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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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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1answer
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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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1answer
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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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1answer
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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 ...
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1answer
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Nesting Nightmares
I am trying to place this in my document
Of course, if you have access to wolframalpha you can do this:
\href{https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=interpolatingpolynomial%7B%7Bx_0,y_0%7D,%7Bx_1,y_1%...
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Nested cases, alignment and numbering
I have tried all different sorts of solutions including align, aligned, cases and equation to have the result I get with this code except that I want numbering for the three lines in the aligned ...
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How to disable nesting in hyperrefs?
Is there a way to disable nesting in hyperrefs? Here is an example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{nameref}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\newpage
\section{One}
\...
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How does xparse handle nested delimited arguments?
In this answer egreg mentions that the r argument type from the xparse package handles nested delimited arguments, as shown in this small example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xparse}
\...
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TeX Capacity exceeded, semantic nest size
I'm having a problem that I have no idea what it can be caused by, the error it produces is the following "TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [semantic nest size=500]. \end{align}" Using TeX studio and have ...
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Problem with nested if statements
I'm trying to use some nested if statements to decide if a file exists and what kind of loadings are possible:
\IfFileExists{./emoji.sty}{
\ifxetex
\usepackage[bw,font=seguiemj.ttf]{emoji}
\...
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Interrupting nested lists
How to interrupt the nested lists and resume directly from the inner list?
For example:
Step 1: Define the below items
\begin{enumerate}
\item Item Level 1
\begin{enumerate}
\item ...
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Problem with nesting macros
I have written a macro to denote either the Fourier transformation (curly F by itself) or the Fourier transform of a function (curly F followed by a function and enclosed in \left( and \right) ). It ...
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LaTeX Grammar and Nesting Rule
Is there any grammar and rule describing the allowed nestings and combinations and the allowed format of the arguments in LaTeX? E.g.
\section{\verb|mySec|}
\section{\begin{huge}mySec\end{huge}}
\...
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How to nest multiple documentclass
I would like to create a running diary of documentclass 1 that constitutes multiple instances of documentclass 2, where preferred documentclass 2 is 'minutes'. I am aware of subfiles, but don't know ...
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Nested alignment of grouped equations
I want a collection of equations to be aligned as a whole, yet subgroups of them given descriptions. What follow are two attempts, each which achieve exactly one of the requirements:
\documentclass{...
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nesting macro identifying string length 1 using xstring ifthen packages
I would like to write a latex macro \p which given input X returns X or (X) depending on whether X has character length 1 or not. Moreover, I want to be able to nest applications of \p. E.g. I want ...
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How to deal with big equations?
I have a system of equations where the equations are big (one line isn't enough). I found this solution (the second one, from egreg How to align a set of very long equations) to manage the "how to ...
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how to create a nested table
I searched how to create a nested table but I didn't find a solution that works for me.
What I need is to create this table.
Any one can help please?
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Fix alignment in nested description list without line break
I'm trying to make a nested description list like so:
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}
\begin{description}
\item[Languages:]
\begin{description}
\item[High:]Python, Java, R, SQL, SAS
\...
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Verbatim environment nesting troubles [duplicate]
I have troubles trying to nest verbatim environment inside my \newenvironment definition one so I can include my source code faced to its result as on the most latex books printed. I can do it in a ...
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how to write this nested expression
How to write this mathematical expression in Latex
I have no idea ..please help
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How can I achive “no” or better “leftmargin=* from main enumerate” indent on nested enumerate?
I use enumerate inside a tabularx and I removed vertical spacing.
I also set the indentation of the first level to leftmargin=*, which leads to the right indentation.
Now I want the second level ...
