Questions tagged [xsim]
xsim is the official successor of exsheets. Use this tag if you have a question about xsim. For questions about other packages like exsheets use the respective tag instead.
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How to print questions and exercises in-place with xsim?
I'm working on a textbook, and I'm trying to use xsim for questions/exercises and their answers.
What I want to do is simple:
Place small question/exercise items throughout each chapter, ...
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Height with xsim's blank-command
Currently I'm working with the package xsim and I want to use the blank-command for a gapped text. When my gap text is several lines long the space between the lines is too narrow to write. Therefore ...
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List in shortsolution with xsim package
I am facing a compilation error while trying to use list environment (itemize, enumerate, etc) in shortsolution environment from the xsim package.
Here is a MWE.
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{...
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Package xsim - print a list of exercises by Tag
I want to have a file with exercises and at the end of the file, I want to print the exercises sorted by level (a tag i created with xsim).
Below what do not work, for obvious reason, \printcollection ...
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Could I do a different automatic exam copies -one for each student-?
If I wrote an exam of ten Multiple choice questions, and I have 20 student.
so Could I do a different automatic -by jumble the questions- exam copies -one for each student-?
\documentclass{exam}
\...
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Is the Exsheet package still under development?
I prefer use Exsheet.I know Exsheet been replaced by a XSIM package, but is the Exsheet package still under development?
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How could I change the points design?
IN xsim package, I want to get any new style for points -or remove the dash at least-.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xsim}
\begin{document}
\begin{exercise}[points=4]
\end{exercise}
\begin{...
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What are the good exercise packages -from link-? [closed]
What are the good exercise packages -from link- ?
https://ctan.org/topic/exercise
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what is the difference between exsol and xsim package? [closed]
what is the difference between exsol and xsim package? And which is the closest one to exam document class?
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What are the differences between the exam and xsim classes?
I am currently preparing exercises and wonder which class xsim or exam is best suited for the task. They seem to fulfill the same purpose, but I get the impression xsim comes with more support for ...
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xsim, counters, and TikZ
In my previous post, I asked how to save random numbers for the xsim package.
Now I would like to know how to do that when those random numbers are inserted into a TikZ picture.
What about my counter ...
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Missing item error with xsim and TeXLive 2020
I recently updated from TeXLive 2019 to TeXLive 2020. After upgrading the code from this link (only slightly modified) didn't work anymore. It terminates with the following error:
LaTeX Error: ...
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XSIM and crossrefs
I looked at the template xsim_crossref.tex (in the XSIM documentation) to create hyperlinks between statements and solutions.
It works fine but now I would like to hide the empty references (exercises ...
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Saving Random Numbers in xsim for Solutions
I'm trying to create exercise sheets with random numbers and xsim. Each time I generate random numbers, though, the variables are overwritten to create new exercises (desired), but also overwritten so ...
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Shuffle questions in xsim
As said in the title, I want to shuffle questions while using xsim and tasks packages. Here is the code I took from multiple choice questions with correct choice environment which is written by @...
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Automatically add exercise to the corresponding collection [duplicate]
I'm using xsim package to manage exercises in my lessons but I can't find a good way to select exercises by using tags.
In particular, when i write the following code (example1), each exercise ...
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xsim's copious amount of aux files and compilation time
This can be seen as a follow up to this question: Properly defining problems and subproblems using the xsim package
I have not yet accepted this question, as I am still trying to update my tex ...
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xsim: How to calculate points of the sections
Is there a simple way to calculate the points a section includes?
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage[no-files]{xsim}
\xsimsetup{
exercise/the-counter = \thesection.\arabic{exercise},
exercise/...
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xsim: What is the correct way to count exercises per section?
What is the correct way to count exercises per section like
I got it with
% Count exercises per section =====
\let\oldsection\section
\renewcommand{\section}{%
\setcounter{exercise}{0}%
\oldsection}
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xsim: Headline of \printsolution when exercise/name has been changed
I want the word "Question" (or the german word "Aufgabe") instead of "Exercise", so I set
\xsimsetup{
exercise/name=\XSIMtranslate{question},
}
But \printsolutions gives me still "Solutions to the ...
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xsim: Vertical shifts by using customized points
I changed inside \DeclareExerciseEnvironmentTemplate{custom}{...}
\IfInsideSolutionF{\rule{1.2cm}{1pt}\slash}%
to
\IfInsideSolutionF{\noindent\usekomafont{sectioning}\color{pointscolor}}
and I ...
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Adding a complete solution to xsim exercise
I've just read this post linked in the xsim_manual on p.71 example 35 and i've some troubles to adapt it to my goal.
I want to add an environment resolution for each exercises of my database. This ...
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xsim: clear-aux option causes error
Since today, I got an error when trying to compile a document with the xsim package and its clear-aux option.
MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xsim}
\xsimsetup{
clear-aux
}
\begin{...
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Properly defining problems and subproblems using the xsim package
I am trying to use the xsim package to sort and order the previously given exams in a course (MAT-1001). For this to be viable I need the following equirements
I should be able to request exam ...
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Collection of tasks, xsim, et al.: How to controll layout of printsolutions best way
I read Math book: how to write Exercise and Answers
and ask myself: What is the best way to get a layout like this
using xsim.
MWE:
\documentclass[ngerman,paper=A5]{scrreprt}
\usepackage{amsmath, ...
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filehook error with memoir after update texlive 2019 in Oct 15
After the new LaTeX2e <2019-10-01> version, I got this error:
! Package filehook Error: Detected 'scrlfile' package with unknown
definition o f \InputIfFileExists.
It seems related with ...
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Space after exercise
The following example is of an exercise followed by a paragraph:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xsim}
\begin{document}
\begin{exercise}
This is some text for an exercise.
\end{exercise}
And now ...
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Xsim package: Same space if solutions are printed or not
I want the to leave the same space if solutions are printed or not.
This MWE is good if there is an excercise without subquestions
This MWE is bad if there is an excercise with subquestions
I tried ...
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Replicaing some exsheets features in xsim
My exsheets templates no longer compile after a recent LaTeX update and so I thought that rather than downgrading TeX, it might be better just upgrade my templates. Unfortunately, I'm struggling to ...
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A comment after the xsim solution environment is being printed
If I add a comment after the solution environment of the xsim package the comment is printed before the solution.
\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage{xsim}
\begin{document}
\begin{exercise} % ...
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Using xsim for creating tex files for Question Banks
I have been able to use xsim to extract easy, medium and difficult questions from a tagged Question Bank. However, I am not able to get the tex file with the list of all easy questions, all medium ...
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Misplaced \PropertyValue with xsim package using own exercise definition
I had to create a new definition for exercise with xsim package, because the hungarian heading text is reversed for the original. I did it as the manual shown, with only the necessary changes. Now the ...
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Customizing points in `xsim`
The points in exercise environment seem to align right under the line of the exercise name and label as shown here
How do I left it upwards as follows
This alignment is the typical behavior of ...
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Questions: Migrating from exsheets to xsim (2)
I am currently trying to migrate from exsheets to xsim and have some problems.
Since exsheets won't be supported, I am trying to migrate to xsim but I have some problems:
How can I insert the ...
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From exsheets to xsim: runin
I try to convert from exsheets to xsim but I fail to implement runin. I just copied the runin-template from the manual (http://ftp.math.purdue.edu/mirrors/ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xsim/doc/...
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Expand command in an argument before the main command
Related to my problem for xsim here.
I want to use commands \ExOption and \ExPart to implement more easily my collection in xsim package. But i'm facing the problem that my commands do not expand in \...
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Exercises imported don't print when i call a collection
I undertook to build a database of my exercises and to store them, i wrote in subfolders. When needed, i called them with xsim package.
At the moment, the classification acts as follows :
And there ...
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xsim-package: subexercises and points calculation
I want to setup exercises/questions for an exam. Some exercises will have subquestions.
When there are no subquestions I can simply specify the "points" property and get that neat space in the right ...
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How to add rows to gradingtable default* template in xsim
First I want to thank all those users that asked questions and/or supplied answers that have been useful to me in my journey learning LaTeX and using it to replace MS Word in editing my chemistry high ...
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Is there an equivalent to exsheet's \exerciseNumber{} in XSIM?
The exsheets package allowed for referencing a previous exercise through its ID tag with \exerciseNumber{<id>}. Changing to XSIM now, I could not find an equivalent. The \GetExerciseProperty{ID} ...
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Slow typesetting due to xsim package - Any way to speed it up?
I really appreciate the xsim package and it's functionality. However, when including many questions, the typesetting slows down considerably (in my setup, up to 10 minutes for around 200 included ...
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Printing solution of mcq using xsim
How to print the solution of multiple choice question in the following example ?
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage[clear-aux]{xsim}
\usepackage{enumitem,amssymb,fmtcount}
\newlist{choices}{...
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True/False Question Answer with xsim
With reference to the following answer
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/484753/true-false-type-questions-with-xsim-package/484760?noredirect=1#[True False question with xsim][1]
How to print ...
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True/False type Questions with xsim package
How to make true/false type questions in 'xsim' package? In the manual of 'xsim', I could not find it.
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[verbose,clear-aux]{xsim}
\usepackage{xsimverb,...
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'xsim' with 'exam' class
I am getting error while using xsim package with exam class.
For exaple:
LaTeX error: "xparse/command-already-defined" Command '\points' already defined! For immediate help type H . }
How to ...
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Migrating from exsheets to xsim
xsim looks fine.
EDIT, March 28, 2019
I know, the manual has to be read! But just one question: How to mimick in xsim this exsheets setup?
\SetupExSheets{%
counter-format = ch.qu,
counter-...
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xsim: LaTeX3 Error: File '' not found
Below is a minimalized template I have been using without any trouble for quite some time (Edit: Simplified the code and updated the error message). It no longer runs on my system. I do not know if it'...
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Showing points and total points using exercise or any other suitable package
I want to prepare a book with many chapters (and sections), notes, exercises and linked solutions at the end of the book . I decided to adopt the example from on matching enumerated exercises with ...
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xsim and questions in columns within tasks
I would do with xsim, successor of exsheets, the same I do with it: lists of questions inside a tasks environment.
Is that possible?
Something like this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{...
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How to do subexercises or exercise parts with the xsim package?
I quite often see, and myself create, exercises which consist of multiple subexercises or parts, like this:
# Exercise 1
Two cars are traveling in opposite directions.
They are 2.7km apart, driving ...
