Questions tagged [best-practices]
A "best practice" is a technique or approach that TeXnicians recognize as giving better results than other approaches.
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In a multiline equation, how to align from the right in a second-level split?
I have a long equation, where I want to divide the expression into 4 parts, 2 of which are & aligned, and the other two are child to the former, and should be aligned from the right.
I am nesting ...
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Is it bad style to write x^2, 2^\frac{1}{2} and 2^\sqrt{2}?
Is it considered bad style to write:
x^2, 2^\frac{1}{2} and 2^\sqrt{2} (without curly brackets around the superscript)
instead of:
x^{2}, 2^{\frac{1}{2}} and 2^{\sqrt{2}}?
The same for subscripts.
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BibLaTex - Reference format for multiple ISSNs (print + digital)
What is the best / standard approach to creating a bibilography entry for a journal with print and digital editions (with an ISSN, and eISSN number, respectively). Should I create a new field for ...
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Treatment of expl3 variables - registers versus macros
In expl3 some variables are implemented as TeX registers (dim, skip, muskip, int) while others are implemented as macros (tl, str, clist, fp, bitset, etc.)
(Relevant: interface3.pdf section "...
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Good practises for writing equation-heavy thesis in LaTeX
I'm starting to write my PhD thesis in LaTeX using the yathesis documentclass for french thesis.
I will write lots of equations, with many different symbols and I like the idea of referencing them ...
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Leave blank lines in expl3 packages for better code clarity
Leaving empty lines in the code of a package is usually not recommended. But for packages written with expl3 new lines, as spaces, are ignored.
So, could blank lines be safety used to aerate the code ...
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What should go into file.def and what into file.bbx?
My biblatex styles bundle consists of a standard.bbx file and some .bbx, .cbx, .dbx and .lbx files (the bundle provides different citation styles; therefore standard.bbx contains common code of the ...
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Braces in l3keys
In many cases, the braces surrounding values to keys in l3keys are omitted when defining keys, even when the keys themselves have n-,c-, or e-type arguments, which normally require braced arguments. ...
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Best practices for setting package options mid-document
I am currently working on a package where the user can set the package options mid-document or within a local group. Currently, the user can do this via the user commands \set<package>keys or \...
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"Label multiply defined" with new cross-referencing properties
When recording multiple different properties (see texdoc ltproperties-doc or online) for the same label, warnings are issued. I am not able to record all properties at the same time (some must be ...
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Using the new cross-referencing properties
I'm looking into the new property system (see texdoc ltproperties-doc or online) but have an issue when referencing unknown labels.
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[2023/11/01]
\documentclass{article}
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Why are these sentences in Libertine so cramped and what can I do about it?
Recently I was writing a document in LaTeX using Linux Libertine. Overall I love this font, but I found a strange case of italicized text where there is almost no space between the word of and a ...
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When should we use \cs_new...nopar?
I ask about some of the best practices for programming expl3 code.
Section 4 of interface3.pdf describes functions that define new control sequences that prohibit \par in their function parameters (#1,...
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best practise when combining standalone tex-files with latxmk
I am currently not sure how to best define my workflow and would like some advice on how to best proceed. Maybe I am just overlooking something obvious.
Assuming the following tinker.tex file:
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What is the correct/best way to control the optional arguments of an environment so they can be easily edited later
Edit: I would like to know what the best practice is for creating a method to edit the desired optional arguments of all instances of an environment from one location.
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So I'm using minted ...
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