# All Questions

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### Rotate title page using landscape with colontitles

I'm using landscape to rotate title pages. The problem is that title page is not limited and may require more than one page. And there are different colon-titles in first and others pages. I want the ...
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### xcolor colors showing only black

I recently did a clean install of my OS and ever since I can't get xcolor to work on my .tex documents this is a minimal .tex file I have: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{xcolor} ...
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### mdframed rounded corner on left side only

I would like to get the roundered corners on only leftside instead of top, bottom, right, bottom. How to achieve this. \documentclass{book} \usepackage{xcolor,lipsum} \usepackage{mdframed} \mdfsetup{ ...
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### Adjust space between chapter number and caption in TOC

I have document like this: \documentclass{book} \renewcommand\thechapter{\Roman{chapter}} \begin{document} \chapter{Some title} \chapter{Some other title} \chapter{One more title} \tableofcontents ...
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### How to embed fonts within a ConTeXt document?

I wrote a book using ConTeXt. I used a typescript to define the fonts. When compiled and viewed on my computer, the fonts appeared correctly. I sent my book to a printing place to have them print the ...
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### Drawing longer arrows in TikZ

I have the following diagram: \begin{tikzcd}[font=\large] A \rightarrow & B & C \leftarrow & D\\ E \arrow[hookrightarrow]{u} \rightarrow & F \arrow{ru} & G \leftarrow ...
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### enumerate second line problem

I am new TeX user. I use enumerate. output it like in attach file in number 1. 1. XXXXX (a) YYYYYYYYYY YYYYYYYYYY but i need output like number 2. 1. XXXXX (a) YYYYYYYYYY ...
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### TikZ: How to distinguish multiple vertices with the same id?

(Almost minimal) working example: \documentclass{beamer} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{verbatim} \usetikzlibrary{arrows,shapes} \begin{document} \pgfdeclarelayer{background} ...
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### ubuntu 14.04 Texlive 2014 getnonfreefonts-sys ! ERROR: The install directory '/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local' is not writable

I upgraded to Texlive 2014 on Unbutu 14.04 and trying to install non-freetonts with getnonfreefonts-sys. This command throws the following error: ERROR: The install directory ...
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### Why did my output change after changing machines?

I have a latex resume I recently tried to rebuild after losing my Windows laptop and swapping to a new Ubuntu laptop. On the Ubuntu machine, I installed TexMaker (as well as TexWorks for comparison -- ...
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### Replace vertex in TikZ

I'm completely new to TikZ and took a look at an example graph: http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/prims-algorithm/ For a presentation I need to replace a vertex by another vertex at a certain ...
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### Plotted line in tikz stops in middle of grid

The plotted line stops and doesn't go on till the border of the grid: This is my code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} ...
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### How can I use an align environment or tabbing in the algorithm environment?

I would like to have these expressions aligned so that the kerning and slightly different character widths do not result in an uneven overall appearance. I tried using an align environment within ...
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### Align tikz picture on the right side of the screen, next to text

I want to have some code, and then on the right side of it a tikz picture. I tried 'flushright' but that didn't work. This is my code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{tikz} ...
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### URL style LaTeX change? [duplicate]

\documentclass{article} \usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{libertine} \begin{document} \lipsum[1-2] ...
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### envlab not creating a correctly sized businessenvelope (8.5 x 11)

I've been trying to create a pdf using envlab the size of a #10 business envelope. However, when I use businessenvelope and envlab, I get a page 8.5 by 11 instead of 9.5 x 4.125. ...
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### package csquote edit enquote to get single quote

I am using the package csquotes: \usepackage{csquotes} When I'm using \enquote{my text here}, I get double quote. How can I get singlequote instead by using \enquote{} ?
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### How do I disable Texmaker flashing lights on tray?

Texmaker keeps flashing on my tray. I'm not sure if this is a feature intended to keep the user focused and write their paper by clicking on Texmaker, but I find it rather annoying and ironically very ...
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### How can I clear the chat of a sharelatex project? [on hold]

I would like to clear the chat messages of a share latex project. Is this possible?
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### Effective potential with tikz

How I can draw a perfect picture of an effective Newtonian potential? I tryed, but it is not so good as I want. \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ xmin=0, ] \addplot[ red, smooth, domain=-5:1, ...
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### BibLaTeX won't work with MikTeX 2.9 on default settings and won't generate .bbl file

For whatever reason I'm unable to produce bibliography with the BibLaTeX package in MiKTeX. I'm running the 32-bit MiKTeX 2.9.5105 on Windows 7. I've conjured the simplest code I could think of and it ...
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### @incollection doesn't show braces like other bibtex entries

I use the cite style authoryear and only for @incollection BibTeX entries it seems the outer braces is not shown, expected: "(author, year)" I see: "author (year)" for these entries. Has anybody an ...
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### Alignment of equations that contain Feynman diagrams

I want to insert a Feynman diagram into an equation, but when I do so, I find that the Feynman diagram and the rest of the equation are awkwardly aligned. The picture should make it pretty clear what ...
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### listings - highlighting additional keywords inside own delimiters (like Doxygen annotations)

According to listings - use different style for normal comments /* and doxygen comments /** I used listings package to set style for /** Doxygen comments */ as user defined delimiter moredelim = ...
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### How to produce bibliography hyperlinking journal title with url?

BibTeX exported from scientific journals usually have all the informations you need to cite them; one of them is the url. For saving space i would prefer to hyperlink the name of the journal rather ...
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### Problem with bibliography

I'm using @electronic{something, title = {something else, author = {Hu, Xiao.-Yu}, url ={http://www.sth.sth.sth.sth.sth/sth/LEK_ECC.html}} in my bibliography.bib ...
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### Text subscript within math environment ()

How can I make a subscript of 'p' in fp(x) = ... I have this code right now, but I think there's a better way: $f\textsc{$p$}(x)=x^3-x^2+px+1$
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### Change font to in memoir to Gothic Textura Precius

I want to format my son's poem in a medieval font - namely Gothic Textura Prescius. The following code doesn't work. What do I need to do? \documentclass[12pt,a4paper,article]{memoir} % for a short ...
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### \texttt in decoration causes LaTeX to hang

I have the following code: \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \usetikzlibrary{decorations.text} \begin{tikzpicture} \path [->,decorate,decoration={raise=-5pt, text ...
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### Put one part of sentence outside \$ math environment

I want the 'assume' written in normal style. So not within the math environment so it becomes italic. This is my code \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} ...
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### Biblatex citation is shown in the wrong way (same author used twice, first name appears)

I have a small problem with my citations. When I use just one of the quotes below then the citation appears in the right way. But if I use both I always find the first name also in the citation. Why ...
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### Is there a sans serif dagger symbol?

I am looking for a sans-serif equivalent to \dag and \ddag, which is typeset in serifs even when sans serif is used throughout the document. I use symbols (like \dag and \ddag) to display the ...
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### Indenting a paragraph only in Tex Maker

I am a beginner using Tex Maker and I want to write 1. Linear (then text will be right indented starting from the L in Linear). Then 2. Partial will be in same indentation as before (without right ...
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### How to draw NO2 in LaTeX?

It would be nice if you could help me to draw NO2 in LaTeX. The figure should look like the example image. On this website is some information about the chemfig/chemmakro package. My code untill now ...
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### LaTeX3 Expansion without \exp_after:wN

LaTeX3 reduces the need to use \expandafter/\exp_after:wN tremendously. But what is the LaTeX3 way for this problem? \documentclass{article} \usepackage{expl3} \begin{document} \ExplSyntaxOn ...
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### Keyboard shortcut for going to the next automatically boxed parameter in editor?

I am using TeXstudio and whenever I insert a LaTeX function such as \frac{num}{den} by typing in the first few letters (e.g."\fr") and pressing enter for autocompletion, it puts the parameters, in ...
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### Separating some paragraphs with a blank line, and other paragraphs without a blank line?

I want to be able to write blocks of paragraphs that share the same idea like this. __1. This a a sentence about something. I continue with another sentence. With this sentence I conclude an idea, ...
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### How do I write an Expl3 equivalent?

I have a command that I can easily write using a mixture of resources from xparse, etoolbox, and pgffor. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{etoolbox} \usepackage{xparse} ...
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### Mark handout slides in beamer package

For my presentation I am using the beamer package. I added frames that include my personal notes that only appear when I am compiling with the handout-option. On this handout I would like to include ...
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### I have a problem in the output PDF margins

I have a problem in latex template of Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing journal the output file has not equal margins from left and right, and has a large margin from bottom of the page. I ...
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### Language selection in TeXShop

All menus in TeXShop are in German, my system language. I want to use the program in English though, without changing my system language. Any way to do this?
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### How to make gradient ellipse title box with border?

I am using the tcolorbox package, and I want to use a gradient ellipse title box with border on the titlepage. It is possible somehow or I have to use another package to manage this?
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### IEEE Format: sections in separate files create page breaks

I want to make my paper repository a little more readable, so I like to break sections out into separate .tex documents. However, this does not seem to play nice with the IEEE format. How can I get ...
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### Putting coordinate axis on a TikZ picture

I get the following error: Package pgf Error: No shape named Q is known. Without the \begin{axis} ... \end{axis}, the code is compiled correctly. I should get a right triangle with vertices A, P, ...
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I'm trying to make a BibTeX entry for a computer library, which does not have one. This is all I know about it: @book{intelMKL, title={Intel Math Kernel Library. Reference Manual}, ...
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### Inserting images in a title page

\title{FYP} \author{} \date {November} \begin{figure}[] \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{figure1} \end{figure} I am using the code above insert a picture into the title page however it is ...
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### Correct superscript spacing for new mathbin

I redefined the \div command so that it's U+2215 aka ∕, but for some reason when I use it as a superscript the spacing between this symbol and its numbers is really tight (works fine in displaymode or ...
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### Problem with \subfloat after re-installing MikTex

This summer I wrote my thesis (with a lot of this "forum's" help). Last week I "renew" my computer and installed Latex again (MikTex and Texmaker). Since then I cannot run my code anymore. I always ...