Questions tagged [calc]
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Relationship between strut and baselineskip
Here, it is said that a strut is defined as:
\rule[-.3\baselineskip]{0pt}{\baselineskip}
However, if I do:
\newlength{\strutheight}
\settoheight{\strutheight}{\strut}\printlength{\strutheight}
\...
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Set an option to a custom environment to change width of a setheight
I'm tuning the code @CarLaTeX proposed in this topic to separate teacher version and student version.
The goal is when the boolean is true (student version), a blank line takes the place of the stuff....
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Basic TikZ “Missing number” error when using `asin` to calculate the end angle of arc
I am new to plotting in TikZ and has come across the "Missing number error" in the following example on the line marked by %(**),
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,shapes....
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1answer
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Using zref return value as input for counter
I am trying to create a new counter, which is counting the page numbers to store them and reuse them later. I always remove the 3 pages, which are not numbered at the beginning of the document and I ...
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How to evaluate an expression and use the result in newcommand?
I am trying to declare a newcommand
\newcommand{\seq}[3]{#1_#2, #1_{#2 + 1} \cdots ,#1_#3}
What I want is basically to print the sequence $v_0, v_1, \cdots, v_N$ by calling \seq{v}{0}{N} but it is ...
2
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1answer
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Riemann Sum approaches Area under Curve
I am trying to write a program where I can change the number of subintervals, n( using \def\n\some number), and the output show that specific number of rectangles in the Riemann Sum. An animation ...
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Call for node distance as a variable in TikZ
Is it possible to use the node distance as a variable while expressing coordinates of new nodes with Calc and Positioning libraries? What I want to have is everything within a single piece of code for ...
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Problems with enumitem and calc
Below is a MWE with the calc and enumitem packages:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{calc}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Title}
\section{Section}
\begin{enumerate}[labelindent=...
3
votes
1answer
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Problem with \newdimen and \widthof
I have a problem with the following code under TexLive 2018:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}
\usepackage{parskip}
\newdimen\lblwidth\lblwidth=\widthof{8.88.\ }...
2
votes
1answer
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calc and xassoccnt incompatible?
I'm getting LaTeX warning:
Package xassoccnt Warning: Warning: Package "calc" is loaded -- this is not
(xassoccnt) recommended for xassoccnt
with
calc 2017/05/25 v4.3
xassoccnt ...
7
votes
1answer
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Why conflict between mathtools and Gonzalo's solution for auto-adjusting description environment?
Gonzalo Medina provided a nifty solution to "Automatically set description list labelwidth based on widest label?." (The goal was to define a description environment where the item text is ...
5
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2answers
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How to define a variable as another variable divided by two?
I would like to define a variable \j in a loop \foreach \i in { 2, 4, 6} and use \j to labels of the nodes.
Here is my code:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{balance,complexity,pgfplots,tikz,...
5
votes
1answer
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Is there an incompatibility between the packages calc and siunitx? (\GenericError […])
The following code does not compile:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{p{.5cm}p{\widthof{\textbf{AAAAAAAAA}}}l}
&\textbf{...
1
vote
1answer
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Weird behavior when mixing the tikz “let” and “plot” operation
Can anyone explain to me why the output of the following code changes when I remove +\x1 ?
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\begin{...
2
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1answer
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tikz - create coordinate with maximum y-value of two other coordinates
I'd like to define a coordinate (Q1) which contains the x-component of a coordinate (P1) and as y-component the maximum y-values of (P1) and (P2).
Here's my MWE:
\documentclass{standalone}
\...
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3answers
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Combining calc and perpendicular coordinates in tikz
As it is described there, the following does not compile:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node at (0, 0) (node1) {Hello};
\node ...
5
votes
1answer
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Tikz coordinates relative to one node
Using both calc and |- would be a convenient way to refer to "inner, relative coordinates" of a node, with
(0, 0) meaning node.center,
(0, 1) meaning node.east and
(.3, -.5) meaning somewhere precise ...
2
votes
2answers
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Store result of \ratio calculation for repeated use
I am using pdflatex with the beamer package to create a presentation template that is similar to the PowerPoint template provided by my company.
I want the company logo to have the same size in my ...
0
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1answer
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Error message converting from markdown to PDF, Package calc Error: `\let ' invalid at this point
I am trying to convert a R markdown document to PDF. However, it fails to compile and gives me the following error message: ! Package calc Error: `\let ' invalid at this point.
My document consists ...
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1answer
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tikz/pgf and `\maxof` broken since 3.0.1a
The following example works well tikz up to 3.0.0 (TL 2014 and probably 2015), but breaks since tikz 3.0.1a (till now):
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}...
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votes
2answers
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Using tikz Calc package to add cordinates
I would like to draw the line shown in the right hand side of the attached figure from Node 3 to the line between Node 1 and Node 2.
(Note line with should be same width as all other lines.)
I ...
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votes
1answer
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How align paragraph with labels before resume enumitem list
I have an enumerate list created with enumitem that I interrupt and then resume. Between the last item before the interruption and the first after the resumption, I insert a text paragraph. How can I ...
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vote
1answer
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Including xifthen package breaks macro expansion in header
In the following MWE, I build a 'database' which I then query later in body text and in headers.
It works fine until I load the xifthen package. This is not used in the MWE, but I do use the \isempty{...
2
votes
1answer
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Macro definition with argument within node position calculation does not work
I can't figure out, why the following macro definition \gcmarknode does not work:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pifont}
\newcommand{\cmark}{\ding{51}}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\...
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vote
1answer
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Personal command incompatible with tikz calc library
I have written a personal command called \compo that allows you to place a figure next to a text: \compo[.4]{ text }{ figure };
When the figure is created with the tikz calc library, there is this ...
5
votes
2answers
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Error in tkz-euclide \tkzDefPoint with square roots
I cannot make sqrt(x) work in \tkzDefPoint; I'm getting the error ! Argument of \XC@definec@lor has an extra } in the following code:
\documentclass{scrbook}
\usepackage{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{...
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1answer
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Centering the center of two tikz nodes to the center of a page
Consider the following example:
\documentclass[twoside, 10pt]{book}
\usepackage[
paperwidth=6in,
paperheight=9in,
tmargin=0.75in,
bmargin=0.75in,
inner=0.75in,
outer=0.75in
]{...
2
votes
1answer
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Calculate inside \setlength
I'm subdividing my page in a number of sections and I want to calculate the width of each section depending of the number.
\newlength{\basewidth}
\setlength{\basewidth}{\linewidth/5.5}
The \...
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vote
1answer
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Passing a numeric argument through `\newcommand` or `\renewcommand` to a `calc` package command?
Consider the following MnotWE:
\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{calc}
\newcommand{\...
1
vote
1answer
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Multiplying command argument by factor
I am trying to use calc to perform a basic multiplication of arguments of a user-defined command, like this:
\def\Verdana#1{
\normalfont
\fontsize{#1}{#1 * \real{1.2}}
\VerdanaFont
\selectfont}
...
5
votes
1answer
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Make a CV auto updating
I would like to create a code to insert in my CV that make it auto update.
The hypotetic sentence is this one:
"Engineer with twenty experience years", where twenty is generated by, e.g., \startyear{...
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Calc and mathtools : issue
I have an issue when using titlesec with mathttools :
l.19 \addtocontents{toc}{\setcounter{tocdepth}{0}}
! Undefined control sequence.
Here is an minimal example :
Can ...
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votes
3answers
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Relative coordinates & Calc library
Attached is the code to draw a simple tree.
I wish to get the NEGF node to appear in a middle location between the "west" of the \node {Without Illumination}, and "east" of the {Geometric} node. I ...
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Dimension too large for TikZ modulo arithmetic [duplicate]
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\begin{document}
\def\sides{50}
\pgfmathsetmacro\lmu{\sides -1}
\...
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votes
2answers
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Measuring the height of a box
Solution in Edit 3. It works well, but seems to need an optimization. :)
MWE:
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{mathptmx}
\usepackage{anyfontsize}
\newcommand{\Title}[1]{
\...
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votes
1answer
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What unit of measurement is \widthof using
For various purposes I need to know the width of a given text. The easiest way to do this is to use the \widthof{} command from the calc package. Issue is that I can't understand what unit of ...
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1answer
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Many errors given by the calc package
I know that the title is not clear at all; the issue is that I'm trying to use the calc package to compute the value of a certain counter, and I receive two different error messages, according to some ...
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1answer
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calc-package prevents \headheight to change
I am trying to automize setting the correct \headheight following Heiko Oberdiek's approach. It is based on the fact that the fancyhdr package usually increases the \headheight as required and saves ...
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2answers
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tikz Error some package has redefined the meaning of the math-mode dollar sign
I am using Tikz code from package-lineno-not-working-well-skips-line-texlive-2016 and everything have been working very well.
When I added some verbatim text at the end, now I get this error from ...
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2answers
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Label not typeset in specified location
I have two concentric circles centered at O drawn. I specify that the radius of the smaller circle is 1. The radius of the bigger circle is determined so that an inscribed angle LMN has measure 20 ...
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1answer
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TikZ calc doesn't accept coordinates defined in a \newcommand like (x,y) (with parenteses)
I've defined a new command like \newcommand{\with}{(1,1)} because I'd like to make a tikzpicture with a "parametrical" starting point and built all the other coordinates from there.
But if it this ...
