Ian Thompson

Huddersfield, United Kingdom

http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~itho17/personal/

Lecturer in applied mathematics, with a rough idea of how to use (La)TeX. Specialities include dirty hacks and using texdoc very quickly.

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Cunning (La)TeX tricks

latex-misc big-list asked Jun 2, 2011 at 22:13

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How do I split a string?

macros tex-core strings asked Mar 6, 2011 at 22:12

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20 votes

Ligatures in figures and pdftex

graphics pdftex ligatures asked Apr 5, 2012 at 9:57

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What does \marks do?

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19 votes

How does changing colour affect spacing?

spacing color asked Mar 6, 2012 at 21:57

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18 votes

Preventing \MakeUppercase from affecting mathematics

math-mode capitalization asked Mar 2, 2012 at 16:29

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16 votes

How can I undo an etoolbox patch?

etoolbox asked Nov 30, 2011 at 19:46

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Adjust box around hyperref footnote links

hyperref footnotes superscripts asked Feb 9, 2012 at 0:03

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16 votes

Problem with the geometry package reset option

margins geometry asked Jan 12, 2012 at 22:19

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16 votes

Escaped characters in typewriter font

fonts verbatim characters typewriter font-encodings asked Aug 20, 2012 at 23:23

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align* but show one equation number at the end

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Change figure numbering for appendix

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Adding an email to LaTeX file

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Is the location of Rivendell a secret?

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Vertical line in matrix using LaTeXiT

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What are Gandalf's powers?

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Scalebox - knowing how much it scales

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Why is it hard to get the Ring to the Grey Havens?

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Two sets of aligned equations in two columns?

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Putting the integration bounds below/above the integration operator

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How to allow line break in a long hyperlink in a PDF compiled by latex-dvips-ps2pdf?

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Texmaker (Windows version) - first use - Error: Log file not found!

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Why did Saruman attack Helms Deep instead of capturing Edoras?

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\newpage,\clearpage and \cleardoublepage not working

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Issue with capt-of package

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Insert a new line without \newline command

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Lineno for 2 column

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How does Gandalf (or anyone) know how to destroy the Ring?

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How to align text to the right in math mode?

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How to add running title and author

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Writing complexity classes in LaTeX

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Did Sauron ever find out that Isengard was attacked?

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Dark-skinned elves in J. R. R. Tolkien's works

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How could Thranduil have met a dragon?

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Stop LaTeX compile with a command?

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Defining custom labels

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Environment for greyed-out (or otherwise color) text

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Superscripts before a letter in math

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How could Sauron return to Gorgoroth that easily?

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space in math mode

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