Questions tagged [environments]
{environments} is for general questions related to (La)TeX environments. For questions about environment subcategories like {lists}, {quoting} environments, or {floats} use the appropriate tag instead.
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Nested Environment in LyX: Theorem with only an enumeration
I've read the following posts but I'm not sure they answer my doubt: Lyx nested environments; Normalizing nested environments for cleaner design (LyX).
I am using the AMS theorem environment, and I ...
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How to write comments after self defined environment header
I have defined an environment viz.Examples in the following way:
\newtheoremstyle{myexcstyle}{3ex}{3ex}{}{}{\scshape}{:}{.5em}{}
\theoremstyle{myexcstyle}
\newtheorem*{exmps}{Examples}
\...
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Parametrically Sorting LaTeX Sections
I am trying to create a report with a few chapters, but each chapter with many sections. I plan to update the document each day with each day's entry being in a new section. I can do the entry either ...
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Two solutions to one problem
I have defined the solution environment as below:
\newtheorem{solution}{Solution}[subsection]
I have two solutions to problem 1.3.3 as shown in the attached screenshot. However, by using \begin{...
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How do I create macros to use in conditional statements?
I am creating a document class for homework assignments, I would like the problem environment to have an optional option to include parts. What I have now will compile correctly in Overleaf but gives ...
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I can't change the font in awesome-cv
Latex Code
How do I change the font in the list under Coursework to match the font in the rest of the latex document using awesome-cv?
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Suppressing text with strikethrough?
I would like to suppress text that has been strickenthrough (struckthrough?). I don't think that hide does this, because hide replaces with an empty box of the same size.
I think something like \...
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Defining counter including section or chapter
In the following LaTeX code I want the referring number of the nlpr environment to appear as the referring number of the theorem.
How shall I modify the definition of the nlpr environment?
\...
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Place words before text
Currently I am working on a textbook for students.
I am looking for a way to place words before text, in order to show what concepts are defined in that alinea.
Something like this:
...
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User defined Section Environment - Undefined Control Sequence
I am trying to create a user defined environment to create a section the code for which is
\newenvironment{rSection}[1]{ % 1 input argument - section name
\sectionskip
\MakeUppercase{\bf #1} % ...
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Ignore specific lines when numbering lines - how to do it?
This may also be a potentially trivial question, but did not find the answer. Answers relate to other packages.
...
\usepackage{lineno}
...
\begin{linenumbers}
\begin{verbatim}
A
B
C
\end{...
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@currenvir check returns false
Good day,
I'm trying to check for the solution environment and close it if it's open.
I have tried this answer and checking directly for the @insolution toggle that is set by solution environment ...
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NewDocumentEnvironment and xparse combination adds unwanted space after
This is a follow-up question to this one, but I am afraid it is of a different nature now. The accepted answer seems to put unwanted spaces after the custom-defined environments. I am not sure how to ...
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Reference counter does not include chapter number
Trying to get reference numbers right to a custom defined environment. In short I have:
\newcounter{MathToolBox}[chapter]\setcounter{MathToolBox}{0}
\newcommand{\theBox}{\arabic{chapter}.\arabic{...
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Listing theorems or definitions
I followed this Marking the end of a definition to create an specific environment definition for my theorems.
Is there any easy way of listing all declared definitions/theorems? I want a list similar ...
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Resolving a FancyVerb error when making a new code environment
full MWE presented at the end
I am creating my own code environment with minted for a text I am writing. It is enumerable, as well as reference-able. Everything works fine and the document compiles ...
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Ideas for presenting the research question?
I know this is a very open questions, however I am looking for some impressions as I am totally unsure in what style I can do this.
I am writing m bachelor thesis right now and want to present my ...
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Nameless environments spacing side-effects
I was under the assumption that wrapping a section of text within curly brackets effectively creates an implicit environment where I can temporarily change some settings, for instance the font size:
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newenvironment including minipages
With the following code I get almost what I would like to have (exclamation mark besides a text including an equation), but I get an overfull \hbox message although I am respecting textwidth.
The ...
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Defining a new environment that utilizes the optional package inside
I have been using the optional package in order to conveniently create solutions in the same document. I had been writing solutions longhand by placing it inside:
\opt{optS}{\color{blue} \textbf{...
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Nesting environments when trying to define an align-like environment which carries one single equation number
I am trying to define a new align-like environment that, in the spirit of this answer, displays only one single equation number for the entire multi-line equation. As for nesting the align and split ...
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TeX command into Environment
How to change below mentioned latex "command" as "environment" mode
e.g.
\marginnotesone{sample text}
--->
\begin{marginnotesone}sample text\end{marginnotesone}
Please find my tex code as below:
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Floating environment with caption outside the box
I have defined a float environment following this answer in the "optional caption" version:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{newfloat}
\usepackage{caption}
\DeclareFloatingEnvironment[fileext=frm,...
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How to define a two-column definition environment that breaks across pages
Related questions:
How to make a table on more than one page by using the table environment
TabularX and \Newenvironment{} with Page Break
Description-like environment with fixed labels ...
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List arguments for a specific command within each section
How can I limit the scope of a command to a given section?
I have adapted a macro found online which reads in the arguments from a command and lists them
\newcommand{\printDefn}{}
\newcommand\defn[...
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How to identify align points in a gather environment
I am using Lyx. I have created a set of equations in a gather environment. Now I think it would be better if I get the equal signs aligned. I don't like to reconstruct my equations again in an align ...
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How to bold custom handwritten text
I use the miama font to simulate short (a couple of lines) handwritten pieces of text.
As the font is rather light, I use an adaption of Steven B. Segletes solution from
How to bold custom ...
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command in {after} section of environment behaving oddly
In its simplest form, I'm trying to do an environment which wraps the filecontents environment, and does some stuff after the file is written.
\usepackage[autocompile]{gregoriotex}
\newenvironment{...
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Inconsistencies in environments
I have noticed that I get different results when I use an environment and when I type my code "directly", which I presume is not supposed to happen. For example, here is the code for a definition (the ...
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Rearrange inside environment
This is somewhat hacky.
I'm ultimately trying to create an exam template that rearranges itself. But, I want a lot of flexibility and the randomizing exam packages that exist don't seem to work.
I'm ...
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Autoref after putting the same counter for all environments
I have a xelatex amsart document in which I defined first a counter
\newcounter{thms}
and then defined environments,
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newtheorem{thms}{Theorem}
\newtheorem{defni}[thms]{...
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Indent theorem body (excluding the title)
I'd like to define custom environments in which the body is indented in contrast to the body/the first line of the environment. An example could look like this
In particular not every environment ...
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Making a restatable boxed theorem
This is probably very simple to do, but I am trying to write restatable theorems with boxes around them. Looking at this answer, box around theorem statement, I get a way to put boxes around a theorem,...
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Use translations in newtheorem defintion
How can I use the translations package to define multi-lingual newtheorem environments as in:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[german]{babel}
\usepackage{translations}
\usepackage[thmmarks,...
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Placing figures in parboxes and referencing them
I'm trying to build a latex environment that generates a table, and in that table there may be figures that need to be referenced. I absolutely need the number in the text to compile to the reference ...
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Changing the font for reference in theorem statements
I'm writing a document that has a part looking like this.
Here's the code:
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % Change according to your operating system
\usepackage{...
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How to Enhance an Existing Math Environment
I'm taking the next step in my learning of LaTeX and starting to explore the possibility of creating custom environments; however, the resources I've consulted don't mention how to create an ...
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mdframed even top and bottom margin for environments
I'm trying to use LaTeX for my current ODE lecture and use mdframed for a "boxed proposition" to make it easier for the reader to distinguish the formulation from the proof.
This is what I use to ...
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How can I create an absolutely positioned environment position determined by parameters using tikz?
I'm trying to define an environment that will place the contents in a tikzpicture node that gets positioned based on environment parameters. I'm very new to LaTeX, TikZ, and PGF, so the syntax is ...
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Tagging in \newenvironment does not work with unactivated tags
I have a list of exercises created using package amsthm that I would like to tag using package tagging to generate only the exercises relevant to a certain chapter. I want to create a new environment ...
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How to remove additional space under wrapfigure when using vspace in text
I'm creating some custom environments. One of them will be placed in \wrapfigure and second one will contain text which should wrap around the first one.
When I'm adding \vspace between paragraphs, ...
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Can we make a better shaded/framed/boxed environment?
I have grown quite fond of Donald Arseneau's framed package. However, there are a few tweaks I would like to add, but not sure how.
Whether to merge the two environments framed and shaded, or modify ...
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Use `tikzpicture` in `\newcommand` or `\newenvironment` along with `lstlisting`
I defined the following command \recomm to print a box with a separated body and a title:
\newcommand{\recomm}[3]{
\vspace{0.5cm}
\noindent
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node [rectangle, inner sep=...
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Theorem and definition name in margin
I want to have the theorem names appear in the margin. I've tried using the margin notes to do this but I was unable to do so.
Here is a picture of what I am trying to do. The top line is how the ...
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Avoid extra linebreak at the end of modified “proof” environment
This question is related to How to change the word "Proof" in the proof environment?.
I would like that the proofs in my document begin with "Proof. ---", instead of the standard "Proof." by ...
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How to use \newenvironment and align in standalone document
This works:
\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\newenvironment{f}{
\csname align*\endcsname
}{
\csname endalign*\endcsname
}
\begin{document}
\begin{f}
a = 1
\end{f}
\begin{f}
...
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White edge around text when underlining using \contour{white} inside a shaded environment
When using the simple code for adding nice underlines under your text:
\usepackage{ulem}
\usepackage{contour}
\newcommand{\ul}[1]{%
\uline{\phantom{#1}}%
\llap{\contour{white}{#1}}
… a problem ...
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How can I create custom an environment with default left margin?
--Edit-- (rewrite the code that I use currently to produce margin left)
This is code that I try to make a new environment (leftwhitespace) of, instead of writing these code that create list with 1 ...
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Annoying syntax highlighting of unclosed group at \cs:w [closed]
So I was looking at my preamble, with Overleaf yelling at me for not putting a closing bracket after the piece of code attached below, which is strange, since that group is indeed closed. To confirm, ...
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New Command for Comment?
Question: Is there an environment similar to the comment environment that suppresses text and space but can be called using inline commands?
I'm trying to develop a better way to type my solutions ...
