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- Biber error message after updating to 2.22by Michael L. on August 18, 2026 at 10:06 pm
I have been working with a file in Biblatex-chicago 2.3b and Biber 2.21 with no issues. Today, I installed Biber 2.22 and got the following: Can't load '/var/folders/qm/hm1shncx4yj1gl2px27x0qs40000gn/T/par-6d69636861656c6c6963696e616a722e /cacheef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/auto/Unicode/LineBreak/LineBreak.bundle' for module Unicode::LineBreak: dlopen(/var/folders/qm/hm1shncx4yj1gl2px27x0qs40000gn/T /par-6d69636861656c6c6963696e616a722e/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/auto /Unicode/LineBreak/LineBreak.bundle, 0x0001): Library not loaded: /opt/homebrew/opt/libthai/lib /libthai.0.dylib Referenced from: <3012B9CE-F560-3F5A-B30D-2A829472CEEC> /private/var/folders /qm/hm1shncx4yj1gl2px27x0qs40000gn/T/par-6d69636861656c6c6963696e616a722e/cache- ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/auto/Unicode/LineBreak/LineBreak.bundle Reason: tried: '/var/folders/qm/hm1shncx4yj1gl2px27x0qs40000gn/T//par-6d69636861656c6c6963696e616a722e/cache- ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/libthai.0.dylib' (no such file), '/opt/homebrew/opt/libthai/lib/libthai.0.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/opt/homebrew/opt/libthai/lib /libthai.0.dylib' (no such file), '/opt/homebrew/opt/libthai/lib/libthai.0.dylib' (no such file) at /loader/HASH(0x888cfd678)/DynaLoader.pm line 210. at /loader/HASH(0x888e915b8)/PAR/Heavy.pm line 104. Compilation failed in require at /var/folders/qm/hm1shncx4yj1gl2px27x0qs40000gn/T/par- 6d69636861656c6c6963696e616a722e/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/Unicode /GCString.pm line 24. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/folders/qm/hm1shncx4yj1gl2px27x0qs40000gn /T/par-6d69636861656c6c6963696e616a722e/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/Unicode /GCString.pm line 24. Compilation failed in require at /var/folders/qm/hm1shncx4yj1gl2px27x0qs40000gn/T /par-6d69636861656c6c6963696e616a722e/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/Biber /Utils.pm line 32. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/folders/qm/hm1shncx4yj1gl2px27x0qs40000gn/T /par-6d69636861656c6c6963696e616a722e/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/Biber /Utils.pm line 32. Compilation failed in require at /var/folders/qm/hm1shncx4yj1gl2px27x0qs40000gn/T /par-6d69636861656c6c6963696e616a722e/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/Biber /Internals.pm line 8. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/folders/qm/hm1shncx4yj1gl2px27x0qs40000gn /T/par-6d69636861656c6c6963696e616a722e/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/Biber /Internals.pm line 8. Compilation failed in require at /loader/HASH(0x888cff300)/parent.pm line 17. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/folders/qm/hm1shncx4yj1gl2px27x0qs40000gn/T/par- 6d69636861656c6c6963696e616a722e/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/Biber.pm line 5. Compilation failed in require at script/biber-darwin line 21. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at script /biber-darwin line 21. Process exited with error(s) I tried reinstalling Biber and Biblatex-chicago (both from Tex Live) with no success. What do I need to do?
- How to use visualcounter with r2l text?by Aviroum on August 18, 2026 at 6:27 pm
How can I use visualcounter with r2l text to reverse predefined counters direction? \mainlanguage[ar] \setuppapersize[A6] \setupdirections[bidi=global,method=one] \setupalign[r2l] \setupbodyfont[amiri,17.3pt] \usemodule[visualcounter] \definevisualcounter [visualpage] [markers]%[mayanumbers][progressbar]% [width=.7EmWidth, height=0.3ExHeight,distance=width/12, counter=userpage, maxwidth=\textwidth, ] \setupfootertexts[\usevisualcounter{visualpage}] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \setupvisualcounter[markers][mpsetups=visualcounter::markers:square] \setuphead[chapter][numbercolor=orange, numberstyle={\switchtobodyfont[ss,25pt]\bf},alternative=normal,after={\blank[20pt]},distance=2em] \setupinteractionscreen[option=max] \starttext \chapter{هذا فصل} و هذا نص قصير \chapter{هذا فصل} و هذا نص قصير \chapter{هذا فصل} و هذا نص قصير \stoptext
- How to turn off default indentation in the memoir class while still allowing me to use `\indent`by Sageof6Paths on August 18, 2026 at 5:55 pm
I'm using the memoir class on LuaLaTeX and I want to turn off default indentation while still allowing me to use \indent. I prefer not to redefine any commands like \indent, but if I have to, have its new behavior be completely identical to the original definition. \documentclass[oneside]{memoir} \begin{document} But the subject to be treated in what follows is not quite properly described as the theory of propositions. It is in fact the theory of how one proposition can be inferred from another. Now in order that one proposition may be inferred from another, it is necessary that the two should have that relation which makes the one a consequence of the other. \indent But the subject to be treated in what follows is not quite properly described as the theory of propositions. It is in fact the theory of how one proposition can be inferred from another. Now in order that one proposition may be inferred from another, it is necessary that the two should have that relation which makes the one a consequence of the other. \noindent But the subject to be treated in what follows is not quite properly described as the theory of propositions. It is in fact the theory of how one proposition can be inferred from another. Now in order that one proposition may be inferred from another, it is necessary that the two should have that relation which makes the one a consequence of the other. \end{document} Edit: Removed temp fix that didn't work. Edit: Whether or not the reader can tell whether or not 3rd paragraph is its own paragraph is not relevant for now.
- LaTeX in VS Studio not giving real error codeby unvarnished on August 18, 2026 at 5:08 pm
I'm trying to get LaTeX-Workshop running on VS Studio 2026/Ubuntu 20.04. Install went fine, but when I go to compile an example project, I get the following non-error error in VS Studio's Output tab: Rc files read (in order): NONE Latexmk: This is Latexmk, John Collins, 9 March 2026. Version 4.88. Latexmk: Nothing to do for '/home/unvarnished/Desktop/thesis-template/thesis-template-main/main.tex'. Latexmk: All targets (main.pdf) are up-to-date Collected error summary (may duplicate other messages): pdflatex: gave an error in previous invocation of latexmk. Latexmk: Sometimes, the -f option can be used to get latexmk to try to force complete processing. But normally, you will need to correct the file(s) that caused the error, and then rerun latexmk. In some cases, it is best to clean out generated files before rerunning latexmk after you've corrected the files. It does not generate a PDF, and there's no previously generated PDF. I cannot for the life of me figure out what the actual alleged pdflatex error is or where it is logged. No other error messages are given. The VS Studio Problems tab says No problems. I have tried googling the message, but couldn't find any posts detailing this specific type of issue. Has anyone ever seen this type of weird error obfuscation? How can I find the actual pdflatex error so that I can troubleshoot for real?
- babel package breaks the cleveref package : Missing \endscname inserted [duplicate]by Drazer on August 18, 2026 at 4:25 pm
Recently, I was editing a file that used by default english. I wanted to change the default language to french using \usepackage[french]{babel}. Since then, I reduced to a (almost) MWE showing that whenever I cross ref a theoremenv, it breaks. Note that a simple \ref works. It works if I compiled with lualatex, but with pdflatex, it complained that: ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \penalty l.22 \cref{thm:test} ? Here is the code : \documentclass[11pt]{scrbook} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[french]{babel} %when this is put in comments, cref works fine \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{hyperref} \usepackage[nameinlink]{cleveref} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage[most]{tcolorbox} \newtheorem{theoremenv}{Theorem} \begin{document} This is a test \begin{theoremenv}{} \label{thm:test} This is a theorem. \end{theoremenv} \cref{thm:test} % \ref{thm:test} %This seems to work fine using babel \end{document}
- Using package poetry, no list of poems createdby Yves on August 18, 2026 at 2:59 pm
I a continuing my efforts of creating a book for a friend who wishes to compile her poems. I had initially selected the poetrytex package for its reasonable capabilities combined with a reasonable simplicity, and in particular the convenience of creating a list of poems. Out of curiosity, I am now experimenting with the poetry package, that seems to offer additional convenience in locating the poems on the page. However, to my surprise, the \listofpoems command produces nothing. I have been wondering about a conflict with other packages, but after removing almost all packages, as in the MWE, no change. There is some kind of warning in the poetry manual, stating that the command leaves the details up to the user... Any help appreciated. \documentclass[12pt]{book} \usepackage{poetry} \poemlinenumsfalse \title{Test of Poetry package} \author{Someone} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{document} \maketitle \listofpoems %produces nothing \poemgroup \poemgroupheading {Miscellaneous poets} {} \titlepoem {Crossing the Bar}{Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809\textendash 1892)} \begin{poem} Sunset and evening star, \\ And one clear call for me! \\ And may there be no moaning of the bar, \\ When I put out to sea, \\- \end{poem} \titlepoem{Untitled}{Anonymous} \begin{poem} O captain! my captain! The fearful trip is done; \\ The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;\\- \end{poem} \titlepoem{Untitled}{Anonymous} \begin{poem} Let me not to the marriage of true minds \\ \hin Admit impediments. Love is not love \\ Which alters when it alteration finds, \\ \hin Or bends with the remover to remove: \\! O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark, \\ \hin That looks on tempests and is never shaken; \\ It is the star to every wandering bark, \\ \hin Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. \\- \end{poem} \titlepoem{Untitled}{Anonymous} \begin{poem} O captain! my captain! The fearful trip is done; \\ The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;\\- \end{poem} \endpoemgroup \end{document}
- How update selected packages in TeX Live Utility?by murray on August 18, 2026 at 2:09 pm
I the macOS TeX Live Utility, I want to update all packages except biber and biblatex. So I click on all those others, highlighting them in the main Updates tab of the utility. But in the TLU menu, the item Update Selected Packages is greyed out.
- How to type non free icons of Fontawesome?, after buying pro editionby Mika Ike on August 18, 2026 at 1:39 pm
Using Fontawesome7 package you can type icons, for example house-chimney, with short command like \faHouseChimney Other choice is \faIcon{HouseChimney} You can use all the free icons, but... Do you know how to type non free icons, after buying/download FontAwesome PRO ?, for example what command do you should type for obtaining a thought-bubble ? \documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontawesome7} \begin{document} HouseChimney and Chalkboard are icons of fontawesome7. \begin{itemize} \item With short command (\verb"\fa..."): This is a house \verb"\faHouseChimney" \faHouseChimney and the this a board \faChalkboard \item With \verb"\faIcon{...}": This is a house \verb"\faIcon{house-chimney}" \faIcon{house-chimney} and the this a board \faIcon{chalkboard} \end{itemize} \verb"thought-bubble" is from fontawesome7 pro and not available in fontawesome free, but... What code you shoud type for obtaining a thought-bubble ?. \verb"\faIcon{thought-bubble}" ? \verb"\faThoughtBubble" ? \end{document}
- Fourier with lyluatex (lilypond+latex)by Faune on August 18, 2026 at 10:59 am
Using \usepackage{fourier} breaks any lilypond command (e.g. \lilypond{ c d e }, is there a way to fix this ? I would like to use the fourier font for text and maths, and still print lilypond staffs (if there were a solution to protect lilypond from this font, that would be perfect). Thanks! For exemple, using command sudo lualatex -shell-escape test.tex where test.tex is: \documentclass[french]{article} \usepackage[program=/usr/bin/lilypond]{lyluatex} \usepackage{fourier} \begin{document} blabla \lilypond[relative=2]{ c d e } \end{document} stops compiling on: (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/lscape.sty)))/usr/share/texli ve/texmf-dist/scripts/lyluatex/lyluatex.lua:1366: attempt to index a nil value (field 'metadata') stack traceback: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/lyluatex/lyluatex.lua:1366: in function 'lyluatex.lua.get_font_family' [\directlua]:1: in main chunk. <argument> \directlua {ly.get_font_family(font.current())} l.6 \lilypond[relative=2]{ c d e } ? but it works if \usepackage{fourier} or \lilypond[relative=2]{ c d e } is omitted.
- Conflict with `luatexja` and `\DocumentMetadata{tagging=on}`?by Explorer on August 18, 2026 at 7:52 am
Here below is the code, if I load luatexja, it complains: \DocumentMetadata{tagging=on} \documentclass{article} \usepackage{luatexja}% \begin{document} Text with \verb!\item! inline. \end{document} ! Package tagpdf Error: there is no open structure on the stack Type <return> to continue. ... l.6 \end{document} ? Is this the tagging side or the luatexja side should be reported to? Or any fix of this?
- How to create a dynamic fan in TikZ in LaTeX?by mathrm alpha on August 18, 2026 at 5:49 am
Although I've created a basic fan shape in TikZ, how do I make the center blade of the TikZ fan dynamic rotate? the value you enter determines exactly how fast the TikZ fan I created will spin. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage[paperwidth=9cm, paperheight=9cm, margin=1.5cm]{geometry} \begin{document} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{figure}[htbp] \begin{tikzpicture} \filldraw[color=yellow!60, fill=orange!40, very thick](0,0) circle (3); \filldraw[color=yellow!60, fill=red!0, very thick](0,0) circle (2.5); \begin{scope}[rotate=0] \draw [line width=0.3cm] (0,0) -- (2,2); \draw [line width=0.3cm] (0,0) -- (0,3); \draw [line width=0.3cm] (0,0) -- (-2,2); \draw [line width=0.3cm] (0,0) -- (2,-2); \draw [line width=0.3cm] (0,0) -- (3,0); \draw [line width=0.3cm] (0,0) -- (-3,0); \draw [line width=0.3cm] (0,0) -- (0,-3); \draw [line width=0.3cm] (0,0) -- (-2,-2); \filldraw[orange] (0,0) circle (30pt) node[anchor=west]{}; \end{scope} \end{tikzpicture} \end{figure} \end{document}
- article with twoside option causes badly distributed contents [duplicate]by D G on August 18, 2026 at 4:04 am
There is an unexpected white space between the subsection and the first tcolorbox below. I noticed that it is caused by twoside option. \documentclass[twoside]{article} \usepackage[a5paper,margin=12mm]{geometry} \usepackage{tcolorbox,lipsum} \begin{document} \subsection*{Lipsum Dummy Contents} % ONE \begin{tcolorbox}[title=One] \lipsum[1] \tcblower \lipsum[2] \end{tcolorbox} % TWO \begin{tcolorbox}[title=Two] \lipsum[3] \tcblower \lipsum[4] \end{tcolorbox} \end{document}
- Using \DocumentMetadata{} breaks biblatex refsection=chapter. Any workarounds?by Paul J Hurtado on August 17, 2026 at 10:47 pm
If you comment out \DocumentMetadata{} in the MWE below, it compiles as expected. Two bibliographies at the end of each chapter, with different entries. However, if you leave \DocumentMetadata{} uncommented then instead of getting two different bibliographies at the end of each chapter you get identical bibliographies at the end of each chapter that contain all references in the document (not just that chapter). I'm compiling it on Windows 11 using TeXstudio and MikTeX, compiled using lualatex and biber. Does anyone know a workaround to get refsection=chapter to work with LaTeX tagging turned on?? \DocumentMetadata{} % Comment this line out to get the correct behavior. Uncomment to see the bug. \begin{filecontents*}[overwrite]{\jobname.bib} @book{refone, author = {Alpha, Alice}, title = {First Book}, publisher = {Publisher One}, date = {2020}, } @book{reftwo, author = {Beta, Bob}, title = {Second Book}, publisher = {Publisher Two}, date = {2021}, } \end{filecontents*} \documentclass{report} \usepackage[backend=biber, style=authoryear, refsection=chapter]{biblatex} \addbibresource{\jobname.bib} \begin{document} \chapter{One} *** REFSECTION AFTER CHAPTER ONE = \therefsection % The bug gives "= 0" here instead of "= 1" \cite{refone} \printbibliography[heading=subbibintoc,title={References}] \chapter{Two} *** REFSECTION AFTER CHAPTER TWO = \therefsection *** % The bug gives "= 0" here instead of "= 2" \cite{reftwo} \printbibliography[heading=subbibintoc,title={References}] \end{document}
- longtable is breaking \fancyhead [duplicate]by ali bab613 on August 17, 2026 at 10:34 pm
I have this MWE: \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage[twoside]{fancyhdr} \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhf{} \usepackage{longtable,multicol,multirow} \fancyfoot[C]{\thepage} \fancyhead[RO,LE]{\footnotesize\nouppercase{\leftmark}} \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} \setlength{\headheight}{10pt} \usepackage[title]{appendix} \usepackage{longtable} \usepackage{array} \newcolumntype{C}[1]{>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{#1}} \usepackage{atbegshi} \AtBeginShipout{\typeout{PAGE \thepage: leftmark=[\leftmark] rightmark=[\rightmark]}} \begin{document} \pagestyle{fancy} \chapter*{Introduction} \markboth{Introduction}{Introduction} \lipsum[] \chapter{This is Chapter 1} \markright{Chapter \thechapter} \lipsum[] \chapter{This is Chapter 2} \markright{Chapter \thechapter} \lipsum[] \newpage \begin{appendices} \chapter{Addendum to Introduction} \lipsum[] \chapter{Addendum to Chapter 1} \begin{longtable}{|C{2.5cm}|C{3cm}|C{5cm}|C{4cm}|} \caption{Tester} \\ \hline Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \\ \hline \endfirsthead \multicolumn{4}{c}{\tablename\ \thetable\ -- continued from previous page} \\ \hline Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \\ \hline \endhead \hline \multicolumn{4}{r}{\textit{continued on next page}} \\ \endfoot \hline \endlastfoot% Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} Col4 & Col2 & Col3 & Col4 \tabularnewline \cline{4-4} \end{longtable} \end{appendices} \end{document} I apologize for the table, but it is precisely a longtable that's breaking my document. As you can see, the headers are correct throughout the document (explicitly stated as Introduction in the Introduction, and then automatically rendered for chapters and appendices because they're numbered). The headers, however, break for Appendix B. Even if I shoehorn \chapter{Addendum to Chapter 1} \fancyhead{} \markright{Appendix \thechapter} \begin{longtable}{|C{2.5cm}|C{3cm}|C{5cm}|C{4cm}|} to clear out the header, it remains stuck on Appendix A. Removing the longtable removes this issue. To be clear, for my actual document, I need the somewhat janky ability to add marks manually, because as stated, in the Introduction I want to manually insert Introduction (instead of Chapter 0), and so forth. A screenshot of the broken header is attached here: EDIT John Kormylo in the comments pointed out that, for them, my MWE compiled normally. I thought I'd add some detail, that might make a difference: I'm using Overleaf, TeX Live 2025, and compiling with LuaLaTeX. If I switch to pdfLaTeX (also on Overleaf), the issue persists. I added the following two lines of code into my MWE: \usepackage{atbegshi} \AtBeginShipout{\typeout{PAGE \thepage: leftmark=[\leftmark] rightmark=[\rightmark]}} Looking at the logs, I can see a mismatch: Appendix B. Overfull \hbox (72.56491pt too wide) in alignment at lines 46--51 [][][][] [] Overfull \hbox (72.56491pt too wide) in alignment at lines 51--57 [][][][] [] Overfull \hbox (72.56491pt too wide) in alignment at lines 57--61 [][][][] [] Overfull \hbox (72.56491pt too wide) in alignment at lines 61--64 [][][][] [] Overfull \hbox (72.56491pt too wide) in alignment at lines 64--118 [][][][] [] PAGE 9: leftmark=[\MakeUppercase []{Appendix\ A. \ Addendum to Introduction}] rightmark=[] [9 Non-PDF special ignored!] You can see that even though Appendix B began, the log still registers it as Appendix A.
- Something is causing `\hfill` to not fill the full available width inside a custom section environmentby Harsh Kasodariya on August 17, 2026 at 10:01 pm
I'm creating a custom LaTeX resume template, and I'm having an issue with \hfill. The issue only manifest at one place on the entire resume (in the Certification section). I have a custom section environment: \newenvironment{rSection}[1]{ \textsc{\large #1} \medskip \hrule \begin{list}{}{ \setlength{\leftmargin}{0em} } \item[] }{ \end{list} } My certification entries are generated dynamically: \newcommand{\CertificationList}{} \newif\ifHasCertification \HasCertificationfalse \NewDocumentCommand{\AddCertification}{s m m m}{ \g@addto@macro\CertificationList{ \ifHasCertification \\ \fi \HasCertificationtrue \textbf{#2} | \textit{#3} \hfill \textbf{#4} } } and printed with: \NewDocumentCommand{\PrintCertifications}{}{ \begin{rSection}{Certifications} \CertificationList \end{rSection} } All this trouble to make it easy for users to edit the content of the resume \AddCertification {Certified Spreadsheet Dragon Slayer} {Guild of Office Wizards} {Mar 2025} \AddCertification {Advanced Bug Whispering} {Institute of Questionable Software} {Oct 2024} The problem is that the \hfill does not appear to fill the full available width. The first entry in particular has the date positioned slightly before the right edge, while the second entry appears to reach the expected position. Replacing CertificationList content with \rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt} also results in lines stretching full width. Here is the minimal working example \documentclass{article} \usepackage[left=0.5in,top=0.5in,right=0.5in,bottom=0.5in]{geometry} \usepackage{xparse} \newenvironment{rSection}[1]{ \textsc{\large #1} \medskip \hrule \begin{list}{}{ \setlength{\leftmargin}{0em} } \item[] }{ \end{list} } \newcommand{\CertificationList}{} \newif\ifHasCertification \HasCertificationfalse \makeatletter \NewDocumentCommand{\AddCertification}{s m m m}{ \g@addto@macro\CertificationList{ \IfBooleanT{#1}{\newpage} \ifHasCertification \\ \fi \HasCertificationtrue \textbf{#2} | \textit{#3} \hfill \textbf{#4} } } \makeatother \AddCertification {Certified Spreadsheet Dragon Slayer} {Guild of Office Wizards} {Mar 2025} \AddCertification {Advanced Bug Whispering} {Institute of Questionable Software} {Oct 2024} \begin{document} \begin{rSection}{Certifications} \CertificationList \end{rSection} \end{document} EDIT: I was able to replicate the issue with the above MWE.
- tabularray RTL caption with table in LTR contextby Salim Bou on August 17, 2026 at 8:43 pm
I have this example of table, the main language of document is arabic (RTL script), I changed the language before the table to English to solve the problem of Arabic text not appearing in cells with a colored background in RTL context Text disappears in tabularray with bg color (polyglossia). The problem is that the caption appears in LTR direction with english tablename, so what I need is to apply the command \selectlanguage{english} after caption creation so that the caption still in RTL context. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage{tabularray} \usepackage{polyglossia} \setmainlanguage{arabic} \setotherlanguage{english} \newfontfamily\arabicfont[Script=Arabic]{Amiri} \begin{document} \begin{center} \selectlanguage{english} \begin{longtblr}{ colspec = {|X[c,m,1.6]|X[c,m,1.4]|X[c,m,1.4]|}, hlines, vlines, cells={cmd=\textarabic}, row{1} = {bg=blue!20, rowsep=5pt,font=\bfseries}, rowsep=8pt } يسار & وسط & يـمين\\ Left & Center & Right \\ \end{longtblr} \end{center} \end{document}
- Unicode-math: \symscr{} works on lowercase latin letters for some OpenType fonts but not allby Daniel Flipo on August 17, 2026 at 4:47 pm
XCharter-Math provides lowercase script letters e,g,o in the range U+2100 to U+2140, they can be accessed by their Unicode name but not as \symscr{e} etc. For other fonts, f.i. NewComputerModern the commands \symscr{e}… work as expected. \symscr{e} also works with XCharter-Math when used with lua-unicode-math. Test file to be compiled with LuaLaTeX: \documentclass{article} \newcount\test \test=0 % 0, 1 or 2 \ifcase\test % This fails: \symscr{} prints italic instead of cursive \usepackage{unicode-math} \setmathfont{XCharter-Math.otf} \or % This works as expected: \usepackage{unicode-math} \setmathfont{NewCMMath-Book.otf} \or % This works as expected too with lua-unicode-math : \usepackage{lum-xcharter} \fi \begin{document} %\showoutput \(\mscre \mscrg \mscro, \symscr{ego}, \symscr{EGO}\)\quad \ifcase\test xcharter \or NCM \or lum-xcharter\fi \end{document} And the outputs: I guess there is something wrong with my font XCharter-Math, hints to fix this bug would be greatly appreciated. Edit: Thanks to @DavidCarlisle who pointed out the explanation found in file um-code-sym-commands.dtx: unicode-math checks if the first character of a given alphabet is available; if it is not, it tries to replace the whole alphabet by another one, regardless whether some characters are available. This looks sub-optimal to me but fully explains why the \symcr{} command behaves differently with XCharter-Math and NCM. I will (have to) add a \mscra character (U+1D4B6) to XCharter-Math…
- biber from TeXLive cannot runby murray on August 17, 2026 at 4:20 pm
Under macOS, after updating TeXLive packages that, among other things updated biber to the August 14, 2026, version, the biber binary will not run. How fix? [~] % which biber /Library/TeX/texbin/biber [~] % biber --version Can't load '/var/folders/g6/s0wj67096d1dssm42vzm8g4c0000gn/T/par-6d7572726179/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/auto/Unicode/LineBreak/LineBreak.bundle' for module Unicode::LineBreak: dlopen(/var/folders/g6/s0wj67096d1dssm42vzm8g4c0000gn/T/par-6d7572726179/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/auto/Unicode/LineBreak/LineBreak.bundle, 0x0001): Library not loaded: /opt/homebrew/opt/libthai/lib/libthai.0.dylib Referenced from: <3012B9CE-F560-3F5A-B30D-2A829472CEEC> /private/var/folders/g6/s0wj67096d1dssm42vzm8g4c0000gn/T/par-6d7572726179/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/auto/Unicode/LineBreak/LineBreak.bundle Reason: tried: '/var/folders/g6/s0wj67096d1dssm42vzm8g4c0000gn/T//par-6d7572726179/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/libthai.0.dylib' (no such file), '/opt/homebrew/opt/libthai/lib/libthai.0.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/opt/homebrew/opt/libthai/lib/libthai.0.dylib' (no such file), '/opt/homebrew/opt/libthai/lib/libthai.0.dylib' (no such file) at /loader/HASH(0x737096a50)/DynaLoader.pm line 210. at /loader/HASH(0x7370ff990)/PAR/Heavy.pm line 104. 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BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/folders/g6/s0wj67096d1dssm42vzm8g4c0000gn/T/par-6d7572726179/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/Biber/Internals.pm line 8. Compilation failed in require at /loader/HASH(0x7370fd6d8)/parent.pm line 17. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/folders/g6/s0wj67096d1dssm42vzm8g4c0000gn/T/par-6d7572726179/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/Biber.pm line 5. Compilation failed in require at script/biber-darwin line 21. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at script/biber-darwin line 21. [~] % biber --cache Can't load '/var/folders/g6/s0wj67096d1dssm42vzm8g4c0000gn/T/par-6d7572726179/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/auto/Unicode/LineBreak/LineBreak.bundle' for module Unicode::LineBreak: dlopen(/var/folders/g6/s0wj67096d1dssm42vzm8g4c0000gn/T/par-6d7572726179/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/auto/Unicode/LineBreak/LineBreak.bundle, 0x0001): Library not loaded: /opt/homebrew/opt/libthai/lib/libthai.0.dylib Referenced from: <3012B9CE-F560-3F5A-B30D-2A829472CEEC> /private/var/folders/g6/s0wj67096d1dssm42vzm8g4c0000gn/T/par-6d7572726179/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/inc/lib/auto/Unicode/LineBreak/LineBreak.bundle Reason: tried: '/var/folders/g6/s0wj67096d1dssm42vzm8g4c0000gn/T//par-6d7572726179/cache-ef3dd1ed22f781987901e25bacfd01179fba172f/libthai.0.dylib' (no such file), '/opt/homebrew/opt/libthai/lib/libthai.0.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/opt/homebrew/opt/libthai/lib/libthai.0.dylib' (no such file), '/opt/homebrew/opt/libthai/lib/libthai.0.dylib' (no such file) at /loader/HASH(0xb730fca50)/DynaLoader.pm line 210. at /loader/HASH(0xb731d1990)/PAR/Heavy.pm line 104. 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- \oiiint undefined control sequence [closed]by Noah B on August 17, 2026 at 12:19 pm
I'm trying to write out some formulas from my Aerospace textbook but when I use \oiiint (with \usepackage{esint}) I get an undefined control sequence. Here are the Tex expressions that I'm having trouble with: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{mathtools} \usepackage{amsthm} \usepackage{esint} \begin{document} \[ \oiint_{S} \vec{A} \cdot \mathrm{d}\vec{S} = \oiiint _{\mathcal{V}}\left( \nabla \cdot \vec{A} \right) \mathrm{d}\mathcal{V} \] \[ \frac{\partial}{\partial t}\oiiint _{\mathcal{V}}\rho \,\mathrm{d}\mathcal{V} + \oiint _{S}\rho\vec{V}\cdot \mathrm{d}\vec{S} = 0 \] \end{document} This is what is rendered as well: Here are the Raw Logs: ! Undefined control sequence. l.214 ...\vec{A} \cdot \mathrm{d}\vec{S} = \oiiint _{\mathcal{V}}\left( \nab... The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. ! Undefined control sequence. l.218 \frac{\partial}{\partial t}\oiiint _{\mathcal{V}}\rho \,\mathrm{d}\mat... The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.
- Compiling latexdiff in Overleafby AcadEconInd on August 17, 2026 at 10:58 am
I am submitting a revised version of a paper to a journal. The editor has asked for a track changes file. I used latex-diff (Tom-Hejda's solution) in Overleaf, however it doesnt give the desired output and I get a compilation error with the diff file (but the individual files do compile). My files have a lot of packages in the preamble because of the equations/tables etc that I have used. How can I generate a clean differences file? Update: If I remove the tables in main2.tex, the diff file does compile. I cant identify where are the tables breaking. Please advise. 1. main.tex \documentclass[10pt]{article} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{ragged2e} \usepackage{pdflscape} \usepackage{setspace} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{floatpag} \usepackage{float} \usepackage{fontspec} \usepackage{afterpage} \usepackage{adjustbox} \usepackage{threeparttablex} \usepackage{makecell} \usepackage{fixmath} \usepackage[margin=0.9in]{geometry} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{multirow} \usepackage{longtable} \usepackage{siunitx} \usepackage{appendix} \usepackage{threeparttable} \usepackage{pdfpages} \usepackage{mathptmx} \usepackage{capt-of} \usepackage[none]{hyphenat} \usepackage{microtype} \usepackage{rotating} \usepackage{tablefootnote} \usepackage{tabularx} \usepackage[toctitles]{titlesec} \usepackage{t1enc} \usepackage{placeins} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage{natbib} \usepackage{fancyhdr} \usepackage{tfrupee} \usepackage{datetime} \usepackage{subfiles} \renewcommand\theadalign{cl} \renewcommand\theadfont{\normalfont} \usepackage{caption}% or use the larger `caption` package \linespread{1.2} \pagestyle{fancy} \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhf{} \fancyhead[R]{\thepage} \newdateformat{}{\monthname[\THEMONTH] \THEYEAR} \date{} \makeatletter \newcommand\ackname{Acknowledgements} \newcommand\conflictname{Conflict of Interest} \newcommand\dataavailabilityname{Data Availability Statement} \newcommand\fundname{Funding Information} \newcommand\contriname{Author Contributions} \usepackage{hyperref} \begin{document} \subsection{Robustness checks} To examine the robustness of results, we utilise alternative methodologies and data. While the results in Section 5.1 combine household data with district-level school quality data, it will be useful to see the effect of private tutoring on learning while controlling for the characteristics of the school that the child actually attends. For this purpose, we use the school schedule of the ASER dataset. The school schedule collects information on up to two government schools in each surveyed village. In the household schedule, each surveyed child is asked whether s/he attends the surveyed school. This allows us to match the students to the school they attend and we are able to ascertain the features of the school a student attends. However, we lose some observations while matching students to the school due to two reasons: one, not all children attend the surveyed school, and two, the school schedule did not collect data from private schools. Nevertheless, the sample we use is large enough to allow a meaningful analysis. We estimate this model using the treatment effects model described earlier, with the same exclusion restrictions (Table \ref{treatreg_govtOnly}). We also use %propensity score matching (Table \ref{psm}) and the instrumental variables estimation to investigate the causal effect (Table \ref{tab:sibling_IV}). The association between learning outcomes and private tutoring participation appears stable, in the face of these alternative methodologies and datasets. \subsubsection{Treatment effects model: government school students, with school-level characteristics} Table \ref{treatreg_govtOnly} shows the ATET (first row) and regression coefficients for selected variables used in the outcome equation. Similar to previous findings, the ATET is positive and statistically significant. However, the asset index variable is no longer significant. Some (but not all) variables capturing school characteristics, viz., infrastructure (usable blackboard) and governance (student and teacher attendance), are statistically significant. Our results are in line with the literature. Kumar and Choudhury \citeyearpar{Kumar2021} report a positive relation between student attendance and learning outcomes, while \citet{Gouda} find a positive association between infrastructure quality and test performance. Note that the sample in this specification is restricted only to government schools. We are unable to reject the null hypothesis of no selection in three of the four specifications. However, since unobserved confounders at the household or individual level may still bias the estimates, as is often the case in observational studies, we believe that it is more appropriate to use the endogenous treatment effects model than the OLS. \begin{table}[!h] \centering \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{0.65} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{3pt} \footnotesize \caption{Endogenous treatment effects model, restricted sample, with school quality controls \label{treatreg_govtOnly}} \begin{tabular}{l l l l l} \hline & \multicolumn{2}{l}{Math} & \multicolumn{2}{l}{Reading} \\ \hline & Class 1 & Class 2 & Class 1 & Class 2 \\ \hline %ATET & & & & \\ Tuition participation (Yes=1, No=0) & 0.238\textsuperscript{***} & 0.131\textsuperscript{***} & 0.180\textsuperscript{***} & 0.149\textsuperscript{***} \\ & (3.45) & (3.79) & (2.69) & (2.81) \\ \hline \textbf{Outcome equation (selected variables)} & & & & \\ Standardized household asset index score& 0.0757 & 0.0564 & 0.0398 & 0.0629 \\ & (1.38) & (1.01) & (0.91) & (1.24) \\ School satisfies RTE norms for pupil-teacher ratio (Yes=1)& 0.119 & 0.0732 & -0.184 & 0.168 \\ & (1.09) & (0.64) & (-1.53) & (1.49) \\ Multigrade teaching practised in school (Yes=1)& 0.0805 & -0.137 & 0.0366 & -0.139 \\ & (0.84) & (-1.22) & (0.32) & (-1.36) \\ Number of students per room& -0.000859 & 0.000180 & -0.00158 & 0.000325 \\ & (-0.61) & (0.13) & (-1.37) & (0.21) \\ Teacher attendance on day of survey (\%)& 0.000537 & 0.00379\textsuperscript{*} & -0.00152 & 0.000778 \\ & (0.31) & (1.74) & (-0.86) & (0.40) \\ Usable blackboard in Class 2 (Yes = 1)& 0.0109 & 0.547\textsuperscript{**} & 0.222 & 0.386\textsuperscript{*} \\ & (0.05) & (2.24) & (0.98) & (1.78) \\ Average attendance of Class 1 students (\%)& 0.00501\textsuperscript{**} & & 0.00606\textsuperscript{**} & \\ & (2.13) & & (2.26) & \\ Average attendance of Class 2 students (\%)& & 0.00248 & & 0.000616 \\ & & (1.20) & & (0.34) \\ \hline N & 7174 & 7201 & 7202 & 7252 \\ %chi2 & 1.663 & 8.003 & 3.957 & 2.666 \\ Test for endogeneity (p-value) & 0.43 & 0.018 & 0.138 & 0.26 \\ \hline \multicolumn{5}{l}{\footnotesize \textit{Source}: See Tables 1 and 2.}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{\footnotesize \textit{Notes}: See Notes to Table 3.}\\ \end{tabular} \end{table} \pagestyle{fancy} \end{document} 2. main2.tex \documentclass[10pt]{article} \usepackage{graphicx} % Required for inserting images \usepackage{ragged2e} \usepackage{pdflscape} \usepackage{setspace} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{floatpag} \usepackage{float} \usepackage{fontspec} \usepackage{afterpage} \usepackage{adjustbox} \usepackage{threeparttablex} \usepackage{fixmath} \usepackage[margin=0.9in]{geometry} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{makecell} \usepackage{multirow} \usepackage{longtable} \usepackage{siunitx} \usepackage{appendix} \usepackage{threeparttable} \usepackage{pdfpages} \usepackage{mathptmx} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsthm} \usepackage{array} \usepackage{tabularx} \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage[round, authoryear, sort]{natbib} \usepackage{cancel} \usepackage{capt-of} \usepackage[none]{hyphenat} \usepackage{microtype} \usepackage{rotating} \usepackage{tablefootnote} \usepackage[toctitles]{titlesec} \usepackage{t1enc} \usepackage{placeins} \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage{fancyhdr} \usepackage{tfrupee} \usepackage{datetime} \usepackage{subfiles} \usepackage{makecell} % <<<<<< added \renewcommand\theadalign{cl} \renewcommand\theadfont{\normalfont} \onehalfspacing \usepackage[colorlinks=true, linkcolor=blue, citecolor=blue, urlcolor=blue]{hyperref} \newcommand{\Ehat}{\widehat{E}} \newcommand{\Kstar}{K^{\ast}} \newcommand{\KG}{K^{G}} \newcommand{\KP}{K^{P}} \newcommand{\TG}{T^{G}} \newcommand{\TP}{T^{P}} \newcommand{\CG}{C^{G}} \newcommand{\CP}{C^{P}} \newcommand{\mG}{m^{G}} \newcommand{\mP}{m^{P}} \newcommand{\muG}{\mu^{G}} \newcommand{\muP}{\mu^{P}} \newcommand{\partd}[2]{\dfrac{\partial #1}{\partial #2}} \newcommand{\totd}[2]{\dfrac{\mathrm{d}#1}{\mathrm{d}#2}} \usepackage{caption}% or use the larger `caption` package \usepackage{amsmath} % easier math formulae, align, subequations \ldots \linespread{1.2} \pagestyle{fancy} \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhf{} \fancyhead[R]{\thepage} \defcitealias{csf2020}{CSF, 2020} \defcitealias{CSF2021SystemicDrivers}{CSF, 2021} \defcitealias{mospi2025education}{MoSPI, 2025} \defcitealias{learningncert}{NCERT, 2017} \defcitealias{UDISE2026}{U-DISE, 2026} \newdateformat{}{\monthname[\THEMONTH] \THEYEAR} \date{} \makeatletter \newcommand\ackname{Acknowledgements} \newcommand\conflictname{Conflict of Interest} \newcommand\dataavailabilityname{Data Availability Statement} \newcommand\fundname{Funding Information} \newcommand\contriname{Author Contributions} \if@titlepage \newenvironment{acknowledgements}{% \titlepage \null\vfil \@beginparpenalty\@lowpenalty \begin{center}% \bfseries \ackname \@endparpenalty\@M \end{center}}% {\par\vspace{0.5em}% \begin{center}% \bfseries \conflictname \end{center} \noindent The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. \par\vspace{0.5em}% \begin{center}% \bfseries \dataavailabilityname \end{center} \noindent The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. \vfil\null\endtitlepage} \else \newenvironment{acknowledgements}{% \if@twocolumn \section*{\ackname}% \else \small \begin{center}% {\bfseries \ackname\vspace{-.5em}\vspace{\z@}}% \end{center}% \quotation \fi} {\if@twocolumn\else\endquotation\fi \par\vspace{-0.5cm}% \begin{center}% \bfseries \conflictname \end{center} \noindent The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. \par\vspace{-0.25cm}% \begin{center}% \bfseries \dataavailabilityname \end{center} \noindent The data is freely available from the ASER centre upon submitting a requisition form. We regret that the data cannot be shared without the explicit permission from ASER. \par% \begin{center}% \bfseries \fundname \end{center} \noindent No funding was received for conducting this study. \par\vspace{0.5em}% \begin{center}% \end{center} } \fi \makeatother \begin{document} \subsection{Robustness checks} To examine the robustness of results, we utilise alternative methodologies, in particular, considering tuition intensity (captured by monthly tuition \textit{spending} instead of participation), pseudo-panel methods, and an alternative IV. The association between learning outcomes and PT participation appears stable, in the face of these alternative methodologies. \pagestyle{fancy} \subsubsection{Tuition Spending} In Section 4.1, we use tutoring participation, defined as a binary indicator. To help assess intensity effects, we now consider monthly tutoring spending in lieu of the participation variable, to allow for a more nuanced analysis (Table \ref{tab:spending}). We find that the amount spent matters and a 1\% increase in private tuition spending is associated with 2 to 3 \% point increase in the probability of being at grade level. Also, the returns to spending continue to be higher for Class 1 students than for those studying in Class 2. %\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{0.7} \begin{table}[H] \centering \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{0.7} \footnotesize \caption{IV estimation with tuition spending, entire sample, with school quality controls} \label{tab:spending} \begin{tabular}{l l l l l}\toprule & \multicolumn{2}{l}{Math} & \multicolumn{2}{l}{Reading} \\\midrule & Class 1 & Class 2 & Class 1 & Class 2 \\ \hline\\ %& & & & Log of monthly tuition spending & 0.029*** & 0.016*** & 0.026*** & 0.017*** \\ & (4.39) & (3.83) & (3.95) & (3.33) \\ % & & & & \\ \textbf{Outcome equation (selected variables)} & & & & \\ \textbf{Household and child variables} & & & & \\ Standardized household asset index score & 0.025*** & 0.015*** & 0.027*** & 0.025*** \\ & (7.31) & (5.28) & (6.90) & (7.38) \\ % & & & & \\ School type (Government = 1, Private = 0) & -0.155*** & -0.064*** & -0.179*** & -0.118*** \\ & (-18.92) & (-9.63) & (-20.13) & (-14.11) \\ \textbf{School quality: PGI-D scores} & & & & \\ Effective classroom teaching practices & 0.001** & -0.023*** & 0.005*** & -0.018*** \\ & (2.19) & (-73.63) & (8.18) & (-44.73) \\ % & & & & \\ Governance processes & -0.003*** & 0.009*** & -0.007*** & 0.005*** \\ & (-15.12) & (56.46) & (-39.06) & (23.40) \\ % & & & & \\ Infrastructure and entitlements & 0.002 & 0.008*** & -0.009*** & 0.012*** \\ & (1.47) & (16.35) & (-7.62) & (20.05) \\ \hline N & 30658 & 29208 & 30805 & 29340 \\ LM statistic for underidentification & 224.804 & 217.561 & 225.358 & 218.278 \\ F-statistic for weak identification & 579.086 & 740.915 & 577.009 & 743.578 \\ Overidentification test (p-value) & 0.257 & 0.139 & 0.515 & 0.619 \\ %Test for endogeneity (p-value) & 0.0125 & 0.0000401 & 0.169 & 0.00842 \\ \bottomrule \multicolumn{5}{l}{\footnotesize \textit{Source}: ASER (2018) and DISE (2018). For details, see Tables 1 and A2.} \\%[-1.5ex] \multicolumn{5}{l}{\footnotesize \textit{Notes}: See Notes to Table 3.}\\ \end{tabular} \end{table} \subsubsection{Pseudo-panel analysis} While ASER is not a household-level longitudinal survey, nearly all districts are surveyed in each round. Exploiting this feature of the dataset, we construct a district-level pseudo-panel using multiple rounds of ASER and DISE from 2018, 2022 and 2024. The dependent variable is the proportion of students at-grade-level in the district, and the key variable of interest is the average tuition participation in the district. The results using a two-way fixed effects estimation with this pseudo-panel reveal a positive relation between district-level tutoring and learning outcomes in math and reading, while controlling for characteristics aggregated at the district-level. %characteristics school quality, and district-level averages for parental education, school participation and household asset ownership. %More precisely, there is evidence that math and reading proficiency is higher in districts where a greater proportion of students avail tuition. The estimates are also statistically significant for all outcomes \footnote{The estimates from a child-level pooled OLS regression, with district and year fixed effects included are presented in the Appendix. The qualitative results are similar, although the estimates are not directly comparable because of the differences in units of measurement.}. %\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{0.7} \begin{table}[H] \centering \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{0.7} \footnotesize \caption{Private tuition and foundational learning: pseudo-panel estimates} \label{pseudopanel} \begin{tabular}{l l l l l}\toprule & \multicolumn{2}{l}{Math} & \multicolumn{2}{l}{Reading} \\\midrule & Class 1 & Class 2 & Class 1 & Class 2 \\ \hline & & & & \\ Average tuition participation in the district & 0.183*** & 0.135*** & 0.135*** & 0.062* \\ & (3.54) & (4.64) & (2.64) & (1.7) \\ \hline N & 1445 & 1445 & 1446 & 1446 \\ \bottomrule \multicolumn{5}{l}{\footnotesize \textit{Source}: ASER and DISE (2018, 2022, 2024) For details, see Table \ref{summary_model}.} \\%[-1.5ex] \multicolumn{5}{l}{\footnotesize \textit{Notes}: (i) t-statistics in parentheses. (ii) District fixed effects and year fixed effects are included.}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{\footnotesize (iii) District-level controls for school quality, government school participation, household asset }\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{ownership, family size and parental education are included. * $p<0.10$, ** $p<0.05$, *** $p<0.01$} \\%[-1.2ex] \end{tabular} \end{table} \end{document} 3. diff.tex \RequirePackage{shellesc} \ShellEscape{latexdiff main.tex main2.tex > main-d.tex} %latexdiff --subtype=COLOR old.tex new.tex > diff.tex \input{main-d} \documentclass{dummy} \title{Demonstrating latexdiff}
- Snippet in VS Code LaTeX for comment boxesby J.-E. Pin on August 17, 2026 at 10:42 am
I would like to write a snippet in VS Code LaTeX to obtain comment boxes, according to the following examples Test %%%%%%%%%%%% % % % Test % % % %%%%%%%%%%%% A second Test with several lines respecting indentation %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % % A second Test % % with several lines % % respecting indentation % % % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% I have to confess that a more general snippet, adapted to any mode, would be the best solution, so for Text mode, it would be +----------+ | | | Test | | | +----------+ and for C mode, it would be /*********** * * * Test * * * ***********/ However, since I ask this question on tex.stackexchange, I would be happy with a solution for the LaTeX mode only.
- Custom colour scheme/style for a chronos timelineby tnt on August 17, 2026 at 10:23 am
I am trying to achieve the following look for my chronos timeline: This is the "date centric" style and I have tried to define a new colour scheme like so: \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} \usepackage[dvipsnames,svgnames]{xcolor} \usepackage{chronos} \chronosnewcolourscheme{newcols}{% event/above={Rhodamine,Cerulean}, event/below={Cerulean,Rhodamine}, } \begin{document} \begin{figure} \centering \begin{chronos} [ date centric, colour scheme=newcols, timeline={ dates=1974:1990, }, ] \chronosevent {date={1978}, as is, yshift=5pt, special date={1978}, name=A, name content=Theory A, } \chronosevent {date={1984}, as is, name=B, name content=Theory B, yshift=30pt, } \end{chronos} \end{figure} \end{document} With this code, the colours of the event lines/text stay unchanged, so I understand that I need to make adjustments to the "date centric" style too, but what exactly needs to be changed?
- Drawing a bracket over several lines in a tableby rensemil on August 17, 2026 at 9:15 am
I need to draw a cornered bracket over several lines in a table. I want it to look somewhat like this: You can see the bracket on the right. I also have a table with three columns, just like in the picture. The first columns are the line numbers, the second latin text, the third are abbreviations about the lines' metre. I have all this working just fine except for the bracket. I first tried to get help from AI and this is the result: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{tikzmark} \newcounter{verstabsystem} \NewDocumentCommand{\startsystem}{}{% \stepcounter{verstabsystem}% \xdef\verstabSysCurrent{\theverstabsystem}% \makebox[0pt][l]{\strut\tikzmark{verstabSysStart\verstabSysCurrent}}% } \NewDocumentCommand{\endsystem}{}{% \makebox[0pt][l]{\strut\tikzmark{verstabSysEnd\verstabSysCurrent}}% \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay] \draw[thick] ([xshift=-0.3em]pic cs:verstabSysStart\verstabSysCurrent) -- ++(-0.3em,0) -- ([xshift=-0.3em]pic cs:verstabSysEnd\verstabSysCurrent) -- ++(0.3em,0); \end{tikzpicture}% } \begin{document} \begin{table} \begin{tabular}{rcl} 1 & text & \startsystem \\ 2 & text & an sy\textsuperscript{10} \\ 3 & text & \\ 4 & text & \endsystem \\ 5 & text & \\ 6 & text & \\ \end{tabular} \end{table} \end{document} Which produces: As you can see, the bracket is there, but there are a few issues with it that I have been unable to solve: It has the shape of an opening bracket [, but I need a closing one ]. The vertical line is not vertical. I first thought that the verticalness issue was due to there being text in the same line, but that happens even when there is none. I believe that the solution would be to move the horizontal line to the right so it is at the same height as the bottom one and then connect the right ends of both lines with a vertical one. How may this be achieved? Thanks in advance!!
- قالب مذكرة.tex: erreur: 215: Undefined control sequence. ^^I^^I\begin{tabular} [closed]by خالد بن حورية on August 17, 2026 at 7:51 am
\begin{center} \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|} \hline \rowcolor{gold!40} \textbf{المرحلة} & \textbf{عناصر الدرس} & \textbf{المدة} \\ \hline مرحلة الانطلاق & مراجعة المكتسبات القبلية وربطها بالدرس الجديد & 10 دقائق \\ \hline مرحلة الاكتشاف & تقديم التعريفات الأساسية مع أمثلة توضيحية & 20 دقيقة \\ \hline مرحلة بناء التعلمات & نشاط حول العمليات على الدوال + شرح الحل & 25 دقيقة \\ \hline مرحلة التطبيق & تمرين فردي أو جماعي مع مناقشة النتائج & 15 دقيقة \\ \hline مرحلة التقويم & تمرين ختامي أو أسئلة قصيرة للتأكد من الفهم & 10 دقائق \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{center}
- tex4ht: why loading package fvextra makes tex4ht break long lines in Verbatim? [closed]by Nasser on August 17, 2026 at 3:47 am
By default, Verbatim environment has breaklines=false. This MWE works OK in PDF and tex4ht \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{fancyvrb} \begin{document} \begin{Verbatim} very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line. \end{Verbatim} \end{document} compiled with make4ht -lu 6.tex "htm" gives long line which does not break in browser But when adding \usepackage{fvextra} now it gives this While in PDF the line remains one long line and does not break, which is the correct behavior. Why loading \usepackage{fvextra} causes this wrong behavior in tex4ht? And is there a way to prevent this? TL 2026 update I made sure my texmf is not on path (not on TEXINPUT, I made fresh emtpy folder). compiled again and put all output in this folder Here are the steps I did >ls -l total 0 -rwxrwxrwx 1 me me 302 Aug 17 03:41 6.tex >cat 6.tex \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{fancyvrb} \usepackage{fvextra} \begin{document} \begin{Verbatim} very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line. \end{Verbatim} \end{document} >echo $TEXINPUTS .:/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/latexml: >make4ht -lu 6.tex "htm" [STATUS] make4ht: Conversion started [STATUS] make4ht: Input file: 6.tex [STATUS] make4ht: Conversion finished >ls -lrt total 60 -rwxrwxrwx 1 me me 302 Aug 17 03:41 6.tex -rwxrwxrwx 1 me me 83 Aug 17 03:42 6.4ct -rwxrwxrwx 1 me me 59 Aug 17 03:42 6.xref -rwxrwxrwx 1 me me 25064 Aug 17 03:42 6.log -rwxrwxrwx 1 me me 12012 Aug 17 03:42 6.dvi -rwxrwxrwx 1 me me 95 Aug 17 03:42 6.aux -rwxrwxrwx 1 me me 76 Aug 17 03:42 6.4tc -rwxrwxrwx 1 me me 10295 Aug 17 03:42 6.lg -rwxrwxrwx 1 me me 277 Aug 17 03:42 6.idv -rwxrwxrwx 1 me me 15 Aug 17 03:42 6.tmp -rwxrwxrwx 1 me me 7489 Aug 17 03:42 6.css -rwxrwxrwx 1 me me 617 Aug 17 03:42 6.htm > Opened the file 6.htm using Brave browser: It shows lines are broken Here is raw HTML <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang='en-US' xml:lang='en-US'> <head><title></title> <meta charset='utf-8' /> <meta content='TeX4ht (https://tug.org/tex4ht/)' name='generator' /> <meta content='width=device-width,initial-scale=1' name='viewport' /> <link href='6.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /> <meta content='6.tex' name='src' /> </head><body> <pre class='fancyvrb' id='fancyvrb1'><a id='x1-3r1'></a><span class='rm-lmtt-12'>very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line. very long line.</span></pre> </body> </html> I definitely do not touch or modify any texlive files such as fancyvrb.4ht, fvextra.4ht or html4.4ht >which make4ht /usr/local/texlive/2026/bin/x86_64-linux/make4ht >which lualatex /usr/local/texlive/2026/bin/x86_64-linux/lualatex >make4ht --version make4ht version v0.4e >echo $TEXMFHOME > >echo $TEXINPUTS .:/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/latexml: > >ls -l `kpsewhich fancyvrb.4ht` -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5480 Oct 9 2025 /usr/local/texlive/2026/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex4ht/fancyvrb.4ht >ls -l `kpsewhich html4.4ht` -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1431996 Jan 4 2026 /usr/local/texlive/2026/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht >ls -l `kpsewhich fancyvrb.4ht` -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5480 Oct 9 2025 /usr/local/texlive/2026/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex4ht/fancyvrb.4ht > I compile on Linux Ubuntu under WSL 1.0 and view files using browser on windows 10. Here is link to the html itself (in the above folder) Using texlive 2026.
- My goal is to approximate an arc length reparameterizationby Jasper on August 16, 2026 at 9:51 pm
My goal is to approximate an arc length reparameterization. The thick curve and the red curve should nearly coincide is the expected result. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=1.18} \usepackage{mathtools} \usepackage{unicode-math} \tikzset{ declare function={ alpha(\t)=1/\t; dalpha(\t)=(alpha(\t+0.02)-alpha(\t-0.02))/0.04; length(\x,\y)=sqrt((\x)^2+(\y)^2); ldalpha(\t)=length(1,dalpha(\t)); } } \pgfmathdeclarefunction{riemannsumldalpha}{3}{% \pgfmathsetmacro{\count}{0}% \pgfmathsetmacro{\dx}{(#2-#1)/#3}% \pgfplotsinvokeforeach{1,...,#3} {% \pgfmathsetmacro{\count}{\count+ldalpha(#1+##1*\dx)*\dx}% }% \let\pgfmathresult\count% } \pgfmathdeclarefunction{inverseriemannsumldalpha}{4}{% \pgfmathsetmacro{\lo}{#2}% \pgfmathsetmacro{\hi}{#3}% \pgfplotsinvokeforeach{1,...,#4}{% \pgfmathsetmacro{\mid}{(\lo+\hi)/2}% \pgfmathsetmacro{\value}{riemannsumldalpha(0.25,\mid,#4)}% \pgfmathsetmacro{\test}{\value < #1}% \ifnum\test=1 \pgfmathsetmacro{\lo}{\mid}% \else \pgfmathsetmacro{\hi}{\mid}% \fi }% \pgfmathsetmacro{\pgfmathresult}{(\lo+\hi)/2}% } \tikzset{ declare function={ alphainverseriemannsumldalpha(\t,\s,\e,\sam)=alpha( inverseriemannsumldalpha(\t,\s,\e,\sam) ); } } \begin{document} Let \(\alpha(t)=1/t\). My goal is to approximate an arc length reparameterization. I believe that plotting the following composition will achieve this; \[\alpha\Biggl(\biggl(\int_{t_0}^t\lvert\alpha'(t)\rvert\,dt\biggr)^{-1}\Biggr).\] \begin{center} \begin{tikzpicture}[samples=5] % producing the expected result \draw[red] plot[domain=0.25:4] (\x,{alpha(\x)}); \draw[green] plot[domain=0.25:4] (\x,{dalpha(\x)}); \draw[blue] plot[domain=0.25:4] (\x,{ldalpha(\x)}); \draw[purple] plot[domain=0.25:4] (\x,{riemannsumldalpha(0.25,\x,7)}); \draw[yellow] plot[domain=0.25:4] (\x,{inverseriemannsumldalpha(\x,0.25,4,7)}); % not producing the expected result \draw[thick] plot[domain=0.25:4] (\x,{alphainverseriemannsumldalpha(\x,0.25,4,7)}); \end{tikzpicture} \end{center} \end{document}
- Crafting tcolorbox theorem environments with ams-like syntax and working \label and \refby GeometriaDifferenziale on August 16, 2026 at 8:08 am
I'm trying to define some custom theorem environments with tcolorbox, while keeping the usual amsth syntax \begin{my_env}[My Optional Title] \label{my_optional_label} stuff \end{my_env} instead of tcolorboxs \begin{my_tcb_env}{My Optional Title}{my_optional_label} stuff \end{my_tcb_env} one. This way, if I decide to get rid of tcolorbox, I can do that without much hassle. I achieved a good-looking result with the following definitions: \definecolor{definitioncolor}{HTML}{0072B2} % Blue \definecolor{theoremcolor}{HTML}{D55E00} % Vermillion \definecolor{examplecolor}{HTML}{F0E442} % Yellow \definecolor{propositioncolor}{HTML}{D55E00} % Vermillion \definecolor{corollarycolor}{HTML}{D55E00} % Vermillion \definecolor{lemmacolor}{HTML}{D55E00} % Vermillion \definecolor{constructioncolor}{HTML}{CC79A7} % Reddish Purple \tcbset{ breakable, commonbox/.style={ boxrule=0.3pt, left=10pt, right=10pt, top=8pt, bottom=8pt, arc=3pt, outer arc=3pt, %colback=white, colbacktitle=white, coltitle=black, colframe=black!12, % Very subtle border enhanced, }, } % Theorem \NewTColorBox[auto counter, number within=section]{thm}{+O{}}{% commonbox, title={\textbf{Theorem} \thetcbcounter\IfBlankTF{#1}{}{ --- #1}}, colframe=theoremcolor, colback=theoremcolor!10, } % Definition \NewTColorBox[use counter from=thm]{dfn}{+O{}}{% commonbox, title={\textbf{Definition} \thetcbcounter\IfBlankTF{#1}{}{ --- #1}}, colframe=definitioncolor, colback=definitioncolor!10, } % Definition \NewTColorBox[use counter from=thm]{construction}{+O{}}{% commonbox, title={\textbf{Construction} \thetcbcounter\IfBlankTF{#1}{}{ --- #1}}, colframe=constructioncolor, colback=constructioncolor!10, } and so on. The problem now is that whenever I \begin{dfn}[My definition] \label{my_definition} stuff \end{dfn} and then try to \ref{my_definition}, I end up with the section number, not the definition number. The same goes for the other environments. This is in some sense expected, but I don't know how to change my code to make it work properly.
- Create a Complete Taiwanese Chinese Newspaper Template [closed]by mathrm alpha on August 16, 2026 at 4:37 am
Although I created a basic template for a Taiwanese chinese newspaper, some of the CJK text columns are misaligned, and the design isn't quite right—some of the white text inside the blue boxes doesn't fit properly. For example: and part page 2, \documentclass{article} \usepackage{xcolor,datetime2,xeCJK} \usepackage[paperwidth=37.5cm, paperheight=60cm, margin=2cm]{geometry} \usepackage{anyfontsize} \usepackage[demo]{graphicx} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \setCJKmainfont{Noto Sans CJK TC} \newcommand{\twtime}{\the\year 年\the\month 月\the\day 日} \begin{document} \fontsize{30pt}{30pt}\selectfont \textbf{\textit{A1}} \twtime \vspace{0.5em} \noindent\rule{\textwidth}{3pt} \vspace{2cm} \noindent \begin{minipage}[c][6cm][c]{33cm} \centering \includegraphics[width=33cm, height=6cm, keepaspectratio=false]{} \end{minipage} \vspace{1cm} \noindent \fcolorbox{blue}{blue}{% \begin{minipage}[c][0.75cm][c]{33cm} \color{white}% \fontsize{12pt}{12pt}\selectfont \makebox[8.25cm][c]{偉博多媒互動 出版}% \makebox[8.25cm][c]{第 10495 期}% \makebox[8.25cm][c]{洛杉磯中文日報}% \makebox[8.25cm][c]{洛杉磯地址:9645 Telstar Ave., EL Monte, CA 91731 Tel:626-453-8800}% \end{minipage}% } \vspace{1.5cm} \noindent % 第一欄新聞 \begin{minipage}[t]{10em} \fontsize{15pt}{15pt}\selectfont \raggedright (台北二十五日電)決戰北台灣,雙北桃竹大沸騰!九合一地方選舉明日投票,朝野政黨今晚皆動員舉辦選前之夜固票、催票、營造勝選氣勢,台北市長國民黨候選人蔣萬安陣營打造號稱「史上最大舞台」,邀選民凝聚集中選票的團結氣氛,無黨籍候選人黃珊珊選在市府前廣場,高喊「入主市府」。新北市藍綠場地僅隔 300 公尺,與新北歡樂耶誕城連成人潮,警方已規畫警力到場維安與疏導,雙北今晚熱鬧滾滾,估計有近 20 萬人參與選前盛會。朝野政黨今日進行最後衝刺,皆以北台灣為重點,蔡英文總統與副總統賴清德分進合擊,國民黨亦力拚「北北基桃」連線全上。蔣萬安今晚在北市基隆路、市民大道交叉口台泥停車場舉辦造勢晚會,搭建長度達 18.9 公尺大型造勢舞台。蔣競辦副發言人田方倫表示,今天將動員超過 44 個後援會,預計湧入逾 3 萬名支持者。台灣時報黃珊珊團隊發言人李昀臻說,黃珊珊在市府前廣場辦選前之夜,象徵進軍市府,人數上看逾 5 萬,除台北市長柯文哲到場站台,還有市場自治會長及防疫旅館商家代表。民進黨陳時中則在競選總部前北平東路舉行選前之夜,蔡英文總統將出席,至於目標人數,競總總幹事吳思瑤說,「絕對是 N 萬人!拭目以待」。國民黨新北市長侯友宜與民進黨新北市長候選人林佳龍,分別選在相距僅 300 公尺的板橋第一運動場前廣場,以及板橋區運路、新府路口舉辦選前之夜。侯陣營評估將湧入逾 5 萬名支持者,林陣營不願預估。新北市交通局預估新板地區將湧入逾 8 萬人,市府將啟動交通戰情室監控車流,新北市警局如臨大敵,啟動「祥和平安專案」,並動員 800 名警力維安及交通疏導。桃園市長選前之夜均由黨主席親自領軍,國民黨候選人張善政選在桃園陽明運動公園,由朱立倫率隊,議長邱奕勝、4 名黨籍立委等全到場力挺,盼催出北桃園潛在選票。民進黨候選人鄭運鵬挾行政資源,南北同時舉辦晚會,尤其北區春日路競選總部大咖雲集,包含蔡英文、蘇揆都出席,展現民進黨對桃園選情的重視與交棒決心。新竹市長三腳督選情激烈,藍綠白規畫以遊行、晚會拚場。國民黨新竹市長候選人林耕仁舉辦「為新竹而走大遊行」。民進黨候選人沈慧虹則在晚上 6 時,邀市民穿上光榮黃衣服、帽子或口罩等配件,從演藝路競總出發,途經北大路、北門街等路段後轉進東門圓環,再從中正路回到演藝路。民眾黨候選人高虹安則舉辦「新竹找安、選前之夜」晚會,柯文哲也將返鄉站台,邀請市民至孔廟廣場,站出來力挺高虹安。 \end{minipage}% \hspace{1cm}% \begin{minipage}[t]{10em} \centering \includegraphics[width=10em, height=20cm, keepaspectratio=false]{} \end{minipage}% \hspace{1cm}% \begin{minipage}[t]{10em} \fontsize{15pt}{15pt}\selectfont \raggedright (華盛頓二十四日電)過去 2 週,全美發生多起重大槍擊案,總統拜登今天誓言會致力推動槍枝管制。不過由於共和黨取得聯邦眾院多數黨席次,拜登政府想推動槍枝管制政策將十分不易。過去 2 週,全美發生多起重大槍擊,包括 15 日的維吉尼亞大學槍擊案,造成 3 名現役美式足球校隊隊員遇害、2 名學生受傷。科羅拉多州科羅拉多泉市同志夜店 Club Q 於 19 日深夜發生槍擊案,5 人喪生,25 人受傷;維吉尼亞州切薩皮克市沃爾瑪(Walmart)賣場 22 日深夜賣場員工開槍濫射,6 人遇害,6 人受傷。連續多起重大槍擊案讓槍枝管制議題再次浮上檯面。拜登 24 日發表感恩節談話,痛批銷售半自動武器是「病態」,他誓言將持續推動立法,另有所作為禁止攻擊性武器。拜登今天被媒體問到最新發生在沃爾瑪的槍擊案時表示,對這些槍擊案件感到厭倦,應當有更嚴格的槍枝管制法。拜登當天也攜帶南瓜派到麻州消防隊,慰問一線救急人員。拜登表示,「紅旗法」(Red Flag Laws)未能在全國範圍內執行十分荒謬。「紅旗法」允許執法人員得以沒收認為對自己或他人構成威脅的個人所持有的槍枝。責難紅旗法的人說,法律在找碴,剝奪人們的槍枝,而沒有取走真正危險之徒的武器,拜登稱這種觀念荒謬極了。他也指出,仍允許購買半自動武器是不對的,這沒有社會救贖價值,「零,沒有。除了槍枝製造商的利潤外,沒有任何一個、單獨的理由」。僅管共和黨重掌眾院,拜登仍表示會嘗試,「試圖擺脫攻擊性武器」。白宮 24 日表示,總統及第一夫人致電科羅拉多州也發生仇恨式槍擊案的 Club Q 夜店老闆弔唁,重申支持該社區,致力於反擊仇恨及槍枝暴力。美國在 8 日舉行期中選舉,共和黨拿下眾院 220 席的過半數席次,成為眾院多數黨。參院則仍由拜登所屬的民主黨主導。共和黨人多數反對嚴苛的槍枝管制法案,這意味明年 1 月初新國會開議後,拜登政府若想推動槍枝管制法案,將面臨來自反對黨的重大阻擾。 \end{minipage} \end{document} A better-looking version looks like this: https://epaper.chinesedaily.com/mobilethumbnailer.asp?p=0&d=112522&l=1#gallery-1 However, code that only includes these basic newspaper elements should not extend beyond one page. It doesn't have to be a complete image, but it should at least have some basic formatting elements for layout.
- Is there a simple way to compile a LaTeX document that contains knitr chunks without compiling the knitrx chunks?by joshisanonymous on August 15, 2026 at 10:07 pm
I have a rather long LaTeX document. I compile it with XeLaTeX. It additionally contains knitr chunks. Some of the R code that is executed during this process takes a very long time to run because it's doing things like fitting a bunch of multinomial models and making API calls to Open Street Maps and the General Social Survey. Sometimes, I just want to compile the pure LaTeX portions of the document to make sure I didn't format something wrong or just to be able to read a paragraph that I just edited in PDF format instead of in plain text. In other words, I don't want to wait for the knitr chunks to run just to see how a modified table looks or to read a few paragraphs. The only way I know of to do this is to comment out every knitr chunk in the document. I can easily comment out just the very first chunk that runs my R scripts in the first place, but then the document breaks and can't be compiled due to all the knitr chunks and in-line knitr stuff. Alternatively, I could comment out all these later portions of code, too, but this is a book-length document, so that would be exceedingly tedious, more tedious than just waiting for the R scripts to all run. Is there an option or something built into the knitr package that would allow me to compile the LaTeX document but skip literally every knitr portion of the document? For example, say I have the following very small document: \documentclass{article} \title{Some title} \author{Some person} \date{Some date} \begin{document} <<run_script>>= source("stats_stuff.R") @ Here is some text. This number, \Sexpr{calculated_num}, comes from an object generated by my R script. <<plot>>= plot_from_R @ Now I am done with this document. \end{document} And say I have this in stats_stuff.R: calculated_num <- 5 + 7 plot_from_R <- boxplot(sample(1:20, 5)) My goal is to be able to do something simple like add an argument to run_script so bypass the knitr stuff in the document. Is that possible?
- How to stretch these double-angle delimiters appropriately?by Frode Alfson Bjørdal on August 15, 2026 at 9:30 pm
I have this MWE: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \newcommand{\AnschauungMultiline}[2]{% \left\langle\hspace{-1.8mm}\left\langle \vphantom{\begin{matrix} A \\ A \end{matrix}} #1 \mathrel{:} #2 \right\rangle\hspace{-1.8mm}\right\rangle } \begin{document} \[ \AnschauungMultiline{x}{ \begin{aligned} \forall y\biggl( g(&0)\in y \wedge H(0)\in y \wedge \forall n \Bigl((g(n)\in y\to g(n+1)\in y)~\\[-1mm] &\wedge (H(n)\in y\to H(n+1)\in y)\Bigr) \to x\in y\biggr) \end{aligned}} \] \end{document} How may I obtain outer double angle delimiters whose tops align with the top of the upper written line $g(0)\in y\wedge H(0)\in y \ldots$, and whose bottoms align with the bottom of the lower written line $\wedge (H(n)\in y\to H\ldots$? It would be very useful if the solution allows regulation for fine adjustment.