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New environment as a single box [closed]
I am making my new environment for headings. It is as follows:
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\begin{document}
\newlength{\headspace}
\setlength{\headspace}{3mm ...
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Savebox inside \newcommand vs \newenvironment [duplicate]
I have created a way to save answers to the exercises and generate them automatically later. Still, savebox doesn't seem to work inside an environment, while working fine inside a command. I'm working ...
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Why is a box seemingly emptied after closing an environment
I'm attempting to fill a box, within an environment, to be used after the environment is closed, similar to how \begin{lrbox}{\boxname} ... \end{lrbox} works. However, for some reason it seems that ...
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Default text in tcolorbox body
I'd like to define a tcolorbox environment, e.g.,
\newtcolorbox{mybox}{
enhanced,
boxrule=0pt,frame hidden,
borderline west={3pt}{0pt}{Peach},
colback=Peach!5,
sharp corners
}
But I would like for ...
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conditional vertical space-command within environment
I am trying to find a way to get LaTeX to insert a different amount of vertical space depending on how much text there is in a specific environment:
For two single lines I'd like one kind of space (...
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Ideas for presenting the research question?
I know this is a very open question, however I am looking for some impressions as I am totally unsure in what style I can do this.
I am writing my bachelor thesis right now and I want to present my ...
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Making a restatable boxed theorem
This is probably very simple to do, but I am trying to write restatable theorems with boxes around them. Looking at this answer, box around theorem statement, I get a way to put boxes around a theorem,...
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Can we make a better shaded/framed/boxed environment?
I have grown quite fond of Donald Arseneau's framed package. However, there are a few tweaks I would like to add, but not sure how.
Whether to merge the two environments framed and shaded, or modify ...
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Wrapping tikz environment with savebox
I wanted to build an environment that allows to save tikz pictures as boxes. This is the code that I tried:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\newenvironment{...
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Inclosing \section in \vbox failed with: "Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item. }"
I wanna put some complex commands (e.g. \section and \chapter) inside a box (\vbox) so later I can compute the height of the block contains the text.
Here is the full example:
\documentclass[11pt]{...
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How to prevent reference to enumeration inside new environment?
I defined a guidancebox envirenment, which is similar to the longtable environment, only with a different counter/ caption tag and reference label. This works fine, except if I use enumerate inside ...
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Create a special small box or environment for highlighting special content such examples, reference and links?
I am trying to create a box or a coloured section with a border and a logo, something like this warning section:
Or like this, not so nice, code link:
Which is repeated during the book for ...
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How to create a quote environment where you can stuff something next to it?
At the most basic level I want to be able to do something like this:
\begin{quote}[5.5.2]
This is some text that will come out like a quote.
\end{quote}
So that it will come out something like ...
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Creating an environment in LaTeX
I would like to create a custom environment that lets me write text into a gray box. Basically this:
\begin{center}
\noindent\fcolorbox{black}{gray!30}{%
\parbox{33em}{%
\vspace{15pt}
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Framed \newenvironment without new packages
Is there a solution to make a frame around an environment without using any new packages? (with boxes or something)
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