Questions tagged [nesting]
{nesting} is about nesting document elements. Use this tag in addition to other tags specifying what should be nested.
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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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How to align subequations within table
I would like to reproduce the structure, alignment, and numbering, of the equations in this table:
I have tried many combinations of the environments equation, subequation, align, table / tabular, ...
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What is the right way of cascading styles using nested environments/macros, while each environment/macro might partially stylize its embedded content?
I have asked similar to this question before, but I think I have to describe it in another way.
Need
What is the right way of cascading styles using nested environments/macros (much like the way CSS ...
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Nested Stand-Alone with flash cards not working
I have made flash cards using the flacards document class, but they are from multiple topics across multiple semesters. I want to be able to have a unique footer for each topic/semester, as well as ...
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Passing nested argument specifier to hook
Consider a macro that
declares some other document command, but by accepting their body as an own argument (simple indirection)
also adds the invocation of itself to some hook
as in
\...
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escape hashs (#) passed as argument to use them in inner macro
I am using nested macros using the xparse package, my ultimate goal being to have a custom macro factory. I have simplified my current problem here.
I want to give a pattern as an argument, like in ...
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Nested blockquotes in latex
Within Markdown it is possible to use nested blockquotes, which looks like this:
Dorothy followed her through many of the beautiful rooms in her castle.
The Witch bade her clean the pots and kettles ...
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Nesting tcolorboxes with listing
I'm trying to build a macro to ouput the content in a tcolorbox.
Ultimately, any kind of content can be put in that box (image, tcolorbox, code, ...).
However, when using the macro (instead of the ...
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How can I write nested matrices like this? [closed]
I am reading this Wikipedia article on Kronecker product. How can I use LaTex to write this?
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Nested inline math for new command with argument
There exists some consensus on the fact that one shouldn't use $...$, \(...\) or \ensuremath inside of newcommand (or NewDocumentCommand, ...) definitions to wrap passed macro arguments that are to ...
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How to implement \savebox
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage[left=24mm,right=30mm,bottom=25mm,top=25mm]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric, arrows}
\...
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Nesting deluxetable and figure in AASTeX
I'm using AASTeX's two-column style and I was trying to 'combine' a figure and table into one fitted inside a single column. However, the figure doesn't display including the "main figure's" ...
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Proof environments inside statements - is it harmful or is it OK?
I discovered that a student of mine uses constructs like
\begin{theorem}
...a statement...
\begin{proof}
...proof of that statement...
\end{proof}
\end{theorem}
My first reaction was ...
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Combine / nesting \newcommand with \def that are referencing #1, #2, etc in different ways?
I have a polar plot made with TikZ that I used to draw in some old documents. Now I want to use this in my document class instead of having the whole code snippet every place that I am drawing the ...
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coloring bullets in nested lists
I would like to color bullets in my lists (for example, to signify tasks that are done or not/hard or easy, etc.), including in nested lists.
I found this and successfully used it. Since I would like ...
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Change symbols of levels of unordered list using outlines
Is it possible to change this latex from outlines package
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{outlines}
\begin{document}
\begin{outline}
\1 Level 1
\2 Level 2
\3 Level 3
\end{outline}
\end{...
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Add third level after itemize then list in nested unordered list
I have a unordered list with 2 levels in the following form:
\begin{itemize}
\item Level 1
\begin{list}{$\circ$}{}
\item Level 2
% Trying to add a third level here
\end{itemize}
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nesting multiframe
I wonder whether the following is possible. I'd like to nest animateinline and multiframe environments to simulate the time dependance of a signal for different parameters. Something like that:
\...
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Nesting environment inside new command generating errors
Extreme TeX novice, sorry for the length of the example, I wasn't sure what packages were important to replicate the problems. I was trying to create a simple command that I could use to injected ...
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Using nested align* to split a long numerator into multiple lines leads to "Erroneous nesting" error
I am using an align* environment within another align* environment because I have a fraction with a long numerator that I want to split into two lines within the numerator. Here is what I tried:
\...
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numbererd tabluarx inside tabulars
I am generating tex documents automatically (HTML -> pandoc(tex) -> postprocess -> XELATEX), and my general table environment is tabularx (with usage of package ltablex, so these are ...
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enumitem ignores level specification?
Consider the code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\newlist{longitemize}{itemize}{20}%
\setlist[longitemize,1]{label=\textbullet}%
\setlist[longitemize,2]{label=\normalfont \bfseries \...
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Tabbing wrong in nested commands [closed]
So, I have two commands defined in my document class like this.
\newcommand{\skillgroup}[2]{
\begin{tabbing}
\hspace{5mm} \= \kill
\sqbullet \>\+ \textbf{#1} \\
\begin{minipage}{\smallertextwidth}
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Ordered Nested lists similar to Microsoft WORD numbered nested lists
In LaTeX, by default the numbering styles change depending on the depth of the nested lists as shown below.
\begin{enumerate}
\item First level item
\item First level item
\begin{enumerate}
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Nested enumeration
I'm trying to create a list of the following type:
1a) Apples
1b) Bananas
1c) Oranges
2a) Tomatoes
2b) Carrots
3) Bread
4a) Cake
4b) Cookies
I tried to use both ...
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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 can I typeset a group action?
How would I typeset something that looks like the following?
I have tried
\begin{align*}
\sigma : T^k(V) & \longrightarrow T^k(V) \\
T & \longmapsto
\begin{aligned}
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A typography challenge from over a hundred years ago
I am a newbie in LaTeX. I am now typesetting the formal proof from Begriffsschrift by Frege, which look like this:
As seen in the picture, I decide to put all the elements of the proof into a 3x3 ...
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Nested numbered alignement
(disclaimer : yes I have already read : Nested cases, alignment and numbering, no it doesn't help)
I am trying to get something like this :
and :
BUT with the numbering aligned.
I got the above ...
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How to cross reference nested enumeration lists?
Within theorems, I have nested enumeration lists:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, etc.
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, etc.
For referencing to
1.1 to 1.3 and 2.4
I tried to use the usual command \cref{en1-1,en1-2,en1-3,...
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Highlighting aligned equation lines using tcolorbox
In my first box I've shown the three lines of math I want to display. I then wish to highlight the first and the last lines according to the design of box A and box B, seen below.
Is it possible to ...
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Why does nesting some xstring commands causes errors?
Why does combining some command of the xstring package causes errors? e.g. when I compile the following MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xstring}
\begin{document}
\section{A}
\StrCompare{\...
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How to increase counter on nested subfigure environment?
I would like to add an automatic numbering of nested subfigure environments.
I found the following answer, which shows how I can manually add an additional Arabic number to my subsubfigure, but I ...
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Is there a way to add a directory to the search path on the fly / not redefine?
Numerous examples (see this one for instance) describe the the use of:
\makeatletter
\def\input@path{%
{<path1>}%
{<path2>}%
}%
\makeatother
as way to broaden the compiler's search ...
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Nesting New Fonts: Trying to Use Small Caps
Xelatex. I'm trying to use small caps with the Century Schoolbook font, which doesn't have them.
I get "font not found" errors when I try to use system fonts that have small cap variants. That error ...
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How to display a numbering inside parentheses
I'd like to display the following numbering in LaTex:
(n-m) (a)...
(b)...
where n represents any section number and m the sequential number in this section. It can not be equation numbering ...
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Wrapping environment passing optional argument to wrapped environment
I'm trying to create a myframe environment which wraps a Beamer frame environment but sets a default title. Additionally, I want to be able to pass optional arguments to myframe which should then ...
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Recursive or nested comment blocks
I know we can comment out a block of text in Latex using \begin{comment} and \end{comment} commands. However, when I call this recursively (or in a nested fashion) as shown below, it fails:
\begin{...
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Calling nested indexing macros
Here is my simplified document sample which is failing with the errors mentioned in the comments.
I tried to enclose the nested macro with { and } and it didn't work, same with enclosing it with \...
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Is it possible to get a series of nested numbered lists without having a nested enumerate environment?
In particular, I am hoping to accomplish something like your standard outline with text:
I. Level 1
II. Level 1
A. Level 2
1. Level 3
2. Level 3
B. Level 2
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shellescape macro nested in another macro
How do I use a shellescape (| echo "stuff") macro as another macros input if there are "bad" characters like _ contained.
I will use my full example as reference.
The idea is to replace \...
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What's the best method for bracing a list of aligned equations?
I would like to reduce the height of the \left\{ in the following, to make it the same height as the equations:
%\usepackage{esdiff}
\begin{align*}
\mathcal L&= - 0.75 w(S) - 0.25 w(F) + \lambda ...
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tikz-cd nested tikzpicture wrong center anchor
I want to place a tikzpicture in a node/cell of a tikz-cd diagram and then paint some more stuff in the inner tikzpicture. However, it seems that the nesting messes up the center anchor.
Concretely: ...
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How to use \discretionary inside soul's \hl?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{soul}
\usepackage{color}
\begin{document}
Some \hl{te\discretionary{-}{-}{-}xt}.
\end{document}
The above does not compile due to Missing { inserted, Improper ...
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How to write this underdash? [closed]
I want to write this expression :
so, what will be its code? please help...
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Text not vertically aligned within tabular with nested tabular
I am trying to vertically align a row heading with a table inside the row. But no matter what I do, the heading remains in the center. I tried using p{'width'}, but that had no change.
\documentclass{...
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Renewcommand with ensuremath and brackets
I'm making a .sty file (which is called my-macros.sty and is in my home /texmf directory) where I define some commands that I constantly use. Among these commands, there are the following
\newcommand{...
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"environ" package and nested environments won't work [duplicate]
I'm trying to make a little style package to make some nice blocks with icons and so on. I'm using environ package + tikz. Actually the document compiles and shows me my boxes but with errors saying ...
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Nested alignments
I want to make alignments that look like this:
which I have done by using
\begin{align}
& \frac{dx}{dt} = y \qquad \frac{dy}{dt} = x \\
\implies & \frac{d^2x}{dt^2} = \frac{d}{dt}\...
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LaTeX 2e environment that "knows" the name of surrounding environment
I'd like to have a LaTeX 2e-environment which when occurring inside another environment "knows" the name of the surrounding environment.
Is this possible?
I know that \@currenvir provides the ...
