{punctuation} is for questions involving the typesetting of punctuation marks. If your question relates to punctuation in particular document parts such as e.g. bibliography formatting or section formatting you should also add the appropriate tag for that topic.
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Punctuation in bibliography with multiple languages
In a document written in a given language (in my case French but it may not matter so much) I have a bibliography mixing entries in different languages (in this case French, English and German). I ...
4
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1answer
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biblatex: parentheses around the volume number of an article
What do I have to write in the preamble to bring the bibliography to make parentheses around the volume number of an article? I'm using the authoryear style.
Here is an example:
...
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1answer
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Redefine quotation mark usage
I would like to be able to manually redefine quotation mark usage, preferably without having to load an external package.
Judging by the answer to How does TeX's mechanism for sorting out quotation ...
8
votes
2answers
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No space after closing double quote
As the title says, there's no spacing after my closing quotes, I have boiled my huge preamble down to the following,
% Manual: http://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/memman.pdf
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4
votes
1answer
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\ldots produces a square
Using XeLaTex and OpenType font Goudy Bookletter 1911, the command \ldots{} produces ❏ (without shadow).
My question is: why XeLaTeX does not find automatically a substitute ?
I guess that ...
6
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1answer
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en-dash with half-sized space on either the left or the right
I am looking to produce directional variants of the en-dash. A "left en-dash" should have half of ordinary inter-word spacing on its right and allow line-breaks only on its left; a "right en-dash" ...
5
votes
2answers
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Fix for CJK punctuation kerning in xetex?
When using xelatex with xeCJK to typeset a document in English with Japanese quotations, I get rather unsightly kerning with Japanese punctuation. In general, punctuation is shifted to the left, so ...
5
votes
1answer
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How to reduce the spacing between punctuation and the superscript citation
I'm using biblatex with the autocite=superscript option, so I can use \autocite to switch the interpunction and a superscript citation when the \autocite command is placed before an period or comma. ...
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\dots versus \ldots - is there a difference?
Is there a difference between \dots and \ldots, the ellipsis?
If yes: Which? When to use \dots and when to use \ldots?
If no: Why are there both at all?
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0answers
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Removing comma after last name in the last-first biblatex macro [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Biblatex: remove commas between last and first names in bibliography
Is there an easy work-around with the last-first biblatex macro so that the comma after the last ...
2
votes
1answer
126 views
Problem with “and” keyword translation
I'm trying to generate bibliography using bibtex. My problem is that keyword and is not generated to comma. I also want to put First name after Last name. (I'm using Gummi as LaTeX editor).
Document:
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4
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1answer
218 views
Problem with libertine font for pretty big quotes
The following code, that I used with success, does not work with the last TeX LIve distribution. I don't know why.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
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1answer
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adaptive \ldots with no (“…”) spacing
Due to the typographic traditions I'm used to, I prefer my \ldots to have no spacing in between, ideally exactly the same amount as in text. In math mode I would like to write things like \(1, 2, ...
3
votes
2answers
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hyphens in index entries
If I write:
\index{axioms!Zermelo–Fraenkel}
LaTeX generates
axioms, 184
ZermeloFraenkel, 203, 208
How do I stop the hyphen from disappearing?
EDIT: MWE...
\documentclass{article}
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3
votes
1answer
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Error message and newline
In the following, why is the exclamation mark (!) repeated in the error message?
\def\error#1#2{%
\begingroup
\errhelp{#2}%
\errmessage{^^J! package Error: #1^^J}%
\endgroup
}
\error{Stop ...
2
votes
2answers
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Is there an alternative way to double quote in Latex?
I am editing my Latex code using MS Word. Before you get any ideas (I know it's weird) please refer How to run Latex from Word?
Having found myself in this unusual predicament, I also have to use ...
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1answer
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«» resemble too much \ll \gg
I am typesetting a translation of some ancient poetry book from another language (namely Finnish). In the text there are several quotes which uses the Guillemets (« and »).
Since I am using a UTF-8 ...
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1answer
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Babel + Hebrew + aeguill incompatiblility
(Question split off from here.)
If you try to use the aeguill package (which adds some guillemets to the ae fonts) with Babel and Hebrew:
\documentclass{standalone}
...
4
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1answer
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XeTeX/mathspec punctuation issue
In a previous question, a solution was given for changing the font of punctuation marks in a math environment when using mathspec. Unfortunately, this solution gives the punctuation marks in italics ...
3
votes
1answer
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How remove dot after section number in ToC with babel's spanish?
I'm using the book document class and the babel package with the spanish option, I have a ToC like this:
CHAPTER NAME
1.1. SECTION NAME
1.1.1. Subsection name
1.1.1.1. ...
10
votes
3answers
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How do you end with a single quote followed by a double quote?
I have a paragraph as follows:
``This is a quote. `Here is a quote within a quote.'''
But the formatting works out to be a double quote (") followed by a single quote (') instead of the other way ...
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votes
4answers
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How can I display two single quotes in LaTeX?
I need to display two single quotes without anything between them (I'm preparing computer science lecture slides and I want to display '\''), but of course LaTeX wants to translate '' to closing ...
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3answers
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What is best method to insert an ellipsis in a (Xe)TeX document?
What is best method to insert an ellipsis in a (Xe)TeX document?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Times New Roman}
\begin{document}
a...b a ... b %or
a\ldots b a \ldots b ...
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votes
1answer
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Removing dot after section letter
Right now this I'm getting this for my first subsubsection:
G.1.1.
I would like for this to be
G1.1.
Does anybody know if it is possible to remove the first dot and put G and 1 together ...
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votes
2answers
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Italics emphasis and punctuation [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should I include punctuation marks in \emph, or should I place those marks after the command?
When emphasizing the last part of a sentence by making it italic, is it ...
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votes
2answers
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Entire document typed in monospace font
I want to put an entire document into monospace font for various reasons. This is nominally fairly easy; you can say \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\ttdefault}. However, there at least two problems ...
6
votes
2answers
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How to make apostrophes appear normally when copy-pasting from a MS Word document?
I have a report written in MS Word which I would like to turn into a LaTeX document. I copy-pasted the content of the document in my LaTeX editor (TeXShop, LaTeX, pdfTeX) and everything comes out fine ...
15
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1answer
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How to break long URLs using common hyphenation but adding a line feed indicator?
I saw several questions like this one that request a solution for breaking apart URLs.
I wonder if it is possible to hyphenate the words in a URL as it happens in normal text (i.e., breaking apart ...
6
votes
2answers
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Why the point is missing after the number in this enumerate list?
I've always used latex for writing papers and documents but I'm not really expert of templates and styles.
Currently I'm working on a document and I'm using a template that was provided by a ...
3
votes
1answer
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Block quote with big quotations - white on black
There is are some very nice answers to the question of how to put large quotation marks around a block of text at Block quote with big quotation marks. Using the first answer (which uses tikz) but ...
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1answer
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Colon instead of “p.” in Biblatex authoryear-comp
I'm using the authoryear-comp style with biblatex. But when using citing commands, instead of p/pp. I would rather have a colon. I have tried these:
\DeclareFieldFormat{postnote}{: #1}
...
5
votes
1answer
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Citation style in biblatex: (1) get rid of first names; (2) remove comma before year
I'm trying to use biblatex and biber so as to have access to @online, etc.
But I'm quite overwhelmed.
In-text citations used to just show the last names. Now they are including first names or ...
4
votes
1answer
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Colon after appendix number
How do I get a ":" to show up after Appendix in my ToC.
Right now I have
APPENDIX A. Classification experiments
but I want:
APPENDIX A: Classification experiments
In the preamble I am ...
2
votes
1answer
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Getting email address as endnote in LyX revtex document
I'm having trouble getting the author email address to appear as an endnote -- marked with a letter -- in a LyX revtex document. Instead, it's showing up as a footnote.
Here's a .lyx document and an ...
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1answer
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Removing full stop after first name initial in biblatex, for all authors
I am using biblatex to format my references and I want to format them according to
<LastName> <FirstNameInitial>, <LastName> <FirstNameInitial>
and so on. In order to remove ...
7
votes
1answer
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Handling quotes inside quotes in a bibliographic field
I have an entry in my bib file of the form
@conference{abc,
author = "Some name",
title = ""This is inside quote" and outside quote content",
.
.
.
}
when I check this entry through jabref, I get ...
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Can I create one command for quoting?
I would like to get this result:
I currently use this piece to get the result:
\glqq{\textit{Analysis II}}\grqq{}
Can I create a single command like the following to get the desired result?
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Automatically adding space before punctuation in old-style English texts
I'm typesetting an English text in an 18th century style (based on a 1725 edition of Alexander Pope's "Dunciad"). Is there a LaTeX package I can use to automatically add the correct space before (and ...
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votes
1answer
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Three quotation levels for csquotes
The recommended way of solving nested quotations in Norwegian is to use «» for the outer level and then alternating between ‘’ and “”. (Source)
Is it a large undertaking to do this with csquotes?
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votes
1answer
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Automatically capitalize macro output if used after a period [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Detect beginning of a sentence in a macro for capitalization
Is it possible to write a macro that is able to determine if it is used at the beginning of a sentence? For ...
5
votes
1answer
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Change leftmark in fancyhdr
Can anyone tell me how, in the minimal example pasted below, I can achieve that the dot after Appendix in the header disappears? I understand that it is there because I simply made the number of the ...
5
votes
1answer
958 views
How to write quotation marks in math environment?
How to use quotation marks in math mode? I need to get \lim with the quation marks above.
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How to make a real apostrophe or single-quote in LaTeX
I am trying to incorporate programming examples in a LaTeX document.
The document renders nicely with pdflatex; however, the single quotes get transformed into U+2019, a right-single-quotation mark. ...
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votes
2answers
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What is a good way to typeset dot-separated acronyms?
I am trying to find a good appearance for typesetting "C.A.T.A.P.U.L.T.". When I type it as is, it appears to me that P.U.L. are bunched up together while the other letters are well apart. Perhaps ...
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Acronyms without double dots using glossaries
I want to typeset my acronyms with abbreviating dots with, for
instance, P.C.A. standing for principal component analysis and use
macros for them.
This question
provides a trick to avoid double dots ...
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votes
3answers
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lualatex and line breaks after em-dashes
I’ve just installed TeX Live 2012. As mentioned elsewhere on this site, the release history explains that “the parameter \XeTeXdashbreakstate is set to 1 by default, for both xetex and xelatex. This ...
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2answers
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Vertically aligning hyphens and en dash in a compound word
I was wondering if there is a way to make the hyphen and en dash in a compound word appear at the same "height." For instance the style guide I'm following suggests using en dash to reduce the ...
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3answers
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Comma-separated list environment
This question is somewhat of a follow up to an answer to a previous question (http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/11587/13522).
I would like to create a list environment (similar to itemize and enumerate) ...
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1answer
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Why do ``` and ''' produce outputs with different spaces?
Why do
```
and
'''
produce outputs with different spaces?
\documentclass{article}
\parindent=0pt
\begin{document}
Input:
\begin{verbatim}
```\\
'''
\end{verbatim}
Output:
```\\
'''
...
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1answer
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Ellipses & Correct Space Factor
I’m trying to use the Unicode ellipsis character (U+2026 ‘…’) in my source files. To this end, I’m looking for an ellipsis macro which I can use with newunicodechar.
The trouble is, I’ve noticed, ...
