@cmhgughes: I am still trying to understand what \hidewidth and the asspciated phantom does. I can get the correct results using a double quite instead of the equal sign, but I don't know why
@PeterGrill, @AndrewStacey: I deleted the answer because I originally thought that the OP wanted to draw an arrow over a pre-existent line... then I realized what was the real need. I will undelete it, maybe updating it a bit.
@ClaudioFiandrino Good. I've added an explanation of the key feature by way of a comment. I like having lots of alternative answers - it makes things more useful for others who maybe want a similar idea but don't have quite the same constraints as the original questioner.
Similar to $title$, $author$, and $date$, is there an $abstract$ parameter that one can pass to a latex file from the title block? Example:
\begin{abstract}
$abstract$
\end{abstract}
My university here provides TeXnicCenter without compiler. I am unable to install the compiler due to permissions, I am forced to work in Windows environment during classes without traditional *ix tools such as pdflatex. I am now trying to find out a way to get my LaTeX -installations to somethin...
@PauloCereda Is there a minimum reputation limit needed to register? I'd believe that questions that were left unanswered for so long could require a lot of experience …
@Qrrbrbirlbel I think the minimum rep is the same required for joining the chat, but I'm not sure. :) There are indeed some questions that could benefit from our power users knowledge. :)
@Qrrbrbirlbel Oh! :) Everybody is welcome! We need help on finding questions, upvoting answers, etc. I don't have a good TeX expertise, but I can help on upvoting answers, casting close votes, finding comments that might become answers, etc. :) I've been in the session since I was 2K. :)
@PauloCereda I agree: there are some old questions that are tough, but also newer ones that probably didn't receive much attention. These sessions help in resurrecting them, maybe just to change comments into a CW answer, which everybody can do.
Since it would be much more difficult to include directly
I think I'll leave it like this so people don't have to do much work to compile the document and I was able to successfully include the other two fonts
@cmhughes My guess is because the plots get a cartoonish look. And well, the XKCD also helps. I just hope your students don't try to be funny and submit one of those to you. :)
@JosephWright Hey, should this warning for etoolbox still be on CTAN: "The package should be regarded as experimental, and should not be used in “production” work". ctan.org/pkg/etoolbox
@DavidCarlisle I can't believe that voodoo spell I pout on your answers actually worked!! :-)
@DavidCarlisle I found \listadd from etoolbox which is sort of working... Somehow I have an extra |character so trying to figure out where that is coming from. Really unlikely coming from anything to do with etoolbox
@JosephWright the answer here should be a comment or an edited qn or something, am I supposed to flag that (flagging sounds like marking for spam or something I tend to avoid:-)
I need two things for my tables:
text has to be able to wrap.
the first row has to be bold
For 1, I need the package tabularx.
For 2, I need the package array and quite a lot of commands (see Make first row of table all bold)
However if I transpose the above commands into a tabularx (rather ...
@DavidCarlisle Have to wait a few more hours before I can vote it up.. Thanks. I refer to that question very few months so that will help me in the future.
@PauloCereda No. :( It's been a combination of errors. I proposed a fix for a simple problem, without realizing it could break other things; Claudio didn't fully test it. :(
@PauloCereda At first I was scared. Then I had the idea to check with the working version, knowing where to go. The same macro had been used when two different ones should have been.
@egreg It's indeed a bad experience when you have something broken without a clue on what to do. :( Thankfully, you have the expertise to investigate and track the expansion. :)
@egreg Yes global was exactly what I needed when I first asked the question. But I had a case now where there was a need to keep a local list - scoping was the most convenient way to get the list to reset automatically. I started to use`\listadd` from etoolbox and was having an issue with it (spurious | in the string).
When @DavidCarlise posted his version of \@addto@macro, everything magically worked for me as I wanted, so asked him to post that answer. I will adapt the question so that both global anbd local options are possible.
@PeterGrill Yes, \listadd uses a delimiter that can come handy for later splitting the list; it's not the right tool. The local version is, with etoolbox, \appto.
@PauloCereda How dare you call me that? Speaking 42 languages coding in at least 6 computer languages starting with P... and then you are not but I'm... yeah, right. :P
Given a circle on a paper, a pencil and a book. Can you find the center of the circle with the pencil and book?
Similar to $title$, $author$, and $date$, is there an $abstract$ parameter that one can pass to a latex file from the title block? Example:
\begin{abstract}
$abstract$
\end{abstract}
I need two things for my tables:
text has to be able to wrap.
the first row has to be bold
For 1, I need the package tabularx.
For 2, I need the package array and quite a lot of commands (see Make first row of table all bold)
However if I transpose the above commands into a tabularx (rather ...
