{obsolete} is about outdated packages like `ae` and `here`, and the best practices to replace them.
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Does it matter if I use \textit or \it, \bfseries or \bf, etc
I typically use
\textit{Some italicized text}
while some of my colleagues use
{\it Some other text}
Should I bother changing one or the other, or does it matter?
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Will two-letter font style commands (\bf , \it , …) ever be resurrected in LaTeX?
I understand that \bf and \it are now obsolete in LaTeX and that \textbf and \textit are proper, as they produce more sophisticated (in particular, cumulative and properly kerned) changes to font ...
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Why is the ifthen package obsolete?
In the LaTeX companion, the authors recommend to use the package ifthen for complex conditional.
But in his answer to LaTeX conditional expression Will Robertson doesn't mention it, and in the ...
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A MiKTeX update removed amsmath as obsolete – can I use another package or get it back?
I have a problem with amsmath package. After an update this package was removed because it was obsolete. But what package can use instead of amsmath?
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How to keep up with packages and know which ones are obsolete?
I'm an on and off user of LaTeX so I'm not familiar with every package out there. Having said that, whenever I use LaTeX and need to accomplish a certain goal (i.e. generate a list of appendices), I ...
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If I have TeX Live 2011 how to install a previous version of biblatex (1.0)?
I install from the internet TeX Live 2011. I have to use MLA to write all my papers, and I have this problem: biblatex-mla sometimes \autocite[prenote][pg]{key} is not printing the author's name
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Controlling the exact position of objects on a page
I'm using Linux on a server (CentOS 5) to generate a one page PDF report using LaTeX. The LaTeX distribution is quite old - latex --version returns the following:
pdfeTeX 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C ...
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Are ae and aeguill only needed when using CM fonts?
I am using the memoir class with the option extrafontsizes so as I understood this uses the LM fonts and at the same time set the T1 encoding.
If this is correct, are the packages ae and aeguill ...
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problem with moderncv and \bf inside bibliography
I've this problem using moderncv. I'm using multibib and the first bibliography entry is:
@article{Aad:2011tw,
author = "Aad, Georges and others",
title = "{Measurement of the ...
