Questions tagged [latex3]
Please do not use this tag for general LaTeX questions. {latex3} is about the new material being developed by the LaTeX3 project. This includes the expl3 programming language along with higher-level concepts such as xparse and xtemplate.
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Spacing problem with subscripts by using math symbols within glossary
I have a problem by using glossary. E.g. i define a math symbol as follows:
\newglossaryentry{spannungsvektor}{%
name= Spannungsvektor,
description=Spannungsvektor,
sort=t,
user1={$\...
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Concentric multiple half-spheres
Is it possible to reproduce the following figure with pure tikz (no metapost, nor lualatex, nor python, nor R, or Inkscape...)?
If yes how?
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expl3 / setlength not working in preamble with expl3
I am writing a package that should output typographic sizes. For example the absolute character height, the x height, average character width,...
These should be available in the preamble.
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Why use \msg_error:nn(nnnnn) in expl3?
expl3 has several kinds of error/warning types that can be issued during execution, in particular:
\msg_fatal:nn(nnnn) halts the execution;
\msg_critical:nn(nnnn) stops scanning the current file;
\...
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Expansion in latex3 within sub-command
Starting from here, I want a function that add a superscript depending on the number of elements passed as arguments. As depicted below.
As you can see, when there already is a superscript in the set,...
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Error texnansi.sty not found
I use texmaker on Ubuntu and lately I keep getting some errors when compiling latex beamer files.
In particular, I had an issue with algorithm.sty missing, which was solved after installing texlive-...
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Practices to write bulk text literals with spaces in it in expl3
Suppose I am writing a custom document class, where I would like to add a dynamic bulk of human-readable text (hence with spaces) to the title page:
\tl_set:N \l_my_var_tl {My Dynamic Variable}
\...
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Vertically align symbols in the table
I want to create a table that is aligned vertically and horizontally.
I use the following script
How can I vertically align the symbols in the table?
Currently, they are automatically aligned towards ...
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Naming a pgfmath macro depending on an element of a comma separated list
I want to create a new command, that has more than 9 arguments. Therefore, i am using \NewDocumentComannd and comma separated lists. With this new command i use \pgfmathsetmacro, too. A simplified (...
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Manually place page number height in latex
I have many custom size pages, and I wanted to place the page number exactly 0.25 inches above
the border of these custom-size pages.
For example, I have defined the page size as follows:
\...
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Dealing with underscores in `\section` and similar
The code below doesn't compile logically:
Verbatim-like command '\test' illegal in argument...
Is there a way to "fix" this? If not, can I at least use a m parameter, and then replace all ...
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Correctly begin and end an environment via commands
I would like to create a set of commands in my recent document class jwjournal for temporarily switch the syntax off and on. However, when trying to end and start the main environment with commands, ...
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Attempting to forward select l3keys arguments from an outer environment to a tblr: "Unexpandable command inside column type"
I'm attempting to create an environment that takes its arguments as key-value pairs, uses some of them, and then forwards the rest on to a tblr environment from tabularray.
This results in an "...
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How to create a table output from individual inputs?
I'm trying to generate a list of the author's orcid number from individual orcid numbers. Each orcid number of an author is given by the \orcid command in \author. However, I couldn't find enough ...
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Foreach with different label
Is there a simple way to have display my coordinate system?
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw [-latex,thick] (0,0)--(12.5,0);
\draw [-latex,thick] (0,0)--(0,10.5);
\foreach \y in{2,...
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What is the difference between \cs_new_eq:NN and \cs_gset_eq:NN?
What is the difference between \cs_new_eq:NN and \cs_gset_eq:NN, defined in section "Copying control sequences" of The LaTeX3 Interfaces manual (which is section 4.3.4 on p. 19 of the ...
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Why don't c- and f-type expansions respect protected commands?
According to this answer,
all functions without a star are (or at least should be) \protected, this way they don't expand on x or e type expansion or when written to a file.
f and c type expansion ...
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Difference between the V function parameter specifier and the o specifier in LaTeX3 programming
In LaTeX3 programming, how does the V function parameter specifier differ from the o specifier? How is the o specifier meant to be used in contrast to the V specifier?
A related question: V vs. x
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Include sorted non-repeating random list of pdfs
I am trying to create a file that can generate a random, non-repeating, sorted list of numbers so that I can generate various sets of homework assignments. I managed to find a way to generate a random ...
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How can I insert the black little square at the end of each question in LaTeX like this picture? [duplicate]
How can I insert the black little square at the end of each question in LaTeX like this picture?
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Question about important basic functions for middle schoool textbook
I'm recreating and old middle school (Europe) textbook table in LaTeX about some very common functions (see below). I would like a feedback if some people think i should do some improvement or add ...
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Changing font size of main text and Centering title in "Pomona Linguistics LaTeX Template"
I am using Pomona Linguistics LaTeX Template (https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/pomona-linguistics-latex-template/bvdxdtpwysnd) provided at Overleaf and would like to:
(1) Change the font size ...
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List of LaTeX3 functions
I'd like to have an overall impression of all LaTeX3 could do, but the tutorials I've read all gave only a few functions as examples. Is there anything for LaTeX3 that works like macros2e, which is a ...
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Asymptote code copied from Geogebra to Overleaf not working - trig function graphing
I tried to copy the asymptote codes from Geogebra graphs to Overleaf. But, the graphs are not showing correctly, image distorted. How can I fix that?
This is the sin/cos/tan function graph. The ...
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The L3 programming layer in the LaTeX format is outdated
I'm submitting my manuscript to a journal. It required me to provide the .tex file. Everything is ok when I compile the source file on overleaf or my local texlive. But the submission system failed to ...
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LaTeX array variable
Can't seem to figure out how to create a variable containing multiple numbers.
\def\numbers{{1,2,3,4,5},{6,7,8,9,10},{11,12,13,14,15},{16,17,18,19,20},{21,22,23,24,25}}
\numbers[1][1]
Expected ...
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12 catcode for UNDERSCORE and character printed
Does a LaTeX3 version of the following code could be simpler? I understand the logic, but I dislike the code...
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{color}
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How to save \url and special characters into a token list?
I'm trying to fix zepinglee/citeproc-lua#30 which can be simplified as follows. The .bbl file generated by citeproc-lua with citations and bibliography in it and it is read by LaTeX at \begin{document}...
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Nested Include Loop Acting Strangely
I'm trying to implement filesystem based file includes for a paper I'm writing and have previously asked a question on this topic. The accepted answer seems to work in the case that I only have a ...
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Passing Commands in Tex or Latex
I want to use a author object in different prints.
The author has a structure like this:
{
{NameOfFirstAuthor|EmailOfFirstAuthor|CurseOfStudiesOfFirstAuthor|SemesterOfFirstAuthor}
{...
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Custom merge rows in LaTeX
I need to create a table as seen in the image, but the text does not fit.
This is how it looks:
The code used:
\begin{table}[h]
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|p{4cm}| p{11cm}|}
\hline Versiones ...
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How to eliminate the figure number when cross-reference multi-subfigure in latex?
I want to cross-reference a chain of subfigures. I use the package cleveref in the preamble as follow:
\usepackage[capitalize,nameinlink]{cleveref}
\captionsetup[subfigure]{subrefformat=simple,...
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Bug report on babel, biblatex packages (probably latex3 related)
I`m using MikTeX (4.8) and after the last update, I'm getting some odd error messages related to "__text_expand_loop:w has an extra } "
it took me a while to find the possible root of the ...
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Simplified Arabic font in lyx makes the equations form bad
thank you all.
when the font in lyx is Simplified Arabic, the equations form is bad. Here the file:
#LyX 2.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
\lyxformat 544
\begin_document
\...
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Is there a way to use latex packages in markdown file?
I'm trying to use the 'actuarialangle' code but it doesn't work in markdown file, it just works when i use Rmarkdown file...
---
title: "Using more LaTeX packages"
output:
pdf_document:
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Is there a way to reset all l3keys keys to their initial value?
This is a general and documented feature of latex3, but I shall still provide an MWE in order to illustrate the problem, see below.
Suppose I have a function which uses the l3keys key-value interface, ...
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How to remove numbering from one single entry in list of figures
I have multiple figures, and I have one specific figure for which I would like to remove the numbering in the \listoffigures, let us call it fig_x
I have found on other threads that using the caption ...
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Regarding \input and for loop in Latex
I have 179 TeX files present inside a folder called Commands.
Now there is a main.tex file in which I've used 179 times \input{Commands/*.tex} to invoke all 179 files.
How can I use for loop here to ...
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Status on the Tagged PDF project
Does aynone know what the status of the Tagged PDF project is? How far has the LaTeX3 Team progressed on the time line from section 3 of "LaTeX Tagged PDF -- Feasibility Evaluation"?
Also, ...
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Chemical drawing software with latex script export
I have a query
Any chemical drawing software is available that is able to export the structures or reactions to latex script, and then compiled by a latex editor
Thanks in advance
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How to obtain in advance the logical number of a latter page
I need to obtain the logical number of a certain page by its absolute page number.
For example, in a document with 9 pages whose logical page numbers like this: I II 1 2 3 4 A B C, At the the part of ...
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latex3: Keep whitespace
Regularly, I much appreciate that within latex3/expl3 whitespace is ignored. However, there are situations in which I would prefer to temporarily disable this behavior.
One example of this is the ...
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longtblr caption shrinks as the table width decreases
I found some small problems when using "Redefined TblrTemplates". This redefined template was used to align the longtblr captions to the left.
If the table's caption is long enough, my ...
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LaTeX2(e) vs LaTeX3
I have some questions regarding the different versions of LaTeX.
Is LaTeX3 fully backwards compatible?
Is LaTeX2(e) deprecated?
Which version of Latex do I get when I install MiKTeX or TeX Live? 2 or ...
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LaTeX3 Defining conditional functions
I ran into a problem when creating a new condition. The meaning of the condition \foo_if_eq is to check the global variable \g_my_tl for compliance with a certain string bar, the result is true/false.
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memoir error with \stockheight under pdflatex-dev
Processing the following source...
\documentclass{memoir}
\begin{document}
Hello.
\end{document}
... with the pdflatex-dev command now gives error as shown here:
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-...
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doclicense incompatibility with pdfmanagement
Package doclicense is now incompatible with the new pdfmanagement when the latter is, as I understand it, invoked automatically by the \DocumentMetadata command. And the cause seems to be that ...
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Illegal unit of measure produced by a LaTeX3 function
I used the function
\cs_new:Npn\宽度{168/(1+\thecnt)}
to compute length, where cnt is a counter and 168 actually is the width of a4paper in millimeters times 0.8.
Now
\setlength{\tabcolsep}{\宽度 mm}{\...
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The repeating command in LaTeX3 and \newcommand both use #1 and they have a clash
Just as the title says, both \newcommand and \int_step_inline:nn use #1 and they get in conflict.
That is to say, I want to use #1 to refer to the variable that records how many times the repetition ...
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The line says: misplaced \omit. underfull \hbox badness(1000) in alignment at line 818--818. Also the error is mentioned below
The Code I ran:
\begin{table*}[htbp]
\caption{alekga g. The number of stars represents the strength levels. (* = good, * = better, * = best)}
\centering
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|>{\centering\...
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