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Vertical Spacing within align environment accounting for fractions
The default vertical spacing within an align environment seems very tight when there are fractions in the lines.
I am aware of three manual tweaks that can be applied:
Adjust the value \jot.
Add a vertical space on each line where necessary via…
Peter Grill
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Explicit space character?
I'm wondering about the best way to do an explicit space character (I don't even know what it's properly called), like the ones you get in the \begin{verbatim*} environment. The closest I've found is
\sqcup
in math mode, but it seems like a bit of…
Josh
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Avoiding "rivers" in successive lines of type
This question led to a new feature in a package:
impnattypo
The following quote is from James Felici, The Complete Manual of Typography (2003), p. 161:
Rivers occur when word spaces stack one above the other in successive lines of type, creating…
lockstep
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tlmgr: Remote repository is newer than local (2017 < 2018)
I'm not able to get past this error. I do not wish to do a fresh install of texlive. Why is texlive so frickin annoying? Why does it force me too fresh install? Why can't I just upgrade texlive like any other piece of software? Why can't I just use…
nikhilweee
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Big integral sign
Is there a possibility to draw large integral signs?
I have found the package bigints but I have the feeling it is not very professional...
Any better idea?
Marco
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Where's an example of the bad typesetting that inspired TeX?
Where online can I see a side-by-side comparison of the "good" typesetting of a page of TAOCP that Knuth liked in 1968 versus the equivalent "bad" second edition from 1976 that Knuth hated and caused him to create TeX?
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How to keep a constant baselineskip when using minipages (or \parboxes)?
When a minipage is used to box a text paragraph, the first line of the minipaged text and the last line of the previous text paragraph are closer than two consecutive lines in a standard text paragraph; analogously, the last line of text inside the…
Gonzalo Medina
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How to create individual chapter PDFs from included TeXs?
My document structure has
one file with preamble (i.e. MainTex)
and around 75 individual .tex files (i.e. Chapter_01, Chapter_02, ..., Chapter_75) representing each chapter.
I am using \include command to create a one big PDF file, the output is…
Aku
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bibliography in Beamer
In Beamer, bibliography is displayed in the way that authors, title and journals are in three lines. Here is an example.
Since I have many references, I am wondering, whether we can put them in one line to save some space? Another option is whether…
Anand
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How can I prevent inline math formulas from overflowing into the margin?
When I compile my document in LaTeX, some formulas in the document in math mode, between $ $, go into the right margin area beyond all the text. Is there a way to fix this aesthetic problem?
harold sultan
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How to make the transition from LaTeX2e to expl3 syntax?
I was peeking at the LaTeX3 Github repository and specifically l3auxdata.dtx. There was a surprise for me, as I have been practicing and studying the expl3 syntax and modules for the last couple of weeks. The surprise was code…
yannisl
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Is there a direct way to get word count in TeXstudio?
The Text Analysis tool in TeXstudio is quite useful, but I seems I can not find a direct and accurate way to obtain the total number of words in the compiled PDF file.
As I understood, this tool counts the phrases in text. Even if set the length…
Hassan Saif
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Merge two BibTeX files
I was constructing a BibTeX file for my Thesis. At the middle of that I had copied that bib file to another document I had to produce, I had to add some new citations to the copy of the original.
Now I have 2 bib files that have a lot in common but…
Tiago Veloso
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How to specify the row height in LaTeX table?
I want to create a LaTeX table with three rows which have different row heights.
How can I do this?
The following code
\renewcommand\arraystretch{2.4} \setlength\minrowclearance{2.4pt}
seems make each row has the same height.
eva
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How to use background image in LaTeX?
I am generating one report where I need to use background image. But I found that image always starts leaving some margin space to left side.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{wallpaper}
\usepackage{mdframed}
\usepackage[top=2cm, bottom=2cm,…
manish
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