Questions tagged [automation]
{automation} is about automating certain tasks when creating a (La)TeX document, e.g., with the help of {packages}, custom {macros} or {tools} for {compiling}.
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Writing a tex package for better auto brackets
The automatic brackets sizing provided by \left ... \right really often produces too large brackets. I want some package that for a given formula finds the right bracket size selected from \big, \Big, ...
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Automated labelling and references in enumerate list
I am preparing a syllabus book containing a number of courses. For each course, I have an enumerated list of course objectives. Then I have units/modules under the course that addresses those ...
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Generate the hyphenation of a given list of words
I'm new to LaTeX; is there a way to tell the TeX engine to generate the hyphenation of a given list of words as a text output file? For example:
abdomen
abduction
aberrance
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What I want is ...
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How do I make the brackets $\{\}$ appear automatically in a function that I personally defined?
I'm currently writing a big paper and I defined a lot of function to save time, most function are in the math mode (I don't really know if that's important).
My question, that while using overleaf, ...
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Enumerate Environment with Item Numbers in Left Margin and Item Textwidth = Page Textwidth
MWE---
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage{enumitem,lipsum}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\lipsum[3]
\begin{enumerate}[wide,labelwidth=6pt,labelindent=-15pt]
\item \lipsum[13]
\item \...
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Automated BFS drawing with Lua
I tried to learn Lua with TeX. To do so, I tried to implement BFS in such a way, that it can automatically create Tikz pictures. Here is a short example of what I did:
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Automated Dijkstra Visualization
I want to visualize the Dijkstra algorithm for finding the shortest path. I am inspired by this post. Sadly, I am way too bad at LaTeX. My initial idea was doing it with LuaLaTeX using Lua and I was ...
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Automatically detect acronyms without \ac or \gls around them
My Situation:
I am using glossaries package to manage my acronyms.
They are all neatly defined in one file with a list generated automatically.
But I have to confess: I was very inconsistent in using \...
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Automatically Display the First Word of Every Quotation in Small Caps
Consider the code
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
%\usepackage[sfdefault]{cabin}
\newcommand{\longemdash}{{\fontfamily{cmss}\selectfont---}}
\newcommand{\emdash}{\nobreak---\...
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Numerical precision issues within PFGplotstable
I am creating a table which automatically generates outputs of various quantities of interest for compressible flow.
The first column contains Mach numbers, which are used to calculate the quantities ...
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Cross out a transition of automaton
I have the following automaton.
\begin{tikzpicture}[>=latex, >=stealth', auto, node distance=0.5cm and 1.5cm, semithick, initial text=]
\node[state, initial] (q0) {$q_{0}$};
\node[state] (...
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Automatically customizing the front cover of different memoirs
I need to create several memoirs with the same format. For each document I want to customize several features of the front cover, for example the background color. I'm trying to automate the ...
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postscript hyperlink url auto-open
I'm trying to add a hyperlink to a PDF by modifying the PostScript.
Any possible to open this action link automated or opening postscript or pdf. it will be executed the link.
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How to draw a border around a subset of nodes？
I need diagrams like this:
I've automated the "black" part but could not figure out how to do it with the red border; my current version is this:
Here are latex ""code""...
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Auto-capitalise lone "i" in LaTeX
Is there a package or pre-amble command which would auto-capitalise all lone 'i's within the text of a LaTeX document (i use overleaf to compile)?
I find it easier to write text without manually ...
