Questions tagged [braces]
Conventionally { and }; used to delimit groups or arguments in (La)TeX code.
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Cannot compile file with tikzmark
in my example below, I cannot compile the file as I get the error:
LaTeX Error: Command \tikzmark already defined.
Or name \end... illegal,
Can you help me get my file to compile? ...
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Side margin text and brace across multiple pages
hopefully a simple question to ask, not sure about the answer...
Given the MWEs
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\newcommand\BrText[2]{%
\par\smallskip
\noindent\...
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Sublimetext highlighting of braces
In SublimeText 3, the syntax highlighting for latex documents in math mode has the following (unexpected?) behavior. Consider the following:
\{sometext\} versus
\{ sometext\}.
The syntax ...
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How to only show the note of the math underbrace, and hide underbrace bracket?
How can I hide the underbrace curly bracket and only show the overhead note (note here) (and not n times shown underneath)? Better yet, is there a TeX command that only does the note, i.e. an overhead ...
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Get bigdelim effect with tabularray
Simply I would like to include braces across multiple rows within a table using tblr environment in the same way as bigdelim allows in a tabular environment.
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How to typeset a right brace which has exactly the height and depth of contents it braces?
I want to design a right brace contents whose height and depth are equal to the contents it braces. It is possible to design it using \left. \right\rbrace, but I actually want multiple braces to align ...
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Can I replace begin and end of an environment with a new definition with only braces
Can I replace the begin and end of an environment just with a pair of braces {} where the left brace { will take care of the \begin{} part and right brace } will function like the \end{} part? This is ...
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Is the preferred use of tilde command with braces?
It looks like the standard way of using the \tilde is as in $\tilde{a}$. However, I saw a latex document in which the usage was $\tilde a$.
Will the two ways of defining a tilde produce the same ...
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Why does \texttt not work on braces?
Why does \texttt not work on \textbraceleft or \{? Is there any solution to solve this?
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\texttt{\textbraceleft} \texttt{\{} \verb|{|
\end{...
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How to decrease the vertical spacing in cases environment?
I have a few lines of code. I want them to align at the equals sign, and also shrink the brace for phi using cases environment. The curly brace sticks out at the top and bottom, which is a little ...
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How can I insert a large vertical brace in a single cell of a one column and two rows table?
I need a fixed size table of one column and two rows per page, where I can contain a large vertical brace surrounding a series of items in each cell (x2).
Here's what I have so far:
\documentclass[...
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File ended whilst scanning use of \@writefile... also Goto Error just takes me to \begin{document}
This may be a basic question, but I have been using LaTeX on and off for many years and am used to finding missing braces, I have tries %'ing out my document but still cannot find an error?
Are there ...
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minuses used in an exponent are shown as spaces
While editing some formula in Wikipedia (LaTeX) , the minus signs are shown like blank spaces when used between the braces of an exponent.
here's the code:
\begin{alignat}{2} \varepsilon_0 & = \...
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