Questions tagged [delimiters]
{delimiters} are characters used to specify the boundary between separate blocks/groups of text. They are typically used in {macros} or {math-mode} constructions.
496
questions
1
vote
1
answer
53
views
biblatex: change the \finalnamedelim for a single entry
A user has a single bib entry in Greek (all the rest are in English) and wants the finalnamedelim to be "και" instead of "and" for just that entry in the References. Citation is ...
- 2,910
0
votes
2
answers
50
views
x/y and y/x having different-sized parentheses
I wrapped \dfrac xy and \dfrac yx in left and right LaTeX tags with parentheses, and I expected that the parentheses would be the same size since x/y and y/x should technically be the same height. ...
6
votes
2
answers
133
views
Simply Adjusting the Position of Dashed Lines in Nicematrix Package
I encountered a problem with the horizontal dashed line created by the nicematrix package in LaTeX. The line is a little close to the bottom of the matrix, overlapping with the elements of the second ...
- 63
0
votes
1
answer
27
views
Problem command and tikzcd
When I compile this
$$ \begin{tikzcd}[column sep={small},nodes={inner sep=2pt}]
{| +1 \rangle} & {\langle +2|} \\
{\langle +3 |} & {| +4 \rangle}
\arrow[no head, from=1-1, to=2-2]
\arrow[no ...
- 105
1
vote
0
answers
20
views
How to get properly scaled forward slash delimiters?
I had originally thought this was related to my choice of font, but it seems like forward slash delimiters even in the default math font don't scale properly (or, at least, not as expected). For ...
- 935
1
vote
1
answer
46
views
Use `\left[` and `\right]` in separate lines with 'align'
\documentclass[a4paper]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{upgreek}
\usepackage{commath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage[pdftex,svgnames,hyperref]{xcolor}
\usepackage{...
- 103
0
votes
0
answers
52
views
When to use bigger-than-usual delimiters?
I am having issues deciding whether I should use \{left\{…\right\}, \{bigl\{…\bigr\} or simply {}. Consider the following MWE:
\documentclass[]{article}
% PACKAGES LOADING
\usepackage[]{mathtools,...
- 2,343
0
votes
1
answer
62
views
How to increase the effect of \bigl / \bigr with unicode-math
I am writing in fontsize 12pt and use lualatex (LuaHBTeX, Version 1.16.0 (TeX Live 2023)). Additionally I use the unicode-math package.
Consider the following MWE:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\...
- 25
0
votes
0
answers
51
views
Why is `DeclarePairedDelimiter` so complicated?
Currently I use the following to type singleton sets:
\documentclass{article}
\newcommand*{\singleton}[2][]{\mathopen{#1\{}#2\mathclose{#1\}}}
\begin{document}
$\singleton x$, but $\singleton[\big]{(...
user316110
1
vote
1
answer
43
views
Customize delimiter in cite
I am using \parentcites to generate secondary citations.
%!TEX program = lualatex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=apa]{biblatex}
%\renewcommand{\compcitedelim}{\multicitedelim}...
- 2,029
1
vote
1
answer
57
views
Swap star and non-star versions of DeclarePairedDelimiter without breaking other parameters
I use \DeclarePairedDelimiter from the mathtools package a lot, and I almost always want the delimiters to be automatically resized. Therefore, I switch the definitions of the star and non-star ...
- 909
2
votes
1
answer
85
views
Idxlayout Paragraph Form---Adding a Period to Certain Page Numbers
This is a follow-up to Automatically Add a Period After Last Page Number in Each Index Entry
Consider the MWE:
\begin{filecontents*}{style.ist}
delim_t "."
\end{filecontents*}
\...
- 9,768
1
vote
1
answer
43
views
Is there a way to define a separate listings escape sequence?
MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\lstset{
basicstyle=\small\sffamily,
frame=tb,
columns=fullflexible,
escapeinside={`}{`},
escapebegin={\color{darkgray}\...
- 375
1
vote
2
answers
82
views
Make new delimiter using Tikzpicture?
I am interested in creating a new paired delimiter using tikzpictures I defined. There has to be something easy I'm missing, but hours of searching has proved fruitless. Here is what I have so far:
\...
- 15
2
votes
2
answers
110
views
Consistent vertical spacing in cases environment with multirow cases
I'm having trouble figuring out how to achieve some sort of consistency when I work with vertical spacing in cases environments where the cases themselves have multiple rows.
In the second version of ...
- 1,418