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\topsep, \itemsep, \partopsep, \parsep - what do they each mean (and what about the bottom)?

answered Mar 23, 2016 at 12:58

40 votes

How to comment part of a line?

comments

answered Jul 14, 2016 at 15:49

38 votes

The space between the table and its caption is very small

tables spacing captions

answered Apr 4, 2018 at 1:02

34 votes

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Design of new brackets

delimiters

answered Jul 17, 2015 at 0:42

31 votes

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Seasonal Challenge (Contributions from TeXing Dead Welcome)

tikz-pgf pstricks metapost fun big-list

answered Nov 9, 2016 at 17:59

30 votes

Seasonal Challenge (Contributions from TeXing Dead Welcome)

tikz-pgf pstricks metapost fun big-list

answered Nov 5, 2016 at 23:30

28 votes

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How to find the width of a symbol?

math-mode horizontal-alignment

answered Apr 9, 2017 at 20:27

28 votes

How to properly typeset math intervals

math-mode spacing

answered Aug 24, 2016 at 1:00

25 votes

Do fontsize environments exist?

macros environments latex-base

answered Aug 1, 2015 at 21:56

21 votes

Difference between \the, \showthe and \show commands?

tex-core

answered Dec 22, 2016 at 9:48

20 votes

How to get a stairway symbol in math mode?

math-mode symbols

answered Sep 1, 2018 at 15:09

18 votes

Arbitrary \left \right delimiters

math-mode symbols packages delimiters

answered Jul 11, 2015 at 22:26

18 votes

What is the difference between \vskip and \vspace?

macros spacing

answered Apr 13, 2016 at 18:40

15 votes

Using \big| and \right| versus \bigr\rvert and \right\rvert

math-mode symbols best-practices delimiters

answered Feb 20, 2016 at 23:33

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A note with the dangerous bend symbol: how to vertically center text and symbol?

tables

answered May 30, 2016 at 23:11

14 votes

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Extensible triple-bracket delimiter with a new symbol

delimiters mathtools

answered Mar 29, 2018 at 17:31

13 votes

Understanding Brace Hacks

tex-core braces

answered Mar 6, 2018 at 21:27

13 votes

How can I center a too wide table?

tables horizontal-alignment

answered May 9, 2018 at 23:34

13 votes

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Are `\to` and `\mapsto` mathbin or mathrel?

symbols relation-symbols

answered Jul 31, 2018 at 1:15

13 votes

What does \mathgroup mean? How to use it?

math-mode

answered Feb 19, 2017 at 19:06

13 votes

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Change "chapter" to "Chapter" - How to do this using autoref?

cross-referencing chapters labels books autoref

answered May 21, 2017 at 22:34

13 votes

Add space before and after tabular environment

tables spacing

answered Mar 31, 2016 at 22:15

13 votes

How to create a summation symbol with a vertical bar?

symbols mathtools

answered Aug 20, 2019 at 9:26

12 votes

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Do all \if's need to be defined before a nested if?

conditionals

answered Jun 20, 2016 at 19:39

12 votes

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Exercise 17.21 of Knuth’s TeXbook: a (known) error?

tex-core texbook.tex

answered Jun 27, 2015 at 16:12

12 votes

Are there other "fun" packages like the "coffee stains" package?

packages fun

answered Aug 5, 2017 at 23:35

11 votes

\vspace doesn't work

vspace

answered May 31, 2018 at 14:30

11 votes

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Using \tag in align environment in \[...\]

math-mode align

answered Dec 5, 2016 at 22:16

11 votes

Get return value of `\write18`

shell-escape

answered Jun 22, 2015 at 18:07

11 votes

"Evaluated at" bar for derivatives: \Bigr, \biggr, or \left...\right?

math-mode best-practices delimiters

answered Feb 17, 2016 at 22:20

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\topsep, \itemsep, \partopsep, \parsep - what do they each mean (and what about the bottom)?

How to comment part of a line?

The space between the table and its caption is very small

Design of new brackets

Seasonal Challenge (Contributions from TeXing Dead Welcome)

Seasonal Challenge (Contributions from TeXing Dead Welcome)

How to find the width of a symbol?

How to properly typeset math intervals

Do fontsize environments exist?

Difference between \the, \showthe and \show commands?

How to get a stairway symbol in math mode?

Arbitrary \left \right delimiters

What is the difference between \vskip and \vspace?

Using \big| and \right| versus \bigr\rvert and \right\rvert

A note with the dangerous bend symbol: how to vertically center text and symbol?

Extensible triple-bracket delimiter with a new symbol

Understanding Brace Hacks

How can I center a too wide table?

Are `\to` and `\mapsto` mathbin or mathrel?

What does \mathgroup mean? How to use it?

Change "chapter" to "Chapter" - How to do this using autoref?

Add space before and after tabular environment

How to create a summation symbol with a vertical bar?

Do all \if's need to be defined before a nested if?

Exercise 17.21 of Knuth’s TeXbook: a (known) error?

Are there other "fun" packages like the "coffee stains" package?

\vspace doesn't work

Using \tag in align environment in \[...\]

Get return value of `\write18`

"Evaluated at" bar for derivatives: \Bigr, \biggr, or \left...\right?