# All Questions

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### Textmate: change makeindex

To get the nomencl package working I need to run a makeindex line like: makeindex <ﬁlename>.nlo -s nomencl.ist -o <ﬁlename>.nls I'm using Textmate, which has a built-in "Run Makeindex" ...
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### Margin notes with a pointing arrow that are automatically vertically adjusted

I am trying to emulate margin notes as they are in my (favourite) macroeconomics textbook. The crucial thing here is that the little arrow points to the line where the margin note is set. I have ...
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### URLs and other information

I am having a problem. My bib files contains: @misc{hfs+, Date-Added = {2012-10-18 15:39:01 +0100}, Date-Modified = {2012-10-18 15:44:41 +0100}, Howpublished = {\url{http://developer.apple.com/...
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### Program Tikz in Beamer

The attached .Rnw-code produces two similar slides, but with different texts and different arrow positions. I wrote both slides manually, but because I need to produce hundreds of similar slides, I ...
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### \lstdefinestyle syntax highlighting

I´m new to latex and got the following problem. I defined a listing style for XML Syntax highlighting like this: How can I get also the equals symbol in the attribute color (orange)? I want to do ...
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### Is there another symbol that is slightly different from \forall (likewise for \exists)?

What Is there a symbol that is slightly different from $\forall$ (e.g. having a second line from upper left to lower middle)? It should obviously mean "for all" but be sufficiently different to not ...
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### gnuplot calculated curve shifts to the left

The following code samples are borrowed from Test 1 and Test 2. My computer configuration is Windows XP SP.3 Japanese version, MiKTeX 2.9 (already updated), TeXmaker 3.5 or TexStudio 2.4 and ...
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### \textsc not working after \renewcommand

I recently fond a nice document template (here) andI would like to use it for my thesis. However, the template uses the following line to change the default font for small capitals text: \...
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### MikTeX: How to run pdflatex from cmd prompt on Windows 7 compared to Windows XP?

In Windows XP I create my test.tex in emacs and then run it in the cmd promt as pdflatex test.tex in the corresponding directory, and it works without a problem. However, in Windows 7 doing the same ...
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### Silent problems: bugs that do not result in an error or warning

If you do not use the inputenc package and have non-ascii characters in your source, this does not generate a error or warning. It does generate a Missing character: There is no ▒ in font cmr7! ...
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### right align in align environment

I use a align* environment and on one line I have a very long equation which does not contain into a line. Thus for this line I would like to have the same behavior as a multline environment, that is ...
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### Statecharts using TikZ

I haven't found any example of using TikZ for drawing Harel's statecharts notation. There are numerous examples of finite-state automata, but that cannot be applied for statecharts for two reasons: no ...
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### Table rowspan and colspan

I need to create similar table using LaTeX: I have tried to use \tabular and \multicolumn, but every time I get something wrong. I want: Fixed width columns and fixed height rows; Centered cells ...
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### Indentation within an Itemized List [duplicate]

I am using res.cls to write my resume. I have changed the indentation of my itemized list using: \setlength{\itemindent}{-.5in} This works great for the first line, but if the item goes onto the ...
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### Incorrect page numbers in ToC

I am using tocbibind to get Acknowledgements, Declaration and Intro into ToC. The problem is, page numbers are incorrect. I have also tried adding them by \addcontentsline, it stays the same. ToC ...
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### Spacing around \cdot when used as a wildcard

I have to use \cdot as a wildcard indicator in an expression like: K(\cdot,y). My concern is: is the spacing around the \cdot correct? should I force something in either one side or the other of it?
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### Can I have bigger margins on pages containing only floats?

Latex sets the margins to give a good reading experience for text. For pages containing only figures this generally does not matter and I would like my figures to fill as much space as possible, in ...
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### Draw multiple arrows as a bus

It's my first post, I've been using LaTeX for some time now but frankly I'm still a rookie. But this question is more about TikZ than about LaTeX: I want to draw somehting like this, set of ...
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### What should I build my new nomenclature package on top of?

This question led to a new package: concepts This is a major edit. In my previous attempt I overgeneralized, which obfuscated my real question. I'd like to write a new package which I want to ...
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### How to draw these (closed contours) diagrams using TikZ or PSTricks?

First, I must say I have no knowledge about PGF/TikZ nor PSTricks, but I would like to draw the following or similar closed contours using one of them or another adequate package. Where can I find the ...
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### Text between two lines

i'd like to write words that fit between two lines. i found the following code: \documentclass[parskip,paper=a4]{scrartcl} \usepackage{calc} \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} \setlength{\fboxsep}{0pt} \...
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### How can I draw a transparent cube in 3D perspective?

I would like to draw a transparent, `flattened cube' in perspective with dotted lines from both vanishing points to each of the vertices of the 3D solid. Is there a PSTricks package for this? It is ...
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### Numbering of subsections using memoir [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Turn on subsection numbering in memoir I'm writing a thesis using memoir as my class. I've noticed it only includes numbering on chapters and sections, not subsections. ...
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### Centering the frontpage using memoir

I'm using memoir (two-side layout). I have the problem that my front page is centered with respect to the margins, which are not equal in left and right side. \begin{center} will not solve this, since ...
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### Including both chapter name and name of section in header using memoir

I'm writing a thesis using memoir as my class. I would like a header similar to fancyhdr, but this is not emulated in memoir. I know how to make my own pagestyle, however when I try to refer to the ...
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### Are the datetime package and the memoir class known to conflict?

Using the \formatdate macro from the datetime package within a \date definition seems to break when using the memoir class. Is this just something strange that I'm doing because it seems reasonable. ...
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### How to put white space under header in theorem environment

Ok, I am pretty new with latex so maybe this is a basic question. I am writing in theorem environment and I want to produce only white space under my theorem header, with the text continuing right ...
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### Fix page numbering format for latex listings package (lstlistoflistings)

I have a problem with the listings of my latex document. I am using the "listing*s*" package (not the "listing" package). Although the pagenumbering is still set to "roman" right after the titlepage, ...
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### \placeongrid and \moveongrid not working in ConTeXt

I am trying to use the grid features in ConTeXt, but some of the commands are somehow not recognized by the compiler. Whenever I try to use the commands \placeongrid or \moveongrid, the compiler ...
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### mdframed and minipage

I'm trying to find a way to use mdframed to make separation of the frame to the next page but low knowledge does not help me. My effort is try and effect .... no results so far. I know there have ...
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### Chemical process flow sheets TikZ/PGF

I'm working with simulation and control of chemical process-systems and I'm trying to get a grip on how to make nice looking process flow sheets. On the web everybody is referring to Microsoft Visio, ...
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### How does LaTeX make line-breaking for word that can not fit in cell?

Often in my tables LaTeX doesn't want to line-break a word that can not fit in a cell. How I can teach it to split such a word? As you can see in my example below the same word in some cases will be ...
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### What is the equivalent for ([nodesep=10pt]{B}A) in TikZ?

\documentclass[pstricks,border=20pt]{standalone} \usepackage{pst-eucl} \begin{document} \begin{pspicture}(3,3) \pstGeonode(0,0){A}(3,3){B} \pnode([nodesep=10pt]{B}A){A'} \pnode([nodesep=10pt]...
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### How to add References in Bibliography without a specific Author

I want to refer to a report available on a particular site. Although some human being must have compiled the report, but there isn't any reference to any specific name. Which BibTeX attribute should I ...
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### Replace individual page numbers with mathematical expressions

I'd like to replace a few individual page numbers in a document with mathematical expressions, like $a^0$ for page 1, $2(2)^1$ for 4, etc. I don't have a ToC or index, so I'm not concerned about the ...
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### Errors thrown when using (custom) thermodynamic states in chemmacros's reactions environment

An argument error is thrown when I attempt to use thermodynamic states (as well as custom state variables via \DeclareChemState) in chemmacros's reactions environment. The MWE provided at the end of ...
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### How to reuse vertex names using the tkz-berge graph drawing package?

I'm trying to draw a graph using tkz-berge, where many of the vertices might display the same value, is there a way I can do this? Here is my code: \begin{figure}[h] \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[...
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### Listings package and BigInteger Library Conflict? [closed]

In my java code, I have extensively used the variables and methods from the BigInteger library. In LaTeX, in order to display my code neatly, I have used listings package. So between the \begin{...
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### When and why should I use % !TEX TS-program and % !TEX encoding?

Occasionally, I see other people's documents starting with two lines like that: % !TEX TS-program = xelatex % !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode It's clear to me that the first line declares the engine ...
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### Captioning nested subfigures with subcaption

The following creates a figure with three images arranged appropriately. If I remove the two \caption{} lines, it numbers the main subfigures as I'd like, and keeping the two \caption{} lines puts ...
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### Manually breaking a long URL (in the bibliography)

I have a large bibliography in which a few items are causing underfull hboxes due to a long URL. Answers to similar questions suggest a number of global options for fixing this; e.g. Forcing ...
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### Forcing enumerated \bibitems using bib units

I'm editing my CV and I wanted to use the bibunits package to make separate mini-bibliographies for different sections. Here is some code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[ManyBibs]{currvita} \...
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When using book.cls and using \chapter* after a \chapter, the header used in \chapter* is wrong. An example is pasted below. Is there any known workaround for that? I have tried quite some tricks ...
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### Placing extra x tick on the upper axis

Please consider the following MWE. In addition to the xstick of the bottom x-axis (or primary x-axis) I would like to add a extra tick at the upper x-axis (or secondary x-axis). \documentclass{...
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### How can get rid of margins and minimize white space to fully use a page in LaTeX?

I want to create a formulary in LaTeX. I can use it at the exam and it has do be at maximum a page recto-verso. I don't want margins (only the strict necessary for printing). I also want to minimize ...
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### Bibliography and Index \label for cross-reference

I have each chapter of my book class in a different file all linked up in a master file. I also have bibliography in refs.bib file and also have an index. I'm trying to create a cross-reference to the ...
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### svmono+amsmath causes a warning

\documentclass{svmono} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \end{document} generates the warning Package amsmath Warning: Unable to redefine math accent \vec. Is there any way to remove this ...
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### Check if compiled using MiKTeX or TeX Live? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is there a way to detect from inside a package that MikTeX is used? We have multiple people writing on the same project. Since some of us are TeX Livers and other MiKTeXers,...