• A piece of (forgotten) history... The Netiquette Guidelines recreated with LaTeX
    by /u/Kulkrein on November 28, 2025 at 8:57 pm

    A simply remake of the original RFC1855 submitted by /u/Kulkrein [link] [comments]

  • tabularray: autofill cells for a calendar
    by /u/KattKushol on November 28, 2025 at 5:53 pm

    I am reading thru 5.5.3 Process table elements on tabularray package documentation. It seems the package is able to process values. What would be the code to fill cells by incremental dates for a month? Here is what I am thinking. I will have a table with 7 columns and 5 rows. I want to have, let's say, \nextday written in each cell of that table. \nextday will add 1 to the previous cell and write it where it is. I just don't know how to define \nextday with my limited knowledge of latex codes. Please help and thanks for your time. submitted by /u/KattKushol [link] [comments]

  • Trying to order items from CSV files in columns using tasks
    by /u/16piby9 on November 28, 2025 at 2:33 pm

    Hi! So this is part of a longer project of creating a winelist from a .csv file. I am sure I will encounter more problems but for now my issue is rather simple (I think). I am trying to organize the list in two columns. I can easily achieve this with multicols, but the problem is that it goes column by column, and that makes the list very dificult to read. I want it to go back and forth, so that the first 'item' (line in csv) goes to the left, and the next to the right, then left again and so on. I have been trying to make this work using the tasks package, but I keep getting an error since the first line after starting the environment is not a task? Does anyone know a solution for this? I also need to find out how it can automatically start on a new page when an item does not fit in its entirety on the current page (I do not want guests to scroll to next page to find price etc.). I hope this all makes sense, I used latex a lot in the past, but thats years ago now, so I am a bit lost. Edit: I made it work in the end using minipages and items instead of newline. Tasks does not seem to play nice within this type of code. If somebody knows how I would make an offset so the right column starts further down the page than the left, that would be really nice. I was asked for a dummy csv, and that would be something like this: Type,Country,Region,Subregion,Winery,Cuvee,Vintage,Grapes,Bike,Boat,SSA,Disgorgement,Price,Distance,Glass Sparkling,France,Champagne,Aube,Vouette et Sorbet, Blanc d'Argile,2020,Pinot Noir,0,0,0,16/10/24,2500,915,0 Sparkling,France,Champagne,Aube,Elise Dechannes,Absolue Terre,2018,Pinot Noir,0,0,0,0,2250,1017,0 Sparkling,France,Champagne,Aube,Elise Dechannes,Liberté,2018,Pinot Noir,0,0,0,0,2100,1017,0 Sparkling,France,Champagne,Aube,Elise Dechannes,Essentielle,2020,Pinot Noir,0,0,0,14/10/22,1200,1017,0 Sparkling,France,Champagne,Aube,Elise Dechannes,Essentielle,2022,Pinot Noir,0,0,0,4/10/24,1300,1017,255 Sparkling,France,Champagne,Vallée de la Marne 1er. Cru,Augustin,O2 Rosé,NV,Pinot Noir,0,0,0,2022,2800,915,0 Sparkling,France,Champagne,Montagne de Reims 1er. Cru,David Léclapart,L'Amateur,2019,Chardonnay,0,0,0,03/23,2400,915,0 Sparkling,France,Champagne,Vallée de la Marne,Romain Henin - La Bulle Libre, L'Odyssée Pétillante - Chaiptre 1 Aÿ,2022,Pinot Noir / Pinot Meunier / Chardonnay,1,0,0,20/12/24,1495,915,0 Sparkling,France,Champagne,Aube,Charles Dufour,"Bulles de Comptoir #13 - ""Cuisine du Dimanche""",NV,Pinot Noir / Chardonnay / Pinot Blanc,1,0,1,05/25,1355,915,0 Sparkling,France,Champagne,Montagne de Reims,Bonnet-Ponson,Cuvée Perpetuelle,NV,Pinot Noir / Pinot Meunier / Chardonnay,1,0,1,02/25,1260,915,0 The part of the code that reads looks like this: \begin{tasks}(2) \csvreader[ filter strcmp={\Type,\Country,\Region}{Sparkling,France,Champagne} ]{list.csv} {1=\Type,2=\Country,3=\Region,4=\Subregion,5=\Winery,6=\Cuvee,7=\Vintage,8=\Grapes,9=\Bike,10=\Boat,11=\Zz,12=\Discorg,13=\Price}{\task \Winery \\ \Cuvee & \Vintage\\ \textit{\Grapes}\\ \ifcsvstrcmp{\Discorg}{0}{}{Disgorged:& \Discorg}\\ BTL & \Price\\ \ifcsvstrcmp{\Bike}{1}{\includegraphics[height=12pt]{Symbols/menu_bike.png}}{} \ifcsvstrcmp{\Boat}{1}{\includegraphics[height=12pt]{Symbols/menu_boat.png}}{} \ifcsvstrcmp{\Zz}{1}{\includegraphics[height=12pt]{Symbols/menu_ssa.png}}{}\\ \bigskip %\newcolumn %\columnbreak } \end{tasks} submitted by /u/16piby9 [link] [comments]

  • Is it actually possible to make section titles automatically in uppercase?
    by /u/TrainMaster844 on November 28, 2025 at 2:25 pm

    I don't get why setting up proper formatting for sections in LaTeX is so complicated... I have the following code (for context: I am using a modified version of scrbook) which allows me to put custom text and size for sections, chapters, etc using Koma script: \setmainfont{Arial} %set main font \setkomafont{chapter}{\normalfont\bfseries\fontsize{12}{14}\selectfont} % set chapter font to 12pt \setkomafont{section}{\normalfont\bfseries\fontsize{11}{13}\selectfont}% set chapter font to 11pt \setkomafont{subsection}{\normalfont\bfseries\fontsize{11}{13}\selectfont}% set subsection font to 1\pt \setkomafont{subsubsection}{\normalfont\bfseries\fontsize{11}{13}\selectfont}%set subsubsection font to 11 pt \setkomafont{paragraph}{\normalfont\bfseries\fontsize{10}{12}\selectfont}%set subsubsection font to 10 pt However, I now got asked to make all sections in uppercase and unfortunately this is driving me completely nuts, because I tried any solution online for the past 2 and a half hours and still nothing works: Using \MakeUppercase won't work and throws me errors. Using \addtokomafont{section}{\MakeTextUppercase} gives me the same error as using \MakeUppercase. Using something like \renewcommand*{\sectionformat}{\MakeTextUppercase} won't even recognize the \section command anymore (wtf?) So, it is even possible to do this simple yet frustrating thing? Thank you to whoever can help submitted by /u/TrainMaster844 [link] [comments]

  • LX: A CLI tool for LaTeX notes management
    by /u/Grouchy-Ninja-7108 on November 28, 2025 at 11:47 am

    Hi everyone, I made a small command-line tool called lx to help me manage my LaTeX notes. It’s written in Go and makes it easier to organize, compile, and work with a lot of LaTeX files from the terminal. I’m sharing it in case others find it helpful. About contributions This is a personal project, so I’m not accepting pull requests. But the code is MIT-licensed, and you’re welcome to fork it and change anything you like. Heres the link (https://github.com/kamal-hamza/lx-cli) submitted by /u/Grouchy-Ninja-7108 [link] [comments]

  • How do I resize chapters, sections, subsections etc font size?
    by /u/TrainMaster844 on November 28, 2025 at 11:32 am

    I am trying to get the chapters, sections etc font to a way smaller size, however, I seem to be unable to properly make it work... I tried many solutions online, but none of them worked without making my class file a mess. I tried using the titlesec package but I get compilation errors as soon as I declare a \section (searching online it seems to be a bug or something)... How can I do that in the easiest way? submitted by /u/TrainMaster844 [link] [comments]

  • A lot of PDFs
    by /u/Aggressive_Writer712 on November 27, 2025 at 10:22 pm

    For my master application I need to merge all my course content PDFs with a table of content, LaTeX seemed an easy place to do that, but since all PDFs have 6-9 pages and 29 PDFs in total, the compile time outs, is there any other way? \documentclass[a4paper]{report} \usepackage{pdfpages} \usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} \begin{document} \tableofcontents \clearpage \includepdf[ pages=-, addtotoc={1,chapter,1,BLG 212E – Microprocessor Systems,chap:BLG212E} ]{BLG 212E.pdf} \includepdf[ pages=-, addtotoc={1,chapter,1,EEF 110E – Intr. to Prog. Language (C),chap:EEF110E} ]{EEF 110E.pdf} \end{document} submitted by /u/Aggressive_Writer712 [link] [comments]

  • Fast way to paste an image? Can't paste image using CTRL+V. Need to Select files, cancel and CTRL+V to work.
    by /u/nimageran on November 27, 2025 at 1:45 pm

    https://preview.redd.it/rus45mo50t3g1.png?width=1074&format=png&auto=webp&s=b5c4fcfd4e8685805564b7d34cbe2019b577b8b2 submitted by /u/nimageran [link] [comments]

  • Need help with writing unicode with XeLaTeX
    by /u/AstroFlipo on November 27, 2025 at 1:20 pm

    Ok so i want to use Overleaft(/LaTeX, dont know how to call it) to write a paper for linguistics, and i need to type ipa charecters, which means that i need to type unicode. Ive heard that the XeLaTeX compiler can read unicode and i see that it can, but my problem is that i dont know the "\" stuff to generate unicode other then "\'(letter)" and "\v (letter)", and i was wondering whether there is a guide with all of these commands. The second thing i need is if XeLaTeX can compile any unicode charecter, and if there is a way to add custom "\" commands to it. Thank you submitted by /u/AstroFlipo [link] [comments]

  • Can't figure out where this error is coming from
    by /u/Upstairs-Shirt7909 on November 27, 2025 at 12:24 pm

    https://preview.redd.it/u5siz3znls3g1.png?width=775&format=png&auto=webp&s=8815bb4f5a1b949e1994d459b27faf192bdea4a0 Iv'e been trying to figure out where this comes from. Im most likely being blind, but im sure ive checked every bracket to make sure they are all closed. Help would be much appreciated. submitted by /u/Upstairs-Shirt7909 [link] [comments]

  • Am I correct in the behavior of the placement of boxes in relation to baselines?
    by /u/Legitimate_Handle_86 on November 26, 2025 at 11:09 pm

    https://preview.redd.it/roixkp2lmo3g1.png?width=2852&format=png&auto=webp&s=5613892e4bccbc1d6e8da083b3613f04087e55bc This might be simple but it seems like if there is a box placed in the current position which exceeds the height of the current \baselineskip it will push the following content down the page. I don't know all of the inner workings of TeX's placement but is it as simple as it being bounded by the previous baseline of the line above? Or are there any situations where a different method is used? So I guess in this case, TeX is hoping to place the baseline of the current box on the position one \baselineskip below the previous, but if it is vertically overflowed, it will abandon that position completely and offset everything that follows. It also doesn't seem to lock to any grid, so I assume if a non-multiple of the \baselineskip was used then everything else on the page would be off the grid in terms of the "correct" placement of body text? Totally just curious about how it is handled. Thanks! Edit: Hopefully the picture attaches correctly, it’s acting weird on my phone 🫠 submitted by /u/Legitimate_Handle_86 [link] [comments]

  • Undefined control sequence
    by /u/Adesertanmalote on November 26, 2025 at 6:55 pm

    Hey guys newbie here. Started using LaTeX recently for my Bachelor's Thesis and I have encountered an error while trying to create a table with a column of a certain width. If i do not specify any width, giving all columns a center value "c" it compiles well, however, if i specify the width of a column i get this error Undefined control sequence. <argument> ...rtpbox {\@nextchar }\insert@pcolumn I am importing float package, don't know what I am doing wrong here, some help would be appreciate it, thanks in advance! \subsection{ Requisits no funcionals } \begin{ table }[H] \centering \begin{tabular}{|c|c|p{4cm}|c|} \hline Nom & Requisit & Descripció & User Story \\ \hline RNF1 & Adaptabilitat del sistema & El sistema ha de ser completament modular i escalable, amb la capacitat de canviar en qualsevol moment & USA01 \\ \hline RNF2 & Seguretat en les credencials d'accés & Les credencials d'accés han d'estar correctament emmagetzemades de forma segura & USA06 \\ \hline RNF3 & Connexió simultània & El sistema soportarà més d'un usuari a la vegada & USA07 \\ \hline \end{ tabular } \caption{Taula de requisits no funcionals} \label{ tab:ejemplo } \end{ table } submitted by /u/Adesertanmalote [link] [comments]

  • creating diagrams for electrical signals
    by /u/Loonieloo73 on November 26, 2025 at 3:08 pm

    Hello Reddit, I´m currently doing homework for a university class i´m taking and I can´t figure out how to incorporate those diagrams into LateX. Basically I want to show electric signals over time. https://preview.redd.it/8j69gifr9m3g1.png?width=933&format=png&auto=webp&s=e647e2c3179b1288e542892e3b8a08ab8bd61720 It should look something like this. I would really appreciate any tips and tricks. submitted by /u/Loonieloo73 [link] [comments]

  • Is there any way to take data from a JSON file and put it in a latex file?
    by /u/ghostnation66 on November 25, 2025 at 7:30 pm

    I've been working with lualatex for the past week and have been specifically interested in THIS problem. I haven't been able to figure out exactly HOW to render the proper characters, but I can successfully import a json file and extract a specific value from it... Here is my latex file. What it does is generate a tab.json file in the same directory, and it attempts to do a VERY simple extraction of a particular value. Lua complicates things because it stores everything in tables, so I go to a "leaf" node in the json table and save it to a macro (within the \directlua environment). However, when I try to italicize that value, nothing happens! % !TEX program = Lualatex % !TEX encoding = UTF-8 \documentclass{article} \usepackage{luacode} \usepackage{listings} \lstset{escapechar=`} \begin{filecontents*}{tab.json} { "recipe": { "title":"\textit{First recipe}", "source":"My first cookbook", "fat":"1 oz", "protein":"1 oz", "cal":"100 kcal", "ingredients": [ {"item":"Eggs"}, {"item":"Oil"}, {"item":"Nuts"} ], "cooking": [ {"step":"Mix eggs and oil"}, {"step":"Add nuts"} ] } } \end{filecontents*} \begin{document} \directlua{ local f = io.open('tab.json', 'r') local s = f:read('*a') f:close() require("lualibs.lua") local tab = utilities.json.tolua(s) for k, v in pairs (tab) do local teststring = tostring(tab['recipe']['title']) token.set_macro("myString", teststring, "global") end } Latex macro output: \newline \myString \end{document} This is what I get: https://preview.redd.it/4sc5d7llgg3g1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=c11fc1bea06fcf4ba2e72ee2f2c8fe390feb43ec submitted by /u/ghostnation66 [link] [comments]

  • align with small explanations in ConTeXt
    by /u/liesdestroyer on November 25, 2025 at 4:09 pm

    Hello does anybody know how to align equations and add to the side a little explanation? or if there's a better way to write this I'm all ears (and eyes too!) Thanks I add a image showing what I mean. https://preview.redd.it/p8ptv2b7gf3g1.png?width=1360&format=png&auto=webp&s=09ea3aec4f759883b9a3f088a0e26198443f1259 at the end of the page you can see what I mean! submitted by /u/liesdestroyer [link] [comments]

  • The ?? instead of cross-references to chapters
    by /u/EuphoricCorgi1053 on November 24, 2025 at 8:08 pm

    I have multiple chapters compiled separately, but it always gives me?? instead of the reference of the chapters knowing that the label is matching, here is the code : chapitre~\ref{ch:imperfect} submitted by /u/EuphoricCorgi1053 [link] [comments]

  • Do you use LaTeX for note taking?
    by /u/Testruns on November 24, 2025 at 6:47 pm

    I tried. I used snippets, and I type with vscode. It's just really slow, and I spend most of my efforts on formatting, and I don't actually rememberize anything. I just vastly prefer notebook and pencil. If anyone does use latex for notetaking, please let me know your strategy. I'm of the opinion that latex is solely for professional typesetting. submitted by /u/Testruns [link] [comments]

  • LaTeX beginners: how long did it take you to redo a full thesis?
    by /u/nisacloud on November 24, 2025 at 6:19 pm

    Hey guys, I need to transfer my master’s thesis from Word to LaTeX. How much time do you think that’ll take? I’ve never used LaTeX before. 🙁 The thesis is actually pretty simple, mostly text with a few images and about 7 tables, so nothing very complicated. submitted by /u/nisacloud [link] [comments]

  • I built a tool to sync analysis outputs (figures, tables, results) with an Overleaf project
    by /u/Bach4Ants on November 24, 2025 at 3:35 pm

    I'm trying to make it easier for scientists to fully automate their workflows so they can focus on the science instead of the "computational logistics". For better or for worse, many use Overleaf because it's the easiest way to collaborate on a LaTeX document. But the disconnect or siloing from the analysis creates friction that reduces the number of iterations (like agile versus waterfall) and can lead to irreproducibility. My goals were: Enable working on analysis and writing in the same tool without losing the ability to write on Overleaf Ability to run all steps with a single command and skip ones that are up-to-date Minimal Git knowledge required (no submodules) Minimal configuration/setup Possible to run both in the browser and offline All free and open source (except GitHub I guess) I put up a video tutorial here: https://youtu.be/BuzLFO0JYxU Let me know if you have any ideas for how to make this simpler/easier. One thing I have in the works is a VS Code extension to reduce the amount of CLI interaction required, since I know that might scare some people away. submitted by /u/Bach4Ants [link] [comments]

  • I’ve been working on a visual LaTeX math editor. Posting it here if anyone wants to check it out!
    by /u/Hawtin99 on November 24, 2025 at 3:13 pm

    I made this because editing equations always felt slower and more difficult than it needed to be. I wanted a tool where I could grab any equation from anywhere, drop it into a visual editor, make changes quickly, and still keep the exact same LaTeX structure. I also really wanted something fast enough that I could take proper digital math notes during lectures without falling behind. And as LLMs have become part of my workflow (and most of my friends’), we’re constantly passing equations back and forth in LaTeX form, so having a way to quickly modify, fix, or reshape those expressions has basically become essential. If you’re on a computer you can try the editor directly (Safari isn’t supported at the moment): https://vietaspace.com If you’d rather just see how it works, here’s the documentation: https://docs.vietaspace.com Happy to hear any feedback or ideas. submitted by /u/Hawtin99 [link] [comments]

  • How to make my own package ?
    by /u/PuzzleheadedShop4073 on November 24, 2025 at 9:14 am

    Hi, In my beamer presentation for my PhD thesis, I used a Sudoku to explain some concepts of my thesis. I had to use tikz to code my Sudoku and I used a lot of homemade maccros to do this. I wanted to make my own package containing all my maccros in order to code a simple tikz sudoku. I don't know if this is useful to others or not, but I want to do it in order to learn how to make my own packages. I know that my maccros aren't the most beautiful one, but I'm sure this project will help me in the future when using latex commands. Can someone explain to me how packages work in Latex or give me a course/ book on how to make my own package ? submitted by /u/PuzzleheadedShop4073 [link] [comments]

  • Best offline LaTeX setup on MacOS?
    by /u/fraremigiodavaragine on November 24, 2025 at 8:22 am

    Mac user, I am looking for recommendations for a good LaTeX setup I can use offline (I am now using TeXStudio, bit I am not super happy with it — maybe I just set it up poorly). I would like a user-friendly, clean and smooth pipeline to write and compile. I am interested in hearing what works for you! submitted by /u/fraremigiodavaragine [link] [comments]

  • Do you think this drop capital is big enough?
    by /u/Legitimate_Handle_86 on November 23, 2025 at 6:17 pm

    https://preview.redd.it/fkzwck8cr13g1.jpg?width=3508&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=446dc5afc16e74107920dfc23adcbbff1f6fa8f8 Been working on some LaTeX experiments lately for fun. I love strange and experimental drop capitals. If anyone is curious the L is placed using TikZ with the overlay and remember picture options to place globally on the page. The L in this font was not wide enough to span the entire text width like I wanted so I placed the left and right halves of the L on either side of the text using a path clip in TikZ to crop them, then manually drew the connecting portion on the bottom (again using TikZ) which I think you can only notice if you look closely. Since this was just for a one page example, I set the oddsidemargin to push to the right of the L. The left side of the L excluding the serifs is where the margin is normally, so that although the text if skewed to the right overall, the placement of the L makes the overall structure still feel centered. Photo wrap is done with a simple pair of wrapfigure environments for each column but the wrapping on the curved parts of the L had to be done with manual line breaks and variable indents. submitted by /u/Legitimate_Handle_86 [link] [comments]

  • I'm pushing the limits of what LaTex can do. A selection of my notes from my first year of engineering
    by /u/human0006 on February 17, 2024 at 9:05 am

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  • Please don't delete your post after it is answered
    by /u/JimH10 on January 28, 2018 at 5:40 pm

    Not a mod. But I was hoping to raise awareness that if you post a question that gets an answer then other people also benefit from that exchange. We've all googled a LaTeX question and found an old answer, and been glad it is there. Some people lurk here, picking things up over time. I'm not sure why so many people delete exchanges. There are good reasons to delete things sometimes, but asking for a clarification on a technical point does not seem, at least to me, to be one of them. The only other thing I can think is that those folks think that their question is clogging up the stream. I was hoping with this post to convince them that they are mistaken, and to leave it in place. In particular, if the answerer spends 15 mins on that answer and you delete the question, then you've been not too kind back to the person who was kind to you. submitted by /u/JimH10 [link] [comments]