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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Study materials for automatic impagination with Context?
Here is the thing, I am working with a lot of catalogs but we are doing it, in my opinion, the wrong way! It is a mix of ancient catalogs made in Photoshop and newer ones made wrongly in InDesign.
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Is there a program that automates the use of a standardized Tex document?
I have a standardized LaTex document that contains two letters and several pages of documentation. This is to be sent to each and every customer we have, for every order we deliver. The document stays ...
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Read metadata from a file
Say all homework files: hw1.tex, hw2.tex, ... use some common homework.cls. Problem is that in every hw*.tex file these variables have to be set manually.
\documentclass{homework}
\author{John Smith}
\...
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Automatic upright subscripts in pdflatex
For some time I used Micos solution to the problem of automatically typesetting subscripts upright based on lualatex. Now I want to switch back to pdflatex (because of compile times and the better ...
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is there a way to autofill tables in latex like in excel with equations [duplicate]
i would like to be able to auto calculate simple values based on other values already present in the tabular environment or a similar environment
i have tried looking on google but couldn't find ...
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Automation hyperlink from title to relevant Wikipedia page
I would like to hyperlink any subsection to a relevant Wikipedia page while clicking on it. let's say that the name of the subsection is:
" Row and column vectors (wiki) "
when clicking on (...
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Define categorized, changeable variables for use throughout a document
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How do I print categorized and subcategorized values declared in a JSON file (or in some similar type of file) inside of a LaTeX document?
In my document, I am assigning a bunch of values to ...
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Automatically generate two-page index entries
I'm writing a text where there will be several index entries for short biographies. The index entries for persons are supposed to be in small caps and the biography entries will get page numbers in ...
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Automatically suppress claim number if there's only one claim
When writing a proof, I often need to include a claim, for which I've defined a separate environment. In my current set up, claims are numbered successively, with the numbering resetting within every ...
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Automating the Build and View (F5)
Is there a way to automate the Build and View (F5) function such that it knows which command to use amongst latex, pdflatex, xetex and lualatex? For example, if I load the fontspec, I want my ...
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Loop through directory structure and include all *.pdf files
I have a document that is constructed from a number of *.tex files stored in a directory organized as follows:
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-note.tex
-file1.pdf
-differentfilename....
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How do I know, whether I need to run BibTeX or not?
If I have an unknown *.tex file and want to know, whether I need to run BiBTeX afterwards or not, what is the simplest way to find out in a script?
Consider this file:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{...
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Polynomial long division with complex numbers
I heard of the polynom LaTeX package, which can be used to do polynomial long division in LaTeX documents; I have even used it myself before for normal polynomials with real coefficients.
However, now ...
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Change vertex and edge style
I wanted the larger circle to be an ellipse, and the loop on the right to be smaller (as the below drawing shows). Does anyone know how to do it?
this is my .TEX document:
\documentclass[12pt]{...
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LaTeX software to evaluate expressions
I am looking for a latex package that can evaluate symbolic expressions by substituting the values of symbols declared in some header. For example, in these set of equations, as you can see, I get ...
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