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I'm a mathematician working in algebra. I've been using TeX since 1987, but couldn't write my Ph.D. thesis with it. Sob!

I teach LaTeX at my university, besides the mathematics courses. I'm the author of some LaTeX packages and even of one Plain TeX package. At my site it's possible to download my book on LaTeX programming (in Italian, sorry).

Here's my motto for TeX.SX:

Pronto prontissimo son come il fulmine: sono il factotum della città. (From "Il barbiere di Siviglia", music by Gioachino Rossini, libretto by Cesare Sterbini.)


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answered How to make letter spacing in verbatim/fancyvrb look like listings
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answered Problem in enabling back-referencing in classisthesis package
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comment Draft option with adjustbox package
@Werner Yes, but \adjustimage should accept all legal options to \includegraphics.
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comment Change marginpar Font
Nowadays loading xltxtra is not recommended, if you don't really need its features (I bet you don't). Just load fontspec.
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answered single spaced footnotes with bigfoot?
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comment tableofcontents* still numbers ToC
@MarcoDaniel It shouldn't. The \chapter command issues \thispagestyle{chapter}.
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comment tableofcontents* still numbers ToC
No; it's much easier with memoir.
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answered tableofcontents* still numbers ToC
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comment tableofcontents* still numbers ToC
This won't work if the TOC has more than one page.
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answered Expansion of commands in errmessage
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comment Using csquotes and babel with option “british” reverses order of single and double quotes
As far as I know, the most common British style is to have outer single quotes and inner double quotes.
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comment How do I get two different chapters with same number, and compatible references (using hyperref)?
The problem with the bookmarks is dealt with by the bookmark package (look for startatroot).
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answered Trouble with cross referencing in the appendices
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comment How do I get two different chapters with same number, and compatible references (using hyperref)?
Doing \renewcommand\theHchapter{solutions\arabic{chapter}} solves the issue. Add also \pdfstringdefDisableCommands{\def\noindent{}} after loading hyperref to avoid an unrelated warning.
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revised How to extend the horizontal line and colored box all the way?
edited tags
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answered Difference between 11 and 12 catcodes
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comment LaTex variable inside gnuplot code
Can you add a complete example from \documentclass to \end{document}? What package are you using for the gnuplot environment?
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revised How to delete previous symbol?
Safer version.
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answered How to delete previous symbol?
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answered Cell merging of a full row not working