Questions tagged [etoolbox]
{etoolbox} is a package which provides several macros which take advantage of the {e-tex} extension of (La)TeX.
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How can I rewrite these conditionals effectively?
I'm working on modernizing and adapting an old LuaLaTeX template made for exams and other university documents. The thing is, the document is full of conditionals like these:
\newcommand{\showMarks}{...
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Understanding empty \newcommand's in etoolbox.sty
In etoolbox.sty, three commands \ifdefmacro, \ifdefparam and \ifdefprotected are firstly defined by \newcommand\cmd{}, then by \long\edef\cmd{...}. I don't understand why the empty \newcommands are ...
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\csdef{} that reports error if command is already defined
Is there a version of \csdef{}{} that reports an error if the value is already defined? The MWE below compiles fine since no checking for the macro already being defined is done and yields:
I want to ...
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Chemical packages bug fontspec mhchem siunits
Example:
\documentclass[10pt]{beamer}
\usetheme{Singapore}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{helvet}
\usepackage{natbib}
\...
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Patch `pmatrix` with optional arguments
I need to patch the math command pmatrix with optional arguments. For example, I'd like to patch the following code, while treating it as immutable.
\[
\begin{pmatrix}
& a & b\\
c &...
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Hyperlink to homepage after author in amsart
The amsart class provides the command \urladdr which is intended to place a hyperlink to the homepage of each author at the end of the document. I wonder whether the amsart setauthors command can be ...
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Conflict between french option, babel package, babel tikzlibrary and etoolbox package
I'm sorry for the pretty vague title. I've tried to make it as clear as I could.
In my documents, I'm setting up the language option with babel package and to avoid some troubles I had to load babel ...
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bibliography overwrites header
I am writing a journal-type document, in which the bibliography for an article should be printed at the end of the article. I am using the book class for it.
For the references, I want to use \begin{...
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Cleveref's namecref usage in etoolbox' tests
I am currently trying to create new commands to add the correct French article in front of the cross-references when required (for example "la figure XX" or "le chapitre XX").
My initial idea was to ...
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How to fix etoolboox error? BibLaTex using bibstyle=uni-wtal-ger
I'm trying to use BibLaTeX with citestyle=authoryear-ibid and bibstyle=uni-wtal-ger
My main.tex looks like this:
\documentclass[paper=a4,pagesize=auto,oneside,fontsize=12pt,toc=bib]{scrreprt}
\...
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Hook for outer par mode
Is it possible to execute macros after the correct mode is 'reached?'
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\usepackage{marginfix}
\newcommand{\mymarginpar}[1]{\AfterEndEnvironment{figure}{\...
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Automate equation variable description with glossaries-symbols
I'm trying to automate the description tables of equations with the help of the glossaries-package. I already found this question, but on the one hand it didn't work for me, and on the other it seems ...
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Definitive way to pre- and append code, or patch commands?
Consider the following example: we have a command \mycmd, defined in some pacakge as:
\DeclareRobustCommand{\mycmd}{%
<original source code>
}
we want to patch this command, in the sense ...
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Safe way of redefining \- only for math mode
I know that \- is already used for hyphenation and inside tabbing. How can I patch this command such that it does something else, but only inside math environments? I tried the following:
\...
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String comparison between AlphAlph and clist_item fails
I am trying to compare the results of AlphAlph and the indexing of a comma-delimited list. Why does this not work?
MWE
%! TEX PROGRAM = pdflatex
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{...
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LaTeX, etoolbox and counters
I'm having a new issue with the etoolbox package.
In fact, I would like in a LaTeX document to numberize my figures, tables, etc...
But, when I add the value of the counter to the list, it doesn't ...
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LaTeX etoolbox list not working in environment
I'm working on LaTeX and I want to add an element to a list each time I call an environment (here the environment environment).
When I run the document the result is
['command'] instead of ['...
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Expandable Substring inside an ifboolexpr
Seeking understanding of how to expand a substring so the value can be evaluated within ifboolexpr from etoolbox package - As a relative newbie to latex (only using it for the past 18 months), I'm ...
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Failure to patch pict2e to have a fillable oval
I am trying to patch "on the fly" pict2e.sty so that I can have filled ovals (this comes from here: https://github.com/Rmano/circledsteps/issues/5). I tried this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[...
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How to work with members of sequence during iteration with expl3?
I have several environments before and after which I want to insert identical code. I want to do this using expl3 because in my opinion it is the best solution. But my solution does not work because ##...
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Toggle optionally red color to multiple lines in align environment
I am writing a document that contains some mathematical proofs. I would like to define a command in LaTeX that enables me to write some additional passages to my proofs which are shown only when a ...
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what does csnumgdef do?
What does \csnumgdef do? From code examples, it appears to take two arguments, and one is led to believe that it defines a number var and assigns to it the value val, as in \csnumgdef{var}{val}. If ...
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\xpatch fails if \PassOptionsToPackage{french}{babel} is used
Everything works fine if I do not use \PassOptionsToPackage{french}{babel}.
My document class abntex2 already loads babel, then, to load the french language I need to use \PassOptionsToPackage{french}...
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How to replace a command argument as #2 with something else?
I am trying to patch this macro:
\xshowcmd\addcontentsline
> \addcontentsline=macro:
#1#2#3->\begingroup \let \label \@gobble \ifx \@currentHref \@empty \Hy@Warning
{No destination for ...
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How do I limit the scope of etoolbox environment patching?
I want to use the etoolbox package to patch a certain environment; but - I only want to do it for a certain stretch of my document.
Enclosing in curly brances doesn't work:
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Compilation error is removed by compiling again
Following up this answer, the first run of compilation results in the following error:
Undefined control sequence. This exam contains \textbf{\NAMEquestions}
which has to be eliminated by running ...
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Incompatibility between noindentafter and etoolbox (> v2.5f)?
After compilation of some legacy code including the noindentafter package, I just noticed that they produce a warning which never came up before:
Package noindentafter Warning: Patching `\end' failed!...
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Output to multiple .pdf documents using LuaLaTeX and Toggles
I have a document that I sometimes want to print as one single document, and other times I want to print it as smaller groups of pages. I would like to automate the process. I'm using TeXmaker with ...
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How to generate summary table automatically?
I have to generate a summary of impacts and actions in many enviromental reports. Sometimes there are two or more impacts in the analyses, so I have to create the lines manually in the table. Is there ...
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etoolbox not breaking page when needed
I have the following piece of code in the preamble, that should prevent chapter from beginning on different pages, but, by the same time, when I get to chapter 3 it has enough text to break a page and ...
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tabularx too wide (after using etoolbox's appto?) [duplicate]
After using the solution of another problem (see here), my tabularx table is too wide now. Please see the MWE and its output below.
Adding \noindent before the first table doesn't help (as suggested ...
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Table of contents: section titles ragged right - 2
The problem of having ragged right toc is described in Table of contents: section titles ragged right for articles. The etoolbox-option seem not to work with the book class, and I am not too ...
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etoolbox and tabularx — problem with `appto`
I'm trying to print worksheets. I have already implemented an automatic numbering for subtasks. I use tabularx for my subtasks (see the MWE below).
Yesterday, I tried to define a new macro called \...
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etoolbox: ifdefvoid check for empty lines
I designed a system that reads a number of variables and, depending on the definition creates a text (either text "a" and the text contained in the variable (macro), or an alternate text "b" when the ...
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Run command before end of each frame [duplicate]
I've modified \item to insert a \vfill after each occurrence to space out bulleted lists on slides so they do not cluster in the center following this answer. However, to balance out my vertical ...
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etoolbox error in running template for ScienceAsia
Currently I am using pctexv6, and I tried to typeset this following simple template for a specific journal. However the output didn't come out and I got error message saying ! Package etoolbox Error: ...
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\raggedleft the content of all frames in Beamer
I want to \raggedleft only the content of each frame in Beamer. I tried this
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\AtBeginEnvironment{frame}{\raggedleft}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
...
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patching thenomenclature does not work
cant really understand why, but this code does not work
\immediate\write18{makeindex \jobname.nlo -s nomencl.ist -o \jobname.nls}
\documentclass[english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[...
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How to format text based on a logical statement that reads in a value from a csv?
Background
Hello, and thanks in advance for any insights you all can offer! Sorry for the very long post, but I noticed most new users are chastised for not sharing enough context. The TLDR version ...
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Labeled input parameters
I am creating a frontpage for various exams and I am looking to automate it a bit further. At the moment I write in (or rather copy paste), a ton of commands in the preabmle as follows:
\newcommand{\...
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Toggletrue with a command line
How to set the value of a toggle (from etoolbox package) with command line ?
I would like to create cmd file to compile latex file with different toggle value (i.e. one cmd fiel will compile wiht the ...
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Use \apptocmd to redefine \chapter
I am trying to write the style name into the marginal part, e.g., CN&CT to come at marginal note for \chapter tag, for this, I tried with the code, which are follows as:
\documentclass{book}
\...
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How to make chapter first page use mystyle?
It seems chapter first page use plain style. I created mystyle. How to make chapter first page to use mystyle?
\documentclass[twoside]{report}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{...
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Does `\AfterBeginEnvironment` command already exist?
Do you know the commands \AtBeginEnvironment and \AtEndEnvironment? I need a command like \AfterBeginEnvironment in order to put some text right aftert my all environments. Is there a way? That ...
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How to set fancyhdr on chapter initial page of two side report?
\documentclass[twoside]{report}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\begin{document}
\chapter{First}
\lipsum[1-9]
\end{document}
Given the obove as a start. I see one ...
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Toggle row numbers & dotfills in table
I'm trying to add automatic row numbers and dotfills to a table, with a toggle that disables them for certain rows, however it doesn't work as expected. In the MWE below, the toggle is working for row ...
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etoolbox: AtBeginEnvironment is not At Begin Environment
I tried the following MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\AtBeginEnvironment{table}{AtBeginEnvironment\par}
\AtEndEnvironment{table}{AtEndEnvironment\par}
\BeforeBeginEnvironment{...
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Obeylines and \gappto from etoolbox
In order to simplify data entry with as little markup of the data as possible, I am attempting the following:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\begingroup
\obeylines
\gdef\ing#...
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“Patch failed” in EMNLP Style Template
I was trying to use the LaTeX files for the EMNLP 2019 conference (download link can be found here), but when I try to compile the provided example .tex file, it doesn't work and I get the following ...
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etoolbox + koma-script: Warning 'seems someone has broken package auxhook'
I use etoolbox's \AtEndPreamble to load the package hyperref at the end of the preamble. Doing so in a koma-script document results in the warning
Class scrartcl Warning: seems someone has broken ...
