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Latin Modern vs cm-super?
I've read various answers to questions on here that suggest the original Computer Modern fonts have been superseded. Sometimes it is suggested we use the cm-super package, sometimes that we instead use latin modern fonts. Which is better? Which is…
Seamus
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What is the difference of \mathop, \operatorname and \DeclareMathOperator?
One sees all kind of versions in source files for defining something like a limit etc. So my question is which one serves what purpose. Is there any "best practice" in chosing one over the other?
Stefan Waldmann
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What are the strengths and weaknesses of KOMA-Script and memoir?
To make a professional book layout, many people suggest to use either KOMA-Script or memoir. Let me know the strengths and weaknesses of each please.
Display Name
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How to use \multirow
I can compile this table separately but when I want to compile the whole file, it gives me an error, which is fixed by removing…
anna
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Itemize with a dash "-" instead of a bullet
If I use
\begin{itemize}
\item asdasd
\item dsfsdf
\end{itemize}
the items are with a bullet, but how can I itemize these two with a "-" (a dash / a hyphen / a small line)?
qwerty
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How to change the numbering of \part, \chapter, \section, ... to alphabetical, Roman numbers, etc
I'm fairly new to LaTeX and I want to know how to change the way sections are numbered by default. I use LyX, and there it is relatively simple to change the way an enumeration is numbered, i.e.
1 foo
a bar
i baz
But I want to know if there is…
David Berger
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How to specify a fill color in RGB format in a node in tikzpicture?
I am just trying to get a rounded corner box with some text in it. The text color will be white and the box will be filled with a particular color.
The preamble…
deshmukh
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How to place text as subscript under mathematical operator in equation?
I would like to put some text in math mode below a mathematical operator (or a symbol), similar to \substack in \sum, as the red text below the \max operator in the following image
How to do this?
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Use the values of \title, \author and \date on a custom title page
I am trying to create a title page of my own.
Is there a way to make use of the \title, \author and \date commands inside the title page?
For instance:
...
\title{Something Cool}
\author{Cool…
Tiago Veloso
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How to cite an article from Arxiv using bibtex
This is a question about how to use bibtex to cite a preprint from Arxiv. Suppose I have:
@ARTICLE{BM:1999,
AUTHOR = {First, Author AND Second, Author},
TITLE = {The title of this article},
YEAR = {2035},
JOURNAL = What exactly do…
Anna Taurogenireva
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How to create a command with key values?
I am trying to create a command that the user can enter keys for values. How can I create one, for example:
\myparbox[width=50,height=10,color=blue, align=left -10px]{}
mathspasha
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What's the best way to write e-mail addresses?
When trying to write an e-mail address, there are always problems with the @ sign.
Solutions I've seen suggested are using some verbatim environment (more difficult in footnotes) and using a math-mode @.
What is the correct way to do this?
Yuval Filmus
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Spell checking LaTeX documents
What's the best strategy for spell checking LaTeX documents?
mmx
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\subtitle doesn't work in article document class
I'm relatively new to TeX but until now I used mostly the beamer class. There I did this:
\documentclass{beamer}
\title{title}
\subtitle{subtitle}
\author{name}
\date{\today}
\begin{document}
%content
\end{document}
And it worked as I…
nickik
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TikZ set node label position more precisely
This seems like it should be really easy but I can't seem to find it anywhere...
I'd like to be able to fine-tune the positioning of a node label.
I'm aware of the \node[label=above/below/etc:{label}] (x) {}; syntax, but that doesn't seem to give…
Trevor
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