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Making websites which display TeX
I am currently trying to make a website, and would like to upload some of my notes on the webpage itself as well as as pdfs. The basic example of this is the Stacks Project.
Question: What are your ...
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Showcase of LuaLaTeX capabilities/packages
The Lua programming capabilities in LuaLaTeX greatly expand what is reasonably possible within .tex files. I stumble across examples of cool LuaLaTeX-only code and packages here and there on the net, ...
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LaTeX for printing press
This is a general question aimed at being a comprehensive tutorial and/or a Getting started guide.
My intent is to create a workflow that is independent of InDesign/Scribus etc.
Of course, the ...
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Support for languages other than English in LaTeX [duplicate]
I am currently using fully updated TeX Live 2022 and I am very happy to see a lot of new advancements in LaTeX which make typesetting languages other than English easy and more convenient. I have seen ...
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Guides for typesetting tables with the tabularray package
The LaTeX3 package tabularray provides a new way to typeset tables in a keyval way.
This allows the separation of content and style, which can be very usefull in a lot of cases.
However, almost all ...
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Are there any LaTeX commands (including in packages) where the argument will be in math/text mode based on context?
As I work on the parser for finl, I'm contemplating how I'm dealing with command parameters and wondering if my current setup is sufficient.
Right now, a parameter has a type which would either be ...
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How can I enable shell-escape?
I need to enable shell escape for a package that I want to use. What is shell escape exactly, and how do I enable it in my editor or compiling toolchain?
Links to answers for different editors/...
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Which programs use TeX's math syntax?
I'm trying to assemble a list of programs and online services which use (a subset of) TeX's mathematical syntax without being or requiring a classic TeX installation. What I already have on my list:
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Best practices for typesetting a math document and its building blocks (definitions, theorems, lemmata)?
This is admittedly a soft question and, to make things worse, the
goal of my question might even be controversial. Please bear with me, though.
I'm writing a long math paper with hundreds of math ...
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Big list of beautifully typeset package documentations
Being just a LaTeX user, I have to look up documentation very often. What could be easier than texdoc packagename and here it is.
The other day I opened for curiosity the scontents package and was ...
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What ways have you found to get edits from non-LaTeX users?
I sometimes need to get edits to my papers from non-LaTeX users. Do you have any clever methods of collaborating with them (or even other LaTeX users) in a productive way?
By this I mean sharing ...
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How do you draw pictures in (La)TeX in general? [closed]
This can be called as a follow-up question of Most significant reasons that led us to (La)TeX
There are many ways to draw graphics pictures in TeX, LaTeX and Friends. We can draw it using external ...
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A collection of the actual smartphones
Considering the recent excellent questions that I've really enjoyed
Welcoming 2019 Pi day: How to draw the letter π? and What has been your most complicated TikZ drawing?
I have carefully observed ...
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What has been your most complicated TikZ drawing?
Share your most complex TikZ drawing and learning out of it.
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Examples of luatex callback with lualatex [closed]
This is my first steps with luatex, and I have tried to learn from this site how to add "luatex callback" the problem is that I find only a few examples on post_linebreak_filter or ...
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