Questions tagged [code-review]
{code-review} asks for a review or possible improvement of the code used to create some output (typically a {diagram} or some structured format like a {title-page}).
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Code Review: LaTeX Profiling in expl3
I have a pretty big template of packages/classes for multiple different document types.
Some of the users sometimes complain that the compile times are soooo long.
However, to find the bottlenecks of ...
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Add comma after journal title and "new series" (spelled out in full) in biblatex
My code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[british]{babel}
\usepackage[style=authoryear]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\begin{document}
Read \textcite{sarfraz}.
Read \textcite{...
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Evalution of new version command / Code review
I'm still newbie latex user, so I need help from advanced users to figure out in macros restrictions and their pitfalls
Prerequisites:
I need to extract filename from its path, and I found this ...
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easyreview package : setreviewsoff not working
I have been working on a personal template for preparing my papers in case some journal don't have one.
In the way, I found the easyReview package and the commands \setreviewsoff or \setreviewson ...
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Looking for a better layout or style in writing solutions of equations
Before I proceed to write a lot of solutions, I want to adopt a style that I will use consistently in my document. So far I write a solution of an equation as follows. Could you review this ? Any ...
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Is this a good way to change \section in document using luacode? Or could this be done using plain Latex macro?
I wanted to do simple thing. Change each \section to \cprotect\section in the whole document.
I could not figure out how to do it using latex macro. So I used lua
I'd like to ask if you think this ...
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Newspaper layout
This is the template for my school newspaper that I maintain. It contains bits and pieces from everywhere (we all need to start start somewhere). I am aware that there are probably a lot that I can ...
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How can I nicely format my form in LaTeX?
I am in need for a little authorization form and decided that this is great opportunity to use LaTeX.
Here is what I have so far (minimized, translated to English—not the actual form of course):
\...
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Code review for a self created .sty file
I will start to write my masterthesis in the next weeks with LaTeX. I have build my own .sty and integrated it into my document. Everything works fine and it looks like it should but it would be great ...
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Make tikzpicture take remaining space of page
I am trying to place three rectangles on a page using tikz with these equirements
The two first boxes should have an height of 3.5 (as in my code)
The remaining box should take the remaining space of ...
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Draw a checker pattern with a black X in the center
I am trying to recreate the following image in TikZ
Using some old code I was able to produce the following result
While I was able to produce the correct result, I feel that my solution was a bit ...
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tikz animation on beamer slide - centering and improvements
The code below animates 4 simple, nearly identical, processes, maybe familiar to many of you. Each time it adds the completed picture to the list at the top.
My main issue is centering - I am having ...
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How to show a point name?
The circle Mixtilinear.
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,newcent}
\usepackage{pstricks} % required package
\usepackage{pst-node,pst-func,pst-plot,pst-eucl,pstricks-...
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What is the recommended method to have an image lie side by side with a list?
What I am doing below should suffice but I invite any other better ways. Is there any other better ones?
\documentclass[preview,border=12pt,12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{enumitem,graphicx}
\begin{...
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Circuit diagram with tikz
Hi I am trying to draw the following circuit:
using Tikz package in Latex. The following is my code
\begin{figure}[t]
\begin{center}
\ctikzset{bipoles/length=1cm}
\begin{...
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Improvements for conveyor belt in TikZ
Consider the following MWE:
\documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\foreach \n in {0,-10,...,-720}
{
\begin{tikzpicture}
\useasboundingbox (-3,-3) ...
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How can a node remember it's previous position?
Consider the following MWE:
\documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\foreach \n in {2,3,...,20}
{
\begin{tikzpicture}
\useasboundingbox (-6,-4) rectangle (2,1);
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Improvements for Lissajous curve
I was working on following MWE:
\documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{bookman}
\usetikzlibrary{backgrounds}
\tikzset{
io/.style={
fill=black,circle,inner sep=.5pt
},
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How to rewrite the looping below with nested ifelse operators?
Could you rewrite the looping part just with nested PostScript ifelse operators?
\documentclass[pstricks,border=1cm]{standalone}
\makeatletter
\def\scale{%
\psline(100,0)
\foreach \x in {0,...
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How can I change the number of iterations from 11 to 3?
The simplified example given below currently uses 11 iterations just for drawing at most 3 stems (vertical segments). It seems that my code is not efficient enough so I want to reduce the number of ...
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TikZ Code Review Request: Arrow pointing to circle from inside through two points
The code at the bottom produces the correct drawing, shown below. The issue is that I don't think I drew it in the best way possible; in particular, I really don't like having to construct (X) or (Y) ...
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Temporarily changing catcode of %
Scenario
I have a bunch of TeX files which may be processed by an external filter. The filter is (unfortunately) immutable: it does a string replacement where, for example, %d is expanded to a ...
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Make fireworks with only text
For the holidays, I wanted to follow up to the question about making fireworks with tikz (How can we display fireworks?):
How can we make fireworks with only text?
I have made a crude attempt below. ...
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Code review: Tables on a page
In a document I am working on, I am trying to group four tables on a single page. However, it seems I still have not one, but multiple issues with my understanding of how tables work...
I tried to ...
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Better idiomatic way to print a centered "starlet" (asterisk)?
I need to print what the publisher calls "a starlet" (asterisk).
I devised the code below, but I am not sure if it is a sound code, i.e., it won't cause problems later on, within other commands and ...
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Like to know how my code can be improved!
I would like to know better way of accomplishing the following figure than the code I used.
I'm used to for loops, but not to LaTeX loops!
THE CODE
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,x11names,svgnames]{...
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How to iterate a list of colors with two additional counters more elegantly?
A part of my code (especially iterating a list of colors with 2 additional counters) below does not seem straightforward.
\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt,dvipsnames]{standalone}
\usepackage{pst-...
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Which one should I use to annotate equations? \tag or \text?
I am still confused in selecting whether to use \text or \tag for annotating equations. Which one should I use? If it is about personal preference, what is the pros and cons between them?
\...
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TikZ: How can I write my code more concisely?
I am learning how to use TikZ and want to learn ways to write more concise TikZ code. I feel I use many more lines than others may need to achieve the same results. In particular, I want to learn a ...
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Need to remove blank page
I have a blank page in the middle of my document that I'm unsure how to remove.
Beginning
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[a6paper, top=1cm, bottom=1cm, left=1pt, right=1cm]{geometry}
\...
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Building a flowchart with PSTricks
I am building several flow-charts similar to this. They represent a procedure (algorithm) for dividing a triangle. Right now, I use the following code:
\newcommand{\thetriangle}{
\pspolygon[...
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Code improvement on a title page design
I am designing a new title page to post in the topic Showcase of beautiful title page done in TeX but am having some issues with the code I wrote. I don't like and I know it can be improved. In ...
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LaTeX Resume, Code Review for style and advice
I am using the code-review tag.
I would like to get feedback on my Resume. I started out with another's CV, but I pared it back to almost nothing and expanded it in a totally different style. I would ...
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Improve ugly PSTricks code [closed]
Consider the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pstricks-add}
\psset{unit = 0.47\psunit, fillstyle = solid}
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(0.5,1)(25,12.7)
\psframe(3,1)(10,10)...
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How to mimic LINQ's query method for macro's key-value?
Inspired by LINQ's query method, such as
deck.Take(randomCount)
.Where (card => card.Suit == "Hearts")
.Skip(2)
.Take(5)
.OrderBy (card => card.FaceValue);
The deck which is an ...
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How to buffer the extreme value of f(x) to draw a line representing a range of f(x)?
Please consider the following animation.
\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pst-plot}
\def\f{x^2-x-6}
\psset{unit=3,algebraic}
\def\Atom#1{%
\begin{pspicture}(-1.5,-6.5)(2,-...
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Tikz - Thick line by overlapping rectangles - How to improve the diagram
I create my diagram with the following code.
\documentclass{article}
%
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,trees,positioning,arrows,chains,shapes.geometric,%
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Improvement of PSTricks code for drawing of balls in a triangular box
Consider the following.
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% lualatex filename.tex
\DocumentMetadata{}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-eucl}
\def\maksimumB{\fpeval{2*(1+3^(1/2))*\radius} }
\def\maksimumH{\fpeval{(3+3^(...
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Improvement of PSTricks code for drawing of Pantheon
Consider the following example.
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{
auto-pst-pdf,
pst-eucl,
pstricks-add
}
\usepackage[
locale=DE
]{siunitx}
\begin{...
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Definition of PSTricks constant and improvement of code for drawing of Pantheon
Consider the following.
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{
auto-pst-pdf,
pst-eucl,
pstricks-add
}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\begin{...
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Definition of PSTricks constant (again) and improvement of code
Consider the following example. (This is either the last one or the second to last.)
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pstricks-add}
\...
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Improve PSTricks code for drawing of the Olympic flag
Consider the following example.
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pstricks-add}
\usepackage[locale=DE]{siunitx}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\cs_new_eq:NN ...
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Improve PSTricks code for drawing of a general, regular polygon
Consider the following example.
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pst-eucl,pst-poly,pstricks-add}
\usepackage[locale=DE]{siunitx}
\...
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Improve PSTricks code for drawing of a football pitch
Consider the following example.
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pstricks-add}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
% Paremeters
\def\...
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Improve PSTricks code for drawing of a chest of drawers
Consider the following example.
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pstricks-add}
\begin{document}
\psset{unit=0.08cm}
\begin{pspicture}(45,...
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Optimize (or improve, at least) PSTricks code for drawing a beehive
Consider the following example.
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{
auto-pst-pdf,
pst-eucl
}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\def\...
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How to improve my PSTricks code to construct a triangle diagram?
This question is similar to How to improve my PSTricks code to construct a triangle number diagram?.
Consider the following example.
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
...
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How to improve my PSTricks code to construct a triangle number diagram?
This question is similar to How to improve my PSTricks code to construct a triangle diagram?.
Consider the following example.
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Code improvement for PSTricks figure
Consider the following example.
Code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pstricks-add}
\begin{document}
\def\laengde{60 }
\psset{unit=0.04}
\begin{pspicture}(260,260)
\pnode(0,0){P1}
\pnode(!0 \...
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Optimizing tikz code for less redundancies [closed]
I don't use tikz very often. When I do, I'm usually pretty happy with the result (and with how useful that manual is). But I always think the code I produced to get there could be optimized, as in the ...
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