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I would like to write two commands, \bframe and \eframe, so that \bframe Lorem ipsum \eframe is equivalent to \begin{frame} Lorem ipsum \end{frame} However the straightforward solution \newcommand{\bframe}{\begin{frame}} \newcommand{\eframe}{\end{frame}} leads to the error File ended while scanning use of \beamer@collect@@body, which I cannot understand. Any hints? P.S. The environment works just fine (but I don't understand why the separate commands behave in a different way): \newenvironment{myframe}{\begin{frame}}{\end{frame}}

I'm trying to do the following in LuaLaTeX: having the main font be Arial; having the upper case letters in math font be Arial (if posible, not a strong requierement); having the lower case letters in math font be latin modern; having the numbers in math font be in Arial. To achieve these goals, I found out that the package mathastext could be a solution (as mentionned in a previous post), if used with the option "noletters". However, this option doesn't work as intended (or maybe I didn't understand what it was meant to do). Here is a MWE, with the result % !TEX TS-program = lualatex \documentclass[12pt,a4paper,french]{article} \usepackage{mathtools,amsfonts} % amsthm \usepackage[margin=1.5cm]{geometry} \usepackage{babel} \usepackage[no-math]{fontspec} % [no-math] \setmainfont{Arial} \usepackage[noletters,frenchmath*]{mathastext} % \MTmathstandardletters % \MTversion*{sans} \usepackage{lipsum} \begin{document} \lipsum[11] 1234567890 $1234567890$ $ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ$ $abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz$ \end{document}

I want to include a manuscript in my bibliography. The date of the manuscript is "5. century (CE)", somewhere between 400 and 499, which reads as "saec. 5". That's all we know. The other entries are as usual. \documentclass{scrartcl} \begin{filecontents}{VergiliusRomanus.bib} @Book{Conte:VergilAeneis, editor = {Gian Biagio Conte}, title = {Publius Vergilius Maro \mkbibemph{Aeneis}}, publisher = {de Gruyter}, address = {Berlin}, year = 2019 } @Misc{VergiliusRomanus, author = {\mkbibemph{Vergilius Romanus}}, title = {Codex Vaticanus Latinus 3867}, date = {{saec\adddotspace 5}}, % <-- location = {Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana}, url = {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Roman_Vergil} } \end{filecontents} \usepackage[main=german]{babel} \usepackage[style=philosophy-modern,sortlocale=de_DE,sorting=nyvt,% alldates=terse, labeldateparts=true, language=german,% origdate=comp, datezeros=false, backend=biber, % noroman=true, %? ]{biblatex} \addbibresource{VergiliusRomanus.bib} \begin{document} bla \nocite{*} \printbibliography{} \end{document}

I have been working with google AI on this for one hr, the AI even gave up and suggested I try tex stackexchange. I simply want to add caption to an image. Easy, right? but the trick part is that part of the caption is verbatim and in small font. Here is the latex version \documentclass{article} \usepackage{graphicx} \begin{document} \begin{figure} \centering \includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{example-image-a} \caption[]{verview of EJB security concepts. \tiny{ejb\_sec\_1.vsd}} \end{figure} \end{document} Compiled with lualatex gives The problem is how to translate the caption to context. Here are two trials out of dozen or so and none of them worked. \starttext \placefigure {verview of EJB security concepts. {\tpx ejb\_sec\_1.vsd}}%caption {\externalfigure[dummy][width=0.7\textwidth]} \placefigure {verview of EJB security concepts. {\tpx\type{ejb_sec_1.vsd}}}%caption {\externalfigure[dummy][width=0.7\textwidth]} \stoptext Both give long compile errors. This below works \starttext \placefigure {verview of EJB security concepts. \type{ejb_sec_1.vsd}} {\externalfigure[dummy][width=0.7\textwidth]} \stoptext But I want the text ejb_sec_1.vsd to be in small/tiny font. And this is where google AI could not figure how to do it. It tried to explain to me why this works in Latex something related to immediate macro expansion but in context it is passing things to lua engine and all that. All of it was over my head. Is there a simple way to do this in context? TL 2026 on linux

I have several TikZ pictures. These are a set of rectangles with some nodes inside, creating a grid on a page. These are spaced by \hspace horizontally and \vspace vertically. It mostly works unless \hspace is just after the \vspace. When I want to push a TikZ picture toward right margin after \vspace, \hspace doesn't work. I think it is related to a switch from vertical to horizontal mode, but I haven't mastered it yet. I removed the nodes from TikZ code, but what matters (and does not work) is left intact. \documentclass[a4paper]{article} \usepackage{geometry} \geometry{a4paper,top=10mm,bottom=27mm,hmargin=10.0mm} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{graphicx} \pagestyle{empty} \setlength\parindent{0pt} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw[rounded corners=2pt] (0,0) rectangle (60.00mm,60.00mm); \end{tikzpicture}\hspace{5mm} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw[rounded corners=2pt] (0,0) rectangle (60.00mm,60.00mm); \end{tikzpicture}\hspace{5mm} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw[rounded corners=2pt] (0,0) rectangle (60.00mm,60.00mm); \end{tikzpicture}\vspace{5mm} \hspace{65mm}\begin{tikzpicture} \draw[rounded corners=2pt] (0,0) rectangle (60.00mm,60.00mm); \end{tikzpicture}\hspace{5mm} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw[rounded corners=2pt] (0,0) rectangle (60.00mm,60.00mm); \end{tikzpicture}\vspace{5mm} \end{document} Edit: I replaced code snippet with complete document for better clarity.

MWE: \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tcolorbox,tikz} \usetikzlibrary{patterns,patterns.meta} \begin{document} \begin{tcolorbox}[ sharp corners, rounded corners=downhill, ] Hello world \end{tcolorbox} \end{document} I have a tcolorbox. I would like the drop shadow to be made of the tikz pattern north east lines. I know tikz patterns can be used to fill parts of the tcolorbox itself (such as with title style={preaction={fill=white},pattern=crosshatch dots,pattern color=black}), but can this same trick also be used for drop shadows?

align overlows the box. How to avoid this? \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage[a5paper,portrait]{geometry} \usepackage[poster]{tcolorbox} \usepackage{amsmath} \pagestyle{empty} \AddToHook{env/tcbposter/begin}{% \abovedisplayskip=0pt\relax \belowdisplayskip=0pt\relax \abovedisplayshortskip=0pt\relax \belowdisplayshortskip=0pt\relax } \begin{document} \begin{tcbposter}[ coverage = {spread}, poster ={showframe=true,columns=5,spacing=5pt}, boxes={arc=0pt,top=0pt,bottom=0pt,left=0pt,right=0pt,boxsep=0pt}, ] \posterbox{name=A,column=1,span=5,below=top}{% \noindent \begin{align*} (a + b)^2 &= a^2 + 2ab + b^2 & (a - b)^2 &= a^2 - 2ab + b^2 \end{align*} } \posterbox{name=B,column=1,span=5,below=A}{% \noindent \[ (a + b)^2 = a^2 + 2ab + b^2 \hspace{4cm} (a - b)^2 = a^2 - 2ab + b^2 \] } \end{tcbposter} \end{document}

My document must display the date in US "long" format for all instances except the notary line where they want the fancy legalese "Sworn before me this Nth day of month, YYYY. I'm trying to define a new date format that does this and does not impact the day number as displayed in other instances. The global command \DTMlangsetup[en-US]{ord=raise} changes all instances, so not a solution. \documentclass[12pt, english]{article} \usepackage{babel} \usepackage[en-US]{datetime2} %\DTMlangsetup[en-US]{ord=raise}% This does not solve my problem. \DTMnewdatestyle{myFancyStyle}{% \renewcommand{\DTMdisplaydate}[4]{% \DTMenglishordinal{##3} day of % \DTMenglishmonthname{##2},~% \number##1% }% } \begin{document} Today's date in US long format: \textbf{\today} Today's date in pretentious legal format: \textbf{{\DTMsetdatestyle{myFancyStyle}\today}} It's supposed to be: \textbf{26\textsuperscript{th} day of June, 2026} \end{document}

In continue with my previous post: Auto placement of Tables in single and twocolumn format somewhat I achieved by using the below tags: \documentclass[twocolumn]{article} \usepackage{tabulary} \usepackage{showframe} \usepackage{lipsum} \begin{document} \makeatletter \setlength{\textwidth}{502pt}\setlength{\columnwidth}{245pt} \setlength{\columnsep}{12pt} \newlength{\tabboxwidth}% \newdimen\tempdime \newbox\temptbox \newenvironment{splprocesstable}[3]{\setbox\temptbox=\hbox{\sffamily{#2}}% \tempdime\wd\temptbox\@splprocesstable{#1}{#2}{#3}{\tempdime}} {\relax} \newlength{\tablebotadjustskip}% \setlength{\tablebotadjustskip}{\z@}% \newenvironment{@splprocesstable}[4]{% \setbox4=\hbox to \textwidth{\vbox{\begin{center}\begin{minipage}[t]{#4}% \sffamily% \caption{#1}{#2}% \vskip4pt\noindent% \parbox{#4}{\sffamily\fontsize{8bp}{10bp}\selectfont% #3\par}% \vspace*{\tablebotadjustskip}% \end{minipage}\end{center}}}% \box4} {\relax} \newbox\tabwdbox% \newdimen\tabwddimen% \newcommand{\processtable}[4][tb!]{\bgroup% \setbox\tabwdbox=\hbox{#3}% \tabwddimen=\wd\tabwdbox% \ifdim\tabwddimen = 245\p@%actual size 241 and fix buffer upto 4pts \begin{table}[#1]% \splprocesstable{sar#2}{#3}{#4}% \end{table}% \else% \ifdim\tabwddimen < 245\p@% \begin{table}[#1]% \splprocesstable{#2}{#3}{#4}% \end{table}% \else%%End of Single column Table \ifdim\tabwddimen = 502\p@%actual size 241 and fix buffer upto 4pts \begin{table*}[#1]% \splprocesstable{#2}{#3}{#4}% \end{table*}% \else% \ifdim\tabwddimen < 502\p@%actual size 241 and fix buffer upto 4pts \begin{table*}[#1]% \splprocesstable{#2}{#3}{#4}% \end{table*}% \fi\fi\fi\fi% \egroup}% \makeatother \lipsum[1-4] \processtable{For Single column Testing.\label{sara1}} {\begin{tabulary}{\columnwidth}{@{\extracolsep\fill}LLLLL@{\extracolsep\fill}} \hline 1 &2 &3 &4 &5 \\ 1 &2 &3 &4 &5 \\ 1 &2 &3 &4 &5 \\ \hline 1 &2 &3 &4 &5 \\ \end{tabulary}}{} \processtable{For Two column Testing.\label{sara2}} {\begin{tabulary}{\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep\fill}LLLLL LLLLL LLLLL LLLLL LLLLL LLLLL@{\extracolsep\fill}} \hline 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\\ 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\\ 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\\ 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\\ \hline \end{tabulary}}{} \lipsum[1-9] \lipsum[1-4] \processtable{For Single column Testing.\label{sara3}} {\begin{tabulary}{\columnwidth}{@{\extracolsep\fill}LLLLL@{\extracolsep\fill}} \hline 1 &2 &3 &4 &5 \\ 1 &2 &3 &4 &5 \\ 1 &2 &3 &4 &5 \\ \hline 1 &2 &3 &4 &5 \\ \end{tabulary}}{} \end{document} Now the tables placed both in single/two column based on its width on its own, but in single column tables couldn't able to make into column width size, please advise what mistake I did or to suggest how to achieve this.

In the following setup, I have a couple of images that forms part of a very large figure. The float ends up on a page of floats (on its own), because of the size. I plan on drawing some elements in the background, simulated by the background fill being the example images via \AddToHookNext{shipout/background}{<background drawing>}: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{lipsum,tikz} \begin{document} \lipsum[1-2] \begin{figure} \centering \tikz [remember picture] \node [inner sep = 10pt] (image-a) {\includegraphics[width = 0.5\linewidth]{example-image-a}}; \bigskip \tikz [remember picture] \node [inner sep = 10pt] (image-b) {\includegraphics[width = 0.5\linewidth]{example-image-b}}; \bigskip \tikz [remember picture] \node [inner sep = 10pt] (image-c) {\includegraphics[width = 0.5\linewidth]{example-image-c}}; \caption{A large figure} \AddToHookNext{shipout/background}{% \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay] \filldraw [draw = red, fill = red!10!white, thick] (image-a.south west) rectangle (image-a.north east); \filldraw [draw = blue, fill = blue!10!white, thick] (image-b.south west) rectangle (image-b.north east); \filldraw [draw = green, fill = green!10!white, thick] (image-c.south west) rectangle (image-c.north east); \end{tikzpicture}} \end{figure} \lipsum[3-10] \end{document} Using this approach, however, puts the background drawing on the page where the original figure is processed, rather than where the actual figure is placed. How can I adjust the code so that the background content is placed correctly on the page where the float ends up? Ideally I'd like to keep the code as part of the figure as it semantically belongs with the figure, rather than placing it at some other bizarre place in the document just to make sure it fits there.

Minipages are so common that I can't believe this hasn't been answered before, however I googled for about an hour and I came up with nothing, so here I am. I noticed that the minipage environment has some sort of default inner padding (about 2.5 mm or 1/10 in), which I would like to remove. How can I do it, using options or another elegant way, without using some odd negative \hspace or something similar? To explain what I'm talking about, I made the MWE below comparing a minipage to a tcolorbox. Se how the tcolorbox of the same declared length of the minipage is shorter due to the absence of padding, and see how a tcolorbox of the same visual length of the minipage is actually 5 mm wider in its declaration. Notice also how the pink minipage with the envelope is narrower than the envelope itself, so the envelope doesn't get properly centred by \centering and it stays within the pink area only thanks to the margin. The left margin can be clearly seen also in the yellow minipage. \documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article} \usepackage{fontawesome7} \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage{tcolorbox} \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} \begin{document} \colorbox{lightgray}{ \begin{minipage}{8.6cm} \colorbox{pink}{ \begin{minipage}{2mm}\centering \faEnvelope{} \end{minipage} } \colorbox{yellow}{ \begin{minipage}{7.35cm} lperson@email.org \end{minipage} } \end{minipage} } \vskip 2mm \begin{tcolorbox}[boxsep=0pt,top=4pt,left=0pt,right=0pt,bottom=4pt,arc=0pt,colback=lightgray,frame empty,width=9.1cm] actual minipage width \end{tcolorbox} \vskip 2mm \begin{tcolorbox}[boxsep=0pt,top=0pt,left=0pt,right=0pt,bottom=0pt,arc=0pt,colback=lightgray,frame empty,width=8.6cm] \begin{tcolorbox}[boxsep=0pt,top=0pt,left=0pt,right=0pt,bottom=0pt,arc=0pt,colback=pink,frame empty,width=6mm,,after=\hspace{0mm}]\centering \faEnvelope{} \end{tcolorbox} \begin{tcolorbox}[boxsep=0pt,top=0pt,left=0pt,right=0pt,bottom=0pt,arc=0pt,colback=yellow,frame empty,width=7cm,before=\hspace{0mm}] lperson@email.org \end{tcolorbox} \end{tcolorbox} \end{document} This is the visual result of the code above:

I am trying to generate worksheets where each time \A is called for in the document, a random number is generated. I use \NewNumbers to make sure each \A within a section is identical. How can I make it so that each \A after the \NewNumbers command is different? \documentclass[addpoints, 12pt, answers]{exam} \usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} \usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, lmodern, pgfmath, tikz, tcolorbox, multicol} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \pointformat{} \renewcommand{\TheSolution}[1]{ \pgfmathparse{#1 <= 1 ? "Neither" : (isprime(#1) ? "Prime" : "Composite")} \pgfmathresult } \pgfmathsetseed{1} \newcommand{\NewNumbers}{ \pgfmathsetmacro{\A}{random(0,100)} } \begin{document} \printanswers \begin{questions} \begin{multicols}{3} \NewNumbers \question[1] $\A$ \fillin[\TheSolution{\A}] \NewNumbers \question[1] $\A$ \fillin[\TheSolution{\A}] \NewNumbers \question[1] $\A$ \fillin[\TheSolution{\A}] \end{multicols} \end{questions} \end{document}

The manual for TikZ-CD has a section called "3.3 Drawing diagrams directly with TikZ" that shows how to use the TikZ-CD styles "outside Tikz-CD". For example, "shift left" and "shift right" are styles defined in tikzlibrarycd.code.tex, and by default they only work inside a \begin{tikzcd}...\end{tikzcd} block; the tricks from section 3.3 should make "shift left" and "shift right" work inside a \begin{tikzpicture}...\end{tikzpicture} block, but the last example below shows that that doesn't work, or at least don't work inside a \draw, with the syntaxes that I've tried... What am I missing? Any hints? \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tikz-cd} \begin{document} Tikz-CD: % \begin{tikzcd}[baseline=(A4.base)] |[alias=A4]| B & |[alias=A5]| A \arrow [from=A4, to=A5, <-, "L", shift left=1] \arrow [from=A4, to=A5, ->, "R"', shift right=1] \end{tikzcd} Tikzpicture, 1: % \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=(A4.base)] \node [anchor=center] (A4) at (0,0) {$\textstyle B$}; \node [anchor=center] (A5) at (1.25,0) {$\textstyle A$}; \draw [<-] (A4) -- (A5) node[midway,above] {$\scriptstyle L$}; \draw [->] (A4) -- (A5) node[midway,below] {$\scriptstyle R$}; \end{tikzpicture} Tikzpicture, 2: % \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=(A4.base), commutative diagrams/.cd,every arrow,every label] \node [anchor=center] (A4) at (0,0) {$\textstyle B$}; \node [anchor=center] (A5) at (1.25,0) {$\textstyle A$}; \draw [<-, commutative diagrams/shift left=1] (A4) -- (A5) node[midway,above] {$\scriptstyle L$}; \draw [->, commutative diagrams/shift right=1] (A4) -- (A5) node[midway,below] {$\scriptstyle R$}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} Update after egreg's answer... My question was a pgfkeys question in disguise! I am adding a TikZ backend to Dednat6/Dednat7 (big example), and I'm looking for a solution that at some point will have a readable syntax, like this one... \draw [<-,shift left=1] (A4) -- (A5) node[midway,above] {$\scriptstyle L$}; \draw [->,shift right=1] (A4) -- (A5) node[midway,below] {$\scriptstyle R$}; ...and to get there I will probably need several steps, like starting by copying some definitions around and then calling shift left and shift right with explicit pgfkeys paths, discovering the pgfkeys paths used by \draw, and defining a shift left and a shift right in the pgfkeys path for \draw that will call that shift left and the shift right in pgfk@/tikz/commutative diagrams/... By the way, if we run this: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tikz-cd} \begin{document} \directlua{ for i,name in pairs(tex.hashtokens()) do local pat = "shift left" if name:match(pat) then print(name, token.get_macro(name)) end end } \end{document} The output in stdout is this (abbreviated): pgfk@/tikz/commutative diagrams/shift left/.@def +0.56ex pgfk@/tikz/commutative diagrams/shift left/.@cmd \pgfkeysalso (...)

I am trying to use the Scotch Modern font with XeLaTeX and mathspec: \usepackage{mathspec} \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text, Numbers=OldStyle} \setmainfont{Scotch Modern} \setmathsfont(Greek)[Uppercase=Regular,Lowercase=Italic]{Scotch Modern} \setmathsfont(Digits)[Numbers=OldStyle]{Scotch Modern} \setmathsfont(Latin)[Uppercase=Italic,Lowercase=Italic]{Scotch Modern} Before investigating further, I would like to clarify a basic point: is Scotch Modern included in either TeX Live or MiKTeX, or is it a font that must be obtained and installed separately? If it is not distributed with TeX Live/MiKTeX, where can it be obtained, and what is the correct procedure for making it available to XeLaTeX? In particular, should it be installed at the operating-system level, or can it be added directly to a local/user TeX tree? Any information about the availability and installation of this font would be appreciated. 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Sorry, but miktex-makemf did not succeed. The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again: C:\Users\sebys\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\miktex-makemf.log Running miktex-hbf2gf.exe... Couldn't open `Scotch Mode.cfg' hbf2gf (CJK ver. 4.8.4) Sorry, but miktex-maketfm did not succeed. The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again: C:\Users\sebys\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\miktex-maketfm.log ! Package fontspec Error: (fontspec) The font "Scotch Modern" cannot be found; this may (fontspec) be but usually is not a fontspec bug. Either there (fontspec) is a typo in the font name/file, the font is not (fontspec) installed (correctly), or there is a bug in the (fontspec) underlying font loading engine (XeTeX/luaotfload). 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I am drawing a circuit using relative coordinates in which it contains a part like this. I used the following sample code to generate the above: \begin{circuitikz} \draw (0,0) node[op amp](OA){}; \draw (OA.-) to[R] ++(-4,0); \draw (OA.+) to[R] ++(-4,0); \draw (-2,-4) to[R] ++(0,2) |- (OA.-); \end{circuitikz} How do I place a dot where the vertical wire intersects inverting terminal input wire? Although I can find the coordinates in this example, the actual circuit I am drawing does not directly give away the coordinates. For reference, the actual circuit goes like below. (M1.D) to [R, l=$R8$, a=\SI{47}{k\ohm}] ++(0,2) |- (U2.-);

I want to use a lighter series of a font by default with babel, but I get annoying warnings: LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `TU/lmr/ul/n' undefined (Font) using `TU/lmr/m/n' instead on input line 7. LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `TU/lmss/ul/n' undefined (Font) using `TU/lmss/m/n' instead on input line 7. LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `TU/lmtt/ul/n' undefined (Font) using `TU/lmtt/m/n' instead on input line 7. This code without babel is ok: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontspec} \newfontfamily{\notosans}{Noto Sans}[ NFSSFamily = notosans , FontFace = {ul}{n}{Font=Noto Sans Thin} ] \renewcommand*{\familydefault}{notosans} \renewcommand*{\seriesdefault}{ul} \begin{document} zzz \end{document} But this code with babel gives warnings: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{babel} \babelprovide[import, main]{english} \babelfont{notosans}[FontFace = {ul}{n}{Font=Noto Sans Thin}]{Noto Sans} \renewcommand*{\familydefault}{\notosansdefault} \renewcommand*{\seriesdefault}{ul} \begin{document} zzz \end{document} Having to define dummy series for every font seems like it should not be necessary. Is there a way around this?

I am trying to implement a custom enumitem list, but the counter for the nested list does not work, that is \begin{steps} \item Test \begin{steps} \item \end{steps} \end{steps} results in Here is my implementation of steps: \documentclass[a4paper]{article} \usepackage{enumitem} \newlist{steps}{enumerate}{2} \setlist[steps,1]{ label=\textbf{Step \arabic*:}, ref={Step \arabic*}, wide=0pt, } \setlist[steps,2]{ label=\textbf{Step \theenumi.\arabic*:}, ref={Step \arabic*}, wide=0pt, } \title{Test} \author{test} \begin{document} \maketitle \begin{steps} \item Test \begin{steps} \item Test 2 \end{steps} \end{steps} \end{document} How do you get the \theenumi macro to do what it does for default lists? I was stuck on this for quite some time and already reduced this to a minimum working example until I finally realized what the problem was. See below for my answer.

Have tried with: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{mathtools} \begin{document} \begin{align} T &=\begin{rcases} a\\ b \end{rcases} \end{align} \end{document} And run with: make4ht -f jats test.tex "mathml" Then got the error message as: > [ERROR] htlatex: Compilation errors in the htlatex run [ERROR] > htlatex: Filename Line Message [ERROR] htlatex: ? 38 > Only one # is allowed per tab. [STATUS] htlatex: > ...ne}[1]{\color{white}\contour{black}{\Huge# <- 1}}% There should be > exactly one # between &'s, when an \halign or \valign is being set up. > In this case you had more than one, so I'm ignoring all but the first. > [ERROR] htlatex: ? 51 Only one # is allowed per tab. But the same was working fine with \[...\], not sure whether this was bug in make4ht or with my code, please advise.

I updated all my packages earlier this week and I've just noticed that something has broken with \autoref. The following minimal example no longer works as expected: \documentclass{report} \usepackage{hyperref} \begin{document} \chapter{Chapter}\label{1} \section{1.1}\label{1.1} This is a reference to the chapter: \autoref{1} This is a reference to the section: \autoref{1.1} This is a reference to the appendix: \autoref{A} This is a reference to the appendix section: \autoref{A.1} \appendix \chapter{Appendix}\label{A} \section{A.1}\label{A.1} This is the appendix. \end{document} The reference to A comes out as "chapter A": I've also tried cleveref and I'm seeing the same behaviour there, even after setting \crefname{appendix}{annex}{annexes}. For some reason it looks like \autoref and \cref are not respecting the appendix tags. The appendix correctly calls itself Appendix: Help? I don't know what has broken or where to start looking.

I have gotten a code (given below the question) which produces this: It is fine, but I want to modify the refracted ray by changing \draw[very thick, ray] (C) -- (b); to \draw[very thick, ray2] (C) -- (b); (to plot the red dots less in refracted ray). However, once I do this, my Texwoks throws out Runaway argument? ! Paragraph ended before \pgfkeys@addpath was complete. <to be read again> \par l.76 \draw[very thick, ray2] (C) -- (b); ? I checked my ray2/.style and it seems everything is fine. How can I solve this? The whole code is here \documentclass{beamer} % 4:3 \usetheme{Madrid} \usecolortheme{seahorse} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{physics} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tikz-3dplot} \usetikzlibrary{calc, decorations.markings, arrows.meta, angles, quotes, decorations.pathreplacing, shapes.geometric, bending} \usetikzlibrary{patterns,decorations.pathmorphing, shapes.symbols, shadings, positioning} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{fontenc} \usepackage[safe]{tipa} \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage{booktabs} % 用于绘制专业的表格线 \usepackage{setspace} %\setmainfont{Times New Roman} % 或者任意支持音标的字体 \usepackage{array} %% Rays \begin{document} \begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{Polarization in Reflection and Refraction} \begin{tikzpicture}[line cap=round, line join=round] % ====================== 所有定义都在这里 ====================== % TikZ Styles (integrated) \tikzset{ ray/.style = { postaction=decorate, decoration={ markings, mark=at position .52 with \arrow{stealth}, mark=between positions 0.1 and 1.2 step 0.5cm with { \draw[fill=red, draw=red] circle[radius=1pt]; \draw[red, {Latex[length=1.3mm, width=1.5mm]}-{Latex[length=1.3mm, width=1.5mm]}] (0,-7pt) -- (0,7pt); } } }, ray2/.style={ postaction=decorate, decoration={ markings, % 所有位置画箭头 draw arrow mark=between positions 0.1 and 1.4 step 0.5cm with { \draw[red, {Latex[length=1.3mm,width=1.5mm]}- {Latex[length=1.3mm,width=1.5mm]}] (0,-7pt)--(0,7pt); }, % 每隔一个位置画点 draw point mark=between positions 0.1 and 1.4 step 1.0cm with { \fill[red] (0,0) circle[radius=1pt]; } } }, polray/.style = { postaction=decorate, decoration={ markings, mark=at position .52 with \arrow{stealth}, mark=between positions 0.1 and 0.4 step 0.5cm with { \draw[fill=red, draw=red] circle[radius=1pt]; }, mark=between positions 0.6 and 0.9 step 0.5cm with { \draw[fill=red, draw=red] circle[radius=1pt]; } } } } % Right Angle Mark (local definition) \def\MarkRightAngle[size=#1](#2,#3,#4){ \draw[thick] ($(#3)!#1!(#2)$) -- ($($(#3)!#1!(#2)$)!#1!90:(#2)$) -- ($(#3)!#1!(#4)$) } % Coordinates \coordinate (A) at (4,5); \coordinate (B) at (4,0); \coordinate (a) at (1,4.6); \coordinate (C) at (4,3); \coordinate (a') at (7,4.6); \coordinate (b) at (5.5,0); % Second Material (interface) \node[rectangle, top color=black!30, bottom color=white, minimum width=7cm, minimum height=3cm] at (4,1.5) {}; % Incident ray \draw[dashed] (A) -- (B); \draw[very thick, ray] (a) -- (C); % Reflected ray (polarized) \draw[very thick, polray] (C) -- (a'); % Refracted ray \draw[very thick, ray] (C) -- (b); % Right angle mark \MarkRightAngle[size=6pt](b,C,a'); % Angle labels \pic[draw, thick, "\small$\theta_\text{b}$", angle radius=0.5cm, angle eccentricity=1.7] {angle = A--C--a}; \pic[draw, thick, "\small$\theta_\text{r}$", angle radius=0.7cm, angle eccentricity=1.5] {angle = a'--C--A}; \pic[draw, thick, "\small$\theta_\text{t}$", angle radius=0.7cm, angle eccentricity=1.6] {angle = B--C--b}; % Labels \node at (1,3.3) {$n_1$}; \node at (1,2.7) {$n_2$}; % Explanatory text \end{tikzpicture} \end{frame} \end{document}

Clearly I'm missing something basic. I have a token list (expanded, I think) to \foo, that I want to use as an argument to the \SplitList macro, but apparently it is not expanded enough... \documentclass{article} \usepackage[papersize={5.5in,8.5in},margin=0.6in]{geometry} \usepackage{pgffor} \newcounter{expnum} \newtoks\revsett \NewDocumentCommand{\tohsett}{ >{\SplitList{,}}m }{\ProcessList{#1}{\tohsettaux}} \NewDocumentCommand{\tohsettaux}{m}{\stepcounter{expnum}\preit{#1}} \def\preit#1{\edef\bar{\global\revsett={#1,\the\revsett}}\bar}% reverses order \parindent0pt \begin{document} \toks0={1,2,3} \edef\foo{\the\toks0} This does not work, picks up only one argument:\\ \tohsett{\foo}\theexpnum, \the\revsett \revsett={} \setcounter{expnum}{0} This works, finds all three arguments...\\ \tohsett{1,2,3}\theexpnum, \the\revsett \revsett={} ...as does this\\ \foreach \n in \foo {\preit{\n}}\the\revsett \thispagestyle{empty} \end{document} I feel dumb, overlooking something embarrassingly basic...

I use the 2026 TeXLive distribution. How can I "insert" a custom package for local use? In fact, for the purposes of a test, I have created a package named mypackage.sty whose (very minimal) code is : \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}{2026/06/23} \ProvidesExplPackage {mypackage} {2026/06/25} {1.0} {test-package} I have located mypackage.sty in a folder named mypackage I have located this folder in C:\texlive\2026\texmf-dist\tex\latex In TeXLive Shell, I have regenerated the filename database (via menu 'Actions'). I then have created a minimal document whose code is : \documentclass{article} \usepackage{mypackage} \begin{document} abcdef \end{document} After compiled, the output is : 2026/06/25 abcdef % ! and I'he got the error message : 'Missing \begin{document}' Actually, mypackage is not recognised as being in the namefile database. I have tried to put the mypackage folder in C:\texlive\texmf-local\tex\latex\local and regenerated the filename database but that doesn't help either... Have I made a mistake somewhere ?

I am trying to vertically center text in an figure in relation to the graphic inserted in the environment Here is the figure environment code I am using \begin{document} ... \begin{figure}[h] \includegraphics[scale=0.15]{test.jpg} \begin{minipage}[c][\columnsep][c]{1.0\linewidth} \hspace{2em} {\Large \today} \end{minipage} \end{figure} \newpage \includepdf[pages=-]{pdf.pdf} \newpage \end{document} This is the result: I can't entirely tell, but from playing with the position options the height of the figure environment may be different from the height of the images. Also this is a problem I am less worried about but for some reason if the figure goes off the page, it goes to the page after the inserted pdf from \includepdf rather than to the next page.

Does anyone know the exact font, and latex style used in this paper?

I need to set multiple rows in TikZ matrices that are different ranges from the alphabet. \documentclass[tikz]{standalone} \usepackage{etoolbox} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{matrix} \newcommand{\setrowA}[1]{% \let\myrowA\empty \foreach \j in {#1}{ \begingroup\edef\x{\endgroup \noexpand\gappto\noexpand\myrowA{ \j \&}}\x }% \gappto\myrowA{\\}% } \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \setrowA{A,...,Q,Z,...,R} % here it works \matrix (a) [ampersand replacement=\&,matrix of nodes ]{ % \setrowA{A,...,Q,Z,...,R} % here it does not work \myrowA }; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} I would like to insert multiple rows into the matrix. But even if I move a single \setrowA{A,...,Q,Z,...,R} into the matrix, latex hangs.

I want the index entry to remain left-aligned even when it breaks onto a second line. How can I achieve that? \documentclass{scrbook} \usepackage{imakeidx} \usepackage{hyperref} \makeindex \begin{document} \section{First section} Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam rutrum aliquet elit in pellentesque. Proin nulla eros, consequat nec convallis vel, vulputate vitae purus\index{purusu rusuru surus Schönheitswahnsinn}. Pellentesque consequat euismod sapien, ac porttitor diam laoreet id. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus\index{senectus} et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Sed vehicula magna orci, nec congue sem congue ac. Sed fringilla aliquam interdum. Nullam quis commodo massa. \printindex \end{document}

I can't seem to get the testhyphens package to work on my TeX Live 2026 installation. The following minimal example causes whatever compiler I use (pdflatex, xelatex, lualatex) to hang while using 100% of the CPU: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{testhyphens} \begin{document} \begin{checkhyphens} malfunction \end{checkhyphens} \end{document} Below is the terminal output with pdflatex. The part before the ^C is where the hang occurs; everything after is what is printed after I use Ctrl+C to kill the process. $ pdflatex check_hyphenation.tex This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.29 (TeX Live 2026) (preloaded format=pdflatex) restricted \write18 enabled. entering extended mode (./check_hyphenation.tex LaTeX2e <2026-06-01> L3 programming layer <2026-06-18> (/opt/texlive/2026/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls Document Class: article 2025/01/22 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class (/opt/texlive/2026/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo)) (/opt/texlive/2026/texmf-dist/tex/latex/testhyphens/testhyphens.sty) (/opt/texlive/2026/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def) No file check_hyphenation.aux. ^C! Interruption. \hook_use:n #1->\if_cs_exist:w __hook #1 \cs_end: \cs:w __hook #1\use_i:nn \f... l.4 \begin{checkhyphens} malfunction \end{checkhyphens} ? Before I report the problem to the package maintainer, I wanted to ask here if it's possible that there's something wrong with my minimal example or TeX environment. And if not, does anyone have a quick workaround I can use until the package is fixed? (I need to check hyphenation points of several long word lists in various languages, which is why I wanted to use the convenient testhyphens package rather than the standard \showhyphens approach.)

I have just started using the 3d library in TikZ (and I'm quite new to the tikz package itself). I am modelling a physics problem; I want to draw a sphere that represents my system. The particularity of that sphere is to have regions delimited by parallel circles around the North and South poles; I would like to color these regions in a different shade than the rest of the sphere. I have been looking everywhere and I can't find how to do this (if it is possible); using \path and \fill doesn't seem to work. Sorry if it's a stupid question, thanks for your help! Here is my code (I'm also showing the θ,φ parametrization in my sketch; in commentary, my failed attempts for coloring the North Pole): \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tikz-3dplot} \usepackage{pgfplots} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=3,tdplot_main_coords] \def\rvec{1.2} \def\thetavec{55} \def\phivec{35} \def\thetaRC{10} \shadedraw[tdplot_screen_coords,ball color = white] (0,0) circle (\rvec); \coordinate (O) at (0,0,0); \tdplotsetcoord{C}{\rvec}{\thetavec}{\phivec} \tdplotsetcoord{UD}{\rvec}{\thetaRC}{90} \tdplotsetcoord{UG}{\rvec}{\thetaRC}{-90} \draw[thick,->] (0,0,0) -- (1.7,0,0) node[anchor=north east]{$x$}; \draw[thick,->] (0,0,0) -- (0,1.7,0) node[anchor=north west]{$y$}; \draw[thick,->] (0,0,0) -- (0,0,1.7) node[anchor=south]{$z$}; \draw[-stealth,very thick,color=green!60!black] (O) -- (C) node[above right=-2] {P}; \draw[dashed, color=green!60!black] (O) -- (Cxy); \draw[dashed, color=green!60!black] (C) -- (Cxy); \tdplotdrawarc[color=green!40!black]{(O)}{0.4}{0}{\phivec}{anchor=north}{\(\varphi\)} \tdplotsetthetaplanecoords{\phivec} \tdplotdrawarc[color=green!40!black,tdplot_rotated_coords]{(0,0,0)}{0.7}{0}{\thetavec}{anchor=south west}{\(\theta\)} \draw[dashed] (\rvec,0,0) arc (0:360:\rvec); \draw[thick] (\rvec,0,0) arc (0:110:\rvec); \draw[thick] (\rvec,0,0) arc (0:-70:\rvec); %\tdplotdrawarc[fill=green!40!black]{(0,0,.995*\rvec)}{.0998}{0}{360}{anchor=south west}{\(\theta\)}; %\path[fill=red,fill opacity=0.5] (0,0,\rvec) -- plot[variable=\t,domain=0:360] (xyz spherical cs:radius=\rvec,longitude=\t,latitude=90-\thetaRC); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}

I'm reproducing this educational graphic for my Algebra 1 students: I'm drawing fractions manually (separate nodes for numerator, bar, denominator) rather than \frac{}{} so I can control individual font sizes and colors. Two spacing problems I can't fix: 1. The fraction bar crashes into the 2 superscript on the denominator 5² 2. (where a ≠ 0) has no breathing room below the denominator aⁿ Both stem from the bar and note being placed at hardcoded absolute y-coordinates with no structural relationship to the surrounding nodes. MWE (problem area marked): % ── PROBLEM 1: bar hardcoded at y=1.88, unrelated to midfive.north ── \node[font=\bfseries\fontsize{38}{38}\selectfont] (midfive) at (11.70,1.03) {5}; \node[font=\bfseries\fontsize{22}{22}\selectfont] at ($(midfive.north east)+(0.08,0.10)$) {2}; \draw[line width=1.8mm] (11.18,1.88) -- (12.22,1.88); % bar too close to "2" % ── PROBLEM 2: note hardcoded at y=0.78, unrelated to aden.south ── \node[font=\bfseries\fontsize{41}{41}\selectfont] (aden) at (5.76,1.52) {a}; \node[font=\bfseries\fontsize{24}{24}\selectfont] at ($(aden.north east)+(0.10,0.12)$) {n}; \node[font=\bfseries\fontsize{15}{15}\selectfont] at (4.22,0.78) {(where a $\neq$ 0)}; Full MWE: \documentclass[tikz,border=0pt]{standalone} \usepackage{fix-cm} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{lmodern} \usepackage[scaled=0.98]{helvet} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \usepackage{xcolor} \usetikzlibrary{calc} \definecolor{bggray}{HTML}{ECECEC} \definecolor{purpleA}{HTML}{6B2FEA} \definecolor{purpleB}{HTML}{8B43F5} \definecolor{purpleText}{HTML}{7A34F0} \definecolor{greenText}{HTML}{43D400} \definecolor{redExample}{HTML}{FF2946} \definecolor{textMain}{HTML}{202020} \newcommand{\Avar}{\textcolor{purpleText}{\textbf{a}}} \newcommand{\Nvar}{\textcolor{greenText}{\textbf{n}}} \newcommand{\NegNvar}{\textcolor{greenText}{\textbf{-n}}} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[x=1cm,y=1cm] \path[use as bounding box] (0,0) rectangle (16,9); \fill[bggray] (0,0) rectangle (16,9); \shade[left color=purpleA,right color=purpleB] (0,6.82) rectangle (16,9); \node[text=white, font=\bfseries\fontsize{28}{30}\selectfont] at (8,8.18) {Negative Exponent Rule}; \node[anchor=north west, text=textMain, align=left, text width=15.0cm] at (0.56,6.47) {% {\bfseries\fontsize{12.6}{18}\selectfont Any nonzero number, \Avar, raised to a negative exponent, \NegNvar,\\[5pt] equals one over that number raised to the positive exponent, \Nvar.} }; \draw[black, line width=1.1mm, rounded corners=1.2mm] (1.02,0.35) rectangle (7.42,4.34); \node[text=purpleText, font=\bfseries\fontsize{53}{53}\selectfont] (abase) at (2.08,2.56) {a}; \node[text=greenText, font=\bfseries\fontsize{26}{26}\selectfont] at ($(abase.north east)+(0.18,0.16)$) {-n}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{34}{34}\selectfont] at (4.18,2.62) {=}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{36}{36}\selectfont] at (5.78,3.42) {1}; \draw[line width=2.0mm] (5.12,2.63) -- (6.44,2.63); \node[text=purpleText, font=\bfseries\fontsize{41}{41}\selectfont] (aden) at (5.76,1.52) {a}; \node[text=greenText, font=\bfseries\fontsize{24}{24}\selectfont] at ($(aden.north east)+(0.10,0.12)$) {n}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{15}{15}\selectfont] at (4.22,0.78) {(where \Avar\ $\neq$ 0)}; % PROBLEM 2 \fill[redExample] (8.86,3.10) rectangle (14.78,4.20); \node[text=white, font=\bfseries\fontsize{21}{21}\selectfont] at (11.82,3.65) {Example}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{44}{44}\selectfont] (fivebase) at (9.62,1.70) {5}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{24}{24}\selectfont] at ($(fivebase.north east)+(0.08,0.12)$) {-2}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{34}{34}\selectfont] at (10.58,1.85) {=}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{34}{34}\selectfont] at (11.70,2.53) {1}; \draw[line width=1.8mm] (11.18,1.88) -- (12.22,1.88); % PROBLEM 1 \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{38}{38}\selectfont] (midfive) at (11.70,1.03) {5}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{22}{22}\selectfont] at ($(midfive.north east)+(0.08,0.10)$) {2}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{34}{34}\selectfont] at (13.18,1.85) {=}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{34}{34}\selectfont] at (14.35,2.53) {1}; \draw[line width=1.8mm] (13.86,1.88) -- (14.84,1.88); \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{36}{36}\selectfont] at (14.35,1.00) {25}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} What is the canonical way to: Position a manually-drawn fraction bar so it reliably clears a denominator's superscript, using node anchors rather than hardcoded y-coordinates? Add vertical space above a text node relative to the node above it?

How can I have the same alignment for the open access icon from the biblatex-ext package even when used in a quote or itemize environment? The open access icon is aligned properly when using a plain fullcite or in the bibliography and sits on the baseline of the first line. When used in a quote or itemize environment however, the alignment is off. MWE below: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[style=ext-alphabetic]{biblatex} \usepackage[enable=true, symbolpackage=tikz]{biblatex-ext-oa} \addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib} \begin{document} \fullcite{baez/article} \begin{quote} \fullcite{baez/article} \end{quote} \begin{itemize} \item \fullcite{baez/article} \end{itemize} \printbibliography \end{document}