth, \linewidth and \hsize seem to all hold the width of the current line. At least I never saw some real difference between \textwidth and \linewidth in my code. Both seem to ...
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votes
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Where is the left-hand margin?
I'm working on the TikZ-from-TeX-SX package, specifically developing the code for putting equation numbering at places within a tikzpicture environment. To do this, I need to know where the text ...
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Determine text width
For sizing figures in LaTeX it's helpful to know how wide the text is so that figures can be sized to match without rescaling. LaTeX provides \textwidth for reference by other commands, e.g.
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