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Grouping enumerated list with different width?
I found this nice answer regarding grouping of enumerated list. But it does not work for lists with different width. For instance
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{...
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With Tikz, how can you center a scope that varies in size below or next to a node?
I'm looking for a way to center the scope local bounding box=Node4-0 below Node3-0. Also I'd like to put a fixed distance between the scopes surrounded by a red outlined box, like what happens with ...
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How to generate a xy diagram with multiple grouped data sets?
Based on the answer of Stefan Pinnow in 'How to group several charts into one chart?', I tried to generate a diagram with multiple grouped data. Therefore, I modified the diagram but I have some ...
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Detecting if inside a tikzpicture
I would like to define the \DrawLine macro below so that it can be invoked from within a {tikzpicture} environment or from outside:
\newcommand*{\DrawLine}[1]{%
\IfInTikzPic{}{\tikzpicture[remember ...
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positions groups of nodes to each other in tikz
I would like to position nodes in groups a and b in the following way:
Group b of tikz nodes is positioned in some symmetric way relative to group a.
The following script creates nodes corresponding ...
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Ending a tikzpicture environment in conditional causes "Missing } inserted"
I want to create a number of tikzpictures. I have a number of items I want to draw. Each tikzpicture takes up a whole page and may contain up to 4 items. (It is not good enough to to have each item in ...
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How to group 2 by 2 style this plot?
I have the following plot that say something about performance:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.12}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[legend style={...
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\AfterGroup sorcery and choking tex/pgf
In the following code, the line \AfterGroup* (from theetextools package) causes the pdfLatex compiler to 'choke', i.e it produces only this output and the process is stuck forever, consuming 13% of ...
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Coordinate system along line
I would like to draw a coordinate system along some lines in a framework for a structural course. This little coordinate system is called local coordinate system.
At the moment the framework looks ...
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Grouping nodes in tikz
For the MWE below:
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,twoside]{report}
\usepackage[left=2.5cm,right=2cm,top=2cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{amsmath, graphicx, tikz, enumerate, ...
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How to make a recursive macro in (La)TeX?
The following MWE is the code of my attempt translating my working algorithm in C# to (La)TeX. I don't understand why it does not work. Can you probe the source of problem?
Remarks:
#1 is a list of ...
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Using execute at begin node with \phantom and \pgfuseimage in TikZ?
Problem
I would like to create several nodes whose text is a placeholder for an image, i.e., \phantom{\pgfuseimage{mypicture}}. This is easily done as, for example:
\matrix {
\node {\phantom{\...
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What is the scope of elements of TikZ pictures?
I understand that named elements of a tikzpicture cannot be referenced before they are defined; but I'm confused about how "long" a named element persists. It appears that once named, an element ...
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How to globally tikzset styles
I would like to set a tikzstyle from within a tabular environment, and use it after the table. Adding the usual \global seems to have no effect. The MWE below produces:
but I want the last line to ...
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Drawing a proper shadow for overlapping objects
I draw images that are composed of several overlapping nodes. If I add a drop shadow to each node, the shadow of the second node is drawn over the first node, as seen in the picture below (which ...
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