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44 questions linked to/from How does one insert a backslash or a tilde (~) into LaTeX?
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The symbol "~" is not showing up [duplicate]
I am trying to type the symbol "~" in normal text, but it is not showing up. Why is this?
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What's the alternative for the standard verbatim environment that can be used inside argument/does not change catcode?
How can I get something to typeset the output identical to that of a verbatim environment, e.g. of this code
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
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123456_789$^%
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How to input \Sexpr{ as verbatim in Sweave?
Building on my question here:
Include Sweave input as verbatim
Is there a way to include the term \Sexpr{ in the Sweave document as verbatim. For example, to write:
R code can be evaluated inline ...
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Timing response of externally called commands via write18: blocking or not?
I was wondering: when we use \immediate\write18{...} to run commands in an external shell from Latex, is the \write18 a blocking call or not? In other words, will it wait for the external code to ...
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How to correctly use siunitx to align number in the center of a table for number with preamble
I would like to have my numbers aligned left but centered in a table as in this solution, which I also tried to apply. Now my numbers are of the form ~24%. For a correct alignment I tried to protect ...
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Question on writing symbols (~, tilde)
I was wondering if anyone can show me how to write ~ in Latex as I am new to Latex and trying to write my statistics notes in a neat format. I've surfed around the web, but could not find it.
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Package to run multiple iterations of a variable, with compilation?
I guess this is somewhat similar to Animations in LaTeX, except what I would want is something like this:
Say you have a .tex document, which uses some macro \tester as parameter. I'd like to load a ...
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Why does not Latex show the symbol tilde ~ (non-breaking space) before a citation or reference?
When I try to put non-breaking space before citations, Latex does not show the symbol tilde (~) before the citations in rendered pdf.
Here is what I would like to see: According to xx (2013)~[refID]
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How to insert a vertically centered tilde into a URL?
I need to insert a vertically centered tilde into a URL in text mode (not inside the \url or \href commands). I've tried the solution proposed here but I can't get it to work. Any ideas?
Here is my ...
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How can I expand a word? A command without a backslash?
In my source code I would like Snap! to be automatically replaced with Snap\textit{!}
\newcommand{Snap!}{Snap\textit{!}}
Errors with "missing number, treating as zero"
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How to type "~", the curly symbol used for "Home" in Linux, in latex? [duplicate]
I'm sorry if this is duplicate; I couldn't find it.
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\string\noindent outputs a quotation mark " instead of a backslash \
I used \string\noindent to output a command \noindent, but the result is "noindent.
I also tried with \verb|\noindent| and \texttt{\noindent}, but the results are the same.
I found a question may ...
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what is the the latex code for a wave line above a word? [duplicate]
I wish to write a wave line above the "ch" as described in the following picture, how should I do this?
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How to write character \ [duplicate]
I would like to write the character "\" in Latex but since it is a keyword I am struggling in doing so. Is there a way to write it somehow?
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