Questions tagged [macros]
{macros} is for questions specifically concerning TeX's macro processor. Note that, because TeX uses macros ubiquitously, most questions about code that uses macros are not looking for information about how macros work, and so are not appropriate for this tag.
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Creating LaTeX Macros to Generate Tables from Predefined Variables
I've been struggling for the past two days to create macros for populating a thesis title page, as I'm planning to share it as a template with my colleagues. As you all know, thesis title pages have ...
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How to extend upon siunitx to list units?
I have made this trivial additional macro using siunitx called \qtyalt{} and \numalt{} that helps me add the separator "or" at the end of the list like so:
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Redefine commands, changing a catcode
Background
I'm the author of the altsubsup package, which set to 12 (other) the catcode of the circumflex ^ char.
As it, expressions as x''^2 raise a Double superscript error because the latex ...
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Include font size specification to a command
I would like to include the specification of the font size (\huge \large \normalsize) in the key-value specification.
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\tl_new:N \l_hlov_tipoa_tl
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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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How to create a conditional command depending on the number of argument (two or three)?
I defined a macro with variadic arguments as below, and it works fine.
$\un{N}$ => [N]
$\un{J}{s}$ => [J/s]
\makeatletter
\newcommand\un[1]{\@ifnextchar\bgroup{\un@double{#1}}{\un@single{#1}}}
\...
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Newcommand with adaptive number of arguments
What I am looking for is a single newcommand, let's call it \wedges, with a variable number of inputs that yields in a flexible way the following result:
I have already written the code for the ...
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How can I change the form of coordinates of a point from the form (1, 2, 3) to the form (1; 2; 3)?
I have this picture.
I tried
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $A(1,2,3)$, $B(4,5,9)$, $(7,8,6)$. Coordinates ...
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label inside a newcommand doesn't work
I am defining a \newcommand to shorten a notation I use frequently. To comment reasonings during computations I put daggers over the equal sign where such reasoning is done and hyperref it to a ...
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Why Donald E. Knuth used obeylines + gdef instead of def
I am trying to understand Knuth's manmac.tex. At line 436 you can find the following code:
\newwrite\ans
\immediate\openout\ans=answers % file for answers to exercises
\outer\def\answer{\par\medbreak
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Creating a command that returns colors
My need
I want to create a command that returns a color depending on the value of the argument.
My attempt
I've tried the following but it does not work.
The error is Argument of \XC@col@rlet has an ...
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How to create a custom command (control sequence) with special characters in its name
I want to create a custom command (control sequence) whose name contains special characters (such as numbers, underscores _, or -). In order to better distinguish different commands, my code is as ...
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Macro copy, add/remove last token
Suppose I have a macro with only argument that has such a structure
\def\foo#1{%
{\textbf{#1}}{aaa}{bbb}
}
I need to create two copies:
\bar that is \foo but withouot the last token: \...
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How can i fix the error on " Error line 191! Missing number, treated as zero.< to be read again>\[email protected]|Idf@finish\currentoption"
I need help. My text in Miktex + texmaker end on line 40 but I get an "Error line 191! Missing number, treated as zero. \I@English. 1.191\Idf@finish\currentOption". please help me to fix ...
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Print macro in \addplot node label
I use a foreach loop to plot multiple curves via the \addplot command. The values that are necessary to define the relevant curve in each iteration are defined through some macros with the command \...
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