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For formal articles, should a displayed equation be followed by a punctuation to conform to the language grammar ?
For formal articles, should a displayed equation be followed by a punctuation to conform to the language grammar ?
For example:
The most well-known physics formula is
\[E=mc^2.\] %should I put a period here?
And if you expand
\[(x+y)^2,\]…
Display Name
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Create a local texmf tree in MiKTeX
In TeX Live there are TEXMFLOCAL for admin and TEXMFHOME for user pre-defined, but in MiKTeX there’s by default no local texmf tree installed, though it is useful, cf. Purpose of local texmf trees. Therefore my question:
How do I create a local…
Speravir
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Unbreakable block
I want to do something like the following in TeX:
\begin{nobreak}
Text here will not split over pages, it will remain
as one continuous chunk. If there isn't enough room
for it on the current page a pagebreak will happen
before it and the whole…
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How to make a figure span on two columns in a scientific paper?
If I just try to set the figure's size to 0.9\textwidth my figure will just end up on the right column, sized to be two-columns wide.
Has anyone done this before?
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How to add a matrix to a LaTeX document
How do we add a matrix to a LaTeX document?
Ashwin Nanjappa
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Replace \input{fileX} by the content of fileX automatically
Suppose I have a document with multiple include or input statements
\input{fileA}
\input{fileB}
etc.
Is there an easy way to generate a single .tex file where \input{fileA} is replaced by the actual content of fileA etc. without copying it…
student
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Comparison: ShareLaTeX vs Overleaf (formerly WriteLaTeX)
So far, I didn't have the chance to use either of these services. Before starting, I would like to hear your opinions. What are the advantages and disadvantages? Why should I choose one over the other? I am mainly interested in the technical side,…
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How to send an email with LaTeX
Risking of this question being closed, I'm just wondering if any of your use ---or know--- of any email platform that supports writing in LaTeX.
I made a quick search around the site and found this question:
LaTeX on Gmail (GmailTex?)
So I'm…
Mario S. E.
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Comment out sections of text in bib file
What's the correct way to comment out sections of explanatory text (included for humans to read) in a .bib file? I would like biber/biblatex to simply ignore this text.
When I put in text…
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How to rotate text in multirow table?
I have a big table with a problem, when I want to rotate the text in a \multirow cell, the text is placed outside and is bigger than the dimensions of the cell, I took some advice from here, using\parbox, and then \rotatebox. But I don't get good…
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Dictionary for TeXstudio: “No dictionary Available”
I have trouble spell checking my document in TeXstudio. When I press spellcheck, I get the error No dictionary Available. Am I supposed to install a dictionary separately? How? Any suggestion?
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Make specific author bold using biblatex
I am writing my CV in LaTeX. I am using biblatex and want my name (and only my name) to be bold for every reference. Is there a magic way to do this?
A similar question Make one author's name bold every time it shows up in the bibliography was…
jlconlin
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How can I sum two values and store the result in other variable?
In LaTeX2e,how can I sum two values and assign them to other variable?
I want to compute something like:
var=\textwidth - 1cm
And if both were constants:
var=1+1
mjsr
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Deleting external/auxiliary files?
Is there a way to make TeX delete files?
In my document a lot of auxiliary files are created and it would be wonderful to have them removed after their content has been used.
Mats
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