Questions tagged [programming]
{programming} is about how (La)TeX can be used as a programming language.
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Framework for interactive graphics in LaTeX documents
I've written a prototype LaTeX package and associated viewing framework to allow LaTeX documents to be viewed in an environment that allows for interaction with figures. The figure might have points ...
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Getting a chapter number value for comparing
I'm trying to compare a chapter number like this:
\newcounter{exerciseChapterCounter}
\newcounter{exerciseChapterCounter}
\newcounter{exerciseQuestionCounter}
\setcounter{exerciseChapterCounter}{1}
\...
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Space oddity: are there spaces that won't end up on the page?
I think the answer to my question is "no," but one could argue that it would be nice if there were. Here's what motivates the question. Define
\def\myloop#1#2{\count11=#1#2%
\advance\count11 ...
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Parsing oddity: when is a space not a space
Saying
\count89=14 \the\count89~{\count89=11 \the\count89~}\the\count89
produces 14 11 14, as one would expect. But, get rid of the space in the middle clause:
\count89=14 \the\count89~{\count89=11\...
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TeX as a programming language: examples and design patterns
I'm looking for simple examples of using TeX as a programming language, not LaTeX, and ideally these examples only use the primitive TeX commands. Why? Because the members of a local computer club ...
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Latex .tex file input highlighted, listed, code
I have the latex document:
\begin{document}
Document introduction.
\onecolumn
\section*{That's how the code looks like}
\begin{algorithm}
\input{z.tex}
\begin{algorithm}
\end{document}
And I ...
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Multi language text
I am writing my CV with LaTeX, right now I have the code below that I use to create two commands \eng{} and \ita{} that allows me to hide text in the language I do not want.
%% English %%
\newtoggle{...
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TeX \ifx conditional not working for string comparison
I would like a LaTeX source file to compile in different ways depending on the job name. However, when I run pdflatex mwe with mwe.tex containing
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\ifx{mwe}\...
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lstlisting collection of styles
I'm looking for a collection of different styles for the lstlisting package. I know there are some good ones for examples of tikz pictures and templates, but I couldn't find one for lstlistings. Does ...
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Blackout censor macro capable of handling italic and bold fonts
In the following TeX stackexchange answer, the author provides an excellent \blackout macro that produces very aesthetically pleasing underline effect.
However, this macro does not work well with any ...
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Use macro to create array column specification
How can I make a custom macro that creates an array with some number of columns, but I'm having trouble forcing the macro to expand inline. In test.sty:
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesPackage{test}
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Can I "program" TeX using C/C++? [closed]
I have a fairly complicated TeX programming (not typesetting) task, and I've skimmed the manual on TeX programming. However, TeX's... clunky programming syntax is less than ideal, and I'm wondering if ...
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Base64 encoding in LaTeX?
How can we encode some text/string using Base64 encoding in LaTeX? or any alternative solution?
For example, the Base64 encoding of string Latex is bGF0ZXg=.
Here's a representation of what I want to ...
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What is the programming paradigm of TeX language?
From a considerable time, I am asking to myself how TeX language is classified. I have looked for some useful information in Internet a couple of times without success (even a tip!). In this list (...
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Modifying a list and passing it to another command
I am trying to write some macros to easy my life while writing mathematics in LaTeX. For this, I would like to have some macros to write wedge products in a more concise manner.
I have a command which ...
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Using csdef in table
I am trying to automatically add a decision summary when writing meeting minutes. For each paragraph of the meeting I use a table to organize the paragraph number, name and content, and I use etoolbox ...
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How to make a frame for a single page in landscape programatically for letter and A4?
I recently completed running an international conference. I hope to make certificates in a landscape orientation for the organizing committee, and some other attendees. In order to make everything ...
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Converting mathematical TeX expressions
Is there a (hopefully simple) way to convert a mathematical TeX expression, such as \frac{\cos(x^2) - x}{x^2 + 1}, to expressions which you would use in a programming language? The outcome of the ...
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Equational Reasoning for Functional Programming
How can I create equational reasoning proof like the ones in CS literatures:
A + (B + C)
= { Associativity }
(A + B) + C
= { Commutativity }
(B + A) + C
I can't seem to find the right ...
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Keyword lists for OpenMP and OpenACC for listings
Has anybody produced a dialect for the C, C++, and Fortran languages in the listings package to highlight OpenMP and OpenACC directives in code that include these pragmas (C/C++) or sentinels (Fortran)...
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conditional operator if in latex
It is necessary to build a graph (vector diagram of a diode) and if the angle (\ Fi) is greater than 90, then all vectors will be equal to 0. I don’t understand how to use if in latex correctly.
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Latex for telegram whatsapps and email
In the site of Quora we can write mathematics formulas with latex codes. It converts automatically the codes to Math. formulas.
can one do the same in "telegram", Whatsapp. or emails ...
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Theoretical/academical question - Is it possible to simulate, e.g., a (unicode) LuaTeX engine on an 8-bit Knuth TeX engine?
The following questions are rather theoretical/academical in nature.
According to Wikipedia
a system of data-manipulation rules (such as a computer's instruction
set, a programming language, or a ...
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Macros that can scan the contents of their arguments
I was thinking that it since the architecture of LaTeX is a collection of pre-processors on top of TeX, that it may be possible that some macros could in theory do some sort of find-and-replace within ...
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Generate table using formula
What is the simplest most universal way to generate a table using a formula? Minimal amount of code that is most robust. I simply want to essentially generate a table of values where the values are ...
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How to write a real "Hello World" program
One of the easiest tasks in almost all programming languages is to write a program that writes "Hello World" into the terminal. Something similar in TeX is:
tex '\empty Hello world! \bye'
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How to check if some macro defined via \csname is empty?
I need to check whether my macro \csname creator1\endcsname empty or not. But I always get 1(not empty)
\documentclass[]{article}
\makeatletter
\newcommand{\creator}[1]{%
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"Situation management" in LaTeX / expl3?
It happens from time to time that I would like to implement LaTeX commands that behave differently depending on the situation.
E.g., a command that returns different compositions of tokens depending ...
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How to understand correctly scope of local variable in LaTeX3?
Common programming languages (C).
// foo is global scope
int foo = 0;
int main() {
// bar is local scope within main
int bar = 1;
}
Let's consider LaTeX3
\documentclass[]{article}
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Why doesn’t TeX allow local, expandable definitions inside commands?
Half of the pain of programming TeX is the difference between expandable and non-expandable commands, the latter usually being a result of an assignment taking place inside the command definition. ...
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How to ignore contents of an environment imported from another file?
Consider the following scenario:
I define a package mypac.sty as follows
% mypac.sty
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1994/06/01]
\ProvidesPackage{mypac}[2020/10/08 v0.01 LaTeX package for my own purpose] ...
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Help to make a faster token replacing macro
I have a macro called \logic which helps me write logical formulas faster by simplifying some common logical symbols. So when I write $\logic{p -> q}$ I obtain $p \to q$.
Here's the code:
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How do i force \pagebreak on everything in LaTeX
I would like to learn how to force a page break on everything that goes over the page. Suppose I have a document that involves multiple images, paragraphs, figures connected to paragraphs and lists. ...
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How to command LaTeX to treat a non-value as 0
I have this command
\newcommand{\lines}[1]{\multido{}{#1}{\vskip 5mm \makebox[\linewidth]{\dotfill}} \vskip 8mm\setlength{\rightmargin}{5em}}
It allows me to create dotted lines with ease.
For ...
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How to make red for every 3n-2 item of enumerate items?
I want to automatically make red for every item with remainder of 1 when divided by 3. Manually wrapping the 3n-2 items with \textcolor{} will be an absurd idea especially in the current AI era.
MWE
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Specifying pgf/tikz Inputs with a Different Language
What I'd like to be able to do is say something like
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}
\addplot+[only marks]
coordinates {
<Entirely Different Language>
};
\end{axis}
\end{...
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Dynamic table : setting the column number after the table
I would like to create a dynamic table with \N columns at the beginning of the page, in which \N is the number of sections in the whole document, so the value of \N is set after the table. When I set ...
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Add newline after every period in the document
Is there a way to make every period (dot) act like \newline command ?
The only way I can think of now is to write shell-script to do it for me.
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How to dynamically create a cumulative score table with hyperlinks?
Scenario
I want to bundle students' homeworks in a single PDF. The students submit their works in PNG and I grade them. Each homework is separated by a folder indicating the DueDate. For example, for ...
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Optional savebox with options
I'm working on a modified version of the report.cls for internal documents that might have a standard disclaimer text included. Ideally, I'd like to have something like
\disclaimer{some category}{...
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How add new argument to command to control scaling?
The following code, slightly modified from https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/552769/13492, allows creating new symbols \bigplus, \bigtimes, and \bigbox.
However, it hard-codes the scaling factor \...
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Indirect control of behavior: how do I lengthen some pages and not others?
I'd like to be able to control the behavior of latex indirectly. Let me try to explain what I mean. I've got a large document, generated by a program. We can assume that each page (or page group) ...
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Can TeX be used in programming?
I heard that TeX is a Turing complete language. Does it mean that one can use TeX for example to write operating systems or games like Tetris or Hangman? I don't mean that one writes a source code of ...
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Command works as "\csname cmd \endcsname" but not as "\cmd"
I'm trying to create a command (\dummy) for dynamic macro definition. It is supposed to return a macro that is named dynamically (#3) with the content of #2 concatenated after #1 iterations.
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Is there a way to create a dynamic newcolumtype?
Is there a way to create a dynamic newcolumtype within e.g. a \newcommand such as \newcolumntype{#1}{m{50pt}}?
I tried to do something like this :
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{tabularx}
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Fun titles by splitting in letters (or words)
I want to display titles using a spelling routine I have found in this interesting discussion.
The idea is that different simple effects can be easily selected.
Unfortunately the code below has some ...
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Best way to define an object with a list
The idea is to define objects like circles, or triangles with a list. I made this :
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xparse,tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{through}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\NewDocumentCommand{\...
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Apply special formatting to capital letters in expl3
In my attempt to learn expl3 programming, I've hacked together a function to fake "smallcaps" by looping through a token list and enlarging any tokens that are capital letters. The code currently "...
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Switching driver after first citation
I need to tell LaTeX when citing an Incollection related to a Collection via crossref: if this is not the first citation of that collection, then use this driver instead of the usual one.
Is that ...
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How to use integer from one command into another?
I have following way to get number of spaces in a string
\ExplSyntaxOn
\NewDocumentCommand{\HowManySpaces}{ m }{
\seq_set_split:Nnn \l_tmpa_seq { } { #1 }
\int_eval:n {(\seq_count:N \l_tmpa_seq) ...
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