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Along the lines of Why is $...$ preferable to $$...$$?, what reasons are there (if any) to favor $$...$$ over $...$?
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### how to write ceil and floor in latex?

Is there a macro in latex to write ceil(x) and floor(x) in short form? The long form \left \lceil{x}\right \rceil is a bit lengthy to type every time it is used.
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I have to face the decision what markup I use for my thesis (mostly mathematical formulas). I dont want to start learning the chosen language while I should focus on my thesis. I dont know much latex, ...
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A while ago I stumbled upon the semantic package --- its 'math ligatures' feature in particular --- and the whole way in which I write math-code in LaTeX changed. Instead of \[ \sem{\sigma}_s^x \...
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### Are there any downsides to using macros to avoid typing accents?

As a native English speaker, I am not used to many words with accents on them, so I find it somewhat difficult to keep the various accents straight in my head, and moreso to also remember the TeX ...
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### Defining Commands With Multiple Meaning

I have defined a new command in my source code: \newcommand{\IN}{interface} which prints out interface, but there are times where I would like it to print Interface (with a capital I) or interfaces ...
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### Visual Latex Editor on Mac [duplicate]

I am looking for visual Latex editor (Something like Microsoft Word). Is there any helpful. The reason why I am looking for one is that I am tied to a deadline and I don't have enough time to get ...