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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nested enumerate behave strangely in beamer
I'm working on a nested enumerate list where I'm trying to have \items to appear sequentially with the \setbeamercovered{dynamic}; however, for the last item of my list there appears to be a problem ...
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Create an environment that encapsulates gather* environment
I want to create environment that encapsulates gather* environment. The code I wish worked is the following and I believe my intent is made very clear with it. I'd like it to be possible to make an ...
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conditional enumerate labels
I am writing a math book. I have exercises that have questions AND subquestions (for example 1 then 1.a, 1.b, 2 then 2.a, 2.b, 2.c etc.). I also have exercises that have one questions, without ...
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Link produced by href taking a command as first argument is not working "as I want"
I am trying to define a command that takes a bib key, gets its title, author, and DOI, and makes a hyperlink in which the link is the DOI address and the text shown is the paper title. I need this to ...
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Vertical lines in nested itemize environment
Looking to add vertical lines that separates the head levels in nested itemize environment as shown in the image.
There is a similar question here. But I want to keep the bullets as shown in the image....
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\topsep in nested list ignored
I don't know if this is a LaTeX problem or an enumitem problem, but it seems that \topsep (and similarly \partopsep) is ignored in nested lists if the list starts in vertical mode.
Consider the ...
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delimeter not extending enough in relation to the denominator of a major fraction containing itself an extensible delimeter and a minor fraction
I have the following MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{align}
A1 &= \left\{\frac{1}{2\omega} \right. \\
& \enspace \left. \left[\frac{z_{v}^2}{...
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TikZ - tikzpicture nested in \graph node
I am trying to nest tikz graph environments into the nodes of a tikz graph environment:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\graph [layered layout]{
ABABAB -> {
AB -> {A, B},
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Trouble with nested macros containing ifnum
I have problems with macros containing ifnum. After using the command \noexpand one macro works fine, nesting two of them does not compile but causes the error message
Extra \fi. \fi
as in the ...
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Nesting multiple equations
I want to be able to follow a derivation cleanly from eqn 1 to eqn 2(a or b) to eqn 3a(a or b) to eqn 4aa(a or b), etc. if it makes sense. I am currently using the built-in sub-equation environment to ...
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Overleaf - Compiling multiple .tex files into multiple outputs (alternatively, nesting document classes?)
Clarification: I am looking for a way to automatically run pdflatex on multiple .tex files to produce multiple separate .pdf files when I click the Recompile button in Overleaf.
I have multiple .tex ...
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nested alignment with arbitrary align location
I would like for the alignment locations for one align environment not to interfere with the alignment of another environment.
For example, in the following code, I have long expressions for g_1, g_2, ...
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Redefine equation enviroment using nesting
Many times I write so long equations that I need to use this sequence:
\begin{equation}\begin{gathered}
ax+by=u\\
cx+by=v
\end{gathered}\end{equation}
I would like to redefine the equation ...
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Nested enumerate with `\fbox{enumi}` stops incrementing
I wanted to have boxes around my item labels of enumerate. I created a new command:
\newcommand{\sqenumi}{\protect\fbox{\arabic{enumi}}}
This way, I can get what I want with \begin{enumerate}[label=\...
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Display bibliographies as section and subsections in report documentclass
I am trying to add the 2 bibliographies within the same chapter and each one is spanning certain sub-bibliographies. However using the report documentclass each bibliography is displayed as a chapter ...
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Error: Use of \@index doesn't match its definition
First, let me show you something that works. It creates a link from an indexed term to its corresponding entry in the index, and vice-versa.
\newcommand{\myname}[2]{#1\renewcommand{\@currentlabel}{#2}}...
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Draw nested rectangle text boxes with Tikz
I would like to draw something like this with Tikz (exemple given with 4 boxes but it could have more boxes):
For the moment, I have obtained this (thanks to this answer and this one (for the ...
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Adjusting the horizontal alignment of labels of nested numbering lists
In the following example I have succeeded aligning the first level of numbering both internal numbering of exam document class and numbering of enumitem package exactly after the left margin. I would ...
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Nesting blochspheres in tikzpictures using the blochsphere package
I am using the blochsphere package (see 1) and I want to nest it in another tikzpicture, to work with several blochspheres. The manual tells one to put "nested=true" in the settings for \...
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Nesting boxes from the outside in
Array programming languages have the concept of boxing. J is such a language. Boxes can contain anything, nothing included. Most of all, because of array languages' design, boxing happens from the ...
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Generic alternative to \section, \subsection, etc [duplicate]
I often find myself changing the structure of my document, and having to change all sections to subsections (or vice versa), etc.
Is there a way to use something like nested brackets or indentation ...
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Nested Array Multicolumn
\begin{array}{ll}
1. (p \to q) \land (p \to r) & \text{premise} \\
2. p \to q & \land \text{-elim(1)} \\
3. p \to r & \land \text{-elim(1)} \\
\multicolumn{2}{l}{
\...
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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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isov2 document class - note too deeply nested
I am using the isov2 document class and are using four \note{s in one clause.
The isov2 documentation says:
NOTE 4 - Similarly, you may get the message! Too deeply nested - Again, hit <return> ...
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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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