User A Feldman

29 votes

5 answers

1k views

What are good resources for a beginner, non-computer genius type of person, to learn Plain TeX?

asked Mar 19, 2016 at 18:56

20 votes

4 answers

2k views

Is there a way to eliminate the "\" in frequently used LaTeX commands?

macros substitution

asked Dec 18, 2015 at 6:21

19 votes

2 answers

1k views

Is there any reason not to use \let to redefine a deprecated control sequence to the currently recommended one?

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asked Apr 14, 2016 at 16:46

18 votes

1 answer

843 views

Is there a reason for \usepackage with options in a separate line?

geometry syntax package-options

asked Jan 21, 2016 at 20:34

16 votes

2 answers

1k views

Scrartcl 13.999 point 14.4 point but not 14 point?

formatting fontsize fontspec koma-script font-metrics

asked Apr 28, 2016 at 2:50

15 votes

3 answers

2k views

Partially transparent gray chronoevents in my chronosys timeline? Or using any other Plain-TeX, LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, or even a XeLaTex package or method?

tikz-pgf color plain-tex chronosys

asked Feb 24, 2016 at 23:52

13 votes

1 answer

605 views

What is the math behind ^^+ being replaced by k? [duplicate]

tex-core

asked Jan 7, 2018 at 14:36

12 votes

0 answers

349 views

Tags, like on TeX.SE, but with the ability to show or hide both the tag--document structure and associated text, as in the multiaudience package

indexing automation tags

asked Mar 21, 2016 at 18:37

10 votes

2 answers

2k views

Why is the \bye command not used by LaTeX?

macros compiling tex-core plain-tex latex-misc

asked Apr 12, 2016 at 16:19

9 votes

1 answer

331 views

How do I nullify or swap the % character out, so the comments are compiled as text?

tex-core comments opmac

asked Jan 1, 2018 at 17:50

9 votes

1 answer

1k views

What packages provide text/command substitution for LaTeX, XeTeX and LuaLaTeX?

packages automation strings substitution

asked Jan 27, 2016 at 17:35

6 votes

6 answers

493 views

How to write macro with variable amount of text variables

macros conditionals programming optional-arguments xifthen

asked Apr 20, 2016 at 17:01

6 votes

2 answers

1k views

Can two \vtop boxes exist side by side?

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asked May 6, 2016 at 5:52

5 votes

3 answers

2k views

chronosys timeline, "month day, year" instead of "day month year" and full numeric date questions

chronosys

asked Feb 16, 2016 at 2:57

4 votes

1 answer

560 views

Is there a way to have xesearch search and replace a term and have the replacement compiled as LaTeX command?

macros programming literate-programming xesearch

asked Nov 29, 2015 at 4:54

4 votes

1 answer

352 views

How do I install and--or use opmac using texlive?

compiling plain-tex opmac csplain

asked May 3, 2016 at 23:07

3 votes

1 answer

2k views

\chaptermark undefined error in classicthesis.sty when I (attempt to) redefine \spacedlowsmallcaps

fonts macros environments fontspec classicthesis

asked May 4, 2016 at 15:36

3 votes

1 answer

686 views

Error: "Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.'' using multicol in a \newenvironment, can it be fixed?

environments itemize multicol enumitem

asked May 31, 2016 at 17:40

3 votes

1 answer

650 views

"Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item" error in \newenvironment using a \vtop box

macros environments boxes expansion

asked Jun 2, 2016 at 5:28

3 votes

1 answer

531 views

Google docs to TeX and pdf shell script produces a blank first page, and gives me a "! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}." error

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asked Dec 28, 2015 at 2:50

3 votes

2 answers

174 views

How to implement a verbatim or null environment using a boolean within \newcommand

macros environments etoolbox environment-variables substitution

asked Apr 8, 2016 at 4:09

2 votes

0 answers

62 views

Make output pdf consistently viewable on other systems [closed]

fonts formatting pdf

asked Feb 10, 2016 at 17:44

2 votes

1 answer

623 views

Bates numbering of multiple pdfs with label reference to the page numbers

cross-referencing pdfpages

asked Oct 17, 2015 at 15:36

2 votes

1 answer

79 views

How do I prevent the section heading from printing 3 times in the ToC

table-of-contents sectioning

asked Oct 26, 2015 at 18:07

2 votes

0 answers

239 views

search for and highlight words/numbers in pdfpages while only printing highlighted pages

pdfpages programming automation scripts

asked Jan 25, 2016 at 15:41

2 votes

1 answer

752 views

How do I make my ubuntu texlive environment available to the wine emulator?

texlive ubuntu winedt

asked Jul 11, 2016 at 10:07

2 votes

0 answers

34 views

Lost my ability to add .tex and .sty files when upgrading to texlive 2016 on ubuntu [duplicate]

texlive installing ubuntu paths

asked Jul 16, 2016 at 2:34

2 votes

1 answer

231 views

"beeline" files not being found

errors color luatex luaotfload

asked Aug 1, 2016 at 21:15

2 votes

1 answer

255 views

"beelines" solution -- texlive 2017

color luatex debugging luaotfload texlive-2017

asked Dec 23, 2017 at 2:46

1 vote

1 answer

836 views

Grouping and undefined control sequence error

fonts fontsize fontspec grouping

asked May 14, 2016 at 21:08

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35 Questions

What are good resources for a beginner, non-computer genius type of person, to learn Plain TeX?

Is there a way to eliminate the "\" in frequently used LaTeX commands?

Is there any reason not to use \let to redefine a deprecated control sequence to the currently recommended one?

Is there a reason for \usepackage with options in a separate line?

Scrartcl 13.999 point 14.4 point but not 14 point?

Partially transparent gray chronoevents in my chronosys timeline? Or using any other Plain-TeX, LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, or even a XeLaTex package or method?

What is the math behind ^^+ being replaced by k? [duplicate]

Tags, like on TeX.SE, but with the ability to show or hide both the tag--document structure and associated text, as in the multiaudience package

Why is the \bye command not used by LaTeX?

How do I nullify or swap the % character out, so the comments are compiled as text?

What packages provide text/command substitution for LaTeX, XeTeX and LuaLaTeX?

How to write macro with variable amount of text variables

Can two \vtop boxes exist side by side?

chronosys timeline, "month day, year" instead of "day month year" and full numeric date questions

Is there a way to have xesearch search and replace a term and have the replacement compiled as LaTeX command?

How do I install and--or use opmac using texlive?

\chaptermark undefined error in classicthesis.sty when I (attempt to) redefine \spacedlowsmallcaps

Error: "Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.'' using multicol in a \newenvironment, can it be fixed?

"Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item" error in \newenvironment using a \vtop box

Google docs to TeX and pdf shell script produces a blank first page, and gives me a "! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}." error

How to implement a verbatim or null environment using a boolean within \newcommand

Make output pdf consistently viewable on other systems [closed]

Bates numbering of multiple pdfs with label reference to the page numbers

How do I prevent the section heading from printing 3 times in the ToC

search for and highlight words/numbers in pdfpages while only printing highlighted pages

How do I make my ubuntu texlive environment available to the wine emulator?

Lost my ability to add .tex and .sty files when upgrading to texlive 2016 on ubuntu [duplicate]

"beeline" files not being found

"beelines" solution -- texlive 2017

Grouping and undefined control sequence error