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Making websites which display TeX

I am currently trying to make a website, and would like to upload some of my notes on the webpage itself as well as as pdfs. The basic example of this is the Stacks Project. Question: What are your ...
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Showcase of LuaLaTeX capabilities/packages

The Lua programming capabilities in LuaLaTeX greatly expand what is reasonably possible within .tex files. I stumble across examples of cool LuaLaTeX-only code and packages here and there on the net, ...
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LaTeX for printing press

This is a general question aimed at being a comprehensive tutorial and/or a Getting started guide. My intent is to create a workflow that is independent of InDesign/Scribus etc. Of course, the ...
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Support for languages other than English in LaTeX [duplicate]

I am currently using fully updated TeX Live 2022 and I am very happy to see a lot of new advancements in LaTeX which make typesetting languages other than English easy and more convenient. I have seen ...
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Guides for typesetting tables with the tabularray package

The LaTeX3 package tabularray provides a new way to typeset tables in a keyval way. This allows the separation of content and style, which can be very usefull in a lot of cases. However, almost all ...
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Are there any LaTeX commands (including in packages) where the argument will be in math/text mode based on context?

As I work on the parser for finl, I'm contemplating how I'm dealing with command parameters and wondering if my current setup is sufficient. Right now, a parameter has a type which would either be ...
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How can I enable shell-escape?

I need to enable shell escape for a package that I want to use. What is shell escape exactly, and how do I enable it in my editor or compiling toolchain? Links to answers for different editors/...
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Which programs use TeX's math syntax?

I'm trying to assemble a list of programs and online services which use (a subset of) TeX's mathematical syntax without being or requiring a classic TeX installation. What I already have on my list: ...
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Best practices for typesetting a math document and its building blocks (definitions, theorems, lemmata)?

This is admittedly a soft question and, to make things worse, the goal of my question might even be controversial. Please bear with me, though. I'm writing a long math paper with hundreds of math ...
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Big list of beautifully typeset package documentations

Being just a LaTeX user, I have to look up documentation very often. What could be easier than texdoc packagename and here it is. The other day I opened for curiosity the scontents package and was ...
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What ways have you found to get edits from non-LaTeX users?

I sometimes need to get edits to my papers from non-LaTeX users. Do you have any clever methods of collaborating with them (or even other LaTeX users) in a productive way? By this I mean sharing ...
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How do you draw pictures in (La)TeX in general? [closed]

This can be called as a follow-up question of Most significant reasons that led us to (La)TeX There are many ways to draw graphics pictures in TeX, LaTeX and Friends. We can draw it using external ...
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A collection of the actual smartphones

Considering the recent excellent questions that I've really enjoyed Welcoming 2019 Pi day: How to draw the letter π? and What has been your most complicated TikZ drawing? I have carefully observed ...
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What has been your most complicated TikZ drawing?

Share your most complex TikZ drawing and learning out of it.
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Examples of luatex callback with lualatex [closed]

This is my first steps with luatex, and I have tried to learn from this site how to add "luatex callback" the problem is that I find only a few examples on post_linebreak_filter or ...
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How to import data from excel and format it as text in LaTeX?

I have a big database spreadsheet on Excel which is a list of products and I want to use its data to write formatted text in LaTeX. The table looks like this: Year / Name product / Details 2000 / ...
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What research papers exist about TeX and friends?

Some time ago there was a question on this site Are there any open research problems in the world of TeX? In a similar spirit, I'd like to ask, whether there are any research articles out there in ...
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All the standard ways (commands-packages) of changes in the font in LaTeX

Edit: After @samcarter's comment with the existing list on CTAN I updated my question to make it useful: What are the possible commands-packages that will change the font globally or locally? The ...
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How do I find out which Linux package contains which (La)TeX package?

I'm using (La)TeX as installed by my Linux/Unix distribution. I've come across a package that I don't have installed. How do I find out which Linux/Unix package contains that (La)TeX package? Notes:...
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Beautiful random graphs [duplicate]

Are their any examples of beautiful random graphs like \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pgfplots} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ybar] \addplot+[samples at={0,...,10}]{rnd};...
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Techniques to reduce the number of pages in a compiled PDF

Which techniques to exist to reduce the number of pages of compiled LaTeX document? I am thinking specifically of any kind of hacks that make LaTex arrange the content in a manner that helps reduce ...
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"The duck pond": showcase of TikZ-drawn animals/ducks

We have tons of nice TikZ-drawn pictures on this site. Among them some great pictures of animals like cfr's cat code. But they are distributed all over the site. As we definitely miss a place to ...
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All uses of LaTeX (I never use LaTeX except for ...)

I am designing a comical T-shirt about LaTeX and I would like it to boast about all the purposes that one can use LaTeX for. I started with I never use LaTEX except for typesetting documents. and ...
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Request: LaTeX packages supported by knitr+RStudio [closed]

Question: Is there a list anywhere of R packages which work with knitr+RStudio? (Note: I already changed RStudio's defaults to use xeLaTeX and knitr instead of PDFLaTeX and Sweave, since my default ...
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What non-default Shapepar shapes are freely available? [closed]

The shapeparpackage comes with only a few templates for paragraph shapes. Looking around the internet, I was unable to find many additional shapepar creations. As creating shapes in the package can ...
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Why should one use tlmgr?

To my surprise, I haven't found a question related on this in the search. There are several possibilities for how one can install packages. For me the best way for installing additional packages in ...
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web based solution for create plot from LaTeX

We know there are some solutions for rendering LaTeX mathematical content on the web, for example MathJax. Is there a similar (free) way to create plot for mathematical formula which is written as ...
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Seasonal Challenge (Contributions from TeXing Dead Welcome)

This question led to a new package: halloweenmath Update - 9th November, 2016 Many thanks to all the fantastic and imaginative answers! In a reflection of today's events, the winner ...
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Packages for string diagrams

What TeX packages exist specifically for drawing string diagrams, e.g. like these: (or with similar styles)?
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List of Symbols and Abbreviations with location [duplicate]

I have a list of symbols and abbreviations. Please see my code below, at the end of this question. This code works, but I would like to have my symbols/abbreviations with a LOCATION. By this I mean, ...
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Showcase of beautiful invitations in TeX

I'm interested in using TeX and friends to produce beautifully typeset invitations (for parties, weddings, and especially thesis defences). I understand that there is a package gcard for making ...
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TikZ: Easy drawing of cuboids

As a teacher, I regularly have to include cuboids in my documents, so I was looking for a way to make this as easy as possible while still keeping maximal flexibility.
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Which LaTeX classes are most widely used for scholarly articles? [closed]

Which LaTeX classes for articles are widely used for preprints (e.g., ArXiv) or journal submissions? To avoid a huge list of class files, only include publisher's properietary class if they are used ...
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Showcase of beautiful section styles combinations

Working with all kinds books, I often need inspiration for a set of sectioning styles that are coherent, logical and aesthetically appealing. Well-known examples include Edward Tufte and the style ...
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Are there any packages for knitting? [closed]

So I showed my girlfriend the braids package, and she asked if their are any packages for knitting patterns. I couldn't find any on ctan with a quick search, so I thought I'd ask here. Are their any ...
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Where can we find a list of all available BibTeX entries (and the available fields for each of them)?

Would be very useful if we have a list of all available BibTeX entries with all possible fields for each of them. Something like this one: @book{alias, author = "Complete Author Name", ...
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CV with Latex: is a beautiful design really possible? [closed]

I make my CV with Latex and a french sty file for years now, nothing fancy to be honest. Looking for some inspiration, I found some astonishing examples of CV online, and I've seen on the other ...
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List of books written in LaTeX with the source available

Is there a list of open source LaTeX books? I've only found these books (the link points to a web archive), but I want to know if there is a list with more diversity as this has only mathematical ...
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Showcase of surprising possibilities with TeX [duplicate]

LaTeX is more or less built to typeset books, particularly (but not exclusively) scientific literature. It is less obvious that LaTeX is also extremely good at producing Songbooks Play scripts Chess ...
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I'm supposed to load some packages BEFORE the document class?

So I was reading Fixing LaTeX2e and it has several examples of the form \RequirePackage{fixltx2e} \documentclass... What? I thought documentclass always went right at the top. Are there other ...
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Showcase of "programming your document" paradigm

A feature of latex is that you can "program your document". You can do this by using TeX/LaTeX directly (remember that it is Turing complete) or by other languages like lua or python (especially sage) ...
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How to customise the title page of a professional writing with logo?

Title page customising is a repeating activity: whether writing thesis, a company report or something else. I am trying to gather here material suggested in chat and that I found so they do not get ...
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Showcase of beautiful presentations in Beamer [closed]

I would like to know to what extent Beamer can produce professional presentations. The following following are the requirements : The contribution must be a TeX solution to this question. Usage of ...
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List of Symbols in LaTeX [duplicate]

What are the list of symbols found in LaTeX for letters similar to these: For Mobile Phone - `\mphone` For Phone - `\phone` What are the other symbols available like for email, home, etc..
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What are the ways to position things absolutely on the page?

I know that there is tikz, but also eso-pic and textpos. I'd like to see a list of possible ways (not necessarily packages) for absolute positioning of things (which I believe amounts to "boxes") on ...
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Accessible TeX/LaTeX textbooks, primers, and materials?

I apologize, as this is a somewhat off-the-beaten-trail question. I'm looking for textbooks (or other educational materials) on TeX and LaTeX that fulfill one or more of the following: Reads/renders ...
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Using KOMA-Script packages with other classes

When speaking of KOMA-Script most people will refer to its classes scrbook, scrreprt, scrartcl and perhaps scrlttr2. But not everyone will know, that part of the bundle are also some packages, that ...
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How to iterate over a comma separated list?

How can I iterate, loop, process, or otherwise do something, with each element from a comma separated list of things? This question has been asked perhaps many many times, and the are already lots of ...
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Nice scientific pictures show off

Task Show off your best scientific illustration ! The main purpose of this question is to share beautiful scientific pictures, preferably with an educational aspect. Content Your post must ...
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Biblatex with Biber: Configuring my editor to avoid undefined citations

Running the minimal example \documentclass{article} \usepackage{filecontents} \begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib} @ARTICLE{example, author = {Other, Anthony Norman}, title = {Some things I did},...