# Linked Questions

14 questions linked to/from Short names for macros
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### Useful shortcuts or key bindings or predefined commands for emacs+AUCTeX

One of the problems I've encountered with emacs in general, and with the defaults key bindings in particular, is the diversity. There are simply so many of them that sometimes, at the end of the day, ...
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### Is it possible to have certain words in the document always in bold?

I am writing an AWK programming book and when I explain things, I refer to special AWK variables all the time, such as ORS. Is it possible to set LaTeX up in such a way that these words are always in ...
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### Vertical space between tables vspace won't work

I have 2 tables, one above the other. At the moment I can't make any space between them in my report. The strange thing is I moved them in to a new blank document with all the same preamble and \...
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### How to redefine \d within classicthesis?

For some unknown reason the following produces an error in classicthesis: % at the beginning of classicthesis-config.tex \renewcommand{\d}{\mathbf{d}} \begin{document} $\d$ \end{document} The error ...
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### TikZ way to define several constants with just one macro

I'm using TikZ to plot several things (geometric surfaces, line plots, etc.) in just one environment. These plots depend on several constants that I define in the same tikzpicture environment. This is ...
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### LaTeX newcommand with a variable number of arguments

I'm trying to create a new command in LaTeX that will let me do \begin{bmatrix}1\\2\\3\end{bmatrix} Like this: \m{1\\2\\3} I can make two functions, one for the begin and one for the end bmatrix, ...
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### Keep position of coordinates with different axis-scale

How can I keep the position of a coordinate when I use it in another environment with a different axis-scale? In the example, I would like the \node [...] at (c); in the right picture to be in the ...
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### understanding “ifthenelse” command with pgf random number

I can not understand why the following use of ifthenelse and pgf give me an error : \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pgf} \begin{document} \pgfmathrandominteger{\a}{2}{7} \pgfmathrandominteger{\b}...
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### Add caption to pie-chart with tikz

I am having a problem to add a caption to a pie chart that I made with tikz. Do you know where is the error? \documentclass[margin=5pt]{article} \usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor} \usepackage{tikz,...
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### How can I access a float defined via \pgfmathsetmacro from pythontex?

How can I access a float variable defined via \pgfmathsetmacro from pythontex? Something like: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[gobble=auto]{pythontex} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \...
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### How can I draw the attached picture in LaTeX?

How can I draw the attached picture in LaTeX?
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### Fitting Plot onto TikZ Coordinate Plane

I am trying to create simple worksheets where students either: (a) see a randomly generated linear graph and must determine the equation or (b) are given a randomly generated linear equation and must ...
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### Shortcut for Variable-Taking Command

I'm working with vectors, which I'm denoting with $\overrightarrow{a}$, where a is just the name of the vector, and thus is a variable that can take any value. I would like to redefine this as $\v{a}$,...
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### Creating shortcode [duplicate]

I have a document in LaTeX in which I have to use a lot of code over and over again. Is it possible to define this code somewhere with a shortcut so that I can call it up by only using the shortcut in ...