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I am defining a custom longtable environment for a mark scheme table. The first table below is included only to show that the repeated header works correctly across pages, and also to compare the behaviour when the cells contain \lipsum text versus manually written content. The problem appears in the second table. In the last column, the text can extend outside the cell and appear beyond the table boundary. Also, the vertical and horizontal alignment do not seem to behave as expected. I would like to understand why this happens, not only how to fix it. Here is a minimal working example. try.tex \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage[a4paper,margin=2cm]{geometry} \usepackage{array} \usepackage{longtable} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{pdflscape} \usepackage[table]{xcolor} \usepackage{amsmath} \newlength{\MSAnswerWidth} \newlength{\MSPartialWidth} \newcommand{\MSComputeWidths}{% % Desired layout: % | 2cm | x | 2cm | y | % with x = y + 2cm % and the whole table spanning \linewidth \setlength{\MSPartialWidth}{% \dimexpr(\linewidth - 6cm - 8\tabcolsep - 5\arrayrulewidth)/2\relax }% \setlength{\MSAnswerWidth}{\dimexpr\MSPartialWidth + 2cm\relax}% } \newcommand{\MSHead}[2]{% \cellcolor{cyan!35}% \parbox[c][3.2em][c]{#1}{\centering\bfseries #2}% } \newcommand{\MSHeaderRow}{% \hline \MSHead{2cm}{Question} & \MSHead{\MSAnswerWidth}{Answer} & \MSHead{2cm}{Marks} & \MSHead{\MSPartialWidth}{Partial Marks} \\ \hline } \newenvironment{MarkSchemeTable}{% \MSComputeWidths \setlength{\LTleft}{0pt}% \setlength{\LTright}{0pt}% \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.15}% \begin{longtable}{|>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{2cm}|>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{\MSAnswerWidth}|>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{2cm}|>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{\MSPartialWidth}|} \MSHeaderRow \endfirsthead \MSHeaderRow \endhead \hline \endfoot \hline \endlastfoot }{% \end{longtable} } \newcommand{\MSRow}[4]{% #1 & #2 & #3 & #4 \\ \hline } \begin{document} \begin{landscape} \input{try2} \end{landscape} \end{document} and try2.tex \noindent\textbf{Test table} \vspace{3mm} \begin{MarkSchemeTable} \MSRow{1(a)}{\lipsum[1][1-4]}{M1}{\lipsum[2][1-2]} \MSRow{1(b)}{\lipsum[3][1-4]}{A1}{\lipsum[4][1-2]} \MSRow{2(a)}{\lipsum[5][1-4]}{B1}{\lipsum[6][1-2]} \MSRow{2(b)}{\lipsum[7][1-4]}{M1}{\lipsum[8][1-2]} \MSRow{3(a)}{\lipsum[9][1-4]}{A1}{\lipsum[10][1-2]} \MSRow{3(b)}{\lipsum[11][1-4]}{B1}{\lipsum[12][1-2]} \MSRow{4(a)}{\lipsum[13][1-4]}{M1}{\lipsum[14][1-2]} \MSRow{4(b)}{\lipsum[15][1-4]}{A1}{\lipsum[16][1-2]} \MSRow{5(a)}{\lipsum[17][1-4]}{B1}{\lipsum[18][1-2]} \MSRow{5(b)}{\lipsum[19][1-4]}{M1}{\lipsum[20][1-2]} \end{MarkSchemeTable} \begin{MarkSchemeTable} \MSRow{1}{$80\text{ m}$}{3}{\shortstack[l]{M1 for $40 \div 10 = 4\text{ m per cm}$ or scale factor $=4$\\ M1 for $2(4+6)=20\text{ cm}$ or perimeter of drawing $=20\text{ cm}$\\ A1 for $20 \times 4 = 80\text{ m}$}} \end{MarkSchemeTable} My questions are: Why does the content in the fourth column of the second table extend beyond the cell boundary? Why do the vertical and horizontal alignments appear inconsistent in this setup? What is the correct way to enter multi line content in such a cell without breaking the table layout? I am especially interested in the reason this behaves differently from the \lipsum rows. The codes above render to: Using \lipsum gives a cleaner and neater result, but when I enter the content manually, the second table becomes problematic. Thank you in advance. EDIT: Also it's worth mentioning that I use \shortstack[l] because \\ in one cell will not make a newline, instead, in my code, it will make the next stuff goes to the next cell instead. The default alignments that I set before are: for first and third column after the header, it will be horizontally aligned and start from top. the second and fourth column will start from left top (left-aligned)

The package siunitx has many nice features to make 'raw' numerical data publication ready. especially being able to change the rounding, formatting of the exponent and changing the units (multiplication, offset by 273.15, etc.) make it possible to fix many formal shortcomings of a draft table, without touching the actual data in the table. In a similar vein, would it be possible to add a derived quantity after an existing one; e.g. could one change the column specification of this table: \begin{tabular}{ S[table-format=3.0] } \toprule {$T / \unit{\kelvin}$} \\ \midrule 300 \\ 250 \\ \bottomrule \end{tabular} so that it looks like the one below? \begin{tabular}{ S[table-format=3.0] S[table-format=-2.0] } \toprule {$T / \unit{\kelvin}$} & {$t / \unit{\celsius}$} & \\ \midrule 300 & 26.85 250 & -23.15 \bottomrule \end{tabular}

I’m preparing handwritten-style notes for my Calculus II class (topics like disk/washer method, shell method, etc.), and I would like to include nice visualizations of solids of revolution. Does anyone have suggestions for elegant ways to present volumes of revolution in lecture notes? For example: good diagrams or visualization tools, LaTeX/TikZ packages, Python/Matlab plots, interactive graphics (GeoGebra, Desmos, etc.). My goal is to make the geometry of the solid very clear for students (cross-sections, rotation around the axis, comparison of disk vs washer vs shell). Any suggestions or examples would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I want to create an index of terms, but makeindex returns a mysterious error. Here is a MWE: \documentclass[12pt,oneside]{amsbook} \usepackage{makeidx} \makeindex \begin{document} \index{testme} Test sentence. \printindex \end{document} Here's the error message: (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/makeidx.sty Package: makeidx 2021/10/04 v1.0m Standard LaTeX package ! LaTeX Error: Command \see already defined. Or name \end... illegal, see p.192 of the manual. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.46 \newcommand*\see[2]{\emph{\seename} #1} ? s OK, entering \scrollmode... ! LaTeX Error: Command \printindex already defined. Or name \end... illegal, see p.192 of the manual. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.48 ...command\printindex{\@input@{\jobname.ind}} Your command was ignored. Type I <command> <return> to replace it with another command, or <return> to continue without it. ) I'm at a lost of what to do. Your advice is most appreciated. Thanks!

Recently I switched from TeX Live 2025 to TeX Live 2026. As this is a basic installation I now recognizes that the installations are independent and don't share a list of previously installed packages. I'd like to prevent to have to install everything or go package by package until everything compiles. Is there a way to get the list of installed packages from the previous installation? I'm using MacTeX and I fail to use tlmgr by their full path (and by that using them independently) e.g. to get a list of installed packages: Getting the real path: ❯ which tlmgr /Library/TeX/texbin/tlmgr ❯ realpath /Library/TeX/texbin/tlmgr /usr/local/texlive/2026basic/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl tlmgr for TeX Live 2026: ❯ /usr/local/texlive/2026basic/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl Can't locate TeXLive/TLConfig.pm in @INC (you may need to install the TeXLive::TLConfig module) (@INC contains: /usr/local/texlive/2026basic/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/../../texmf-dist/scripts/texlive /usr/local/texlive/2026basic/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/../../tlpkg /Library/Perl/5.34/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.34 /Network/Library/Perl/5.34/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Network/Library/Perl/5.34 /Library/Perl/Updates/5.34.1 /System/Library/Perl/5.34/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/5.34 /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.34/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.34) at /usr/local/texlive/2026basic/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl line 94. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/texlive/2026basic/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl line 94. tlmgr for TeX Live 2025: ❯ /usr/local/texlive/2025basic/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl Can't locate TeXLive/TLConfig.pm in @INC (you may need to install the TeXLive::TLConfig module) (@INC contains: /usr/local/texlive/2025basic/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/../../texmf-dist/scripts/texlive /usr/local/texlive/2025basic/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/../../tlpkg /Library/Perl/5.34/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.34 /Network/Library/Perl/5.34/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Network/Library/Perl/5.34 /Library/Perl/Updates/5.34.1 /System/Library/Perl/5.34/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/5.34 /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.34/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.34) at /usr/local/texlive/2025basic/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl line 92. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/texlive/2025basic/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl line 92.

I would like to cite theorems in my manuscript by specifying the reference in the theorem title. I tried using the following code: \begin{theorem}[{\cite[Thm.~2.5]{reference_paper}}] Statement of the theorem \end{theorem} or \begin{theorem} \cite[Thm.~2.5]{reference_paper}. Statement of the theorem \end{theorem} These produce the first two results shown in the attached image, but I would prefer something similar to the third row. Being able to remove the space after '(' in the first example would also be fine. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

I'm editing a custom Pandoc LaTeX template (default.latex). After adding comments to document my changes, Pandoc refuses to compile the template. Depending on the comment, I get one of two errors. Error 1 — orphaned $endif$ in a comment: % fixes the $endif$ bug pandoc: "template" (line 5, column 15): unexpected "$" expecting letter or digit or "()" Error 2 — unclosed $if(...)$ in a comment: $endif$ % end $if(title)$ pandoc: "template" (line 877, column 15): unexpected end of input expecting "$--", "\n", "$", "${" or "$$" Both are fatal. What's going on, and how do I safely comment a Pandoc LaTeX template?

For context, I am trying to include my cv, typeset with the document class moderncv, inside a larger application document. Is there any effective way of handling this ? (Most of the document inclusion package I have seen seem to be meant to drop the preamble and documentclss of included documents.)

Is it possible to get three column layout in LaTeX as like as \documentclass[twocolumn]{article} I don't want to use multicols package, as it might have issues with floats. Also, please suggest that spanning of two column floats and three column floats and footnotes are possible.

The following code is meant to count the number of tokens in a token list: \documentclass{article} \ExplSyntaxOn \NewExpandableDocumentCommand{\tokencount}{o m}{ \__tokencount_count_tokens:nn{#2}{#1} } \cs_new:Npn \__tokencount_count_tokens:nn #1#2{ \int_eval:n{ 0 \tl_map_tokens:nn{#2}{\__tokencount_count_token:nn{#1}} } } \cs_new:Npn \__tokencount_count_token:nn #1#2{ \tl_map_tokens:nn{#1}{\__tokencount_count_token_compare:nn{#2}} } \cs_new:Npn \__tokencount_count_token_compare:nn #1#2{ \tl_if_eq:nnT{#1}{#2}{ +1 } } \ExplSyntaxOff \begin{document} \noindent \tokencount[-]{1-2-3}\\ % Should return 2, but returns 0 + 1 + 1 \tokencount[-,]{1-2-3,4,5,6}\\ % Should return 5, but returns 0 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 \tokencount[ {ab} ]{1{ab}2{ab}3}\\ % Should return 2, but returns 0 + 1 + 1 \tokencount[ {ab} - ]{1{ab}2{ab}3-4}\\ % Should return 3, but returns 0 + 1 + 1 + 1 \end{document} Three questions: Q1: How to make it work correctly? Q2: How to improve it/make it more robust if necessary while keeping it expandable? Q3: How to optimize it to minimize compile time?

My goal is to typeset a document in ConTeXt with grid/line-matching, and with two "serried" footnote apparatuses at the bottom. The top footnote apparatus I name as "marginal" with \definenote[marginal] and the lower apparatus I name as \definenote[critical]. On any given page, you might see no footnotes at all, you might see one of the apparatuses but not the other, or you might see both together. Regardless, I'd always like to see exactly one grid line of space between the last line of text from the main text body and the horizontal rule of whichever footnote apparatus appears on top. So if the "marginal" apparatus appears on a page, I'd like to see one grid line of space between its horizontal rule and the main text. However, on a page where the "marginal" apparatus doesn't appear at all, but the "critical" apparatus does appear, I'd of course like to see that one line of empty space appear between the bottom of the main text block and the horizontal rule of the "critical" apparatus. If both apparatuses appear on a page, I don't want to see any extra space between the two apparatuses themselves. In other words, in order to make this work, I need some sort of spacing that can automatically vary depending on which apparatuses appear on any given page. However, although I used to have a ConTeXt setup that seemed to accomplish this, several days ago I updated to the latest ConTeXt release, and it completely broke my entire footnote system. Specifically, strange space now appears between my two apparatuses, too much space sometimes appears between the main text body and the top apparatus, and at times the top apparatus of footnotes actually overlaps the bottom of the main text body. Note that before this most recent update, I had never seen ConTeXt cause a footnote apparatus to overlap the main text as shown here. The version of ConTeXt I'm using is "2026.02.19 11:49". I've included a minimum working example here that demonstrates the overlap I'm seeing. So I have two specific questions I'm posing here: (1) In such a simple MWE with no frills, why is ConTeXt overlapping a footnote apparatus with the main text body? and (2) Give the variable spacing requirements I listed above, can this MWE be modified to accomplish those spacing requirements? To summarize, here is what I was trying to accomplish with the two apparatuses: "marginal" apparatus on top, assuming it appears on a given page "critical" apparatus either on top or bottom (depending on whether or not the "marginal" apparatus appears on that page) All notes in paragraph, run-on (i.e., "serried") form Footnote text can be ragged-right rather than justified Whichever apparatus appears on top, I'd like to see one line of grid space between the bottom of the main text block and the horizontal rule of the top apparatus. If both apparatuses appear on a page, I'd like to see no extra space between the two apparatuses (although they would be separated by a horizontal rule). \setuppapersize [A5] \setuplayout [tight] \setuplayout [grid=yes] \setupinterlinespace [line=5ex] \definenote[marginal] \setupnote [marginal] [alternative=serried, paragraph=yes, location=page] \setupnotation [marginal] [number=no] \definenote[critical] \setupnote [critical] [alternative=serried, paragraph=yes, location=page] \setupnotation [critical] [number=no] \starttext \samplefile{knuth}\marginal{1. \samplefile{knuth}}\critical{2. Some more footnote text.}\samplefile{knuth} \samplefile{knuth}\marginal{1. \samplefile{knuth}}\critical{2. Some more footnote text.}\samplefile{knuth} \samplefile{knuth}\marginal{1. \samplefile{knuth}}\critical{2. Some more footnote text.}\samplefile{knuth} \stoptext Here is the output produced by this MWE, where you can see the two apparatuses appearing, but with the top apparatus overlapping the main text: [UPDATE] In light of the request to look at the beyond-inserts.tex documentation: I did read it in full. However, I don't understand how it helps me figure out how to accomplish the spacing around my notes that I'm trying to achieve. But in the spirit/style of that documentation, I'll reiterate what I'm trying to do: This image shows what I'm trying to achieve if both footnote apparatuses appear on a single page. In this case, there's one line of grid space between the main text body and the first block of notes, with the horizontal rule for the notes falling on a grid line. Then there's no extra space between the top and bottom apparatuses. And all note text falls along grid lines, just like the main text body. Now here's the case where the top apparatus appears on a page, but without the bottom apparatus: And here's the case where the bottom apparatus appears on a page, but without the top apparatus: So what I'm wondering is: Given the spacing changes described in beyond-inserts.tex, is it feasible to accomplish this in ConTeXt? Again, I did have this working prior to the most recent ConTeXt release. I'm just not sure (given the engine changes) how to configure this now.

I'm working on a LaTeX document where I have multiple image files, some of which have a -converted version. For example, my files might look like this: a.png b.png b-converted.png c.png c-converted.png d.png I want to include the images in my document using a command like: \includegraphics{a.png} % includes a.png \includegraphics{b.png} % include b-converted.png \includegraphics{c.png} % include c-converted.png \includegraphics{d.png} % includes d.png That is, the logic should be: If basename-converted.ext exists, include that. Otherwise, include the original file: basename.ext. MWE \documentclass{article} \usepackage{graphicx} \begin{document} \includegraphics{a.png} \includegraphics{b-converted.png} \end{document} EDIT: I should work with multiple multiple file extension, like png, jpg, pdf, svg ...

I was trying to copy this figure (from Elementary Classic Analysis Marsden Hoffman): And I don't know how. I've already seen various posts about a distorted circles where they drawed it randomly and I tried it but the result I get it's not quite like I want. I want like it's a sketch of a set I could have drawn (like the picture), but I get a circle "that has random noise". I know that making figures can be hard (at least for me) so if someone could just give me some indications I'd be really grateful.

is there a TeX-based solution or is external tooling required? Like many of you (I suppose), I maintain a relatively large LaTeX repository used to produce lecture slides and course material. The project has grown over several years and now contains several hundred .tex files twice as many graphics (.png, .pdf) nested directories shared figures reused across multiple documents Typical usage is simply \documentclass{article} \usepackage{graphicx} \begin{document} \includegraphics{figures/payoff_diagram.png} \end{document} As the project evolves, files are sometimes moved or renamed. When this happens, some paths referenced by \includegraphics become invalid. Maintaining a clean path becomes a nightmare... In practice this leads to two types of issues graphics referenced in .tex files that no longer exist graphics present in the repository but not used anywhere Compiling documents eventually reveals missing files, but in a large repository this becomes slow and inconvenient. So my question is essentially about project-level integrity checks. Is there a way within the TeX ecosystem to automatically audit a repository and detect files referenced by \includegraphics that do not exist graphics present in the repository but never referenced For example Does LaTeX provide tooling to inspect file dependencies across a project Are there packages or TeX utilities designed for this Or is the typical solution to rely on external tooling such as scripts or CI workflows More broadly, with the recent development of automation tools and AI-assisted repository analysis, I am also wondering whether people have started using such approaches to maintain consistency in large LaTeX projects. I would be interested in knowing what workflows people use in practice for this type of problem.

When using \newline, the horizontal centering does not work as expected. The first line is not centered (expected: red arrow). \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tabularray} \begin{document} \begin{tblr}{ colspec = {|Q|Q|Q|}, rows = {2.5cm,m}, columns = {4.5cm,c} } two\newline line and some text & single line\\ \end{tblr} \end{document}

Learning from Mico's answer, I have the following code to add \, between number and letter automaticlly via: s:gsub ( "(%d)(%a)" , "%1\\,%2" ) Here below is the code: \documentclass{article}% lualatex required \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb} \usepackage{luacode} \begin{luacode} function digit_letter_spacer ( s ) return s:gsub ( "(%d)(%a)" , "%1\\,%2" ) end \end{luacode} \newcommand\DigitLetterSpaceOn{\directlua{luatexbase.add_to_callback ( "process_input_buffer" , digit_letter_spacer , "DigitLetterSpace" )}} \newcommand\DigitLetterSpaceOff{\directlua{luatexbase.remove_from_callback ( "process_input_buffer" , "DigitLetterSpace" )}} \AtBeginDocument{\DigitLetterSpaceOn} \begin{document} 23x $23x$ 1a2b3c $E=mc^2$ \[ 23x + 45y - 6z = 114qwq\] \begin{align*} \sum_{i=3n}^{\infty} \frac{5x}{7y} - \sqrt{100w} &\cong 3\mathbb{R} \\ 3x^2+4y^2&=5z^2 \end{align*} While the greek letter is not detected: $5\lambda+6\kappa=7\eta$ \begin{gather} 5\alpha+6\beta=7\gamma \end{gather} \end{document} However, the greek letter is not reconginzed. Any approach to regard Greeks Letter as letters in luacode?

I don't understand why the scope with on background layer option \begin{scope}{on background layer} \clip (bb.south west) rectangle (bb.north east) {[rotate=\myrot] (P) -- (Q) -- (R) -- (S) -- cycle}; \fill[lightgray!50] (bb.south west) rectangle (bb.north east); \end{scope} produces different result compared to the pgfonlayer. \begin{pgfonlayer}{background} \clip (bb.south west) rectangle (bb.north east) {[rotate=\myrot] (P) -- (Q) -- (R) -- (S) -- cycle}; \fill[lightgray!50] (bb.south west) rectangle (bb.north east); \end{pgfonlayer} Minimal Working Example \documentclass[tikz, border=1cm]{standalone} \usetikzlibrary{backgrounds} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[line width=2pt, dot/.style 2 args={circle,fill,inner sep=1pt, label={[black,transform shape=true]#1:{$#2$}}} ] \def\myrot{-45} \begin{scope}[rotate=\myrot,local bounding box=bb] \draw (0, 0) coordinate (P) -- ++(4, 0) coordinate (Q) -- ++(0, 3) coordinate (R) -- ++(-4, 0) coordinate (S) -- cycle; \path foreach \p/\d in {P/45,Q/135,R/-135,S/-45} {(\p)coordinate[dot={\d}{\p}]}; \end{scope} \def\selector{0}% odd for scoped on background layer, otherwise for pgfonlayer. \ifodd\selector \begin{scope}{on background layer} \else \begin{pgfonlayer}{background} \fi \clip (bb.south west) rectangle (bb.north east) {[rotate=\myrot] (P) -- (Q) -- (R) -- (S) -- cycle}; \fill[lightgray!50] (bb.south west) rectangle (bb.north east); \ifodd\selector \end{scope} \else \end{pgfonlayer} \fi \draw (bb.south west) rectangle (bb.north east); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}

I'm writing a technical document with many short listings, with typically fewer that 5 lines in each listing. Rather than adding captions to these short listings, I would like to number them similarly to how equations are numbered on the right and refer to them by these numbers. I would like for these numbers to appear in line with the first line of each listing. In the example below, I have partially emulated what I want to achieve. There are still two problems that I would like to solve. Can the numbers appear automatically for each instance of the lstlisting environment without typing @!\I@ on the first line of each one? How can I get correct reference numbers? Without \refstepcounter{lstlisting} in the definition of \I, I get [0] for each listing. The lstlisting environment does not appear to increment the lstlisting counter without a caption, which I'm trying to avoid. Even with my hack, \ref gives me the chapter number instead of the listing number; though with the hyperref package, clicking on the reference correctly takes me to the listing. Here is the latex code. \documentclass[11pt,letterpaper]{article} \usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} \usepackage{indentfirst,xcolor} \usepackage[auto-lang=false]{lipsum} \usepackage{listings} \lstset{ xleftmargin=0.25in, basicstyle={\fontencoding{T1}\ttfamily}, upquote=true, showspaces=false, showstringspaces=false, escapeinside={@!}{@}, } \NewDocumentCommand{\I}{}{% \hfill {\refstepcounter{lstlisting}\color{gray}[\thelstlisting]}% } \setcounter{section}{4} \begin{document} \section{Example} \lipsum[1][1] \lstinline[language=c]{"some text"} is a string in C. \lipsum[1][2] \lstinline[language=Python]{'some text'} is a string in Python. \lipsum[1][3] \begin{lstlisting}[language=c,label={lst:c}] const char* str = "Hello"; @!\I@ \end{lstlisting} \lipsum[2][1-3] \begin{lstlisting}[language=Python,label={lst:python}] str1 = "Hello" @!\I@ str2 = 'World' \end{lstlisting} In Listing \ref{lst:c}, \lipsum[3][1] In Listing \ref{lst:python}, \lipsum[3][2] \end{document}

What I’m really asking is this: if a package bumps into conflicts with some macros or with another package, it can make you wonder whether you could somehow push \usepackage down until after \begin{document}. I know that sounds a bit messy, and I expect people may point me toward a cleaner setup and that the better answer may well be “don’t do that; restructure the document instead.”. But is there any tweak or workaround that would actually let you get away with that? Again, this is not the standard way to do things, and the right fix may simply be to restructure the document, but I want to know whether there is any workaround that would make delayed package loading possible. You may well ask, “Why?” At the moment, the best answer I can give is simply: why not? I realize this is unconventional, but we cannot always solve a problem by stepping around it; sometimes it is worth exploring a bolder approach. Packages that I can think of that I would use as an example are subfig and subcaption (doesn't directly mean that I talk about those two, but I have to make an MWE to demonstrate the question) Let's say main.tex: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{subfig} \begin{document} Main text. \include{part} \end{document} and part.tex: \usepackage{subcaption} \begin{figure} \centering \caption{A test figure from the included file} \end{figure} I hope this is something that is not too stupid to ask about. Sorry in advance.

I am trying to use the Roboto font everywhere in my LaTeX document. I load it using the roboto package: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[sfdefault]{roboto} \begin{document} Some random text A \textrightarrow\ B Some random text \end{document} However, the arrow produced by \textrightarrow does not seem to come from the Roboto font. It looks different from the surrounding text. How can I make \textrightarrow use the Roboto so that it matches the rest of the document?

I have been using the following code for some time to create documents readable on a computer or phone : \documentclass{article} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{geometry} \geometry{papersize={10cm,\maxdimen},vmargin=0.5cm,hmargin=0.5cm} \begin{document} \setbox0=\vbox\bgroup \lipsum[1-3] \egroup \pageheight=\dimexpr\ht0+1cm \unvbox0 \end{document} I am looking to modify it to use the book class and have each chapter be a page of variable length. Despite many attempts, I haven’t been able to make it work. I also tried with this answer, but I failed as well.

I am trying to recreate this picture from the College Board. I am able to recreate the image with the x-axis labeled in fourths (pi). However, the original shows each label being 1/8 (pi). Each time I try to use specific xtick and xlabel, the spacing is incorrect. Is there an easier way I can do this? Here is my code: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{fullpage,parskip,pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=newest} \usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ axis lines=middle, axis equal, clip=false, enlargelimits=false, xlabel={\(x\)}, ylabel={\(y\)}, title={Graph of \(f\)}, grid=major, grid style={black!75}, xmin=-2*pi/3,xmax=13*pi/6, ymin=-5,ymax=4, xtick={-0.75*pi, -0.5*pi, -0.25*pi, 0, 0.25*pi, 0.5*pi, 0.75*pi, pi, 1.25*pi, 1.5*pi, 1.75*pi, 2*pi, 2.25*pi}, xticklabels={, $-\frac{\pi}{2}$, , , , $\frac{\pi}{2}$, , $\pi$, , $\frac{3\pi}{2}$, , $2\pi$, }, ytick={-5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, yticklabels={\(-5\), , \(-3\), , \(-1\), , \(1\), , \(3\)}, title style={ font=\Large, anchor=north, at={(rel axis cs: 0.5,0)}, yshift=-3mm, }, ticklabel style={fill=white}, axis line style={ thick,-{Triangle[length=3mm,width=2mm]},shorten >=-4mm,}, ticklabel style={fill=white, inner sep=1pt, font=\normalsize}, ] \addplot[samples=100,thick,domain=-2.09:6.54]{3*sin(deg(2*x-pi/2))}; \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} Any help would be appreciated. TYA

My wish List: I want. for footer starts from page 2 (landscape) it has : © Arrohmah Bogor 2026 (on the bottom left) aligned to margin. 0580/02/UT/2026 on the bottom centre starts from page 2 to 5, (I can change 5 to page number greater or lower than that) 0580/04/UT/2026 on the bottom centre starts from page 5 to end, (I can change 5 to page number greater or lower than that according to the previous scheme) Turn Over (on the bottom right aligned to margin. and only applies to odd pages) for header: starts from page 2 (landscape) it has: 0580/02 (on top most left aligned to margin, from page 2 to 5, (I can change 5 to page number greater or lower than that)) 0580/04 (on top most left aligned to margin, from page 5 to end, (I can change 5 to page number greater or lower than that)) Cambridge IGCSE - Mark Scheme\\textbf{UNIT TEST} (on top most centre) For examination\\From 2026 (on right most centre aligned to margin) \\ means enter newline. This code still has portrait page numbering and footer: \documentclass[12pt,twoside]{article} \usepackage[ a4paper, hmargin=2cm, vmargin=1.8cm ]{geometry} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{enumitem} \usepackage{setspace} \usepackage[export]{adjustbox} \usepackage{fancyhdr} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{array} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{marginnote} \usetikzlibrary{calc} \usepackage{refcount} \usepackage{lastpage} \usepackage{pdflscape} \pagestyle{empty} \newcommand{\commandpage}{\pageref{LastPage}} %==================== PAGE STYLE FROM PAGE 2 ONWARD ==================== \fancypagestyle{mypages}{ \fancyhf{} \fancyhead[C]{\thepage} \fancyfoot[L]{\small © Arrohmah Bogor 2026} \fancyfoot[C]{\small 0580/02-04/MS/26} \fancyfoot[RO]{\small \textbf{[Turn Over]}} \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} } \newcolumntype{L}[1]{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}m{#1}} \newcolumntype{R}[1]{>{\raggedleft\arraybackslash}m{#1}} \begin{document} %==================== LOGOS ==================== \begingroup \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} \vspace*{-1.7cm} \begin{tabular}{@{}p{0.2\textwidth}@{}p{0.8\textwidth}@{}} \hspace*{-.25cm}\includegraphics[height=2.2cm,valign=m]{newarrohmah.png} & \hfill \includegraphics[trim=0 150 0 150,scale=.30,valign=m]{cambridge.png}\hspace*{-1cm} \end{tabular} \vspace{1cm} {\LARGE \textbf{Cambridge IGCSE\texttrademark}}% \vspace{10pt} Teacher : Mr. Shandy \vspace{0.6cm} \vspace{10pt} %==================== PAPER HEADER ==================== \hrule \begin{tabular}{@{}p{0.8\textwidth}@{}p{0.2\textwidth}@{}} \vspace*{-1mm} \textbf{MATHEMATICS} Paper 2 Non-calculator and Paper 4 Calculator (Extended) \vspace{2pt} MARK SCHEME \vspace{2pt} Maximum Mark: 100 & \raggedleft \vspace{-1mm} \textbf{0580/02} \textbf{March 2026} \textbf{2 hours} \end{tabular} \endgroup \vspace{3pt} \hrule \vspace{7in} \hrule \begin{center} This document has \textbf{\commandpage} pages. \end{center} \noindent \begin{tabular}{@{}p{0.5\textwidth}@{}p{0.5\textwidth}@{}} {\small © Arrohmah Bogor 2026} & \raggedleft {\small \textbf{[Turn Over]}} \end{tabular} \newpage %==================== PAGE 2 ONWARD LANDSCAPE ==================== \begin{landscape} \pagestyle{mypages} \lipsum \end{landscape} \end{document} Trying to implement this reference as my best attempt, ended up with this update: \documentclass[12pt,twoside]{article} \usepackage[ a4paper, hmargin=2cm, vmargin=1.8cm ]{geometry} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{enumitem} \usepackage{setspace} \usepackage[export]{adjustbox} \usepackage{fancyhdr} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{array} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{marginnote} \usetikzlibrary{calc} \usepackage{refcount} \usepackage{lastpage} \usepackage{pdflscape} \usepackage{everypage} \pagestyle{empty} \newcommand{\commandpage}{\pageref{LastPage}} %==================== PAGE STYLE FROM PAGE 2 ONWARD ==================== \fancypagestyle{mypages}{ \fancyhf{} \fancyhead[C]{\thepage} \fancyfoot[L]{\small © Arrohmah Bogor 2026} \fancyfoot[C]{\small 0580/02-04/MS/26} \fancyfoot[RO]{\small \textbf{[Turn Over]}} \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} } \newcolumntype{L}[1]{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}m{#1}} \newcolumntype{R}[1]{>{\raggedleft\arraybackslash}m{#1}} % ---------- Rotated footer for landscape pages ---------- \newlength{\hfoot} \newlength{\vfoot} \AddEverypageHook{% \ifdim\textwidth=\linewidth\relax % portrait page -> do nothing \else % landscape page \setlength{\hfoot}{-\topmargin}% \addtolength{\hfoot}{-\headheight}% \addtolength{\hfoot}{-\headsep}% \addtolength{\hfoot}{-.5\linewidth}% \ifodd\value{page} \setlength{\vfoot}{\oddsidemargin}% \else \setlength{\vfoot}{\evensidemargin}% \fi \addtolength{\vfoot}{\textheight}% \addtolength{\vfoot}{\footskip}% \raisebox{\hfoot}[0pt][0pt]{% \rlap{% \hspace{\vfoot}% \rotatebox[origin=cB]{90}{% \makebox[\textheight][c]{% \small © Arrohmah Bogor 2026\hfill \thepage\hfill 0580/02-04/MS/26\hfill \textbf{[Turn Over]}% }% }% }% }% \fi } \begin{document} %==================== LOGOS ==================== \begingroup \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} \vspace*{-1.7cm} \begin{tabular}{@{}p{0.2\textwidth}@{}p{0.8\textwidth}@{}} \hspace*{-.25cm}\includegraphics[height=2.2cm,valign=m]{newarrohmah.png} & \hfill \includegraphics[trim=0 150 0 150,scale=.30,valign=m]{cambridge.png}\hspace*{-1cm} \end{tabular} \vspace{1cm} {\LARGE \textbf{Cambridge IGCSE\texttrademark}}% \vspace{10pt} Teacher : Mr. Shandy \vspace{0.6cm} \vspace{10pt} %==================== PAPER HEADER ==================== \hrule \begin{tabular}{@{}p{0.8\textwidth}@{}p{0.2\textwidth}@{}} \vspace*{-1mm} \textbf{MATHEMATICS} Paper 2 Non-calculator and Paper 4 Calculator (Extended) \vspace{2pt} MARK SCHEME \vspace{2pt} Maximum Mark: 100 & \raggedleft \vspace{-1mm} \textbf{0580/02} \textbf{March 2026} \textbf{2 hours} \end{tabular} \endgroup \vspace{3pt} \hrule \vspace{7in} \hrule \begin{center} This document has \textbf{\commandpage} pages. \end{center} \noindent \begin{tabular}{@{}p{0.5\textwidth}@{}p{0.5\textwidth}@{}} {\small © Arrohmah Bogor 2026} & \raggedleft {\small \textbf{[Turn Over]}} \end{tabular} \newpage %==================== PAGE 2 ONWARD LANDSCAPE ==================== \begin{landscape} \pagestyle{empty} \lipsum[1-8] \newpage \lipsum[9-16] \end{landscape} \end{document} Givng me this result: It's kind of working, but I want the Arrohmah on the left aligning the outer first margin and the Turn Over (odds only) the most right part aligning the margin from the left. The paper code on bottom most centre and the page numbering on top most centre. (Exactly just like the portrait, but this for landscape that starts from page 2 to the end). EDIT: This is the stripped version and the updated version from the suggestion by @Explorer. But still a disaster: \documentclass[12pt,twoside]{article} \usepackage[a4paper,hmargin=2cm,vmargin=1.8cm]{geometry} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{lastpage} \usepackage{pdflscape} \pagestyle{empty} \newcommand{\commandpage}{\pageref{LastPage}} \newcommand{\switchpage}{5} \newcommand{\leftheadercode}{% \ifnum\value{page}<\switchpage 0580/02\else 0580/04\fi } \newcommand{\centrefootercode}{% \ifnum\value{page}<\switchpage 0580/02/UT/2026\else 0580/04/UT/2026\fi } \ExplSyntaxOn \bool_new:N \l_landscape_bool \coffin_new:N \l_footer_coffin \coffin_new:N \l_header_left_coffin \coffin_new:N \l_header_center_coffin \coffin_new:N \l_header_right_coffin \dim_new:N \g_saved_textwidth_dim \dim_new:N \g_saved_textheight_dim \hook_gput_code:nnn { begindocument/end } { . } { \dim_gset:Nn \g_saved_textwidth_dim { \textwidth } \dim_gset:Nn \g_saved_textheight_dim { \textheight } } \hook_gput_code:nnn { env/landscape/begin } { . } { \bool_set_true:N \l_landscape_bool } \hook_gput_code:nnn { env/landscape/end } { . } { \bool_set_false:N \l_landscape_bool } \hook_gput_code:nnn { shipout/background } { . } { \bool_if:NT \l_landscape_bool { \hcoffin_set:Nn \l_header_left_coffin { \small \leftheadercode } \coffin_rotate:Nn \l_header_left_coffin { 90 } \vcoffin_set:Nnn \l_header_center_coffin { 4cm } { \centering \small Cambridge IGCSE - Mark Scheme \\ \small \textbf{UNIT TEST} } \coffin_rotate:Nn \l_header_center_coffin { 90 } \vcoffin_set:Nnn \l_header_right_coffin { 3.5cm } { \raggedleft \small For examination \\ \small From 2026 } \coffin_rotate:Nn \l_header_right_coffin { 90 } \hcoffin_set:Nn \l_footer_coffin { \small © Arrohmah Bogor 2026 \hspace*{\fill} \centrefootercode \hspace*{\fill} \ifodd\value{page}\textbf{[Turn Over]}\fi } \coffin_rotate:Nn \l_footer_coffin { 90 } \put ( \dim_eval:n { \oddsidemargin + 1in - \headsep }, \dim_eval:n { -1in - \topmargin - \headheight - 8pt } ) { \coffin_typeset:Nnnnn \l_header_left_coffin { b } { hc } { 0pt } { 0pt } } \put ( \dim_eval:n { \oddsidemargin + 1in + 0.5\g_saved_textwidth_dim }, \dim_eval:n { -1in - \topmargin - \headheight - 8pt } ) { \coffin_typeset:Nnnnn \l_header_center_coffin { b } { hc } { 0pt } { 0pt } } \put ( \dim_eval:n { \oddsidemargin + 1in + \g_saved_textwidth_dim + \headsep }, \dim_eval:n { -1in - \topmargin - \headheight - 8pt } ) { \coffin_typeset:Nnnnn \l_header_right_coffin { b } { hc } { 0pt } { 0pt } } \put ( \dim_eval:n { \footskip + \oddsidemargin + 1in + \g_saved_textwidth_dim }, \dim_eval:n { -1in - \topmargin - 0.5\g_saved_textheight_dim - \headheight - \headsep } ) { \coffin_typeset:Nnnnn \l_footer_coffin { t } { hc } { 0pt } { 0pt } } } } \ExplSyntaxOff \begin{document} Page 1 \begin{center} This document has \textbf{\commandpage} pages. \end{center} \newpage \begin{landscape} \lipsum[1-8] \newpage \lipsum[9-16] \end{landscape} \end{document} Latest attempt (screenshot): Last Edit: This may be the last edit. I just can't. No matter what I've tried it never gave me success. I guess considering to use M. Word is the best idea :') \documentclass[12pt,twoside]{article} \usepackage[ a4paper, hmargin=2cm, vmargin=1.8cm, headheight=30pt ]{geometry} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{enumitem} \usepackage{setspace} \usepackage[export]{adjustbox} \usepackage{fancyhdr} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{array} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{marginnote} \usetikzlibrary{calc} \usepackage{refcount} \usepackage{lastpage} \usepackage[pdftex]{lscape} \pagestyle{empty} \newcommand{\commandpage}{\pageref{LastPage}} \newcommand{\switchpage}{5} \newcommand{\leftheadercode}{% \ifnum\value{page}<\switchpage 0580/02% \else 0580/04% \fi } \newcommand{\centrefootercode}{% \ifnum\value{page}<\switchpage 0580/02/UT/2026% \else 0580/04/UT/2026% \fi } \fancypagestyle{landscapepages}{% \fancyhf{} \fancyhead[LE,LO]{\small\leftheadercode} \fancyhead[CE,CO]{\small\shortstack[c]{Cambridge IGCSE - Mark Scheme\\\textbf{UNIT TEST}}} \fancyhead[RE,RO]{\small\shortstack[r]{For examination\\From 2026}} \fancyfoot[LE,LO]{\small © Arrohmah Bogor 2026} \fancyfoot[CE,CO]{\small\centrefootercode} \fancyfoot[RE,RO]{\small\ifodd\value{page}\textbf{[Turn Over]}\fi} \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} } \newcolumntype{L}[1]{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}m{#1}} \newcolumntype{R}[1]{>{\raggedleft\arraybackslash}m{#1}} \newcommand{\switchtolandscape}{% \clearpage \newgeometry{ paperwidth=297mm, paperheight=210mm, left=2cm, right=2cm, top=1.8cm, bottom=1.8cm, headheight=30pt }% \pdfpagewidth=\paperwidth \pdfpageheight=\paperheight \setlength{\headwidth}{\textwidth} \pagestyle{landscapepages} } \begin{document} %==================== LOGOS ==================== \begingroup \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} \vspace*{-1.7cm} \begin{tabular}{@{}p{0.2\textwidth}@{}p{0.8\textwidth}@{}} \hspace*{-.25cm}\includegraphics[height=2.2cm,valign=m]{newarrohmah.png} & \hfill \includegraphics[trim=0 150 0 150,scale=.30,valign=m]{cambridge.png}\hspace*{-1cm} \end{tabular} \vspace{1cm} {\LARGE \textbf{Cambridge IGCSE\texttrademark}}% \vspace{10pt} Teacher : Mr. Shandy \vspace{0.6cm} \vspace{10pt} %==================== PAPER HEADER ==================== \hrule \begin{tabular}{@{}p{0.8\textwidth}@{}p{0.2\textwidth}@{}} \vspace*{-1mm} \textbf{MATHEMATICS} Paper 2 Non-calculator and Paper 4 Calculator (Extended) \vspace{2pt} MARK SCHEME \vspace{2pt} Maximum Mark: 100 & \raggedleft \vspace{-1mm} \textbf{0580/02} \textbf{March 2026} \textbf{2 hours} \end{tabular} \endgroup \vspace{3pt} \hrule \vspace{7in} \hrule \begin{center} This document has \textbf{\commandpage} pages. \end{center} \noindent \begin{tabular}{@{}p{0.5\textwidth}@{}p{0.5\textwidth}@{}} {\small © Arrohmah Bogor 2026} & \raggedleft {\small \textbf{[Turn Over]}} \end{tabular} \switchtolandscape \lipsum[1-8] \newpage \lipsum[9-16] \lipsum \lipsum[1-50] \end{document}

I am trying to draw a manifold using tikz. The best way I can think of is to give several points and generates smooth lines connecting those points. Here is my draft: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw[thick] plot [smooth cycle, tension=1] coordinates { (-2.5,0) (-1.6,1) (0,0.55) (1.6,1) (2.5,0) (1.6,-1) (0,-0.55) (-1.6,-1) }; \draw[thick] (-1.85, -0.05) to[out=-30, in=210] (-0.95, -0.05); \draw[thick] (-1.7, -0.1) to[out=45, in=135] (-1.1, -0.1); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} The lines are not very smooth. Is there a way to make the lines more smooth? Or is there a better strategy to draw this? Thanks in advance.

I would like to create a fast/optimized fully expandable function that counts the number of spaces in an argument: \documentclass{article} \begin{document} \countspaces{ A B } % Should return 3 (1 is ok too if leading and trailing spaces are removed) \countspaces{A \mycommand B} % Should return 2 (\mycommand is not expanded) \countspaces{A {a b c} B} % Should return 2 (spaces inside groups are not counted) \end{document} Explicit spaces should be counted too. How to achieve that?

I'm displaying some text inside a box using tcolorbox, and I'd like that the width of the text inside it to fit the size of the text width of the whole page. By default, the bex fits this size, so I'd like to increase it slightly. Here is a small example, with the package showframe loaded to display the margin of the page. \documentclass[10pt]{article} \usepackage{tcolorbox} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{showframe} \begin{document} \begin{tcolorbox} \lipsum[1] \end{tcolorbox} \lipsum[2] \end{document} It produces this: And here is the results i'd like the blox to look like (I've created this image by stretching the screenshot on gimp): I tried to manually set the text width of tcolorbox to \textwidth, but the bloc is still aligned on the left of the page.

It's very difficult to make a perfect line that lies on exact circle. This is my full work: \documentclass[tikz,border=1pt]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{calligra} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[line width=1pt] \path[use as bounding box] (-5.6,-1.2) rectangle (6.4,7.2); % Circle \draw (2.6,3.0) circle (3.1); % Secant line P-T-U \draw (-5.0,0.1) -- (4.7,5.6); % Chords \draw (2.6,2.3) -- (1.2,1.7); % short chord near S \draw (1.2,1.7) -- (4.0,1.4); % S to V \draw (4.0,1.4) -- (4.7,5.6); % V to U % Angle at S \draw (1.2,1.7) ++(0.55,0) arc[start angle=0,end angle=123,radius=0.55]; % Angle at V \draw (4.0,1.4) ++(-0.55,0) arc[start angle=180,end angle=95,radius=0.55]; % Labels \node[font=\fontsize{34}{34}\selectfont] at (-5.0,-0.4) {$P$}; \node[font=\fontsize{34}{34}\selectfont] at (0.2,2.9) {$T$}; \node[font=\fontsize{34}{34}\selectfont] at (5.2,5.9) {$U$}; \node[font=\fontsize{34}{34}\selectfont] at (4.3,0.4) {$V$}; \node[font=\fontsize{34}{34}\selectfont] at (0.9,0.7) {$S$}; % Angle labels \node[font=\fontsize{28}{28}\selectfont] at (2.0,2.5) {$123^\circ$}; \node[font=\fontsize{28}{28}\selectfont] at (3.6,2.0) {$85^\circ$}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} and this is the result: What I want: Please along with full MWE ready to copy paste, could you explain, what the trick is and what to add and where to add, so that I can also learn? T.I.A.

\setbox11=\vtop{\hsize=80pt X \hskip1pt eagle \hskip2pt X} \setbox12=\copy11 box 11 and 12 have the same content: \copy11 \copy12 \def\strZ{ \vtop{\hsize=80pt \unvcopy11}} \def\strX{\vtop{\hsize=80pt \unvcopy12}} \vskip\baselineskip strZ and strX have the same content: \strZ \strX \vskip\baselineskip yet, ifx strX strZ YES else NO fi give \hskip110pt\ifx\strX\strZ YES \else NO \fi \vskip\baselineskip \def\strA{\vtop{\hsize=80pt X \hskip1pt eagle \hskip2pt X}} \def\strB{\vtop{\hsize=80pt X \hskip1pt eagle \hskip2pt X}} but strA and strB, both defined with the \vskip\baselineskip same content give \hskip90pt\strA \strB \vskip\baselineskip \hskip280pt\ifx\strA\strB YES \else NO \fi \bye

Here below is the example code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{unicode-math} \setmathfont{TeX Gyre Pagella Math} \begin{document} Inline $(\frac{1}{b} , \frac{1}{a})$ \[ (\frac{1}{b} , \frac{1}{a})\] \end{document} Noted that the baseline of a is abnormal when inline, but normal in display. Is that a bug or feature of TeX Gyre Pagella Math? That is also quite confusing for me that why inline and display behave quite different, is not the same a glyph was used? Any hot-fix to change the baseline in inline math for a here? Any tricks(maybe luatex?) are all welcome!

I would need your help to draw a surface of genus three like in the picture I attached. More specifically, I aim to draw a torus (surface of genus one) and below the surface of genus three realised by mean of some surgeries on the surface. I already drawn the torus by myself and I need help with the genus 3 surface. As you can see, the torus I drew is not exactly as on paper. Could help me? I also added some notes about colours of curves. Moreover, I'd like the surface is filled with the pattern [pattern=north west lines, pattern color=pallido], where pallido is just a colour I defined in RGB (it's already in the code). In the picture I do not need the names of colours, that's only for you. Thank you in advance! \documentclass[11pt,a4wide]{article} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} \usepackage{fancyhdr} \usepackage{indentfirst} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{newlfont} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{latexsym} \usepackage{lscape} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{amsthm} \usepackage{lscape} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{patterns,hobby} \usepackage{pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=1.6} \usepackage{faktor} %\faktor{A}{B} %\usepackage{pictexwd,dcpic} \usepackage{pgf,tikz} \usepackage{pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=1.18} \usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta} \usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings} \usetikzlibrary{bending} \usetikzlibrary{patterns} \usetikzlibrary{intersections, calc} \usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathmorphing} \usepackage{soul} \usepackage{rotating} \usepackage[margin=3cm]{geometry} \usepackage{enumitem} \usepackage{color} \usepackage{hyperref} \definecolor{smoked}{RGB}{216, 212, 204} \definecolor{mauve}{RGB}{200, 55, 171} \definecolor{apricot}{RGB}{250, 144, 4} \definecolor{sky}{RGB}{66, 169, 244} \definecolor{plum}{RGB}{76, 0, 102} \definecolor{forest}{RGB}{90,145,120} \definecolor{sand}{RGB}{180,160,120} \begin{document} \begin{figure}[h!] \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=2, every node/.style={scale=0.875}] \definecolor{pallido}{RGB}{221,227,227} \pattern [pattern=north west lines, pattern color=pallido] (0,0) ellipse (3cm and 2cm); \fill [white] (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 0.66cm); \draw[thin, black] (0,0) ellipse (3cm and 2cm) (0,0) ellipse (1cm and 0.66cm); \draw[orange] (0,0) ellipse (2cm and 1.25cm); %\draw[blue] (0,0) arc (030:060:2.5cm and 1.5cm); \draw[blue] (0,0) +(30:2.4 and 1.6) arc [start angle=30, end angle=60, x radius=2.4, y radius=1.6]; \draw[blue] (0,0) +(210:2.4 and 1.6) arc [start angle=210, end angle=240, x radius=2.4, y radius=1.6]; \draw[violet] (0,0) +(120:1.2 and 0.8) arc [start angle=120, end angle=150, x radius=1.2, y radius=0.8]; \draw[violet] (0,0) +(300:1.2 and 0.8) arc [start angle=300, end angle=330, x radius=1.2, y radius=0.8]; \draw[red ] (0 ,-0.66) to[bend left ] (0,-2); \draw[sky ] (0 , 0.66) to[bend left ] (0, 2); \draw[thin, red, dashed] (0 ,-0.66) to[bend right] (0,-2); \draw[thin, sky, dashed] (0 , 0.66) to[bend right] (0, 2); \fill ( 0.2,-1.25) circle (1pt); \fill (-0.2, 1.25) circle (1pt); \fill[violet] (0,0) +(120:1.2 and 0.8) circle (0.5pt); \fill[violet] (0,0) +(150:1.2 and 0.8) circle (0.5pt); \fill[violet] (0,0) +(300:1.2 and 0.8) circle (0.5pt); \fill[violet] (0,0) +(330:1.2 and 0.8) circle (0.5pt); \fill[blue] (0,0) +(030:2.4 and 1.6) circle (0.5pt); \fill[blue] (0,0) +(060:2.4 and 1.6) circle (0.5pt); \fill[blue] (0,0) +(210:2.4 and 1.6) circle (0.5pt); \fill[blue] (0,0) +(240:2.4 and 1.6) circle (0.5pt); \draw[black, thin] (0,0) +(030:2.4 and 1.6) circle (1pt); \draw[black, thin] (0,0) +(060:2.4 and 1.6) circle (1pt); \draw[black, thin] (0,0) +(210:2.4 and 1.6) circle (1pt); \draw[black, thin] (0,0) +(240:2.4 and 1.6) circle (1pt); \draw[violet] (0,0) +(120:1.2 and 0.8) circle (1pt); \draw[violet] (0,0) +(150:1.2 and 0.8) circle (1pt); \draw[violet] (0,0) +(300:1.2 and 0.8) circle (1pt); \draw[violet] (0,0) +(330:1.2 and 0.8) circle (1pt); \node at ( 1.75 , 1.25 ) {\(e_{1,1}\)}; \node at (-1.75 ,-1.25 ) {\(e_{1,2}\)}; \node at (-1.0625, 0.625) {\(e_{2,1}\)}; \node at ( 1.0625,-0.625) {\(e_{2,2}\)}; \end{tikzpicture} \caption{} \label{fig:hypermin} \end{figure} \end{document} My current result The picture I wish to draw: