# All Questions

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### Avoid R output leaking into LaTeX with ggnet

Please consider the following MWE which I compile into a .tex document via knitr \documentclass{article} \begin{document} <<echo=FALSE, message=FALSE, warning=FALSE>>= library(igraph) ...
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### Optimized creation of text nodes

I have created a block diagram with several nodes with text and I need to optimize the node creation and hopefully use the \foreach construct to automate the creation of each node with its associated ...
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### Columns are not the same width in a table

I have the following code for a table, but I can't figure out why 2 columns are wider: \newcolumntype{C}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{2em}} \begin{table}[h] \centering ...
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### Citing (author, journalabbr., year) needed

I am looking for a certain kind of citing in my thesis. Unfortunality there is no option in biblatex for my needs. Is the best thing to declare an new "short journal"-field in the bib file or does ...
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### Undefined control sequence \captionsetup [on hold]

This is my first post so sorry if I get the format wrong. I get the following errors whenever I try to compile my file using the caption package: Undefined control sequence \captionsetup ...
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### Problem with in-text figure references in APA-style manuscript with Knitr

I'm having trouble getting a Knitr documents figure references to work in an APA style manuscript. I have looked around, but I haven't seen anything that references this problem specifically. When ...
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### Modify the @tufte@margin@float environment to automatically align floats

The Tufte classes provide the @tufte@margin@float environment which is used for tables and figures, but its result it's not automatically aligned with the text. The \marginnote command provide a ...
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### Problem with documentclass memoir + pgfplots from data file

I need help! I'm using the documentclass memoir and I want to make a plot from a file.dat of two rows, nothing special. But I keep getting that pgfplots could not open the file. The point is that if I ...
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### How do you display words, not variables, in equations in LaTeX? [duplicate]

In particular, I need to display the following: P(success) = size of successful region/size of possible region But with a nice divisor line for the fraction. If I just enter this in typical fashion ...
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### PSTricks not working in TeXlive 2014

I have TeXlive 2014 recently installed on a new machine. Everything seems to be working smoothly EXCEPT for PSTricks. I am testing with minimal code such as \documentclass{article} ...
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### LYX - Hiding inserted latex commands

I'm new to LYX. I needed to find an easy way for my boss to be able to edit my reports without the need to learn LaTeX. I found LyX and I think it's the solution. Even in LyX, often times I need to ...
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### Conflict between UTF8 and UTF-CJK

I appear to be having a conflict with font encodings. I am currently using LyX 2.1.1 (under Linux Mint 17). I have Chinese text scattered throughout most chapters, but I receive the following error ...
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### How to write norm symbol with three line? [duplicate]

I want to have a norm symbol with three line in my equation such as |||x||| but with equal distances.
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### How to make a keyword list with enumitem with labels aligned right in the margin?

I kinda succeeded in doing with without using the enumitem package, by doing this: (disregard the lines, it's made with showframe) \newenvironment*{keywordlist}{% \list{}{% ...
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### Iterate over pages and set variable

I am looking for a way to take the output of a pageref, iterating through, and assigning a property to each of those pages. Specifically, I want to take this: \documentclass{article} ...
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### printglossaries, makeglossaries: (0 entries accepted, 0 rejected)

I'm trying to create a glossary for my document but am having trouble getting it to show up. The last three lines of my document are: \newpage \printglossaries \end{document} I've also got: ...
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### List of abbreviations for book class

How should I create list of abbreviations in a book class document (thesis)? which package should i use and what I write in chapter list of abbreviations? ...
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### How to set the listings font for the whole document

How do I change the listing font size of the whole document? I am quite sure that it must be specified in Document->Settings->Listings but I do not know the input parameter for setting the font ...
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### Alter location of edge in graph in tikz

So I have the following: \begin{tikzpicture}[shorten >=1pt,node distance=1.75cm,thick] \node (A) {$A$}; \node (B) [below left of=A] {$B$}; \node (C) [below right of=A] ...
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### FiraSans and XCharter — XeLaTeX

I found both packages and wanted to use Fira Sans as sans serif font and XCharter as serif, body text font. But for some reason, only compiling with pdflatex works with both fonts at the same time. ...
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### \centering\arraybackslash with an array environment?

The following code gives me an error: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage[margin=2cm]{geometry} \usepackage [english]{babel} \usepackage{amsmath, amssymb} \usepackage{enumitem, array} ...
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### Testing if XeTeX is being used [duplicate]

I'm writing a package. One of its options is supposed to do some font selection. However, the commands it uses are XeTeX-specific, as far as I know: \newfontfamily, \setromanfont and so forth. So I ...
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### How to pass the option “listings” to examplep

I've been trying to pass the option listings to the examplep package. According to the documentation one can pass the options to activate the listing by doing listings=yes, listings={}. However, ...
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### Increasing font size in eledpar doesn't increase the line spacing sufficiently

I try to typeset a bilingual text on facing pages. For this I use the eledmac/eledpar packages. The latin text on the even pages should get displayed larger than the translation on the odd pages. ...
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### How to set the justification for all the standard paragraphs in a LyX document

This must be trivial. I am new to LyX but I have read most of the 183 page User Guide and not found the answer. When I change the justification setting (to remove right justify) it only does it for ...
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### Output command arguments for spellchecking

I have a longer tex file which contains text in different languages. The languages are highlighted in different colors, e.g. {\color{blue} some text in french } {\color{red} some text in ...
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### Biblatex mla - no bibliography, no references, no nothing

I'm relatively new to the world of LaTeX, but so far I managed to put together a nice looking layout by browsing through StackExchange and reading manuals. Now I've been trying for 3 days to get ...
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### Having some page with roman number before beginning of document

I want to have a document. Before its Table of Content I would like to have some pages with roman page numbers for (Acknowledgments and etc.) Could you please say me how can I do that for this ...
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### “Author et al., submitted”, is that possible with \citep?

Is it possible to have "Author et al., submitted" using the package natbib? e.g.: @article{papersubmitted, title = {{I love LaTeX, and you?}}, author = {Author1, Name and Author2, Name and ...
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### BioC packages in a text

how is it possible to have the following font for a Bioconductor library (for example "limma") in a text? Best e
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### Latex - after pseudocode =0 is added [duplicate]

I have some problems with using pseudocode in LaTeX. After I build the file =0 is added at the end of the file. Any suggestion how can I fix that? \documentclass{article} ...
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### How to get Latex formula in inkscape on mac?

I am using Inkscape version 0.48.2 on Mavericks OS X. I have to add latex formulas in some of the images but when I tried it through Extensions > Render > couldn't find the option there. After going ...
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### Paralist package breaks hyperref pdf links [duplicate]

Something bizarre is happening with the clickable links that hyperref creates in my PDF file. Here is an example LaTeX file: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amsmath,amsthm,paralist} ...
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### ToC entry formatting

I'm using the code below to redefine my \part style. I want to modify it so that I see "Part I: A Test ... " with \scshape font in the TOC. Right Now, in the TOC I see "I A Test ... ". How should I ...
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### probsoln's solution environment in beamer documentclass

When compiling this piece of code \documentclass{beamer} %%% save beamer's solution' environment as beamersolution': %\let\beamersolution\solution %\let\endbeamersolution\endsolution %%% ...
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### How to make sideways table with horizontal text in a cell?

I need to make such table in LaTeX: I came up only with this: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{graphicx} \begin{document} \begin{table} \rotatebox{270}{ \begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline ...
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### Footnotes not showing up (no tables involved here!)

I'm having a difficult time with footnotes because I'm trying to do a project report and some footnotes do show up, other don't. Here is a minimal document showing this behavior: ...
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### Codename for “kp serif” in TeX

mainly i'm aiming at doing the same thing as discussed in this question (How To Change Math Font Only?); except i want to use the "km serif" font and no matter what i search for on the web, i don't ...
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### Creating Multiple-State Models (rectangular nodes)

I would like to replicate the following image for my work: I now have the following MWE: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage[margin=2cm]{geometry} \usepackage [english]{babel} ...
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### Cannot set local Tex path on ubuntu with “vanilla” TeX Live

Using manual installation of TeX Live on Ubuntu (i.e. not via repos) I cannot seem to get LaTeX to look through my local tex directory path. I've set TEXMFHOME using sudo tlmgr conf texmf TEXMFHOME ...
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### Tikz externalization: Latex dvi/ps produces a4paper boundary-box around figure

I am successfully using tikz in combination with externalization and pdflatex for some time now. But now I need to switch to latex->dvi->ps. I followed the instructions from the tikz documentation ...
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### Macro for moving hat symbol up

I use mathpazo font package and I think the hat symbol is too low. Can I make a macro to change behavior of all my hats? This question has a good example, but I don't want to have to retype all of ...
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### show “continued” for nested description list item on page break

I'm using enumitem to create a description list. These lists can sometimes be nested and can get very long. When a list item with a lot of description text breaks over a page it is difficult to ...
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### A frame option in beamer that I can't figure out [h]

Does anyone know what \begin{frame}[h] Content \end{frame} does? I can't seem to find it in the beamer user manual.
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### Scatterplot with marginal histograms using pgfplots

I've tried to use pgfplots to create a scatterplot with marginal histograms like it can be seen here: ...
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### R Chunk Code within Enumeration Environment with knitr in LyX

I need R Chunk Code within Enumeration Environment in Rnw file. The following .Rnw document works fine. \documentclass{article} \begin{document} \begin{enumerate} \item The quick brown fox jumps ...
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### How Can I create a PDF background which is not printed (by default)?

I'm looking for a solution include a PDF background layer, which is not printed by default. I've seen that adobe seems to support a watermark layer, as discussed on graphicdesign.SE. I cannot test ...
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### Force a block to be backward while using a logo

I am preparing a pdf by using beamer applications in Latex. I have a logo which appears in all slides below on the right: Unfortunately, in one of the slide, it becomes hidden cause of a block: ...