All Questions

3 views

Text at right side of slide

I am trying to include some text at the right side of a beamer slide/frame, like so \documentclass{beamer} \usetheme{default} \begin{document} \begin{frame} \hfill \begin{description} ...
5 views

Should \minipage restore the default definition of \@par?

I came across the issue hinted at in the title while I was reflecting on this question (“Irregular spacing around a user-defined environment”) and its answer. The \@endparenv command is called by ...
14 views

! LaTeX Error: Not in outer par mode

My document was working fine, but now I keep getting this error after I plugged in a few more pictures and citations. ! LaTeX Error: Not in outer par mode. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion ...
11 views

Is there a repository of known bugs and/or list of changes for packages on CTAN?

I recently encountered what I believe was a bug in a LaTeX package I was using. After losing a few hours on the issue1, I noticed that the documentation was updated after TeX Live 2015. I tried my ...
10 views

Columnbreak is offsetting column alignment

I've a problem with multicols environment. Whenever I insert a column break, it offsets the vertical alignment of the two columns. Here's a MWE: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{geometry} ...
13 views

Place tables in the middle of the page

I have two tables, table1 and table 2. I want table 1 in the middle of page 1, table 2 in the middle of page 2. First, I tried, \begin{table}[htbp] \input{table1} \end{table} ...
21 views

How do I input phi(t) approaches 1 in latex?

How do I input φ(t) approaches 1 in LaTeX? I have tried $\phi(t)\to\1$ but I keep getting an error message.
27 views

How can I convert a longtable into enumerate?

I have a longtable and this is my code \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{fourier} ...
12 views

The items of the bibliography in a paper aren't numbered when using the given template

I am using that template for a paper but the problem is that the bibliography items aren't numbered and also when I am using the \cite command the citations appear without the brackets. My ...
21 views

how to make a normal width of the cells,when some of them are normal and oll other is too wide?

i tried to make table that looks like this: I wrote this: But i did something wrong and the result was What did i do wrong (or didn't) and how i can fix it? \usepackage{extsizes} ...
7 views

hyperref/bookmark package: suppress/override a single bookmark

So I am using hyperref to generate pdf bookmarks but one of my section names uses greek letters, which disappears in the pdf bookmark. So I want to override that bookmark (and only that bookmark). ...
51 views

Align equal signs too much spacing in cases

I am trying to write two equations that will be aligned at the equal signs and also connected together at the left with a curly bracket (like a piecewise definition), but when I use the \begin{cases} ...
21 views

How to create the diagram of an atom? [duplicate]

How can I create the diagram of an atom like the one in the picture. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}
12 views

tikz - Multi-line text size

I am using this command: \newcommand{\orgnode}[2]{\node[shape=rectangle,draw=black,align=center] at (#2) {\Large #1};} to make basic ORG chart nodes. I want the text size Large. This works with one ...
24 views

How can I determine the size of an array containing macros with optional parameters?

I am using my solution from How can I determine the size of an array? to count the number of entries. However, the \foreach/\IfStrEq in \SetArrayLength seems to have a problem when an entry is macro ...
15 views

Alternative theorem numbering separator

I'm using amsthm and I want to have this numbering format for my theorems: Chapter-Section-Theorem The main difference with the default version is the use of "-" instead of "." . Can I do this by ...
13 views

Check if biblatex field is the first to be printed?

I am trying to write my own biblatex style, and… The first field in each bibliography entry must be in uppercase; When there is no author or editor, I must print the organization first and it must ...
17 views

Beamer title page to show subtitle on click

How can I make a title page in beamer start with just a main title line then on each successive click add a subtitle line and a second subtitle line? And it is important that the already-visible ...
22 views

How to lower subscript level, using macro or package or some global setting [duplicate]

related how-to-raise-a-subscript Is there a way to tell latex, via a macro or otherwise, to lower the subscript a little more, without changing or modifying the actual code itself after ...
15 views

How to flushbottom in the middle of a page respective to the next page

Consider the following MWE: \documentclass[twoside]{article} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{calc} \usepackage{printlen} \uselengthunit{mm} \begin{document} \newbox{\mybox} ...
12 views

How to reduce top margin with newlfm?

I am using a standard letter from newlfm. I already adjusted it a bit to my needs (not in the below example code), but I cannot figure out how to reduce the space to the top (between the address and ...
21 views

While using text form in proof,how to use in same alignment in latex [on hold]

How to write this text code in alignment? \begin{align} \text{2 $\times$ value of 1 step algo $\ge$ total value of 2nd (l+1)th item} \text{Or, 2$\times$ value of 1 step algo $\ge$ total value of ...
29 views

Adding nodes near coordinates to bar plot but from different series

I would like to annotate a bar plot with some markers or numbers to indicate the significance of some results. The significance is given in a different column from the main value. Just to give an ...
16 views

How do you add doi, e-print (e.g., arxiv), MathSciNet and zbMATH links in a BibTeX bibliography?

I am a beginner with BibTeX and I use amsplain as bibliography style. How can I customize my bibliography style to append doi, e-print (e.g., arxiv), MathSciNet, and zbMATH links (in this ...
25 views

How to write in proper format of this equation

How to put in proper format in equation proof. \begin{align*} HS_{opt} \le (HS_1+HS_2+ .... +HS_i)+ {HSi * ((A \textnormal{-} taskarea)/HS_i)} \\ \Longrightarrow HS_{opt} \le HS{frac} ...
69 views

How to make hyperref aware of Firefox's internal protocols for extensions?

I'd like to create an hyperlink in a .pdf file that opens Firefox at the Zotero pane, the "URL" of which being chrome://zotero/content/tab.xul: instead of http or ftp, here the protocol used is ...
53 views

XeLaTeX French guillemets non-breaking space best practice

What is the best approach to get a non-breaking space just before the closing French guillemet » ? I wish to be able to type in the natural style, which in French is « bonjour » with non-breaking ...
10 views

Manual TOC - Indent / horizontal alignment of text

I did a manual page numbering in Latex, which looks like this with the markboth command: \markboth{A.1 XXX}{} After that, I add this to my TOC with: \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{A.1 XXX} But ...
25 views

tikz \draw vertex color or highlight with relative angle coordinates, and translate to rectangular coordinates

the following is a good example. let's say I want to draw an SSD-like box. eight points, not identified by grid coordinates, but by relative angles. \documentclass[border=3mm,12pt]{standalone} ...
31 views

Lualatex from texlive 2016 is not seen by microtype

I have an error with the following document, from my texlive 2016 and everything up to date, when I use lualatex : You don't seem to be using either pdftex, luatex, or xetex. ...
9 views

Error making a spreadsheet inset in LyX - How to make a spreadsheet inset in LyX?

I am running LyX on Windows 10. I made an inset of a spreadsheet called temp.ods, by going Insert-->File-->External Material... and then selected the spreadsheet. I keep encountering the following ...
26 views

string contains a invalid utf-8 sequence error

can any one help me to solve this error, I have add in my code \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} but it doesn't work
11 views

Textpos with pagebreaks

I'm writing a resume and I'd like to have boxes that can reference the end of the last one. Is there a way to get textpos to respect, say, the bottom margin as set by the geometry package? I'd like ...
18 views

moderncv - trying to remove that bullet point and create more space

I'm very new to LaTex and even more to moderncv I'm trying to do two things removing that bullet point just before my email Put more space after programmations or Outils de marketing digital ...
20 views

XeLaTeX ligatures clash with package xesearch

I am using XeLaTeX to compile a document in French, using the fontspec package (with the Ligatures=TeX} option) and babel package (with the french option on). The problem: the endash and emdash ...
41 views

Using font CMR12

I want to use the font "CMR12" I googled it but didn't get any helpful results. Questions: 1) How do I change the font in my latex to this font? 2) What happens to the math equations if I use ...
39 views

Graph shifts position when adding plot

If I compile this code without the Gaussian function at the end everything is allright, but if I try with it the whole figure shifts to the right. In this example it is not a very big problem, but ...
25 views

The use of \mathscr in beamer

I have used \mathscr{A} in Latex with the package mathrsfs, but it doesn't work in beamer, so the "A" is simple. How can I do to solve this problem? Thanks !
58 views

Can you feel the ink on your paper?

While thinking on the question How to flip certain pixels of a QR code? I came up with ideas which would require to test the following: is_something_already_in_my_document_at_position(x,y) which ...
14 views

Incorrect heading size of list generated with tocloft package

I'm new to latex and would appreciate some help with a problem I am having with generating a list of equations using the tocloft package. I would like the list to appear as the \listoftables ...
15 views

Lyx separates my footnotes

How can I set all the footnotes to have the same space between them? As you can see in the pic Lyx by default separates some of my footnotes. But I would like to have them all sticked together.
14 views

Set custom margin for the res class

I am trying to make my resume using the res class. the problem that I am facing is with the page borders. How I do I set in acc Here is what My .tex file looks like ...
12 views

Kile script for regexp replace inside selection

It would be very handy to set a shortcut to script in Kile that replaces given instances of text, like for setting non-breaking spaces (~) around given words within selected text: ...
13 views

Stopping figures in first column from impacting text in second column

I am working with a template for the journal Bioinformatics. The pages have a two columns. I have this annoying issue where when I have a figure in the right column, the text in the left column ...
15 views

Problem with transparency in plotting shapes

I am trying to plot shapes with transparency inside a baposter environment, however it does not plot with the transparency. To test this file you will need to also add the baposter class found here - ...
27 views

Itemizing theorem body

Using package amsthm, the desired theorem style achieved, \documentclass{book} \usepackage{amsthm} \newtheoremstyle{mystyle}{}{}{}{}{\bf}{}{\newline}{} \theoremstyle{mystyle} ...
17 views

Spacing text with equal vertical alignment

I want to space some texts horizontally but I want all of them to be aligned equally even if they are unequal. This is what I mean: Instead of: A Hallo AB Hallo ABC Hallo I would like to ...
32 views

luatex85: New definition of \pdfcreationdate is problematic

The package "datetime2" scanned the macro \pdfcreationdate. This failed with the changed definition in "luatex85.sty" and LuaTeX 0.95. See the following example: \listfiles ...
15 views

Define listings language with multiple keyword groups

I wanted to used syntax highlighting for a language unsupported by the listings package. Right now I have it almost working, but not completely. This is the MWE: \documentclass{article} ...
19 views

Unicode-math upright symbols

In the unicode-math package, what is the difference between \mupalpha and \upalpha? What is the purpose of the m prefix?

15 30 50 per page