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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Convert a macro from Latex2e to expl3
I'm trying to implement a \Scontents command inside a small package that behaves in two different ways:
\Scontents*[opt]<del>argument<del>
\Scontents[opt] { argument }
With the star it ...
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Accepting special characters in arguments passing them further
I would like to define a macro very similar to \url, that accepts more or less arbitrary strings (including hashes/#) and passes them to other commands (i.e., \href, \url, \nolinkurl). I have tried to ...
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MacTeX 2019 gives “! LaTeX3 Error: Control sequence \not= already defined.”
I have a document, that compiles fine on MacTeX 2017, which is installed on my desktop machine. I now installed MacTeX 2019 on my laptop and get this cryptic error:
(/usr/local/texlive/2019/texmf-...
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Strange table behavior
A few years ago I got some awesome help in creating the following table
See Automating table creation for more information. However, there are two quirks with the solution I would like to fix
Is it ...
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Create a fake “\meaning” (verbatimized) for content stored in seq?
I'm trying to create a command that represents the code that is stored in a sequence without executing it (something like \meaning)
. When using \cs_log:N \l_scontents_macro_tmp_tl I get in the .log ...
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How do use {<setup>} in \tl_set_rescan:Nnn to replace \scantokens?
This question is related to (Changing escape character in \tl_set_rescan:Nnn) and (https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/496258/7832) but is not the same.
I've tried to change this:
\exp_args:NNx \...
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Counting days and years in personal journal
The code below is taken from this post. Is it possible to create a sequence/array that contains all the different years, and another that contains how many entries per year there are?
\documentclass{...
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Can LaTeX3 clists contain quarks?
The introduction to l3clist in interface3.pdf states
In addition, comma lists cannot store quarks \q_mark or \q_stop.
However, this is not mentioned at any other point in the part (in contrast to ...
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Message '! Missing \endcsname inserted.' calling \msg_error:nn
I get the message
! Missing \endcsname inserted.
<to be read again>
\delimiter
l.58 ...ore than two arguments for {\backslash}Id}
?
For this document
\documentclass{...
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Is there a tutorial on writing messages from expl3?
I'd like to use the message facilities of expl3, but the documentation for l3msg only gives the syntax. In particular, it does not explain which commands are only legal after \begin{body}, it does not ...
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Message about missing } in \int_case:nn
I get
! Missing } inserted.
<inserted text>
}
l.47 Test $\Id$
, $\Id{A}$ and $\Id{A,B}$ inline.
when compiling
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{...
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Choose what to compile without uncomment long texts [duplicate]
How can I select which section I want to compile and which section I do not want to compile? I am using XeLatex to compile the document. Sometimes the text in each section is long and I don't want to ...
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What is the correct way to replace “csxdef/foreach” with pure expl3 code?
I'm trying to remove the dependencies of the packages pgffor and etoolbox from a code I own which uses expl3, but I don't know which is the correct equivalent of \csxdef in expl3. At the moment I have ...
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What is the proper way to change the font inside tikzpicture environment?
I would like to be able to measure some dimensions while in the tikzpicture environment.
Here is the MWE to demonstrate my intentions:
\documentclass {article}
\RequirePackage [utf8] {inputenc}
\...
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How to automatically place number of occurrences of a certain command inside xparse environment at every occurence of that command?
There is an (xparse) environment \myEnv, and there is unspecified number of \myCo commands provided by the user inside that environment. I need to write a code for the environment which would count ...
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Why \NewDocumentEnvironment within \ExplSyntaxOn/Off removes spaces from content passed to it outside of \ExplSyntaxOn/Off?
I thought turning syntax on/off at appropriate places would make everything work, but I can't use \ExplSyntaxOn/Off inside \NewDocumentEnvironment so the following code sample doesn't work:
\...
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About the expansion of \seq_set_split
As shown in fig, if I use the keyval, then my MWE does not work well.
What's wrong with my MWE?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{keyval}
\usepackage{expl3}
\usepackage{xparse}
\makeatletter
\...
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How to halt compilation and output error message to the console with expl3?
How to stop compliation and output an error message if conditional statement resolves to true?
\documentclass[varwidth]{standalone}
\usepackage{expl3}
\begin{document}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\...
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Infinite recursion with \tl_map_variable:nNn
I'm trying to use one of LaTeX3's mapping commands \tl_map_variable:nNn as follows:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{expl3}
\begin{document}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\tl_new:N \l_foo_tl
\tl_set:Nn \l_foo_tl ...
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How to define two expl3 functions with the same base name and different signatures?
I need to define a function that takes no parameters, then define a function with same name but with a single parameter, and call the first function from inside the second.
If this is not how it's ...
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Why appending box dimensions to a sequence (in a loop) makes that sequence only contain duplicates of last dimension?
Loop steps from 1 through 9. Each step puts current index digit of the loop into a box and extracts the digit's width. The width is then appended as dimension value to a sequence. Although the ...
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What's the purpose of \use_none_delimit_by_q_nil:w and friends in LaTeX3?
The LaTeX3 documentation for the l3basics package lists three functions
\use_none_delimit_by_q_nil:w ... \q_nil
\use_none_delimit_by_q_stop:w ... \q_stop
\...
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Does expl3 have alternative to \settowidth and \settoheight?
How can I substitute following code with expl3 interfaces (that do the same job)?
\documentclass[varwidth]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\newlength\spaceWidth
\settowidth{\spaceWidth}{\ }
\the\...
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Why doesn't \dim_eval:n return appropriate result and behaves weirdly?
All I needed to do is divide 300pt by 5mm to get result either in pt or in mm units. But I got something else.
\documentclass[varwidth]{standalone}
\usepackage{expl3}
\begin{document}
\ExplSyntaxOn
...
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How to use \ExplSyntaxOn and \ExplSyntaxOff inside tikzset?
If you place ExplSyntax on/off inside tikzset, code (that is expected to work) within ExplSyntax would generate errors. But if you bring ExplSyntax outside of tikzset (enclosing the tikzset), it makes ...
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Why using a variable as index of a list-item does not retrieve that item with \clist_item:Nn?
For some reason, using a variable as index of a list-item does not work for retrieving that item. But using a number instead of a variable works. Why?
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{expl3}
\...
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How to globally modify variable from externalized tikz picture?
Is it possible to update global variables from within externalized tikz picture?
I would like for global modifiers(in this case \tl_gput_right:Nn) to outlast the scope of tikz picture.
Here is the ...
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How to check if comma list is empty?
How do I check if \myList is empty? Following (is my attempt) prints "NOT empty" when, in fact, the list is empty.
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{expl3}
\begin{document}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\...
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How to suppress comma list from outputting its values on declaration?
I need to suppress the display of the comma list on its declaration. I just need comma-list variable to store the list, not display it.
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{expl3}
\begin{document}
...
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Latex users make more mistakes [duplicate]
Article Source: An Efficiency Comparison of Document Preparation Systems Used in Academic Research and Development
Knauff M, Nejasmic J (2014) An Efficiency Comparison of Document Preparation Systems ...
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How to properly store the current value of int variable into a token list?
I have an volatile integer variable (counter) and at some point I wish to save its value to a token list (saved_counter).
If I save it with just \tl_set, as soon as counter changes the value, this ...
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How to debug “Inconsistent local/global assignment” in l3seq (expl3)?
I'm trying to debug an expl3 code that usesl3seq and seq_gput_right. By adding the enable-debug and reviewing the code I get the error:
! LaTeX3 Error: Inconsistent local / global assignment
That ...
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Looping over characters in a string and applying a macro with an additional argument
The following code was kindly provided for me in TeX Chat by @egreg.
This LaTeX 3 code loops over a list of characters, and puts a box around each character. It does not skip whitespace
\...
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What is the maximum limit of elements in a list (expl3/xparse)?
I have a query with the maximum number of items that can be saved in an expl3 list. Thanks to the response that @egreg gave me in Avoid passing an empty [optional argument] an environment (with ...
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Latex is not generating PDF due to emojis. How to have colourful emojis in PDF version? [closed]
Here is the sample code
\begin{filecontents*}{example.eps}
%!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0
%%BoundingBox: 19 19 221 221
%%CreationDate: Mon Sep 29 1997
%%Creator: programmed by hand (JK)
%%...
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Modeling a mapping from strings to lists of strings in LaTeX3
I'd like to work on a data structure using expl3. This data structure would be read from and written to the .aux file in the following format (this is my proposal—I'm open to better suggestions, of ...
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converting several comma-separated lists into a table, one column per list
I have been searching on here for information about comma separated lists, but the only info I have found is how to sort, or iterate over a single list, which isn't quite what I need. If there is a ...
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How to implement Certified Random in LaTeX
What is the best way of implementing Certified Random coauthors in LaTeX. There is one potential implementation from the comp.text.tex usenet group that uses perltex and can be modified as follows:
\...
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Titlepage: Two Textboxes next to each other at bottom of page
i´m trying to design the title page for my thesis.
I have the Title centred at the top. Now i want two columns with text on the bottom of the page.
Something like:
Supervisor:____Prof. ...
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Why does hyperref exhibit this behaviour on generated URLs? [duplicate]
I'm trying to create a class that, among other things, generates URLs from parameters passed to an environment. For some weird reason, if the URL string contains a /, hyperref tries to create a URL ...
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What are the recommended replacement for deprecated LaTeX3 macros?
I found file_get_full_name for file_add_path; but there are many deprecated removed. Is there a list for all and their recommended replacement?
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Environment with comma separated optional arguments
Using xparse, how does one get something like this to work?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xparse}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\NewDocumentEnvironment{ anenvironment }{ >{\SplitArgument{1}{,}}o }{
\...
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Count authors of a bibliography entry
I would like to have a command that would give me the number of authors of a given bib entry. What I have unsuccessfully attempted so far was to create a key-value storage (prop), hook on the bbl ...
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What is the status of the LaTeX3 Project? [duplicate]
I was just downloading a new copy of LaTeX for my Mac and I noticed this comment on the www.latex-project.org website:
The LaTeX3 Project
LaTeX3 Project
The LaTeX3 project is a long-term research ...
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How to display string variable without hanging texworks
I was getting unexpected results storing a parameter into a string variable, and added the statement "\str_show:N \l_tmpa_str" to produce debugging output. Texworks treats the output as an error. My ...
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Is there latex3 work being done on a boolean case statement?
Various languages have constructs like
select;
when <expression 1> then
<action 1>;
when <expression 2> then
<action 2>;
...
when <expression n> ...
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\str_case:nnF not finding match
I have written a command using expl3 that is supposed to behave differently if the optional argument is specified as * or **. The command is intended for a math environment, and is supposed to render ...
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What is the e specifier for LaTeX3 and where is it documented?
Pages 1-2 of interface3.pdf, "The LaTeX3 Interfaces" released 2018-10-31, only lists specifiers of c,D, F, f, N, n, o, p, T, V, v, w and x. The e specifier of \str_if_eq:eeTF is not in that list. What ...
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Removing a number of tokens from the input stream
I need a command which removes all following tokens which are digits, comma, spaces or newlines and stops if it encounters something else. I can do it by nesting a lot of \...
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Declaration of a font/change of parameters/compilation error is missing
I would like to know what in here
\DeclareMathAlphabet\stixcalE{LS2}{stixcalE}{m}{n}
the parameters
LS2,m and n stand for, and to what values I can correctly change them?
Whenever I type an ...
