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LaTeX bad neighbours -- how to deal with it

There really isn't any reason to use eepic these days unless drawing donkeys or unicorns However the package copied the definition of \line as it was in the 1980s and added its extension but that ...
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Which packages should be loaded after hyperref instead of before?

Status in 2024 There are still loading order requirements, either because hyperref must overwrite a command or because other packages (like cleveref) wants to overwrite hyperref definitions. But LaTeX ...
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conflict between scrbook and dynkin-diagrams

The style file dynkin-diagrams.sty uses LaTeX's \renewcommand when it defines a temporary macro \do because it supposes that \do was defined already by previous macros. This is almost always a correct ...
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Problem with powerdot and siunitx

The problem arises because both powerdot and siunitx have a class/package option mode. Since the powerdot option must be passed as a class option (it doesn't seem to be able to be set using the \...
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3 votes
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Are stmaryrd and stix packages compatibile?

You use either stmaryrd or stix2. And don't load amssymb if you choose stix2: this package aims to have as wide coverage of math symbols as possible. Now, I may understand that you prefer \Lbag and \...
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conflict between scrbook and dynkin-diagrams

UPDATE 2023-05-20 The new release of dynkin-diagrams released on 2023-05-18 has fixed the issue, by prefixing every usage of \renewcommand{\do}[1]{...} by \providecommand{\do}{}. ORIGINAL ANSWER For ...
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Packages that need to be included in a specific order

The big list is available at https://github.com/mhelvens/latex-pkgloader/blob/master/pkgloader-recommended.sty with explanations. Example: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %...
3 votes

ieeeaccess: "Package xcolor Warning: Incompatible color definition" when TikZ package is used

I have identified a straightforward solution for this problem. Navigate to \documentclass{ieeeccess} and substitute \Requirepackage{color} with \Requirepackage{xcolor}. That's all you need to do.
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Test if a package (or package option) is loaded

In newer LaTeX versions, \@ifpackageloaded can also be \IfPackageLoadedTF. Usage is identical. Another option is \ltx@ifpackageloaded from ltxcmds package (the main advantage of ltxcmds package is ...
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2 votes
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Chronology Package conflicting with siunitx

The package chronology makes a big mistake in definining internal parameters with user-space names. In particular it does \newlength{\unit} for usage in internal macros, making it impossible for the ...
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2 votes

Conflict between Springer document class and \cline

With the sn-jnl document class, you (a) shouldn't use any vertical rules in tables, and (b) replace all instances of \cline with \cmidrule and all instances of \hline with -- depending on the context ...
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1 vote
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Package conflict between regexpatch and newpxtext

Hmm I'm not sure newpx ought to be patching really but anyway you can do this \documentclass{article} \RequirePackage { regexpatch } \expandafter\let\csname [email protected]\endcsname\empty \...
David Carlisle's user avatar
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How to make tipa compatible with braket?

Note that in braket.sty there is: {\catcode`\|=\active \xdef\set{\protect\expandafter\noexpand\csname set \endcsname} \expandafter\gdef\csname set \endcsname#1{\mathinner {\lbrace\,{\...
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Option clash for package xcolor

If you used tikz related package, then one way that works for my computer is to load the xcolor before tikz. Example: Correct: \documentclass[]{article} \usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor} \usepackage{...
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