How do I get spacing after a hline without an error? Here is what I currently have: End of content\\[5pt] \hline\\[5pt] But this throws a coupe of errors: hw.tex:XXX: There's no line here to ...

I have a description environment and would like to center the descriptions vertically w.r.t respect to the items(which are images). \begin{description} \item[\pict1] - Description \end{description} \pict1 is rather large compared to the height of the description text. As it is, it is put ...

I am trying to add a figure (a center environment) two a \twocolumn command. I tried this: \documentclass[10pt,twocolumn]{article} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{subfig} \begin{document} \twocolumn[{% \begin{center} \captiontype{figure} \subfloat[] { \fbox{\rule{0pt}{1in} Some text \rul...

A recent StackOverflow blog post announced the lauch of blogoverflow: stackexchange community blogs. Do we think the TeX community wants one? I know several members already have their own blogs (Joseph Wright, Stefan Kottwitz, myself and frabjous contribute to one...) but would a community one b...

The title says it (almost) all. If and when I think I have something useful to say on the blog, as a post, rather than a comment, how will I go about it? Is there a moderation process, and how do I provide input?

I want to circle ONLY part of an entry in xymatrix, I have skimmed through several references for xypic but only able to find how I can frame the whole entry (e.g. the one in first and third row in the diagram below) and did not mention how I could do it locally. Say in the example below, I want...

Typesetting of phone numbers has been asked before, however, I have a "fun" phone number from google voice, which includes a 404-xxx-2048 (error code, an exponential of two). I'm vaguely considering silly/cute ways to typeset this for my website/resume (only sent to employers who might actually ...