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What's wrong with my new environment?
I'm trying to write this new environment, but produces this error when I use it:
This is my code:
\documentclass{article}
\newcounter{questao}
\newenvironment{questao}[1][]{
\ifx\relax#1\relax
...
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6
answers
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Recursive macros revisited
Consider the following code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xifthen}
\def\question#1 #2 #3?{\ifx#1 #2 #3?\relax\else#1 #2 #3 or\expandafter\question\fi}
\newcommand{\test}[1]{\question#1}
\begin{...
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answer
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"unexpected $ after $$" and "unclosed $$ found at $" errors with inline math inside display mode
I am trying to define a new command for different types of homomorphisms. The command is:
\newcommand{\Hom}[2][]{%
\operatorname{Hom}_{\textnormal{#1}}\left({#2}\right)%
}
The outputs of this ...
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4
answers
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How to pass a \def coordinate to macros
I am trying to pass a \def coordinate to a macro and got an error. Below is the code. The macro with direct passing works, but the two commented out lines don't.
\documentclass[border=1cm]{standalone}
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1
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Custom command in \NewDocumentCommand documentation
I'm seeing a rather unexpected result with \NewDocumentCommand. Suppose I have a custom-defined command \mybold{}, like this:
\NewDocumentCommand{\mybold}{m}{\mathbf{#1}}
Or \oybold[]:
\...
3
votes
1
answer
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Prior working macro to bold author names, now causes complex errors
I have long used to below macro, originally adapted from another Answer. This macro is used with BibLaTeX, to automatically bold the provided author.
%------------------------------------------------
%...
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Is there a way to add optional and/or named argument to command
I'm writing a handbook for my students and I want to create a command which should draw a task definition, its type and possible features, like source and link to the solution on YouTube.
In my plan ...
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1
answer
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LaTeX Error: Command \numdef already defined
This error is linked to “/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/etoolbox/etoobox.sty, 1003” by the system. I do not know what this really means though I do find such definitions in a file of ...
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1
answer
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Command \leftbar already defined after using \usepackage{framed}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{polski}
\usepackage{framed}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{letltxmacro}
\LetLtxMacro\amsproof\proof
\...
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error| TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [parameter stack size=10000]
When trying to use a specific package (ling-macros) I get this error.
Never had it before. It wont compile most of the time.
Rarely it compiles,but then my macro (\lam{P}{s,t} in the example) wont ...
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How to properly shorten if condition?
\documentclass{article}
\title{}
\author{}
\date{}
\begin{document}
\newcommand{\mybold}[2]{\ifnum #1=1 \textbf{#2} \else{#2} \fi}
\mybold{1}{This should be bold}
\mybold{0}{This should NOT be bold}
...
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2
votes
2
answers
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Macro that prints definitions of other macros
I tried making a macro that checks if some macro is defined or not, and if it is it will print the definition of the macro. If the macro is undefined, it will showcase this. I am somewhat content with ...
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How to properly create a command that takes a variable amount of arguments?
I tried to create a command that concatenates multiple strings together. The first source defines a new command \merge that takes two parameters and prints them without any spaces between them. The \...
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How to define \newcommand for mappings efficiently
I'm having trouble defining a new command for latex.
What I want to do? Define a \newcommand to define mappings like in this:
\documentclass[english]{scrreprt}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}...
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0
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New environment gives "File ended while scanning use of \thmt@collect@body."
In the code below, I use starred theorems through some macros and commands.
\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{amssymb,amsthm,amsmath,xparse}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\...
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