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cfr
2:15 AM
Nobody is here but when people are, could somebody who knows more about TikZ than I do please take a look at tex.stackexchange.com/q/194362? Is this a bug or is there some reason that particular kinds of operations don't work with references to nodes/coordinates in pics? (TikZ looks for EmmaEmma-left wing rather than Emma-left wing and I don't know why.)
 
 
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5:07 AM
@JosephWright The daily spammer: tex.stackexchange.com/users/59889/ling
 
 
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8:20 AM
Morning all
 
@JosephWright hi there :)
 
9:20 AM
Please, what is our policy in these cases? I led the OP to one of our big-lists, he said it was helpful. I feel the question should be closed, but is it dupe of the big-list or better OT?
 
9:53 AM
@JosephWright Again the daily spammer: tex.stackexchange.com/users/60079
 
10:06 AM
@tohecz Damn I forgot the post the link!
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Q: I am having trouble importing a big excel table into latex

Enthusiastic StudentI have an excel file including the following table. How should I create something similar to it? Is it better to use the table code in latex or make a figure from it and import it to latex (I did this but the quality of picture was so bad). If I have to create a table, how should I automatically...

 
10:32 AM
another bullshit edit review by the usual suspects...
 
10:44 AM
@tohecz Yes, the kerning problem in “Einleitung” is a PDF viewer problem.
 
@egreg well, nothing surprising, especially with LM
 
@tohecz Look at them at full resolution
 
@egreg well, the space between the horizontal stroke of t and the serif of u is larger than the space between the serifs of un
so it might seem inappropriate to someone
 
@tohecz Not if you look at full resolution
 
@egreg I said "to someone" -- it doesn't mean it is inappropriate :)
 
10:51 AM
Well, let me go to the beach. See you later.
 
@egreg later!
 
11:14 AM
@cfr Added an answer.
 
 
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12:58 PM
Friends, a silly question: duplicated elements or duplicate elements?
@egreg ooh beach! :) Have fun! :)
 
 
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3:38 PM
@PauloCereda Do you still need an answer? 'duplicate' elements are elements that are the same as some other element. A 'duplicated' element is an element that is the result of some copying operation. So probably you want 'duplicate'.
 
@AlanMunn Ah thank you! :)
 
3:50 PM
@PauloCereda No beach tomorrow: thunderstorms are arriving. :(
 
4:07 PM
@egreg Oh no. :(
 
@PauloCereda Can arara do such thing? tex.stackexchange.com/questions/194421/…
 
4:23 PM
@percusse Anything emacs can do, arara can do better. (With apologies to Annie Oakley).
 
@AlanMunn plus possibly arara does not involve risk of losing sanity during the learning curve.
 
@percusse I think it can. :) I'll try to come up with a solution. :)
 
@PauloCereda I already had this
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{luacode,currfile,pgfplotstable}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.10}
\begin{document}
\begin{luacode*}
for fname in dir(".") do tex.sprint([[fname]]) end
\end{luacode*}
\end{document}
Bored already so will stop googling :)
I think it doesn't work
 
Skype for Linux got a new makeover.
 
5:06 PM
@PauloCereda Did it get worse, like Skype for iOS?
 
5:30 PM
Has anyone dealt with typesetting R code? I know it's just another example of listing code verbatim through e.g. lstlistings or minted; I'm mostly looking for inspiration for the graphical component (use a tcolorbox, y/n, use borders, y/n, use blue as a background color, y/n, etc.).
 
6:07 PM
Nope ? :-(
 
6:20 PM
@AlanMunn It actually looks cooler. :)
@cgnieder: want a sneak preview? :)
 
@PauloCereda :) email received! nightingale will be even more awesome that arara is :)
 
@cgnieder But I'll port a lot of new things to arara as well. :)
 
6:37 PM
@PauloCereda Is the logo involving a nurse cap already?
 
@percusse Errr... I don't get the reference. :)
 
@PauloCereda Yea right, as if you never thought about Florence Nightingale
 
@percusse Who?! :)
Sir you are scaring me. :P
Time to being ballistic: I'm removing all I'm sorry's in my messages file and replacing them by empty references. I could add a --blame mode which adds It's your fault to every error message.
 
@PauloCereda lol
 
@PauloCereda Florence helping you with TeX and whatnot anyway nevermind. I used to live next to a hospital called Florence Nightingale Heart something something, that's how I know. Not that I'm a pervert hehe
 
6:42 PM
@percusse Ah seems legit. :)
 
@percusse Of course given that the program is about automating, it's more like Florence and the Machine.
 
paulo@alexandria localization$ grep "sorry" messages.properties | wc -l
78
paulo@alexandria localization$ grep "sorry" messages_en.properties | wc -l
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paulo@alexandria localization$
@cgnieder, @percusse: ^^ :)
 
Hello guys
 
My program could also get some sort of Canadian medal of politeness. :)
@MarioS.E. Sup! :)
 
I have a wonderful TeX-y question... although it is certainly more related to book design: where does page i start in a document?
@PauloCereda Tudo bem meu, e contigo? :)
 
6:49 PM
@MarioS.E. Tudo em ordem. Caminhando, cantando e seguindo a canção. :)
 
@MarioS.E. Typically the first page, i.e., the title page is numbered i but doesn't actually show the number. The first numbered page in the front matter is usually the contents page. See e.g. the memoir manual for how it is numbered.
@PauloCereda All your error messages could begin with 'sorry'.
 
@AlanMunn Hi Alan, long time no see :)
 
@MarioS.E. Hi how are you?
 
@AlanMunn The previous edit had 78 sorry's. :)
 
@PauloCereda Seeing all this activity on the new bird, I suspect that a new Spanish translation will be needed? :)
 
6:59 PM
@PauloCereda You can't get more Canadian than that.
 
@GonzaloMedina aww thanks. :) Let's wait and see if the bird can fly first. :)
@AlanMunn :)
 
@GonzaloMedina Which bird? Arara? I speak spanish. Do you need any help?
@AlanMunn Same old, same old... still working with my thesis as work and as hobby hehehehehe
 
@MarioS.E. No; not arara but its replacement (if I've understood Paulo's plans). Thanks for offering help with Spanish but I am also a native Spanish speaker; I was referring to the translation into Spanish of the texts for the new tool.
 
@AlanMunn And how about the abstract? I have it right before the TOC. I also have an entry for it in both the TOC and the bookmarks. Shouldn't I leave a page number for it so the reader can get it? Or should I just assume that since it is in the very past page there is no need?
 
@MarioS.E. I wouldn't number the abstract either, but keep it in the count of course.
 
7:13 PM
@AlanMunn Ok, I see, it has some beautiful consistency :)
 
@AlanMunn Hahah , touche! (with accents wherever applicable)
 
@GonzaloMedina Arara has a new version? Wow, @PauloCereda is moving fast...
 
cis
@ All: Good evening ;)
 
@cis Good evening to you too!
 
More interesting than 2048: vax.herokuapp.com/game
 
7:29 PM
@AlanMunn Oh no, there goes my evenings again
 
 
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9:02 PM
Right, Answer the Unanswered
 
Unclear?
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Q: No index appears

blueI have the following problem: my dissertation consists of a master document that contains the preamble and of several parts which are independent files, invoked via \include in the master document. My problem is the Index which doesn't appear in the end of my dissertation. I tried everything with...

 
@TorbjørnT. Yes
 
Duplicate I'd say.
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Q: Need some help with this program

ShaheryarHow do i run this program ; because in texmaker it gives error. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontspec} \newfontfamily\urdufont[Script=Arabic,Scale=1.4]{Jameel Noori Nastaleeq} \begin{document} \setRTL \urdufont j j k i l a d \end{document} I get the error message: ! fatal fon...

And this one perhaps dupe of the same question (tex.stackexchange.com/questions/32020)?
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Q: Problem viewing document in TEXmaker "Fontspec requires XeTeX or LuaTeX"

spaderdabombI'm trying to use a template from online and when I upload the zip into Texmaker it gives the following error "! Fatal fontspec error: "cannot-use-pdftex" ! ! The fontspec package requires either XeTeX or LuaTeX to function. ! ! You must change your typesetting engine to, e.g., "xelatex" or "lu...

 
@TorbjørnT. Agree on both
Am looking at some older questions :-)
 
Unclear:
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Q: 4 authors, but half of the final author's name is moved to next lne. How can I stop it?

LoraWe have 4 authors. However when I use elsarticle 2 things are happening: 1. it does not give me an option to put word "and" before the 4th author's name 2. Due to the length of names, 4th author's name is divided in half and first name is shown on the first line and the last name is in a new line...

 
9:13 PM
@TorbjørnT. Yes
 
And another one:
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Q: Problem with \usetikzlibrary{} command

Mohammad FajarSorry, i recently tried to use baposter to create poster with latex. When I test to compile the given example, i got error like this: and this the code for that sample: \documentclass[landscape,final,a0paper,fontscale=0.285]{baposter} \usepackage{calc} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{amsma...

 
@TorbjørnT. Unclear?
 
@JosephWright That was my thought.
Also unclear?
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Q: How to use a template in Latex?

user1343318I have downloaded this Cambridge University Thesis template from here. Now how do I open it in Latex? If I try individual files, it gives me errors. I am using Tex Studio.

 
@TorbjørnT. Yes: my existing comment already hints at this
 
@JosephWright Yep.
 
9:16 PM
Everyone else is free to join in!
 
Unclear:
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Q: when is Implementation of example into LATEX2e?

user47878When the write into texwork the following : \begin{algorithm}[H] \SetAlgoLined \KwData{this text} \KwResult{how to write algorithm with \LaTeX2e } initialization\; \While{not at end of this document}{ read current\; \eIf{understand}{ go to next section\; current section becomes this one\; }{ g...

Unclear:
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Q: How to get better error messages?

BrenBarnWhen running XeLaTeX on my document, I frequently get error messages like this: ) Runaway argument? ! File ended while scanning use of \next. <inserted text> \par <*> myfile.tex This is virtually useless, as it doesn't tell me where it thinks the runaway argument is. \par is ...

 
@TorbjørnT. Again, I agree as my existing comment suggests
Off-topic?
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Q: Selecting a single word in ereaders

user460153ebook readers let user select only a single word in the most PDF documents. However, when I try to select a word in a PDF generated with pdflatex (and also with latex), the ereader (i.e. sony prs600) selects the entire sentence between the 2 punctuation marks. The same problem was also discussed...

Ultimately about e-readers, not TeX
 
@JosephWright Agreed.
We have a 'canonical' question about this, don't we?
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Q: References heading bold and Capital

faheemI am using \bibliography{backup} \bibliographystyle{unsrt} REFERENCES heading is not in bold how to make it bold. I am new to latex

 
Or perhaps not
 
Welcome to the question answering thingy!
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:)
 
9:23 PM
@TorbjørnT. David's comment is right about the formatting part
@TorbjørnT. OK, will dupe
 
@JosephWright On second thought, that was just about the title I suppose, not the formatting.
 
@TorbjørnT. Yes, but that's the 'one question per post' thing, really
@TorbjørnT. I've duped and commented
 
@JosephWright Right.
Unclear again?
 
@TorbjørnT. What?
 
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Q: Adjusting longtable fontsize in latex

user3366215I am not very good at Latex. I have to write a table spanning multiple pages. The following code produces the a table exactly the way i want, however it reduces the font size. If i do not use the \footnotesize the table does not fit in the page horizontally. I looked older post but i could not f...

@JosephWright Sorry, the message didn't go through. The one above.
 
9:29 PM
@TorbjørnT. OK
 
Two 'floats don't go where I put them'-questions:
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/169100/how-to-put-paragraph-after-a-figure-in-latex http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/146741/how-to-put-text-between-stacks-of-images
 
Sorry to be late. I had my brother for dinner.
 
@TorbjørnT. I've duped both
 
Unclear:
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Q: Figure reference incorrect

mercergeoinfoI've looked at Why does an environment's label have to appear after the caption? and understand that the label has to come after the caption. This is not the source of my problem. Using subfigure to display eight maps in one figure, I want to reference the figure as a whole using e.g. figure~\ref...

Too broad?
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Q: Writing up notes and tutorial

RonnyI am using article documentclass for writing up notes and tutorial. Is their any other class more suitable for writing the notes and tutorials? Moreover, I want to include MATLAB and R code in boxes in my notes. How can that be done? Thanks

 
@TorbjørnT. That or 'opinion based': I'll close and comment
 
9:44 PM
Dupe of the '? instead of reference' question, I guess.
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Q: Bibliography not working

MWijnandI have a bibliography file called sources_robot.bib containing an entry with cite key Dwengoboard. When I want to cite it in a Latex file, this does not work. Can somebody suggest where the problem might be? MWE: \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} \usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind} \usepackage{n...

 
@TorbjørnT. Yup
 
!pdfTeX error: pdflatex.exe (file /.texlive2013/texmf-var/fonts/
truetype/Lato/Lato/Lato-Regular.ttf): unknown version of OS/2 table (0004)
Is this the part where I say "screw pdflatex, use lua and be done with it"? :D
 
Unclear:
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Q: LyX : Some Parts and Sections Full-Justifying

LRELyX / LaTex newbie here. I have a document I'm working on and for most part and section headings the text is being outputted as left-aligned (which is what I want). However I have a handful that are switching to full justified and I am at a total loss as to how to correct those headings. I'v...

 
Anyone understand this
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Q: Move section anchors generated by tex4ht

OlivierWhen compiling a file with tex4ht, the sections are transformed with header HTML tags with anchor. So, if I compile \documentclass{article} \usepackage[xhtml,mathml]{tex4ht} \begin{document} \section{Hello} \end{document} with latex, tex4ht, I obtain the following html code <h3>[...]<a id="x1...

I don't see how the anchor can logically go where asked for
@TorbjørnT. Yes
 
Off-topic, about file-recovery.
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Q: Lost .tex file, how to restore it? Using synctex?

user49285something really stupid happened to me. I was running a matlab code, my computer crashed as it completey ran out of memory, i had to restart it. Unfortunately, at the same time a had a .tex file open. I wanted to save it, but it could not be saved as there was no memory (i use a 128GB SSD, 90% f...

This problem seems to have been caused by whitespace in the images (see comments), close as OT with custom reason?
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Q: How can I modify vertical space between multiple sub-figures

user3523429I'd like to reduce the vertical space between graphics included in my figure. It looks like that: \begin{figure}[H] \centering \includegraphics[height=3.in,width=6in]{pics3/LCCohResEW.pdf} \includegraphics[height=3.in,width=6in]{pics3/CBDCohResEW.pdf} \includegraphics[h...

 
9:51 PM
@TorbjørnT. Done
No-one else want to join in?
 
(Possible) bug in AUCTeX, OT?
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Q: strange preview latex problem with tikz and maketitle

user4514The following example does not produce the expected preview: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \title{a} \maketitle $a$ \end{document} Instead of the inline math a whole page is displayed. However, if I remove one of \usepackage{tikz}, \title{a} or \maketitle i...

 
@TorbjørnT. Yes, I think so
 
I know basically nothing about Lilypond, is this on-topic?
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Q: Lilypond: How to control the paper size to create images

FnorMy question concerns the creation of images using lilypond. Until know I've created some music sheets and lilypond has been really great. However I have a website and I would like to post some examples to illustrate what I'm saying. The images should just fit the size of what is written. It will ...

 
Off topic: the problem is on the TeXmacs side.
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Q: Texmacs to latex conversion failing to convert user macros

welchTexmacs to latex conversion failing to convert user macros. I have the appropriate box in Prefs > convert > latex ticked (Convert user defined macros) but it does not do it. I am using texmacs 1.99.1 on Mac OSX 10.8.4

 
10:00 PM
@JosephWright Copy-paste error, off-topic?
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Q: Organizing tables and figures with captions horizontally and vertically

OmerI need to organize my tables and figures (with a separate caption for each one) in the following manner: -------- -------- | | | | | | -------- | | Fig 7 | | -------- | | | | -------- -------- Tab 1 Tab 2 EDIT: Seems like I mis...

 
@TorbjørnT. Yes
 
@JosephWright I suppose if --png runs latex and then dvipng it could be somehow on-topic, but I don't know how it works.
Unclear?
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Q: TikZ node positioning on edge parameter/label

JanosI wonder if there exists a trick to position a graph node (relative), based on a parameter (label?) of an edge leading to it? I mean a kind of time diagram, i.e. for example I have a timed automat, where both the node processing and the change of state along the edge needs time. I would like to ...

 
@TorbjørnT. Yes
 
@JosephWright Do you have an answer for this?
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Q: Is there / should there be a naming convention for expl3 extensions?

Sean AllredIn other programming languages, there is a (sometimes pretty loose) standard on how to name modules / packages / etc. Does expl3 have such a convention in place or, if not, what should it be? Say you created a Shape object (for whatever reason) for LaTeX and you wished to publish it to CTAN (for...

 
@TorbjørnT. Will do
@TorbjørnT. Done
 
10:14 PM
@JosephWright Great. What do you think about tex.stackexchange.com/questions/161465/…
 
@TorbjørnT. Well it's not answerable: too broad or unclear, I guess
 
@JosephWright Though about too broad myself.
 
@TorbjørnT. OK, have closed
 
@JosephWright Did you get anywhere with tex.stackexchange.com/questions/137149/…;?
 
OT (reason added)
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Q: Custom theorem numbering ... and extend to lemma etc

athosIn Custom theorem numbering @egreg provided a way to custome theorem numbering: \documentclass{article} %\usepackage{amsthm} %% uncomment to see the difference \newtheorem{innercustomthm}{Theorem} \newenvironment{customthm}[1] {\renewcommand\theinnercustomthm{#1}\innercustomthm} {\endinnercu...

 
10:21 PM
@TorbjørnT. Not really, no: Till probably disabled something deliberately
 
@JosephWright OK.
Duplicate? (See David's comment)
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Q: How to convert Latex code to generate equations in Powerpoint?

wafeeqI have exported my maple mathematical matrices to latex and now I want to show those equations in Powerpoint presentation. I have installed MathType in MS Powerpoint that converts basic latex codes or equation to mathtype but not the matrices. For example If if paste below code into Mathtype it g...

Solved by OP (see comments), but it's still not entirely clear to me. Close as unclear?
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Q: Beamer error - no output file

KuanI am making a beamer file. While there's nothing in math mode, everything runs perfectly well, however, when sentences like $P_A\subseteq E_X$ is inserted, it cannot output a .pdf file, but its ok with only $\subseteq$. I don't know what went wrong.

Seems to have been caused by older version of LuaTeX, OT:
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Q: Last version of pgfplots, error with LuaLaTeX

RedI have just installed the last version of pgfplots (version 1.10) in my local texmf directory but when I try to compile a file with LuaLaTeX I get the following error: (/home/red/texmf/tex/generic/pgfplots/util/pgfplotsutil.code.tex ! LuaTeX error <\directlua >:1: module 'pgfplots' not found: ...

 

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