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I am new to using TikZ, but have been using LaTeX via LyX for several years now. While I am not the most adept user, I am somewhat confident in my understanding of how the program works, albeit unfamiliar with all of its features. I understand this is a fairly high level task to try to implement, but I have very concerted reasons why this is my immediate aim.I do not think the details of my project are entirely relevant or necessary to explain, however, I will say this:–I am writing an academic paper that I hope to be able to submit to arxiv.org in the area of Number Theory;–I have the vast majority of the paper written, with the exception of this particular diagram and an addendum to the end;–I have recently purchased the LaTeX Cookbook, as well as LaTeX Graphics with TikZ, and have numerous other resources;–I am willing to take the time necessary to under to learn the concepts, but have only limited coding experience (and via GUI in, LabVIEW).Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.The basic problems I need help with are:1) some practical advice about most sensible workflow (I have read about so-called ERTs, and using text editors, etc. to insert "child documents" in LyX, exporting from CAS programs (I have installed Maxima, but yet to really learn how the program works);2) how to make customizations to the generation of Pascal's Triangle-like structures (I have watched this tutorial:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1XBdHdofuw) such that, for example, I can stipulate the diagonal "column" containing the terms which would otherwise be the binomial coefficients k=0 (the left-most infinite series of ones), as being numbers generated according to a particular formula of my choosing, each successive diagonal row extending from the terms in the right-sided row of the triangle (i.e. the infinite series from n=1, k=1 down and to the left, and so on), being self-similar in their ratio to those terms contained in the first, with each term in the right-sided row (i.e. from n=0, k=0 down diagonally to the right) being the powers of any given input x, such that x^0=(n=0, k=0), *EDIT* x^1=(n=1, k=1), x^2=(n=2, k=2), etc. *EDIT*. I hope I have explained this adequately.I understand this may be a very difficult problem... I have already begun, with some chagrin, to appreciate how difficult it is going to be to use this as a pretext for learning TikZ, and more of the fundamentals of LaTeX, but it is, I think, the only way to finish my paper as I have envisioned it. Any help that would be so graciously offered would be invaluable.Statistics: Posted by spe420 — Tue Jun 03, 2025 9:27 am

How do I achieve the "classic" government outline format as seen attached?Statistics: Posted by radiodurans — Tue Jun 03, 2025 8:43 am

Thanks for the information - I was able to figure it out.If you are reading this {isOnline} is a bool that is a flag for either to generate answers for me or make a handout for students.\usepackage{etoolbox} % for boolean flags \newbool{isOnline} % true - Hide the answers in notes to worked problems \setbool{isOnline}{false}The stuff I added in the (\begin{tabular}{lll} ) block is as follows:& \tikzmark{ExampleTwo}\ifbool{isOnline}{}{\textcolor{\BLUE}{$x\neq3$}} \\ [.5em]& \ifbool{isOnline}{}{ %draw Green line. \tikz[remember picture,overlay,baseline=0pt] \draw[line width=0.4mm, \GREEN, ->] ([shift={(-.5ex,.3ex)}]pic cs:ExampleTwo) to (-25ex,43ex) to (-25ex,0.5ex) to (-0.2em,0.2em);\textcolor{\BLUE}{$g(x)\neq1$}} \\ [.5em]Statistics: Posted by Michael_J — Sun Jun 01, 2025 11:56 pm

Hi Michael,welcome to the forum!You can use the tikzmark package for this.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Sat May 31, 2025 8:19 pm

How would I draw the green line?What I currently haveWhat I wantStatistics: Posted by Michael_J — Sat May 31, 2025 7:57 pm

Awesome ! Thanks a lot Stefan !Statistics: Posted by pletessier — Fri May 30, 2025 11:36 am

Hi,you can patch the \slideentry command, after loading the miniframes theme:Code: \makeatletter\patchcmd{\slideentry}{\ifbeamer@compress}% {\ifbeamer@compress\ifnum#2>1\ifnum#3=1\advance\beamer@xpos by 1\relax\fi\fi}{}{}\makeatotherStefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Wed May 28, 2025 11:43 pm

Hello,Here is a minimal example : Code: \documentclass[xcolor=table, aspectratio=169, compress]{beamer}\usetheme{Dresden}\useoutertheme{miniframes}\usepackage{amsmath}\usepackage{tikz}\begin{document} \section{Section 1} \subsection{Subsection 1.1} \subsubsection{Subsection 1.1.1} \begin{frame}\end{frame} \subsubsection{Subsection 1.1.2} \begin{frame}\end{frame} \subsubsection{Subsection 1.1.3} \begin{frame}\end{frame} \subsection{Subsection 1.2} \subsubsection{Subsection 1.2.1} \begin{frame}\end{frame} \subsubsection{Subsection 1.2.2} \begin{frame}\end{frame} \subsection{Subsection 1.3} \subsubsection{Subsection 1.3.1} \begin{frame}\end{frame} \subsubsection{Subsection 1.3.2} \begin{frame}\end{frame} \section{Section 2} \subsection{Subsection 2.1} \subsubsection{Subsection 2.1.1} \begin{frame}\end{frame} \subsubsection{Subsection 2.1.2} \begin{frame}\end{frame} \subsubsection{Subsection 2.1.3} \begin{frame}\end{frame} \subsection{Subsection 2.2} \subsubsection{Subsection 2.2.1} \begin{frame}\end{frame} \subsubsection{Subsection 2.2.2} \begin{frame}\end{frame} \subsubsection{Subsection 2.2.3} \begin{frame}\end{frame}\end{document}It produces a headline with all bullets on a single line, and a large space between the bullets of different sections.I want to add a smaller space between the bullets of different subsections, in order that :Code: ooooooo oooooowould become : Code: ooo oo oo ooo oooDoes anyone know a way to do that ?Thanks !Statistics: Posted by pletessier — Tue May 27, 2025 7:08 pm

Thanks, much appreciated.Statistics: Posted by bgreen — Mon May 26, 2025 11:04 am

No problem, that's why we have a forum for LaTeX users to talk. And by the way, after an update, the email notifications stopped working in the forum; when I noticed your posts without receiving a notification, I found it and fixed it; another good reason to talk here.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Mon May 26, 2025 12:23 am

Thanks again Stefan, I had also mistakenly been trying to compile individual chapters.I see I need to leave myself some notes.Statistics: Posted by bgreen — Sun May 25, 2025 10:42 pm

Hi Bob,that's probably you compile preamble.tex (that starts without \documentclass as preamble.tex is actually be input after \documentclass in your document, and of course it contains no \end as in your first post's error message) and not your document. Ensure that your editor compiles your document's TeX file.By the way, please add log files as attachments. Otherwise, forum posts get super long. Thanks!StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Sun May 25, 2025 3:39 pm

Hello Stefan,Thanks for your reply. I only added that document class line in recently because I received this message without it: PreambleErrorLog.txtStatistics: Posted by bgreen — Sat May 24, 2025 10:54 pm

Hi Bob,you have \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book} in the preamble, but \documentclass[openany]{book} in the document, you cannot have both. Remove one (better from the preamble) and see if it's better.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Sat May 24, 2025 2:21 pm

Because of the file size I decided to work with individual documents rather than the book class. I've returned to the book class after a year off and found code that previously worked, no longer does. The Texmaker version is 5.1.4 (I'll download the newer version but thought I'd see if the problem was the code first as other documents seem to compile). Any assistance is appreciated.With the preamble code below I received this error:! Emergency stop.<*> preamble.tex*** (job aborted, no legal \end found)Code: \documentclass [a4paper, 12pt]{book}\usepackage[english] {babel}\usepackage{xcolor}\usepackage{titlesec} \usepackage[a4paper, total={7in, 10in}]{geometry}\usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{blindtext}\usepackage[section]{placeins}\usepackage{subcaption}\usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref}\pagestyle {empty}\usepackage[labelformat=empty]{caption}\usepackage {wrapfig}\usepackage{microtype}\usepackage{parskip}\usepackage{geometry}%\titleformat*{\section}{\fontsize{12}{14}\selectfont}\graphicspath{ {D:/a_surf/BB/bgpage/} }\pagecolor{yellow!30} \parindent=15pt \raggedbottom Here is the code that links to the preambleCode: \documentclass [openany]{book}\setcounter{secnumdepth}{7}\setcounter{tocdepth}{13}\input{preamble}\begin{document}\begin{titlepage}\centering \vspace*{\fill} {\Huge Paipo - Bellyboarding in Australasia\\} {\large Riding prone on wood and fibreglass boards in Australia and New Zealand.\\} \vspace*{\fill} {\Large Bob Green\\[1in]} \vfill {\itshape Updated 21 March 2024. } \vfill {\itshape Feel free to cite this work. } \end{titlepage}\tableofcontents\include{Chapter1}\include{Chapter2}\include{Chapter3}\include{Chapter4}\include{Chapter5}\include{Chapter6}\include{Chapter7}\include{Chapter8}\include{Chapter9}\include{Chapter10}\include{Chapter11}\include{Chapter12}\include{Chapter13}\include{Chapter14}\end{document}Statistics: Posted by bgreen — Sat May 24, 2025 2:38 am

Thanks a lot Stefan. I am grateful.Statistics: Posted by mbaqar — Tue May 13, 2025 9:05 pm

You can nest split or aligned environments, or use an alignat environment for aligning at several places, but a quick easy way is to have an invisible equal sign:Code: \documentclass{article}\usepackage{amsmath}\begin{document}\begin{equation}\begin{split}x &= a + b + c + d \\ &= e + f + g + h + i +j + k + l + m + n + o + {}\\ &\mathrel{\hphantom{=}} p + q + r + s + t \\ &= u\end{split}\end{equation}\end{document}StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Tue May 13, 2025 5:07 pm

HiI have to compose a very long equation keeping the alignment intact. I have tried a number of options but in vain. Please examine the following code:Code: \begin{equation}\begin{split}x &= a + b + c + d &\\ &= e + f + g + h + i +j + k + l + m + n + o &\\ p + q + r + s + t \\ &= u \end{split}\end{equation}I want to set this equation in a manner that "p" appears below "e". I have been using different hacks but nothing doing. Please help.Statistics: Posted by mbaqar — Mon May 12, 2025 8:50 pm

Hi, Stefan.I am embarrassed. I erred.This document contains two charts. The tabular environment created both charts. Both of them used spreadtab and \STautoround*{2}.The first chart numbers produced no decimal values. The second chart numbers produced decimal values.When LaTeX produced the error message, regarding the unsupported \STautoround*{2} command, after the first run, I used only the first chart to troubleshoot and repair. I should have used both charts.I commented the \STautoround*{2} line, and then, added the [autoround=2] key to the next line. I reran LaTeX.Of course, the numbers still did not display decimal values, because, there were none to display.Moments ago, I modified the second chart with the [autoaround=2] key. It displayed decimal values, correctly.So, my apologies for taking your time and research, unnecessarily.That being said, does the Spreadtab package provide the ability to append ".00," when appropriate?Thank you.Statistics: Posted by kurttodoroff — Fri May 09, 2025 6:57 pm

With STset;Code: %!TEX lualatex\documentclass{article}\usepackage{spreadtab}\begin{document}\STset{autoround=2}\begin{spreadtab}{{tabular}{|lrcr|}}\hline@Materials & & & (0.00*4)+0+750.0234 \\ %CCLLC=$50/D*4D %CT=$750\hline\end{spreadtab}\end{document}Try the "Run LaTeX here" button.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Fri May 09, 2025 5:39 pm

Hi, Stefan.Try this.Code: \begin{center}% \STautoround*{2}\begin{spreadtab}[autoround=2]{{tabular}{|lrcr|}}\hline@\multicolumn{1}{|c}{\textbf{\textsc{Article}}} & @\multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{\textsc{Article Cost}}} & @\multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{\textsc{Quantity}}} & @\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\textbf{\textsc{Total Cost}}} \\& & & \\\hline@aaaaa & 2999.00*1.0 & 3 & b3*c3 \\@11111 & & & \\& & & \\\hline@bbbbb & 1200.00*1.0 & 1 & b6*c6 \\@(Primary) & & & \\@22222 & & & \\& & & \\\hline@ccccc & 240.00*.85*1.5*1.0 & 1 & b10*c10 \\@(Primary) & & & \\@33333 & & & \\& & & \\\hline@ddddd & 185.00 & 1 & b14*c14 \\@44444 & & & \\& & & \\\hline@Materials & & & (50.00*4)+0+750.00 \\ %CCLLC=$50/D*4D %CT=$750& & & \\\hline@Labor & & & (90*1*4)+2500.00 \\ %CCLLC=$90/H*1H/D*4D %CT=$2500& & & \\\hline@\textbf{Total} & & & sum(d3:d19) \\& & & \\\hline\end{spreadtab}\end{center}Statistics: Posted by kurttodoroff — Fri May 09, 2025 4:58 pm

Hi Kurt,the code is not compilable, so it cannot be tested or improved. Perhaps edit the post and complete it, so readers can test it.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Fri May 09, 2025 4:41 pm

I opened a document, after last editing it eleven years ago.The LaTeX compile generated an error. I discovered that the Spreadtab package no longer supported STautoround.I substituted the autoround key, as described in the documentation. They output does not display the decimal digits. Spreadtab does calculate the arithmetic operations, properly.Code: \begin{center}% \STautoround*{2}\begin{spreadtab}[autoround=2]{{tabular}{|lrcr|}}\hline@\multicolumn{1}{|c}{\textbf{\textsc{Article}}} & @\multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{\textsc{Article Cost}}} & @\multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{\textsc{Quantity}}} & @\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\textbf{\textsc{Total Cost}}} \\& & & \\\hline@\ruckus\ \zoneflex\ 7782 \wifi\ \AccessPoint\ & 2999.00*1.0 & 3 & b3*c3 \\@901--7782--US01 & & & \\& & & \\\hline@\ruckus\ \zonedirector\ 1106 \wifi\ \Controller\ & 1200.00*1.0 & 1 & b6*c6 \\@(Primary \LAN\ \Controller) & & & \\@901--1106--US00 & & & \\& & & \\\hline@\ruckus\ Premium Support 1--Year & 240.00*.85*1.5*1.0 & 1 & b10*c10 \\@(Primary \LAN\ \Controller) & & & \\@801--1106--1000 & & & \\& & & \\\hline@\NETGEAR\ FS116P ProSafe \Switch\ & 185.00 & 1 & b14*c14 \\@16--Port 10/100 \POE\ (8--ports) & & & \\& & & \\\hline@Materials & & & (50.00*4)+0+750.00 \\ %CCLLC=$50/D*4D %CT=$750& & & \\\hline@Labor & & & (90*1*4)+2500.00 \\ %CCLLC=$90/H*1H/D*4D %CT=$2500& & & \\\hline@\textbf{Total} & & & sum(d3:d19) \\& & & \\\hline\end{spreadtab}\end{center}The Spreadtab documentation states that Spreadtab requires LaTeX2e after 2022-06-01, the Xstring package, the Simplekv package.This document does not load the two packages. However, as I stated, Spreadtab does calculate the arithmetic operations, properly without them.Does the Spreadtab autoround key require them? If not, have I made an error in the code?Thank you.Statistics: Posted by kurttodoroff — Fri May 09, 2025 3:39 pm

For anyone trying to do the same thing, this code does the job:% Declare a custom category\DeclareBibliographyCategory{bold}% Assign entries with "bold" keyword to the category\AtEveryBibitem{% \iffieldequalstr{keywords}{bold} {\addtocategory{bold}{\thefield{entrykey}}} {}%}% Apply bold formatting to entries in that category\AtEveryBibitem{% \ifcategory{bold} {\bfseries} {}%}Statistics: Posted by ValeYard — Sat May 03, 2025 11:53 pm

I messed up the code: No second \bfseries, but it doesn't make a difference for the problem. I'm kinda desperate to fix this, as I need to function and was super happy when I thought it was working. \usepackage{etoolbox} % for \apptocmd% At the start of every bib item: if keyword “bold” is present, begin a group and switch to bold\AtEveryBibitem{% \ifkeyword{bold}{\begingroup\bfseries}{\begingroup}%}% At the end of every bib item, append an \endgroup to close the group.\apptocmd{\finentry}{% \ifkeyword{bold}{\endgroup}{\endgroup}%}{}{}Statistics: Posted by ValeYard — Sat May 03, 2025 11:29 pm

So, at some point I added the code below to bold entries in the bib file which have the keyword keywords = {bold}. I need to do this for a massive report, in which in each section some references should be bolded. The weird thing is that, if this code is present in the main .tex doc's preamble, after printing the bibliography, the formatting of the paragraphs is shot. There is no indent anymore at the beginning of paragraphs and the page margin is smaller. I haven't built a minimal example yet, but perhaps I forgot to close something obvious in this code? \usepackage{etoolbox} % for \apptocmd% At the start of every bib item: if keyword “bold” is present, begin a group and switch to bold\AtEveryBibitem{% \ifkeyword{bold}{\begingroup\bfseries}{\begingroup}%}% At the end of every bib item, append an \endgroup to close the group.\apptocmd{\finentry}{% \ifkeyword{bold}{\endgroup\bfseries}{\endgroup}%}{}{}Statistics: Posted by ValeYard — Sat May 03, 2025 11:20 pm

OK. Thanks for confirmation.I guess that the last time when I opened LyX, when the customized date format setting still had an effect, which seem to be inherited from the older configuration (?). And when I opened LyX, this setting was overwritten.Statistics: Posted by vivisimo — Sun Apr 06, 2025 3:21 pm

I can describe only what I can see on my Macbook with LyX2.4.3. There is no Date setting in the Preferences settings on my machine.The handling of date fields had been changed since LyX2.4. I use the Dialog "Field Settings". It can be reached via the menu by clicking "Insert>Field>Other...".Not sure how it looks like with your OS.Statistics: Posted by Haiopaio — Sun Apr 06, 2025 9:46 am

I use Endeavour OS, and up until 3 days ago I was still able to see the 'Date format' option in Tools > Preferences > Output.And for that 3 days, I did not update or install anything. However, I notice that the option is gone.I tried to open LyX with a new profile and even installed it on a different machine (with the same OS), but the result was the same.Has this option been removed or there is any issue with my installation?Statistics: Posted by vivisimo — Sat Apr 05, 2025 5:56 pm

Hello everyone. I have been using LyX since 2007. I recently found that in my two laptops I have two different versions of LyX. The old laptop with a LyX version 2.2.3 and is running by Windows 7 Home Premium. The other laptop is with LyX version 2.3.6.1. Today I copied some of the files with version 2.3.6.1 to the old laptop with version 2.2.3. I couldn't open the files and it gives me the following message: "the file is from a newer version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script failed to convert it." I realized that I need to update (in fact upgrade) my 2.2.3 version. I downloaded 2.4.3 as the latest version from https://www.lyx.org/Download and I installed it. Whenever I tried to open any file it gives me the following message: "the procedure entry point createdxgifactory2 could not be located in the dynamic link library".Then I uninstalled it and downloaded 2.3.6.1 from this link: https://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/2.3.x/I downloaded it as a zip file with a collection of folders and files. I don't know what to do next. How can I upgrade the application ? I am not good at technology so i appreciate if someone can help me here. Thanks.Statistics: Posted by Khan — Fri Apr 04, 2025 4:48 pm

Hi All,After a new/fresh installation of MikTex and TexMaker, I am having a strange issue in the placement of my Bibliography section. For instance, my main document looks like below:https://pastebin.com/sfB6JxU4And after compiling the document, the while Bibliography section comes on top of the document instead of the bottom and the section just looks like gibberish as explained here:https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions ... 557_740126Has anybody run into a similar issue ? What might be going wrong in my document ? In this fresh installation, the only new thing I did at the beginning was re-installing cm-user package to fix an error.Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance AnuradhaStatistics: Posted by ranaya123 — Fri Apr 04, 2025 5:43 am

Thank you!Statistics: Posted by Mimiett — Thu Apr 03, 2025 5:39 pm

Hi Mimiett,welcome to the forum!You could build your document in the regular way so page numbering and cross-references are fine, and you can use the pdfpages packages to make a new PDF with a different page order. Like building a new small document, load the package, and use \includepdf[pages = {1,8,3}](filename) or \includepdf[pages = {1,8}](filename)\includepdf[pages = {3}](filename)...StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Thu Apr 03, 2025 10:41 am

I really like book binding and would like to print and bind my report. For that to be possible, I need the the pages to be in an entirely different order for print. So I‘d like to write/use something that keeps the order of my document the same, but in the PDF shows the pages as 1, 8, 3, 6, 2, 7, 4, 5…I know how to write something that determines the correct page order. But what can I try to actually change the order in the PDF display? Is this possible? How would you start such a project?Statistics: Posted by Mimiett — Thu Apr 03, 2025 8:45 am

So to give you guys some background, I have been working with rehype katex plugin within the react markdown component in a nextJS application. CONCERN—> The latex works perfectly for all all browser, converting properly formatted equations well, does not break.The issue is with SAFARI. When there’s too much latex equation the UI latency increases for only one specific component, THE radix-ui Dropdown, it is instantaneous without the latex in the UI, but with it a noticeable 2s delay is observed on all drop downs.Happens specifically for SAFARI, all the other browsers don’t exhibit such latency no matter how much latex is rendered.How can I deal with this/optimise this, PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS. Would highly appreciate any suggestions to resolve the issue.Statistics: Posted by Panchion — Thu Apr 03, 2025 6:48 am

Just use the option "axis on top" for the axis environment, so the axis lines are drawn over the plot.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Wed Apr 02, 2025 10:54 pm

I got the right area, but the axis is covered. I have tried a soft clip with fill between using the points of intersection (5pi/6 and pi/6), but that does not work. I have used Stefan's reference book and another to look some things up, but I can't get the axis to show. Any help is appreciated.Code: \documentclass[border=5mm]{article}\usepackage{pgfplots}\pgfplotsset{compat=1.18}\usepgfplotslibrary{fillbetween}\usetikzlibrary{backgrounds,arrows.meta}\pgfplotsset{ interpret as polar/.style={ x filter/.code=\pgfmathparse{cos(rawx)*rawy}, y filter/.code=\pgfmathparse{sin(rawx)*rawy} }}\begin{document}\begin{tikzpicture}[>=Triangle]\begin{axis}[ xtick distance=2, ytick distance=2, axis lines=center, axis equal image, enlargelimits=true, ] \addplot[name path=A, very thick, domain=0:360, samples=100, smooth, interpret as polar ] (x,{1+sin(x)}); \addplot[name path=B, very thick, domain=0:360, samples=100, smooth, interpret as polar ] (x,{3*sin(x)}); \path[name path=xaxis] (axis cs: -1,0) -- (axis cs:1,0); \addplot[blue,opacity=0.5] fill between[of=B and A]; \node[anchor=center,label=north west:\(R\)] at (0,0){}; \addplot[white] fill between[of=A and xaxis];\end{axis}\end{tikzpicture}\end{document}\end{document}Statistics: Posted by coachbennett1981 — Wed Apr 02, 2025 1:50 pm

Please, always prepare a self-contained minimal example that makes it easier for others to offer help. But after I convert to PDF, the special chars are gone and only the directory and files names are keep. We don't have the log file (*.log) here to see what's going wrong. Are there any warnings? So, please attach it to your next post. I use texlive 11:2023 (based on my package manager) Consider to install (the so-called vanilla) TeX Live 2025. An alternative would be MiKTeX.For such a directory tree you can use the »dirtree« package.Code: %\listfiles\documentclass[11pt,english]{article}\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}\usepackage{babel}\usepackage[% includeheadfoot,% margin=1truein,% truedimen%]{geometry}%\usepackage[parfill=0em]{parskip}\usepackage{dirtree}\usepackage{mlmodern}\usepackage[babel]{microtype}\begin{document} \dirtree{% .1 /test. .2 file-a. .2 file-b. .2 file-c. }\end{document}For details please consult the package manual.Statistics: Posted by localghost — Tue Apr 01, 2025 3:42 pm

I think that's because you still have a second \fill command; as you had two \fill before, I do only one \fill. It adds with opacity/transparency.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Tue Apr 01, 2025 3:33 pm

Thank you! I appreciate it! For some reason ( I believe the fill is the issue) but the colors are off. (See image)Statistics: Posted by coachbennett1981 — Tue Apr 01, 2025 2:14 pm

Hi Nick,you can fill the path between A and the axis, and clip with the circle:Code: \begin{scope}[on background layer] \clip (axis cs:0,0) circle (4); \fill[blue!30, opacity=0.5, intersection segments={ of= A and axis, sequence = {R*--L*} }] -- cycle;\end{scope}StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Tue Apr 01, 2025 1:29 pm

Hey Everyone, I have been trying to figure out how to fill in this polar graph. I need to fill the intersection of the circle and function r=4+4cos x. I have been able to fill the whole circle in, but as you can see from my graph, I am missing the fill portion from the y-axis os the graph of r. I have tried to use Stefan's suggestion from this post I created viewtopic.php?t=36181, but I can't seem to figure out the intersections properly to "fill" what I don't want in blue. Any help would be appreciated. Code: \documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone}\usepackage{pgfplots}\pgfplotsset{compat=1.18}\usepgfplotslibrary{fillbetween}\usetikzlibrary{backgrounds,arrows.meta}\pgfplotsset{ interpret as polar/.style={ x filter/.code=\pgfmathparse{cos(rawx)*rawy}, y filter/.code=\pgfmathparse{sin(rawx)*rawy} }}\begin{document}\begin{tikzpicture}[>=Triangle]\begin{axis}[ xtick distance=1, ytick distance=1, axis lines=center, axis equal image, enlargelimits=true, ] \addplot[name path=A, very thick, domain=0:360, samples=100, smooth, interpret as polar ] (x,{4+4*cos(x)}); \addplot[name path=B, very thick, domain=0:360, samples=100, smooth, interpret as polar ] (x,{4}); \path[name path=axis] (axis cs:0,0) -- (axis cs:1,0); \begin{scope}[on background layer] \clip (axis cs:0,0) circle (4); \fill[blue!30, opacity=0.5, intersection segments={ of=A and B, sequence={R*--L*} }] -- cycle; \fill[white, intersection segments={ of=A and B, sequence={L2 -- R2} }] -- cycle; \end{scope} \node[anchor=center,label=north west:$O$] at (0,0){};\end{axis}\end{tikzpicture}\end{document}Statistics: Posted by coachbennett1981 — Tue Apr 01, 2025 11:59 am

These books by Stefan are fantastic. I highly recommend you get them.Statistics: Posted by coachbennett1981 — Tue Apr 01, 2025 11:55 am

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Hello, In a verbatim block like this:Code: \begin{verbatim}/test├── file-a├── file-b└── file-c\end{verbatim}But after I convert to PDF, the special chars are gone and only the directory and files names are keep.I use texlive 11:2023 (based on my package manager)Do you know why ?Statistics: Posted by postroutine — Sun Mar 30, 2025 1:55 am

Is the \& not a good way ?Statistics: Posted by postroutine — Sun Mar 30, 2025 1:49 am

It's been a while, I have figured out the solution, just addCode: \pagepreludes\afterpreludeskip=2mmStatistics: Posted by Manuela — Sat Mar 29, 2025 3:39 pm

Hello all! I hope this is an applicable question to this area since the 'Flowfram' package seems to advertise use for posters, among other things, https://ctan.org/pkg/flowfram?lang=enI am seeking any direction on learning how to add a label these flow frames and center them under each of the column frames. As seen in the screenshot below, I can see something that may be their IDN, or IDL mentioned in the documentation, and I think I need that to add a label, but I'm having a difficult time following the information provided, it seems to be related to just adding a Flow Frame, while I've added these frames with '\Ncolumn {3}'Code: \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}\geometry{top=25mm, left=25mm, right=25mm}\usepackage{fontspec}\usepackage[draft]{flowfram}\usepackage{expex}\headsep = 0pt\marginparsep = 0pt\setlength{\columnsep}{2.5cm}\Ncolumn{3}\setallflowframes{margin=left}\showtypeblockfalse\defineglwlevels{lit}\begin{document}%Just defining the ExPeX glosses as a command since I need to manually break each column as the text starts to run past the bottom of the column, and I did not want to have to separate the \marginpar commands with the whole gloss%\newcommand{\PageOneColOne}{\begingl[glhangstyle=none, extraglskip=6pt, aboveglbskip=-2pt, aboveglcskip=-3pt, abovegllitskip=1pt, everygla=\bfseries \normalsize, everyglb=\itshape \scriptsize, everyglc=\itshape \tiny, everygllit=\small, glwordalign=center, glspace=!.15em] \gla All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.//\glb all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy//\glc 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40//\gllit All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.//\endgl}\newcommand{\PageOneColTwo}{\begingl[glhangstyle=none, extraglskip=6pt, aboveglbskip=-2pt, aboveglcskip=-3pt, abovegllitskip=1pt, everygla=\bfseries \normalsize, everyglb=\itshape \scriptsize, everyglc=\itshape \tiny, everygllit=\small, glwordalign=center, glspace=!.15em] \gla All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.//\glb all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy//\glc 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40//\gllit All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.//\endgl}\newcommand{\PageOneColThree}{\begingl[glhangstyle=none, extraglskip=6pt, aboveglbskip=-2pt, aboveglcskip=-3pt, abovegllitskip=1pt, everygla=\bfseries \normalsize, everyglb=\itshape \scriptsize, everyglc=\itshape \tiny, everygllit=\small, glwordalign=center, glspace=!.15em] \gla All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.//\glb all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy//\glc 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40//\gllit All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.//\endgl}%This is where I'm calling back the ExPeX gloss for each column by page so that I can just see it all on a line together, and not separated by a whole Gloss. These glosses will be defined in a separate document and I'll use the \input command to pull it in before these lines.%\PageOneColOne\marginpar{\centering1:1}\framebreak\PageOneColTwo\marginpar{\centering1:2}\framebreak\PageOneColThree\marginpar{\centering1:3}\end{document}I am attempting to add something like this, for visual reference. I assume that the page number may just be forced to move down by adding these labels under the columns, and I'm fine with that if that's going to happenStatistics: Posted by ZacharyRann — Fri Mar 28, 2025 5:34 pm

Hello,In a document I am writing, I need to talk about an interview I have done by e-mails.I use Biblatex to manage my bibliography. On the Biblatex manual, I have seen that I can use the @letter or the @misc to record an e-mail.But what field did I have to use ?Best regardsStatistics: Posted by postroutine — Fri Mar 28, 2025 1:58 pm

I’ve created a minimal working example (MWE) to demonstrate a spacing inconsistency between headings in my résumé layout. In the attached screenshot, you can see:Under the section heading "SUMMARY", there’s no visible space between the underline and the paragraph that follows.Under the section heading "EXPERIENCE", however, there is a visible gap between the underline and the first subsection (CompanyX).ll my \titlespacing* commands are set to 0pt for both before and after section, subsection, and subsubsection headings. I’d expect them to behave the same way, yet the SUMMARY section is immediately followed by text (no gap), while the EXPERIENCE section leaves a noticeable vertical space before the subsubsection. I can’t pinpoint what’s causing the extra space in one place but not the other.Below is my complete MWE, which includes the relevant packages, section formatting, and sample content. Why would SUMMARY have no spacing after the underline, while EXPERIENCE has extra spacing before its subsubsections—even though both are configured with 0pt spacing?I'm aware of the issues with consecutive section, subsection, subsubsection headers with the largestsep package.Is there a way to patch \titlespacing or otherwise modify titlesec so that I can keep consecutive headings from adding inconsistent spacing—while also preserving my underline placement and preventing overlaps? Any tips or examples would be greatly appreciated!Code: \documentclass[letterpaper,11pt]{article}\usepackage{lipsum}\usepackage{latexsym}\usepackage{marvosym}\usepackage{enumitem}\usepackage[empty]{fullpage}\usepackage[letterpaper, left=1in, right=1in, top=.5in, bottom=.5in, noheadfoot, nomarginpar, verbose]{geometry}\usepackage{layout}\usepackage{printlen}\usepackage{calc}\usepackage{setspace}\usepackage{parskip}\usepackage{changepage}\usepackage[largestsep]{titlesec}\usepackage[english]{babel}\usepackage{kpfonts}\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{color}% \usepackage{showframe}\usepackage{fontawesome5}\usepackage{moresize}\usepackage{xparse}\usepackage{expl3}\usepackage{pgffor}\input{glyphtounicode}\pdfgentounicode=1\usepackage[hidelinks, bookmarks=false]{hyperref}%===================================================% Custom Sectioning Commands for Hyperref%===================================================\newcommand{\subsubsectionRole}[1]{\subsubsection*{#1}}\newcommand{\subsubsectionDegree}[1]{\subsubsection*{#1}}\pdfstringdefDisableCommands{ \def\subsubsectionRole#1{#1} \def\subsubsectionDegree#1{#1}}%===================================================% Page Setup%===================================================\urlstyle{same}\raggedright% \setlength{\parskip}{0pt}%===================================================% Section Formatting%===================================================\titleformat{\section}% {\scshape\raggedright\large\bfseries}% {}% {0em}% {}% [\color{black}\titlerule\vspace{0pt}]\titlespacing*{\section}% {0pt}{0pt}{0pt}\titleformat{\subsection}% {}% {}% {0em}% {}\titlespacing*{\subsection}% {0em}{0pt}{0pt}\titleclass{\subsubsectionDegree}{straight}[\subsection]\newcounter{subsubsectionDegree}\renewcommand{\thesubsubsectionDegree}{\thesubsection.\arabic{subsubsectionDegree}}\titleformat{\subsubsectionDegree}% {}% {}% {0em}% {}\titlespacing*{\subsubsectionDegree}% {8pt}{0pt}{0pt}\titleclass{\subsubsectionRole}{straight}[\subsection]\newcounter{subsubsectionRole}\renewcommand{\thesubsubsectionRole}{\thesubsection.\arabic{subsubsectionRole}}\titleformat{\subsubsectionRole}% {}% {}% {0em}% {}\titlespacing*{\subsubsectionRole}% {8pt}{0pt}{0pt}%===================================================% Custom Commands and Environments%===================================================\renewcommand\labelitemi{$\vcenter{\hbox{\tiny$\bullet$}}$}\renewcommand\labelitemii{$\vcenter{\hbox{\tiny$\bullet$}}$}\NewDocumentEnvironment{listTasks}{O{}}% {% \begin{itemize}[left=15pt, labelsep=6pt] \small \ifx&#1&% \else \item{#1} \fi }% {% \end{itemize} }\NewDocumentCommand\Institution{mom}{% \IfValueTF{#2}{% {\textbf{\small{#1}}}{\footnotesize~{$|$}~}{\textit{\small{#2}}} \hfill {\textbf{\footnotesize{#3}}}% }{% {\textbf{\small{#1}}} \hfill {\textbf{\footnotesize{#3}}}% }%}\NewDocumentCommand{\InstitutionToo}{m o o}{% \IfValueTF{#2}{% \IfValueTF{#3}{% {\textbf{\small{#1}}}{\footnotesize~{$|$}~}{\textit{\small{#2}}} \hfill {\textbf{\footnotesize{#3}}}% }{% {\textbf{\small{#1}}}{\footnotesize~{$|$}~}{\textit{\small{#2}}} }% }{% \IfValueTF{#3}{% {\textbf{\small{#1}}} \hfill {\textbf{\footnotesize{#3}}}% }{% {\textbf{\small{#1}}} }% }%}\NewDocumentCommand\Degree{mom}{% \IfValueTF{#2}{% {\textbf{\footnotesize{#1}}}{\footnotesize~{$|$}~}{\textit{\footnotesize{#2}}} \hfill {\footnotesize{#3}}% }{% {\textbf{\footnotesize{#1}}} \hfill {\footnotesize{#3}}% }%}\NewDocumentCommand\Role{mmo}{% \IfValueTF{#3}{% {\textbf{\footnotesize{#1}}}{\footnotesize~{$|$}~}{\textit{\footnotesize{#2}}} \hfill {\textbf{\footnotesize{#3}}}% }{% {\textbf{\footnotesize{#1}}}{\footnotesize~{$|$}~}{\textit{\footnotesize{#2}}}% }%}\ExplSyntaxOn\NewDocumentEnvironment{skillsList}{m}% {% \footnotesize% \begin{adjustwidth}{0.5em}{}% \textbf{#1}% \tl_clear:N \l_tmpa_tl% \renewcommand{\item}[1]{\clist_put_right:Nn \l_tmpa_clist {##1}}% }% {% \footnotesize% \clist_use:Nn \l_tmpa_clist {,~}% \tl_gset:Nn \l_tmpa_clist {}% \end{adjustwidth}% }%\ExplSyntaxOff%===================================================% Document Content%===================================================\begin{document}% %---------- SUMMARY ---------- \section{Summary}% Begin Summary section \begin{adjustwidth}{5pt}{5pt}% {\small{\lipsum[1][1-5]}}% \end{adjustwidth}% %---------- SKILLS ---------- \section{Skills}% \begin{skillsList}{Skills 1:~}% \item{Software 1}% \item{Software 2}% \end{skillsList}% % \begin{skillsList}{Skills 2:~}% \item{Software 1}% \item{Software 2}% \end{skillsList}% %---------- EXPERIENCE ---------- \section{Experience}% Begin Experience section %------------------------------------------------- % Company X (Subsection) %------------------------------------------------- \subsection{\InstitutionToo{CompanyX}}% \subsubsectionRole{\Role{TitleX}{CityX}[Date -- Date]}% Print role and location \begin{listTasks}% Begin list of tasks \item{\lipsum[2][1-3]}% \item{\lipsum[3][1-3]}% \end{listTasks}% End list %------------------------------------------------- % Company: CompanyY (Subsection) %------------------------------------------------- \subsection{\InstitutionToo{CompanyY}}% Print company and dates \subsubsectionRole{\Role{TitleY1}{CityY1}[Date -- Date]}% Print role and location \begin{listTasks}% Begin list of tasks \item{\lipsum[4][1-3]}% \item{\lipsum[5][1-3]}% \end{listTasks}% End task list \subsubsectionRole{\Role{TitleY2}{CityY2}[Date -- Date]}% Print role and location \begin{listTasks}% Begin list of tasks \item{\lipsum[6][1-3]}% \item{\lipsum[7][2-8]}% \end{listTasks}% End task list %------------------------------------------------- % Company: CompanyZ (Subsection) %------------------------------------------------- \subsection{\InstitutionToo{CompanyZ}}% Print company and dates \begin{adjustwidth}{8pt}{8pt}% {\small{\lipsum[1][1-3]}}% \end{adjustwidth}% \subsubsectionRole{\Role{TitleZ}{CityZ}[Date -- Date]}% Print role and location \begin{listTasks}% Begin list of tasks \item{\lipsum[8][1-3]}% \item{\lipsum[9][1-3]}% \end{listTasks}% End task list %---------- EDUCATION ---------- \section{Education}% Begin Education section \subsection{\Institution{School}[City, State]{Date -- Date}}% Print institution details \subsubsectionDegree{\Degree{Degree1}[Thesis1]{GPA1}}% \subsubsectionDegree{\Degree{Degree2a, Degree2b}{GPA2}}%\end{document}%Statistics: Posted by Chrome4549 — Fri Mar 28, 2025 12:00 pm