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Best way to install packages for TeXLive in Ubuntu?
I want to install a package (specifically xlop). I'm using TeXLive on Ubuntu, and I don't really know my way around LaTeX.
Can apt-get install or something similar be used?
Eric Wilson
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How can I make internal links both colored and underlined?
I would like the internal hyperlinks generated by hyperref to be colored and underlined.
Reading some of the package documentation, I know that these \hypersetup keys exist:
colorlinks: when true, color the link; when false, draw a border around…
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Problem with compiling BibTex: "no \citation commands" error
I'm really new to BibTex, I just wonder what is going wrong when I have this kind of error when I try to compile my bibliography file.
I found no \citation commands---while reading file masterthesis.aux
I have put this \bibliographystyle{plain} and…
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Font size of Figure Caption Header
My question is about changing the font size.
I have to insert two figures side by side. Coming to inserting the captions for the figures individually:
Figure 3: blah blah.....................Figure 4: blah blah...
I am able to change the font size…
Jeshwanth Kundem
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Symbol for Gaussian distribution
What is the symbol for the normal density function in LaTeX?
asdf123
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Keyboard Font for LaTeX
I'm currently writing a user guide containing a lot of keyboard shortcuts. I'm looking for a "keyboard" font where single characters or special keys (like tab or backspace) appear like the "real" key (i.e. with a box around; hope you get the…
Udo Schneider
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Why getting this error tlmgr Unknown directive?
I haven't used tlmgr for a while but when I tried to install any package with it today, It returned following message:
(running on Debian, switching to user mode!) Unknown directive ...containerchecksum…
Gomi
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Split itemize into multiple columns
Is it possible to split an itemize list into several columns? (I'm sure it is, but I couldn't find a solution around here)
And additionally: Is it possible to automatically split a list into multiple columns if it reaches a certain item length?
For…
Daniel
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Is there a LaTeX wrapper for use in Google Docs?
I collaboratively edit documents in Google Docs. Unfortunately, there are no LaTeX macros/wrappers I know of for Google Docs. So, editing a TeX file on Google Docs is like going back to the old days when you had to edit LaTeX in plain text.
Does…
user50492
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Showcase of optical illusions made with TeX/LaTeX/LuaTeX/ConTeXt
Optical illusions are fun, so I thought it would be a good idea to have a list of optical illusions designed using MetaPost, or PGF/TikZ, or PS-Tricks, or Asymptote. Each entry should display one optical illusion and the code necessary to produce…
Gonzalo Medina
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Math mode in tabular without having to use $...$ everywhere
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
\hline
Column A & Column B \\
\begin{math}
x & y \\
\end{math}
\end{tabular}
This won't let me compile and gives a lot of errors, how do I enable math mode in a table without using $ on everything?
Levi H
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Clearpage without pagebreak?
Is there a command which does the same like \clearpage (typesetting all floats which have not been typeset yet) but then does not insert a pagebreak but continues with the following text/graphics on the same page?
MostlyHarmless
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Outsourcing TikZ code
My Tex files get very confusing since I have multiple long TikZ code in them.
How do you organize your files when it comes to TikZ?
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"direct" quotations and "entire paragraph" quotations
I need two types of citations which I have not figured out how to define:
(see highlighted in grey)
1) As Owens stated (2008, p.97), ‘the value of...’
2) Simone de Beauvoir (1972, p.365) examined her own past and wrote
rather gloomily:
The past…
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How can I modify vertical space between figure and caption?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[draft]{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\setlength\fboxsep{124pt}
\setlength\fboxrule{1pt}
\fbox{\includegraphics{dummy}}
\caption{Dummy caption}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
How can I increase…
Ichibann
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