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TeX jargon - Difference between "argument" and "parameter" in TeX?
What's the difference between the term "parameter" and the term "argument" in TeX jargon?
Are outermost enclosing pairs of matching curly braces of undelimited arguments to be ...
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Where is the definition of the math mod environment `$$...$$`?
I have a problem with display math modes $$...$$ and \[...\], see The display math mode and the `center` environment. So, I want to find the definition of the display math mode $$...$$ for ...
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How to delete a command in the \BODY macro of environment defined by \NewEnviron
My environment defined by \NewEnviron macro contains a macro \mymacro. How can to delete the macro \mymacro in the \BODY macro, when it executes?
\documentclass{article}
\NewEnviron{myenviron}{\...
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Commands already defined [duplicate]
I am getting the following problem
(/home/hagbard/Opstk/bld/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsopn.sty)
! LaTeX Error: Command \iint already defined.
Or name \end... illegal, ...
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Expl3: understand how new command using sequence processes arguments
I'm just getting started with expl3. I had a previous question which initiated about automating the process of printing authors of a specific paper and their further informations.
The solution by Alan ...
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Function of "Elements" without Backslash in Command-Definitions
I have a general question which I couldn't solve so far. It came up a few days ago, while I was trying to redefine the different parts of the footer of the scrlayer-scrpage package (this still isn't ...
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How to find macros to adjust footer (lefoot, cefoot etc.) with scrlayer-scrpage
I'm still working on a Latex-template for my institution. So far everything runs fine and the former questions i asked here helped me a lot.
Now, i want to adjust the different parts of the journals ...
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Beamer: Definitions not in blocks [duplicate]
In my Beamer presentation I would like to write definition as in the Article environment, so without blocks. How can I do it?
\documentclass[10pt,aspectratio=169]{beamer}
\usetheme{Frankfurt}
\...
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How to place a defined variable at multiple locations
I would like to use the defined variable - \arrows[#1] - from this tikz example:
https://texample.net/tikz/examples/overlapping-arrows/
% Overlapping arrows
% Author: Elena Botoeva
\documentclass{...
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beamer definition numbered [duplicate]
I would like to display a definition block in beamer (I'm preparing some slides) but block should be numbered, something link "Definition 1", "Definition 2", etc.
Using the code ...
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Redefinition of \maketitle is ignored
I would like to change some elements of my title page, but without completely creating my own titlepage environment (as e.g. demonstrated here), because I am using commands like \extratitle and \...
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How to Produce a Footnote Like This for Some Lyric Sheets
Consider the code
\documentclass[14pt]{memoir}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{verse}
\begin{bfseries}
\hskip -12pt* A special footnote \\[1pt]
\hskip 15pt To be put \textit{this way;} \\...
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Define coloneq (def) with redefined \=
For my own convenience, I tried to define some short-cut key for ``define'' as
\usepackage{mathtools}
\NewCommandCopy{\tmp}{\=}
\AtBeginDocument{%
\DeclareRobustCommand{\=}{\ =\ }%
}
\def\:={\ \...
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Opposite of csname
If I have a macro \Name that expands to a macro name, I can use that with \csname or the various tools from etoolbox. Can I do the opposite, i.e., get the name of a macro?
My use case is the following:...
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Looking for Global Solution to Insufficient Apostrophe Kerning with Cabin
In How to Increase the Space Between a Letter and Its Apostrophe with Cabin, it was suggested that in order to increase the kerning between a letter and the adjoining apostrophe, one may use
\mbox{'} ...
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use \def\@plus{plus} etc to save token space
In the LaTeX kernel, we can see these definitions:
\def\@plus{plus}
\def\@minus{minus}
\def\@height{height}
\def\@depth{depth}
\def\@width{width}
It is said that these definitions can be used to save ...
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Using \ifdefined for a definition inside \DeclareOption
I'm checking for a command declared inside \DeclareOption but \ifdefined doesn't seem to work as expected. Here's a MWE:
% example23.sty
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesPackage{example23}[2023/01/01 ...
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Custom colorful definition
My MWE:
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{xcolor, soul}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\definecolor{columbiablue}{rgb}{0.61, 0.87, 1.0}
\newcommand{\highlight}[1]{\...
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Why doesn't TikZ accept conditional colors?
I want to use conditional colors.
I produced the following MWE but it does not work. What is the issue?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
%\def\versionNB{}
\def\versionColor{...
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What is the definition of \abc in this case?
When I compile the following code I get the error:
"use of \abc doesn't match its definition"
What is the definition of \abc?
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\def\foo#1{\def\abc#1{...
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What is \fam command?
I defined the following command
\NewDocumentCommand{\fam}{O{\mathbb{N}}mm}{\left\{ #2_#3 \right\}_{#3 \in #1}} % Family notation (set with indices)
but I get the compile error Command '\fam' ...
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Is this the right way to understand \let \def \edef \gdef \xdef \newcommand \renewcommand \providecommand?
I've already looked at at least ten different q&as explaining the differences of a subset of the commands listed above. While experimenting with them and trying to understand the subtle ...
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Change definition title to textsc?
How may one change the following MWE (which is useful for including enumeration), so that we instead of the title Definition 0.1. have \textsc{Definition} 0.1.?
\usepackage{amsmath, amsthm}
\...
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TeX point command
I try to get my own command to work to output a point in standard german notation.
My code (adapted version of wipet's code):
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\def\punkt#1{\left(\punktA#1,,\right)}
\def\...
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Page of definitions and theorems
As the title says, I am looking to put a page of definitions and theorems ideally at the start of the document (the end is fine too). If my document has theorem environments throughout, I would like ...
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Redefine a definition with itself, without evaluate its content
I have this MWE :
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[TS1,T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\newcounter{nbrefpage}
\newcommand\setindex[1] {%
\stepcounter{nbrefpage}%
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Evaluate just one part of a definition, and not the other part
Let's assume we have:
\def\tmpnbrefpage{sometestpagetoken}
how can we define a storedpageref variable, like (in pseudo-language):
"storedpageref" = \pageref{\tmpnbrefpage}
where ...
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Redefine def by itself without evaluate
If I have \csname var:\foo\endcsname, how can I do that : \expandafter\gdef\csname var:\foo\endcsname{\csname var:\foo\endcsname, \bar} ?
I know I can do it with edef (or xdef for global), but in my ...
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Defining an Em Dash with Length Greater Than the Cabin Default
I have noticed that the length of an em dash is not always uniform, depending upon the font being used.
Consider the following code which defines an em dash:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[T1]{...
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Using \def in csv range
I would like to use a predefined list of numbers in the csvsimple-l3 range option.
The MWE will explain better:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{csvsimple-l3}
\...
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Simple boxes for definitions, theorems, lemmas, and proofs with tcolorbox
I would like to have something that looks like this:
I don't want to add Box 1 to the definition environment each time. And this also goes for properties, lemmas, and theorems of the environment
\...
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How to create \in-symbol with underbar that has rounded edges and correct vertical spacing?
The aim is to create a new symbol \ineq. The appearence of \ineq would be to \in as \subseteq is to \subset.
Output from attempt at making \ineq:
Problems with attempt in decreasing order of ...
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Why does this command defined with \NewDocumentCommand behave differently from \def inside tabular column specification?
On the first glance
\NewDocumentCommand{\foo}{m}{#1}
and
\def\foo#1{#1}
should be identical and in most scenarios they actually are, but when the argument is not explicitly follows \foo, the command ...
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How to limit scope of microtype's letterspacing command \textls to non-math environment?
Package microtype has the command \textls to manipulate letterspacing in an ad hoc manner. While its use is usually frowned upon by typographists, according to microtype's user manual (p 23 footnote), ...
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How would I define a character to start and end an environment in plain TeX?
In TeX, starting and ending math mode is done with the same symbol, namely $. Suppose I would like to start and end an environment like this, perhaps with the text italic, using the character *, as ...
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Declare new command to denote the condition with additional settings
Can someone tell me how to set the parameters of a declared new command similar to how it is set in the TikZ package? More specifically, I would like to declare a function \condVert{} that sets a ...
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Changing theoremstyle
I wanted to change the way "Definition 1.1" is displayed. Specifically, I want to make the name of the definition (green box in attached image) appear in bold (which I know I could do with \...
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How to define a LaTeX shorthand for nested indentation "contexts"
I am looking for a convenient way to code nestable "contexts" whose extents are displayed through indentation. Each context consists of a sequence of "statements" (i.e. lines) and/...
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Why is this \def failing?
This is just a small snippet, for debugging:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\def\block#1{\begin{array}{ll}\ &{#1}\end{array}}
\def\sub#1#2{\text{#1}:\\\block{#2}}
\begin{...
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Defining a new command, the output of which depends on an internal parameter
Maybe someone can tell me how to define a new command in \LaTeX, which can take one mandatory value and another optional value (parameter) as input. In this case, depending on the value of the ...
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Generate command definitions that take arguments
I want to define a command \NewSmartOp such that:
\NewSmartOp \MYOP \myop
would produce the following code (or anything equivalent):
\makeatletter
\def\MYOP{\@ifstar\MYOP@star\MYOP@nostar}
\def\...
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Why double curly brackets in `\long\def\bold#1{{\bf#1}}`
I'm reading The TeXbook by Knuth.
Page 205 has
If you actually want a control sequence to allow arguments with \par
tokens, you can define it to be a “long” macro by saying ‘\long’ just
before ‘\def’. ...
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Constructing \definition in latex
Does there exist \begin{definition} in latex? And how can I construct one? Is everything derived from \newtheorem command.
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How to adapt \crefrangelabelformat to subexample formatting?
I would like to be able to redefine something which is supposed to be defined in the preamble.
In this example and in relation to this question :
Cross-referencing: more sublevels, and presets,
I want ...
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! Missing \endcsname inserted . Problem with \def
I am trying to compile and OLD LaTex file from my PhD thesis, using PDFLatex. However, now it does not compile anymore. It keep me giving this error. Below I give a MWE:
\documentclass[12pt,...
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Declare math operator
I'm trying to create a command with which to write
\declaremathoperator{ABC}
to get
\def\ABC{\operatorname{ABC}}
I tried to implement it like
\def\declaremathoperator#1
{ \def\csname #1\endcsname{\...
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new, renew, provide and declare commands naming conventions
When defining new macros (or more general/abstract: resources), we have to consider the case of the macro already being defined. xparse handles this (imho) quite nicely, by using the four prefixes
\...
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Huge set definition in latex
I am trying to write a set definition like the picture below in latex:
How can I make such a clean set definition?
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Writing (nested) argument specifier to aux file
This is a follow-up to this question:
where I explained that I want to write some definitions into an aux file and use hooks to achieve this. Refer to this question for context why I want to do the ...
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On Stacking Asterisks to Form Chapter Dividers with Stackengine
This question is an extension of the earlier post Best Way to Produce This Chapter Divider Image
Consider the code:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{stackengine}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\def\asterisks{\...
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