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### pinlabel doesn't work after upgrade to luatex 0.95

I use extensively pinlabel package in my project, which I compile with LuaLaTeX. After recent MiKTeX 2.9 upgrade, I cannot compile the project anymore, getting numerous errors like ! Undefined ...
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### Set different styles for “main” caption and description

I would like to redefine the \caption command to have to arguments : one "main" caption and then the description. This is what I want : \begin{figure} \caption{\textbf{Caption title} \newline ...
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### Invoice specifications

I am trying to make an invoice which comprises two parts. Each of the parts will have a \Count. However, I want the first \Count to be viewed as »Number of Days« and the second to be »Per month«. How ...
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### TikZ: discrepancy between node text align and use of babel library

For all labels in my drawings I use the common settings every label/.style = {label distance=1mm, inner sep=0mm, font=\footnotesize\sffamily, align=center, ...
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### Automatically split enumeration over multiple pages

I would need to automatically split a very long enumeration over multiple pages. I've tried several solutions but no one works for me. Please, could you help me? Thank you
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### compiling problem with MikTeX

I installed MikTeX 2.9a few days ago, and now I don't succeed to convert to PDF most of my documents. I don't think that there is a problem with documents themselves, since I compiled them previously, ...
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### How to adjust font features in LuaTeX?

As of version 2.7 of luaotfload the support for font feature files (.fea) has been dropped. On the ConTeXt mailing list Hans showed how to make font substitution work through Lua. In the past I have ...
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### How to use colors from a pgfplots colormap in pie chart?

I like the pie chart from http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/pie-chart/, but it's in grey color. Then I found the modified version to add colors by "Sigur" here:How to give different color to each ...
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### Text vertically balanced across two pages

In a previous question, I asked how to keep two columns on one page, vertically balanced. The solution was perfect for that purpose. \newenvironment{overview}% {\onecolumn\vtop to ...
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### Combination of arrow tips

I want to have a tip, simultaneously a circle and an end line, in the center of the circle, like the figure 1. I have tried with shorten command as in other posts, but the line end is outside of the ...
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### Undefined Reference Errors in Miktex

I have been getting weird undefined reference errors to 'Last Page' that point to the line corresponding to my end{document}. I have no idea what this means, but in any case, here is a minimum working ...
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### Working on multiple tex files using different fonts using TexStudio - driving me insane

I was working with a Tex file in the standard font, and another in Calibri in Tex Studio. The problem is that I have to switch compiler between the two files. I don't want to use Configure -> Build ...
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### How to use this symbol behind chapter number

I have this answer... Insert chapter Number inside a symbol and a block of text too And it successfully includes a symbol behind every chapter number. However, I wish I could include this symbol... ...
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### Table column combine

I want to create a table of the following format. How do I combine the two columns CD into A and EF into B.
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### Converting UK to US Spellings [on hold]

My supervisor wishes to use US English for our paper to submit to an American journal. However, I'm based in New Zealand and have written an entire paper in UK spellings. I'd rather not fix these ...
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### Multiple lines of centered text in between curly brackets

I would like to have several blocks of centered text and math within pairs of tall curly brackets, linked by arrows, similar to the following picture. How can I achieve this?
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### How Expand math latex field

Math Latex formula field is small This is default behaviour of the Latex plugin. Can the field can be expanded? If yes, then how can I do that? I have browse to fix this solution but none of them ...
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### Latex on Fedora 24

I had to install Fedora 24 (beta as today) because my laptop was too new and needed latest version of Kernel. Everything quite good, but the issue now is that I want to compile latex and seems that ...
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### Weird MetaPost output when using PNG

Whenever I try to output PNGs with metapost, I get really bizarre outputs. For reference, I'm using Windows 7 with MiKTeX 2.9. The metapost code I'm using is adapted from the metafont example on the ...
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### Problems with \declaretheoremstyle \headformat

I'm trying to change the headformat option in declaretheoremstyle, but I'm getting errors, even when copying the code in thmtools that allows \headformat=margin. Here's my preamble: ...
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### Good settings for typesetting source code with wide lines?

I'd like to typeset some source code with minted. Unfortunately, a lot this source code runs over 80 columns, some of it up to 132. What are good settings (and open source fonts?) to use with minted ...
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### Vertically centering a tcolorbox on a page

I'm trying to vertically center a tcolorbox on a page, but with the code below the box isn't exactly at the middle of the page. So far I've tried this: \documentclass[12pt]{article} ...
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### \include not working in SageMath LaTeX

I'm using SageMathCloud's LaTeX. So I've got five .tex documents (all pretty long) with similar formatting. I want to add all five files into one large file that will respect the preambles of all ...
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### A note with the dangerous bend symbol: how to vertically center text and symbol?

I want to make a command (to be used mainly with the beamer class) which typesets a text note with a dangerous bend sign \dbend on the left, the two vertically centered with respect to each other. ...
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### Coordinate Transformation for labeling with PGF-Plot

I use pgfplots to draw a set of data points, fit them with gnuplot and then find the intersection points between the linear fits and a vertical bar. Now I would like to draw a horizontal line from the ...
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### Drawing automata paths step by step with TikZ and \onslide command

I have an oral presentation on friday, where I will have to explain the determinization process for transducers. To save time, and make the whole thing clearer, I'd like to do a step by step ...
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### including chapters in content list

I have no specific definitions in my latex file, I only use \tableofcontents. However, in the content list, the chapter names are not shown (I defined them by \chapter{example}). How can I see the ...
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### Linenumbers in longtable

I have to add line numbers to a document. It would be nice if the line numbers are also printed (and counted) inside tables. Consider the following example: \documentclass{scrartcl} ...
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### how to crop background color in listings to the longest line in the code?

listings package allows one to put background color to the code listing. The problem is that the background color extents to the as large as the text area the code listings happened to be in. This can ...
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### TexMaker does not generate pdf (no error)

I was writing a document for months using TexMaker and everything worked fine. Today suddenly nothing (usefull) happened after quick build. I also tried pdfLatex and Latex commands and log file ...
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### Animate package: draft mode does not work

I'm using the animate package with Beamer and would like to use draft mode to cut down the compilation time. However, it seems that the draft option causes compilation to fail. Here's a MWE: ...
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### How to make the axis of the same?

How can I reproduce the top picture? Here's what I have so far: \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[xticklabel style={anchor=east,rotate=90}, date coordinates in=x, ...
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### Pass a list to a keycommand or keyenvironment

I want to define command or environment using the keycommand package and pass a list to one key. In my case this would be a list of images. To be more explicit: How can I make the following ...
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### How to coordinate axis span from the data?

It is necessary to get out of it. This: \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[xticklabel style={anchor=east,rotate=90}, date coordinates in=x, xticklabel={\day.\month.\year}, ...
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### LuaTeX 0.95 “incorrect math kerning”

I am trying out the new luatex 0.95 in TeXLive 2016 pretest. There's a problem with math kernel. Below is a MWE \documentclass{article} \usepackage{unicode-math} \setmathfont{Lucida Bright Math OT} ...
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### How to add arrows before box

I would like to add lines outside 2 short lines as input to the T^-1 box, see the attached figure. The code is listed below: \documentclass[tikz,border=2mm]{standalone} \usepackage{circuitikz} ...
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### How to obtain a specific table with a missing cell [duplicate]

How should I proceed to obtain the following table: What I've tried is: \begin{tabular}{ | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline 7 & 4 & 7 & 9 & 27\\ \hline 10 & 9 & 9 & 6 ...
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### Computing and Comparing LaTeX Server Side [on hold]

I have a web app that administers online assessments. We accept math equation responses and want to score these automatically. However, if the answer is 1/2, there still can be a number of other ...
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### Longer \Updownarrow (vertical equivalent sign) [duplicate]

Is there a longer vertical equivalent sign than \Updownarrow?
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### Error while setting column width in Latex: Package array Error: Illegal pream-token (3cm): `c' used

This is my code to build a simple table. \begin{table} \small \centering \begin{tabular}{ l{3cm}|l|l|l} .... \hline \end{tabular} \end{table} But, I am getting the error Package array Error: ...
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### Citations in small caps using Biblatex in french (APA style)

I have a small issue while using Biblatex with the APA style in French. My in-text citations are in small caps and I would like to have them written normally. This issue doesn't happen when I write in ...
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### vertex style in tikz-feynman

I'm getting used to the very nice TikZ-Feynman package! I'm trying to figure out how to add styles to a vertex, when using manual placement. For example I'd like the "blob" in the following to ...
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### Prevent gather* from creating new line [duplicate]

I've been trying to use the gather* environment for non-aligned centered equations within enumerate but I would like to prevent the new line that gather* inserts at the beginning of each item. Is ...
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### Lowercase font in title for book

I need to change the title of a section of my thesis (book), so that it shows nDCT instead of What is the best way to do it? I tried using both \texorpdfstring{\MakeLowercase{n}DCT}{nDCT} and ...
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### How to increase the thickness of the graph lines and remove the point?

It is necessary to remove the round and square dots on the graphs lines. And to increase the thickness of the line. \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[date coordinates in = x, table/col sep = ...
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### TOC overlap with custom section numbering [duplicate]

I have redefined \thesection in my document to give me custom numbering. Now the section number is slightly longer, and the table of contents hasn't adjusted accordingly. In the TOC below potatoes ...
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### How could I duplicate this example?

I am relatively new to LaTeX and have made a few (beautiful) documents with it. However, I ran into a brick wall today, I cannot seem for the life of me be able to replicate the example shown below. I ...