Questions tagged [characters]
{characters} is about the regular alphabetic characters that are part of some script in a language. For accented characters, add {accents}. For non-alphabetic characters, use {symbols} instead.
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Problem using mmap package in footnote
For example,
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mmap}
\title{}
\author{}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\footnote{test}
\end{document}
The characters map to \mathrm{t}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{s}\mathrm{t}. ...
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How to access specific entry from list of arguments, when index is provided as a letter?
Given a version of an exam paper via \dev\VERSION{C} (C for the third version), I want a command \variants{{v1}{v2}{v3}{v4}} to produce v3.
I realise that I am effectively trying to access an item ...
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"Undefined" error with tcolorbox despite being installed
Issue
Today I switched over to compiling LaTeX locally as opposed to Overleaf, and I am having issues with running the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\begin{document}...
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How would we write code for a smile with a dot underneathe it?
We want either \smallsmile or \smile with a dot underneath it.
How do we draw a \smile with a dot underneath?
\smile
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Problems when extracting chars from data imported from csv file
In a previous post
I want to compare the last character of a string with other characters
I asked how to compare the last character of a string with another char, and the solutions offered have solved ...
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I want to compare the last character of a string with other characters
I want to compare the last character of a string with other characters.
If I type
\ifthenelse{\equal{f}{f}}{OK}{NOT OK}
it returns OK. HOWEVER, if I type
\substr{asdf}{-1}{1}
it returns f, BUT
\...
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How to put a circle above a letter
In the name "Matušů-Nečasová",what is the code for "ů".I need to write the name in the reference, not in the equation enviroment.
Thanks for answering my question. I was using the ...
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Print \twocolumn and \onecolumn [duplicate]
How can I print \twocolumn and \onecolumn because \\ makes a new line.
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\NewDocumentCommand {\lumnar} {}
{
\\twocolumn~and~\\onecolumn~always~...
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Does there exist a relation between character size interline space
yesterday, a customer said: “if character size is 12 pt, You set interline x pt, if character size is 18, interline must be y pt…”like there is a corrispondence between character size and interline.
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Emulating missing accent
This time I'm working on the bilingual edition of the First Grammatical Treatise. I chose the Brill font which is almost perfect -- by itself and for my goals -- except that it is missing a few ...
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Overleaf not working with pipe into lstlisting block of source code
% %%%% Code Snippet START: %%%%
\begin{lstlisting}[language=bash]
grep ^hello t.txt # ok
grep ^hello t.txt | grep bye # NOT SHOW THE PIPE!
grep ^hello t.txt \| grep bye # NOT SHOW THE PIPE!
\end{...
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Count characters in piece of text, ignoring latex code
I want to control the size of a piece of text in my Latex document (for an application for research funding), and ignore the latex code. I want to count also the whitespaces. I really want to measure ...
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Counting the number of occurences of specific characters in a string in an expandable way
This question shows how to count the number of occurrences of a specific character in a string. I would like to do it in an expandable way, and for a list (not only one) of specific characters.
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LaTeX displays (replaces? shows?) combining comma above right (U+315) as a backtick/grave accent (U+0060)
I am using Overleaf to write a grammar of Lushootseed (a native language) and I need to use the symbol ƛ̕, which is composed of ƛ and ̕ (a combining diacritic). I've been able to get other characters ...
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Is character count with spaces possible in LaTex?
Hi I've really tried to google around on this one, but nothing has worked for me. Anyone who knows, if it is possible to count characteristics with space?
Thank you in advance.
Best,
Maria
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