Questions tagged [patching]
{patching} is for questions about patching the definition of macros.
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Changing the Default Vertical Page Position for a group of New Chapters with Patchcmd Command
I am using the patchcmd command in the preamble to specify a vertical position default for where new (unnumbered) chapters should begin on the page:
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\@makeschapterhead}{\vspace*...
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hyperref and \addcontentsline's patch in expl3 block
I want to patch \addcontentsline command for changing \thepage to \thechapter--\thepage. However I found that things went wrong when I used expl block:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
% \...
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How can I patch `minted` to use `soul`s higlighting
I'd like to highlight code with a gray background like StackExchange does.
I know that I can set bgcolor in minted to put a solid background color on inline code.
However, this makes minted use ...
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How to execute certain code at the beginning of every theorem?
I would like to inject certain code at the beginning of the environment theorem, defined with amsthm's \newtheorem.
In my case, the code I wish to add is {\itemize\item[]\null\enditemize}\smallskip, ...
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Wrapping a command (parametrically) - csname woes
I would like to "wrap" an existing command with another command.
For example, suppose that there is one command
\cmda
I would like that each time this is called we end up executing:
\...
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Automate row color overlays in tabular beamer
The following code in the MWE below makes the last (current) row shown on the respective slide overlayed in green:
\begin{tabular}{cc}
\cellcolor<+>{green} A & B \\
\cellcolor<+...
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Why doesn't this \xpathcmd work inside expl3 scope?
Consider the following example, the same \xpatchcmd works outside ExplSyntax, but doesn't work inside. Why is this happening?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{regexpatch}
\begin{document}
\def\...
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How to use \csname inside \xpatchcmd?
Consider the following example, what is the correct way to use \csname and \endcsname inside \xpatchcmd?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{regexpatch}
\begin{document}
\def\foo{foo}
\def\bar{with ...
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How to patch a macro with options inside another macro with options?
In order to place the hyperlinks at the right place, I would like to patch a few format macros produced by cleveref. For example, \cref@theorem@format is defined as:
macro:#1#2#3->#2\cref@theorem@...
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Patch section command fails
I'd like to patch the section command to add at the end a simple \label in a way that is as generic as possible (I don't want to assume the number of arguments of the section command for instance, so ...
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\usetagform incompatible with microtype?
It seems that \usetagform in mathtools package is incompatible with microtype package as can be seen in the following MWE:
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\...
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Auto detect blank page and add something [duplicate]
i have a beamer
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{xpatch}
\makeatletter
%\patchcmd\what{}{}{}{} ?
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\frame{\frametitle{First}
Something.
}
\frame{\frametitle{Second}
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bidi package fail with recent version of multicol
I have this simple example of multicol in RTL document with bidi package. Version of multicol package in my TL2021 is 1.9b result after compilation with xelatex is incorrect
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Remove extra space around single-spaced equations within a double-spaced document
I would like to use single-spaced equations with equation numbers in a double-spaced document. I found a solution to this problem: Single-spaced equations in double-spaced documents, but this solution ...
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Patch command by adding new (optional) arguments (and turn `newcommand` into `NewDocumentCommand`)
In a package, I'd like to customize an existing macro by adding an optional argument to control the size of an image. However, I've no idea how to patch a command to add arguments. Ideally I'd love to ...
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Patching \captionof fails
I would like to execute this or that command depending on whether \captionof is used for a figure or a table.
So I patch \captionof with etoolbox to see if the float type parameter is of type table or ...
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Unable to patch "\caption" if the package caption is loaded
I was inspired by this question to make the chapter names appear in the list of figures.
This solution works very well if the caption package is not loaded. However, if this one (or subcaption) is ...
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How does one keep a constant indentation for multiline items in tablenotes of a threeparttable?
Here an illustrative MWE:
\documentclass[fontsize=11pt]{article}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage[flushleft]{threeparttable}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\blindtext
\begin{table}
\...
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Patching \usepackage / \RequirePackage
I want to implement automatic benchmarking for the packages I load (some of which are my own). Right now my preamble takes 15 seconds to load, much longer than the rest of my document seems to take to ...
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After \patchcmd \thispagestyle{empty} sets the word "plain" in upper left corner on parts page in scrbook
I'd like to have a background image on every parts page in scrbook. Found this solution: How can I give each chapter page its own background image in scrbook? by @crf
The linked solution would set ...
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Keeping default optional argument when adding to command
TeX FAQ's "Patching existing commands" gives a method to add to existing commands that have an optional argument:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{letltxmacro}
\newcommand{\rough}[2][\...
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Redefining Commands: Safety and Best Practices
There's plenty of questions on this site about redefining specific commands, but I couldn't find a more general, comprehensive question about the safety and best practices of redefining commands in ...
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patchcmd with if condtion
I've had the problem, that I needed a prefix in my list of figures/tables, but fortunately I found this solution. I work with the fancyhdr package, so I need the tocloft package with the title option....
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Is there a convenient hook to patch all of the AMS display math environments?
If I want to patch all of the amsmath display math environments to be wrapped in another environment (like for equation in this answer to adjust the line width), is there a convenient way to patch all ...
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How to use a different fontfamily for italic text
I want my document to change from CMR to Garamond when using italic typeface, and automatically go back when not using italic. Preferably would this happen when I just issue the \textit{} command. Is ...
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Exercise package : use a non-indented list environment for
I use the exercise package for typesetting exercises and questions. I would like to avoid the classical indentation of the questions (due to the using of a list environment, but I'm not able to set ...
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Problem with patching babel package
I am trying to use babel and biblatex package together but I am getting following error:
! Package biblatex Error: Patching 'babel' package failed.
This is my code example:
\documentclass[12pt,...
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Definitive way to pre- and append code, or patch commands?
Consider the following example: we have a command \mycmd, defined in some pacakge as:
\DeclareRobustCommand{\mycmd}{%
<original source code>
}
we want to patch this command, in the sense ...
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diagbox with babel RTL tabular issue
I have issue with \diagbox in RTL tabular (babel with bidi=basic, lualatex engine), with xelatex bidi package provide patch of diagbox commands for right to left tabular, but for lualatex there isn't.
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Editing a word in a sty file
I want to edit a word in a .sty file. I'm learning Latex and I don't know if it can be edited by using \makeatletter and \makeatother commands in the preamble.
The .sty file (novel-PostLayout, from ...
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How do I limit the scope of etoolbox environment patching?
I want to use the etoolbox package to patch a certain environment; but - I only want to do it for a certain stretch of my document.
Enclosing in curly brances doesn't work:
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Different style for appendix section heading via KOMA-script
I like the use of hanging section numbers in the margin. But when I move to the Appendices, I would like to revert the behavior back to normal.
Additionally, I'd like to start the name of the ...
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How to add code at beginning of every chapter?
I would like to add code at the beginning of every chapter. In particular, the \minitoc command. I hoped \appto would do the trick. But no luck.
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\appto\chapter{Test}
Just uses ...
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Why does this regexpatch command only work once, not twice?
Based on an early version of How can I add a single curly brace to a macro?, I have tried the following to add, one by one, inner commands to some outer command. (The reason I am doing this is that I ...
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Turn string into macro (change catcodes)
Is it impossible to covert string back into macro? I know that with lualatex we can do a lot of funny things with macros. I have never seen string converting without it.
\documentclass{article} ...
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How to patch \href to look like \url?
There are at least two questions, that ask for this without mentioning it explicitly, so there we go.
Neither this nor actually answer the questions, how to make \href style the same way as \url - ...
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Empty the pagestyle for last parts of my report document
I have patched in my preamble the command \chapter with the package etoolbox so as to get a defined style for all my chapters \patchcmd{\chapter}{plain}{mystyle}{}{}. (I am using the fancyhdr package )...
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Patch `\includegraphics` to call `\embedfile`
I want to make a package that automatically attaches all essential*) source files to the ouput PDF. I started with the embedfile, filehook and currfile packages and put
\embedfile\currfilename
\...
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How to color half page?
I used color to color my page. I want a horizontal (halfway) colored patch which begins from the midpoint and ends at the right end of the page. (Only for the first page and not for the complete ...
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Capitalize first letter of words in chapter mark
I would like to capitalize the first letter of several words in the chapter and the chapter mark.
While text in the chapter itself is capitalized, in the chapter mark it is not.
Here is a MWE of my ...
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remove "./" of "\currfileabspath" when using lualatex
I have a small problem with the package currfile and the command \currfileabspath. When compiling the file using (pdf|xe)latex I get the expected result, but if I use lualatex it adds ./ to the ...
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Strange result with patch of \overarc
Triying to use a patch for \overarc from this answer
https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/409106/54817
I got this result
\documentclass{article}
%\usepackage{fix-cm}
\usepackage{arcs}
\usepackage{...
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moderncv package does not recognize \it command
The moderncv package does not recognize \it command. Sure we can use \textit instead. The problem is that BibTeX generated files may contain \it commands ...
So, edition of the bbl file is required ...
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Pass option to each occurence of command (especially \printbibliography with biblatex)
In a large book with many sub-bibliographies, I want to ensure that crucial bibchecks are executed at every call to \printbibliography. Normally, one would simply call \printbibliography[check=...] ...
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pdfx and biblatex attempt to patch the same things? [closed]
The below MWE gives errors.
Moving the line \usepackage{pdfx} below the biblatex package
(right before \begin{document})
will currently not give explicit errors, but
“it is best if pdfx is the first ...
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How can I patch the abstract, list of figures, and list of tables macros to be included in the ToC automatically?
We can definitely use \phantomsection \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{<name>} right after we begin the environments or type the relevant macro, which would include abstract, list of figures and ...
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Adding transparent characters into class-defined macros
This question is related to a previous question regarding machine readability of a PDF generated using moderncv.
I'm trying add some hidden description within the PDF, so the information is not ...
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regexpatch \xpatchcmd fails in patching command begins with space
The \xpatchcmd provided by regexpatch fails in patching command which begins with space. The same \xpatchcmd provided by xpatch works alright.
Some version info:
XeTeX 3.14159265-2.6-0.99999
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Add command at the beginning of all frames
I need to add a command \setRTL from the bidi package to write right-to-left text, at the beginning of every frame.
Another answer does not solve the issue; any suggestions?
\documentclass{beamer}
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Patching tikzscale
I'm trying to patch the package tikzscale. Specifically, I want to remove the following lines from the package, as it does not constitute a useful error in my usecase[1].
\tikzscale@ifSizeDifference{\...
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