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May
15
comment extrarowheight vs arraystretch
Isn't there a difference with multi-line table cells (@p{...})? IIRC \arraystretch works like \baselinestretch, adding space between such lines.
Apr
23
comment Any way to show LaTeX example code *and* execute it?
I had no luck bringing up these questions when I looked, how do you guys do it... but I think @Marco's answer is better than the ones in the linked question :-)
Apr
23
accepted Any way to show LaTeX example code *and* execute it?
Apr
23
comment Any way to show LaTeX example code *and* execute it?
@Werner, only the first of these questions is related. The second is about styling LaTeX in listings
Apr
23
comment Any way to show LaTeX example code *and* execute it?
Wonderful, thank you. Looking at them now.
Apr
23
comment Any way to show LaTeX example code *and* execute it?
Clever, thanks, but I'm afraid it's pretty impractical with lots of code snippets. Fortunately there are better solutions already :-)
Apr
23
asked Any way to show LaTeX example code *and* execute it?
Apr
22
comment How to practice LaTeX?
@Tonio, check out Project Gutenberg at www.gutenberg.org.
Apr
22
comment How to practice LaTeX?
@gekkostate: Oh, you'll have lots of trouble! TeX is very powerful, but it's not meant for general-purpose programming. As jwg writes, find something else to learn for now.
Apr
20
comment How was TeX output visualised on screen, back in the day?
Sun workstations were awesome! Huge screens with Unix GUIs in the days when everyone else was peeking at BSD (or worse) on 24x80 character terminals. Such a pity Sun lost the battle for the workstation market...
Apr
18
comment How to typeset $:=$ correctly?
@user, you were misinformed. The symbol goes much further back, to APL and the Pascal family of languages. It's meant to resemble APL's left-pointing arrow, which is of course not part of ASCII. That's why people associate it with "imperative assignment" in the discussion.
Mar
26
awarded  Nice Answer
Mar
22
comment How to make scrlttr2 look like letter
I meant, the class probably inserts a line break (\\, miscoded that before) when typesetting the address. Glad it worked.
Mar
22
comment How to make scrlttr2 look like letter
Not much of a solution to your real problem, but to leave the address blank, try giving it as ~ (unbreakable space) or \strut. The error is probably because there's a `\` in the expansion of the address, and it doesn't like empty lines.
Mar
10
comment Robust colored background for parts of the document
I guess it's what you call the innermargins (innerleftmargin, innertopmargin, etc.), which are non-zero by default according to the documentation. Do I need to zero each one separately? (My example uses adjustbox, so the colored text is exactly as wide as the surrounding text.)
Mar
6
comment Robust colored background for parts of the document
@marco, I tried your code for mdframed and the line breaks are great, but the box contents are indented from the boundary. I'm aiming for a "tight box" (as with my adjustbox example). Is there a quick way to remove all padding, or do I have to zero each spacing option separately?
Mar
2
comment Robust colored background for parts of the document
Thank you both, framed seems like the way to deal with the page breaks. Unfortunately it's still a box and has the rest of the shortcomings...
Mar
1
revised Robust colored background for parts of the document
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Mar
1
comment Robust colored background for parts of the document
I'll take a look, thanks!
Mar
1
asked Robust colored background for parts of the document