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Variables set within tables and reused later in the document
I am writing a document that involves a table of information for many sections, something like:
\textbf{Details:}
\begin{table}[H]
\begin{center}
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{|X|c|c|c|c|c|}
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How to detect if a command, which is undefined in the current scope, also is undefined in all superordinate scopes?
Theoretical question/moot point:
Scenario: You wish to have defined a command globally. But you wish to have it defined only if it is undefined both in the current scope and in all superordinate ...
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smuggling macro out of a group in tex core results in undefined control sequence
I am trying to re-apply changes done in a group directly afterwards with the following code similar to the approach in here
\def\smuggle#1\endgroup{%
\expandafter\endgroup\expandafter\edef\...
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Can I change a \def inside a \foreach loop without making it visible to the whole document?
I understand that a \foreach loop creates a group and local definitions are, of course, local.
Is there a way to skip just one level of the scoping? I mean I wish to make a local change inside the ...
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Why does the \centering command affect prior text?
Usually commands of the form:
{\command <text>}
affect only <text> and nothing else. In other words, the scope of such commands is limited to the group they are nested in. In the case of ...
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Why can't I use braces in an \if... \fi group?
I am starting to use \newif in a LaTeX class definition to finally stop carrying around all my definitions and imports from article to article.
Since I am trying to define options, I am ending ...
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Loading an array of fontfaces with fontspec and pgffor
I'm trying to produce a document to compare a bunch of fontfaces.
I'd like to parse an array to load and try them all.
This is what I have done:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\...
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