Week
- How to Produce Thick Gold Book Cover Borders Such as This One?by Jethro on July 31, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Is Latex capable of producing a gold pattern similar, for example, to the (thick) gold border on the outside of this cover: It does not seem that either pgfornament or psvectorian are what is needed here. Is there some other package that I might use that is up to this job? If not, what resource might I use to produce a similar border? I expect to compile with xelatex.
- Are the any way/code to obtain ALL the fonts (with sample) installed for use in LaTeX?, in the TeX installation. Even with indications TeX vs Systemby Mika Ike on July 31, 2026 at 1:21 pm
How to obtain (a list) all the fonts installed in the TeX installation and in the system. Similar to https://tug.org/FontCatalogue/alphfonts.html but better in PDF pages.
- Cannot break align* environment in nested tcolorbox environmentby Drazer on July 31, 2026 at 9:45 am
I would like to break between pages an align* environment, yet it does not work. I use \tcbsetforeverylayer[breakable] so that all nested tcolorbox environment that I use can break between pages and \allowdisplaybreaks for breaking align* environment in pages. When I try to put an align* environment in my theorem (or leftrule) environment, it breaks between pages. But if I put nested environments, it does not anymore and I get the following warning : Package tcolorbox Warning: The upper box part has become overfull Here is my (maybe not minimal) source code : \documentclass[11pt]{scrbook} \usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts, amsthm, graphicx} \usepackage[margin=1.5cm,bottom=3cm, top=3cm]{geometry} \allowdisplaybreaks \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage[most]{tcolorbox} \tcbsetforeverylayer{enhanced,breakable} \newenvironment{leftrule}{ \begin{tcolorbox}[frame hidden, boxrule=0pt, borderline west={2pt}{0pt}{black}, opacityback=0] } { \end{tcolorbox} } \title{} \author{} \date{} \begin{document} \maketitle \begin{leftrule} \begin{leftrule} \begin{align*} &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= b \\ &= c \end{align*} \end{leftrule} \end{leftrule} \end{document}
- Centering a tableby user446112 on July 31, 2026 at 9:20 am
I'm struggling in centering a table in Beamer. The final result is a horizontally ill centered table. My code is: \documentclass{beamer} \usepackage{nicematrix} \begin{document} \begin{frame} My table \\[5pt] \begin{center} \begin{NiceTabular}{w{l}{1em}w{l}{7em}}[cell-space-limits=2.5pt] \textbf{i.} & My first item, \\ \textbf{ii.} & My second item is very looooooooooooooong, \\ \textbf{iii.} & My third item is not very long. \end{NiceTabular} \end{center} \end{frame} \end{document} (complied via LuaLaTeX). With thanks.
- Hyphenated word has one single letter on next lineby Robert E on July 30, 2026 at 6:55 pm
I am typesetting a Dutch text in lualatex / polyglossia. All hyphenation instances occur correctly, but one: Nederlands-Indië, which I coded as Nederlands\hyp{}In\-dië, in order to preserve the dash and to encourage hyphenation between n-d. Correct hyphenations are: Neder- lands-Indië Ne- derlands-Indië Nederlands- Indië Nederlands-In- dië. Note that in all these cases the dash remains. However, in my text it is occasionally also hyphenated as: Nederlands-Indi- e. This is incorrect and ugly typesetting, because of the single e on the new line. It is probably caused by the fact words containing an ë (e-trema) are hyphenated, e.g. in the case of geënt, ë indicates a new syllable. Therefore ge- ent is correct. I tried settings like these, \lefthyphenmin=3 \righthyphenmin=3 \hyphenpenalty=500 but the problem persists. Has anyone a solution?
- Biblatex hyperlink links to the first chapter when using refsegment instead of the current oneby Tristan Nemoz on July 30, 2026 at 1:16 pm
I'd like to have a bibliography per chapter using biblatex, along with a final, global bibliography at the end. Here's what I have for now. \documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{book} \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage[% sorting=nty,% style=alphabetic,% backref=true,% refsegment=chapter,% isbn=false,% ]{biblatex} \usepackage{csquotes} % Recommended by biblatex \addbibresource{main.bib} % Hyperlinks \usepackage[linktocpage=true]{hyperref} \begin{document} \chapter{First chapter} Let's cite \cite{AN25} here. \printbibliography[segment=\therefsegment,heading=subbibliography] \selectlanguage{english} \chapter{Second chapter} Let's also cite \cite{AN25} here. \printbibliography[segment=\therefsegment,heading=subbibliography] \appendix \printbibliography \end{document} with main.bib containing @misc{AN25, author={Doe, John}, title={What a title}, year=2025, } There are however two problems with this code, that I think may be related. First of all, the first bibliography contains backreferences to the second chapter. This is not dramatic, though if possible I'd rather not having this, but more importantly may be linked to the second problem, which is that the hyperlink [Doe25] in the second chapter sends to the first bibliography. Is there a way for the hyperlink to send the reader to the current chapter's bibliography? Note that I've also tried to add the method described in this post by adding backend=biber adding natbib=true removing the segment=\therefsegment adding the relevant piece of LaTeX3 code which resulted in the following code: \documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{book} \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage[% sorting=nty,% style=alphabetic,% backref=true,% refsegment=chapter,% isbn=false,% backend=biber, natbib=true, ]{biblatex} \usepackage{csquotes} % Recommended by biblatex \addbibresource{main.bib} \usepackage{xparse} \ExplSyntaxOn \seq_new:N\g_UF_allcitekeys_seq \AtEveryBibitem { \seq_gput_right:Nx\g_UF_allcitekeys_seq{ \thefield{entrykey} } } \NewDocumentCommand\nociteall { } { \seq_map_function:NN\g_UF_allcitekeys_seq\nocite } \ExplSyntaxOff \makeatletter %for the backrefs of the main bib: \let\oriabx@aux@backref\abx@aux@backref \renewcommand\abx@aux@backref[5]{% \oriabx@aux@backref{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}% \oriabx@aux@backref{#1}{#2}{0}{#4}{#5} } \makeatother % Hyperlinks \usepackage[linktocpage=true]{hyperref} \begin{document} \chapter{First chapter} Let's cite \cite{AN25} here. \printbibliography[segment=\therefsegment,heading=subbibliography] \selectlanguage{english} \chapter{Second chapter} Let's also cite \cite{AN25} here. \printbibliography[segment=\therefsegment,heading=subbibliography] \appendix \printbibliography \end{document} but both issues persist. Am I missing something obvious?
- How to include a TikZ .tex file in a large document? I keep getting "LaTeX Error: Environment tikzpicture undefined."by ali bab613 on July 30, 2026 at 1:28 am
I have a fairly complex document, but I extracted this MWE from it. I'm including a similar file tree as what's in the actual document to ensure that its as close to my document as possible. For extra context, I am using Overleaf, and compiling using LuaLaTeX (in case that's relevant). main.tex has this: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{standalone} \usepackage{hyperref} \begin{document} \input{Chapter1} \end{document} The content of Chapter1.tex is as follows: \input{Images/Chapter 1/Tester} and the Tester.tex file referenced is as follows: \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{adjustbox} \begin{document} \begin{adjustbox}{margin=2} \begin{tikzpicture} \node [draw,circle,black,scale=0.7,minimum width=46] at (0,0) {Tester}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{adjustbox} \end{document} I should note that when I compile Tester.tex, it generates the circle fine. When I compile main.tex, however, it gives me the line of code itself in the pdf: I was using the standalone package as suggested in the answers to this question, but it was not enough. Any advice is appreciated!
- How can I handle division by zero and non-Euclidean distortions in Asymptote without erroring?by Jasper on July 29, 2026 at 7:05 pm
How can I handle division by zero and non-Euclidean distortions in Asymptote without erroring? My goal is to illustrate point-at-infinity illustrations. For example, try setting MAIN_PARAMETER to 180, which is a full inversion, and I cannot achieve it due to the error. Moreover, the diagram seems to not handle the distortions well leading up to these errors. import three; import graph3; real MAIN_PARAMETER = 20; unitsize(1cm); currentprojection=orthographic(1,2,3); triple SP(triple point){ return ( point.x / (1 - point.z), point.y / (1 - point.z), 0 ); } triple ISP(triple point){ real temp = point.x^2 + point.y^2; return ( 2 * point.x / (1 + temp), 2 * point.y / (1 + temp), (-1 + temp) / (1 + temp) ); } transform3 R = rotate(MAIN_PARAMETER, (1,1,0)); triple riemann(pair uv){ return R*ISP((uv.x,uv.y,0)); } triple mobius(pair uv){ return SP(riemann(uv)); } surface theriemann = surface(riemann, (-2, -2), (2, 2), Spline); draw(theriemann, green, meshpen=black + 0.5pt); surface themobius = surface(mobius, (-2, -2), (2, 2), Spline); draw(themobius, blue, meshpen=black + 0.5pt); Without much distortion, it is fine: With a lot of distortion, it is not:
- tikz and pgf not framedby user446112 on July 29, 2026 at 3:55 pm
I'm drawing the graph below using Beamer, but the plot is not framed with the points (1/Pi/2) and (-1,-Pi/2). What’s happening here? My code is: \documentclass{beamer} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{tikzmark,calc,positioning,fit,arrows,shapes,backgrounds,shapes.geometric,arrows.meta,patterns.meta,decorations.pathreplacing} \begin{document} \begin{frame} \begin{center} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.7, samples=100] \draw[-latex,thick] (-3,0) -- (3,0); \draw[-latex,thick] (0,-2.5) -- (0,2.5); \draw [thick](-1,-0.125)--(-1,0.125); \draw [thick](1,-0.125)--(1,0.125); \draw [thick](-0.125,-1.570796327)--(0.125,-1.570796327); \draw [thick](-0.125,1.570796327)--(0.125,1.570796327); \node at (2.5,-0.5) {$x$}; %\draw[-latex,thick] (0,-2) -- (0,3); \node at (-0.5,2.3) {$y$}; \node at (-1,-0.5) {{\scriptsize$-1$}}; \node at (1,-0.5) {{\scriptsize$1$}}; \node at (0.6,-1.570796327) {{\scriptsize$-\frac{\pi}{2}$}}; \node at (-0.4,1.570796327) {{\scriptsize$\frac{\pi}{2}$}}; \draw [thick](-0.125,-1.570796327)--(0.125,-1.570796327); \draw [thick](-0.125,1.570796327)--(0.125,1.570796327); \draw [dotted](1,0)--(1,1.570796327); \draw [dotted](-1,-0.8)--(-1,-1.570796327); \draw [dotted](0,1.570796327)--(1,1.570796327); \draw [dotted](-1,-1.570796327)--(0,-1.570796327); \begin{axis}[smooth,anchor=origin,xmin=-3,xmax=3, domain=-3:3,ymin=-2.5,ymax=2.5,restrict y to domain=-2.5:2.5,axis equal,axis x line=none,axis y line=none,xticklabels=\empty,yticklabels=\empty,samples=100] \addplot[domain=-1:1,blue,line width=2pt] {rad(asin(x))}; \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{center} \end{frame} \end{document} (compiled through LuaLaTeX).
- How to use csname to reuse command for part and chapter (get \part, \chapter, \thepart, \thechapter)by umarcor on July 29, 2026 at 10:55 am
I'm trying to rewrite the Minimal Working Example (MWE) below to: Use \pctitleformats{part}{blue} instead of \pctitleformats{\part}{part}{blue} Add \partmark{#1}|\chaptermark{#1}. The working reference without auxiliary commands is the following: \titleformat{\part}{\partmark{#1}\Huge\bfseries\color{blue}}{\thepart}{10pt}{#1} \titleformat{\chapter}{\chaptermark{#1}\Huge\bfseries\color{green}}{\thechapter}{10pt}{#1} The naive solution with helper commands is the following: \newcommand*\pctitleformat[4][]{ \titleformat{name=#2, #1}[hang]{\filcenter\bfseries\Huge\color{#4}}{}{0pt}{#3##1} } \newcommand*\pctitleformats[3]{ \pctitleformat{#1}{#2~$|$~}{#3} \pctitleformat[numberless]{#1}{}{#3} } \pctitleformats{\part}{\thepart}{blue} \pctitleformats{\chapter}{\thechapter}{green} However, it is lacking the \*mark{#1}, which the reference has. I got to: \documentclass[twoside,openright]{report} \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage[explicit,pagestyles]{titlesec} \titleclass{\part}{top} \newcommand*\pctitleformat[5][]{ \titleformat{name=#2, #1}[hang]% {\expandafter\csname #3mark\endcsname{##1}% \filcenter\bfseries\Huge\color{#5}}% {}{0pt}{#4##1} } \newcommand*\pctitleformats[3]{ \pctitleformat{#1}{#2}% {\expandafter\csname the#2\endcsname\relax~$|$~}% {#3} \pctitleformat[numberless]{#1}{#2}% {}% {#3} } \pctitleformats{\part}{part}{blue} \pctitleformats{\chapter}{chapter}{green} \begin{document} \part{Testing} \chapter{Hello} \end{document} I would like to achieve: \documentclass[twoside,openright]{report} \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage[explicit,pagestyles]{titlesec} \titleclass{\part}{top} \newcommand*\pctitleformat[4][]{ \titleformat{name=\expandafter\csname #2\endcsname\relax, #1}[hang]% {\expandafter\csname #2mark\endcsname{##1}% \filcenter\bfseries\Huge\color{#4} }% {}{0pt}{#3##1} } \newcommand*\pctitleformats[2]{ \pctitleformat{#1}% {\expandafter\csname the#1\endcsname\relax~$|$~}% {#2} \pctitleformat[numberless]{#1}% {}% {#2} } \pctitleformats{part}{blue} \pctitleformats{chapter}{green} \begin{document} \part{Testing} \chapter{Hello} \end{document}
- nameinlink in cleveref not working for custom theorem environmentby Drazer on July 29, 2026 at 9:20 am
When using hyperref and cleveref with nameinlink option, my custom theorem environments don't have their name in hyperlink. Here is a reduced example from my template (see below the output and desired output) : \documentclass{scrbook} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts, amsthm, graphicx, geometry} \usepackage{hyperref} \hypersetup{ colorlinks=true, linkcolor=blue, } \usepackage[nameinlink]{cleveref} \crefformat{theoremenv}{Theorem~#2#1#3} \crefformat{propositionenv}{Proposition~#2#1#3} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage[most]{tcolorbox} \usepackage{aliascnt} \newtheorem{theoremenv}{Théorème}[chapter] \newenvironment{theorem}[1]{ \begin{tcolorbox}{} \begin{theoremenv}{#1} }{ \end{theoremenv} \end{tcolorbox} } \newaliascnt{propositionenv}{theoremenv} \newtheorem{propositionenv}[propositionenv]{Proposition} \newenvironment{proposition}[1]{ \begin{tcolorbox}{} \begin{propositionenv}{#1} }{ \end{propositionenv} \end{tcolorbox} } \aliascntresetthe{propositionenv} \begin{document} \chapter{First chapter} \begin{theorem}{} \label{thm:theorem1} This is the first theorem. \end{theorem} \begin{proposition}{} \label{prop:proposition1} This is the first proposition, but the second item, so it is Proposition 1.2. \end{proposition} \cref{thm:theorem1} and \cref{prop:proposition1} have only the number in hyperlink although nameinlink is active... \end{document} Here, I use aliascnt to be able to have my custom theorem environments to have their numbers following each other, but cref still displays Theorem/Proposition accordingly (otherwise, every theoremenv will display a Theorem [number] pattern). The output : The desired output :
- Why lipsum package use changes decimal separator in spanish?by Mika Ike on July 28, 2026 at 5:00 pm
Why lorem/lipsum use makes that spanish decimmal is not comma, as expected?. \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article} \usepackage[spanish,es-notilde,]{babel} %\spanishdecimal{,} \usepackage{amsmath,mathtools} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{siunitx} \sisetup{output-decimal-marker={,}} \usepackage{lipsum} \begin{document} \lipsum[1] \textbf{If you comment the previous \texttt{lipsum[1]} you obtain comma as decimal separator in the next 2 lines, as expected in spanish.} Decimal: $\dfrac{7}{4}\approx 1.75$ $\angle{3.4;2}$ No problem in the next lines: $\ang{3.4;2}$ $\num{5.5}$ \end{document}
- Prevent listings background from changing custom footnoterule backgroundby umarcor on July 28, 2026 at 2:14 pm
In the following Minimal Working Example (MWE), the length of the footnoterule is changed by renewing the command. When listings is used with a coloured background, and if a code block is cut at the end of a page, sometimes the footnoterule gets the background of the code. Note that changing the second lipsum to \lipsum[1][1-7] produces a correct result, while \lipsum[1][1-8] to \lipsum[1][1-11] all incorrectly colour the background of the footnoterule. \documentclass{report} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{xcolor} \renewcommand*{\footnoterule}{ \noindent\rule{14mm}{0.4pt}\hfill\addvspace{.5\baselineskip} } \usepackage{listings} \lstset{ language=C, backgroundcolor=\color{gray!25}, } \begin{document} This is some regular text\footnote{With a footnote.}. \lipsum[1-4] \lipsum[1][1-8] \begin{lstlisting} #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main () { printf("Hello!\n"); return 0; } \end{lstlisting} \end{document}
- Spacing is too small when using TeX Gyre Termes Math fontby Muhannad Al Ayoubi on July 28, 2026 at 2:01 pm
I have noticed that when using the TeX Gyre Termes Math font, the spacing is too small. As you can see below, the letter j is practically jammed into the absolute value bars, as well as the ordinary square and round brackets. Is this the expected behavior of the font? If yes, is there a way to fix it? MWE: \documentclass{book} \usepackage{unicode-math} \setmainfont{TeX Gyre Termes}[Scale=1] \setmathfont{TeX Gyre Termes Math}[Scale=1] \begin{document} \[ \lvert j^2 - 1 \rvert \] \[ [j^2+1] \] \[ (j^2+1) \] \end{document}
- Need to print footnote after frontmatter using article class fileby GowriSaro on July 28, 2026 at 1:24 pm
This is related with my previous post: Footnote in "Abstract" - Article Class file and ftnright thanks to Ulrike The situation is not to change the existing tags and the footnote should be print with the body part with rightside algnment, for this, have tried with: \documentclass[twocolumn]{article} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{ftnright} \usepackage{footnote} \begin{document} \twocolumn[ \begin{@twocolumnfalse} \title{Article Title} \author{Author Name} \maketitle \abstract{\savenotes Abstract text. This\protect\footnote{Footnote text} is for test text for abstract part. Abstract text. This is for test text for abstract part. Abstract text. This is for test text for abstract part. Abstract text. This is for test text for abstract part. Abstract text. This is for test text for abstract part. } \bigskip \end{@twocolumnfalse} ] \spewnotes \lipsum[1-2] \end{document} but received the error message as: ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup. <argument> ...s for test text for abstract part. } \par \bigskip \par \end {... l.26 ] How can I meet the requirement? please suggest
- columns longer than a pageby Sergi Espinosa Polo on July 28, 2026 at 12:12 pm
I have the following question. I have been looking in other places and I can't find anything similar (or I don't know how to look for it). I want to make a table with two columns and one row, so that I can buy a text in medieval Catalan and the Latin translation. I had thought about making a table, but I have a problem. The columns go beyond the page and, then, they appear cut off and do not continue on another page (as would happen with Word). Is there any way to make this document look like the one in Word that I am attaching? Thank you very much This is my code: \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{longtable} \usepackage{lipsum} \begin{document} \lipsum[1] \begin{longtable}{|p{0.47\textwidth}|p{0.47\textwidth}|} \hline \lipsum[1] \par \lipsum[1] \par \lipsum[1] \par \lipsum[1] & \lipsum[1] \par \lipsum[1] \par \lipsum[1] \par \lipsum[1] \par \end{longtable} \lipsum[1-2] \end{document}
- Necessarily high-sampled curve in plain TikZby Jasper on July 28, 2026 at 6:34 am
I was making a rational double pendulum in Asymptote: // a rational double pendulum import graph; unitsize(3cm); pair truncated_pi(real t) { real t1 = 3.14 * t; return ( cos(t) + cos(t1), sin(t) + sin(t1) ); } path f = graph(truncated_pi, 0, 314, n=10000); draw(f); I wanted to make it in TikZ, but I am running into the issue of needing a number of samples which is beyond the limit imposed by pgfmath. As some of you may be familiar with, I am very fond of plain TikZ. I would like to see if there are ways to achieve this which are not overly ad hoc. For example, one strategy would be to break the domain into separate regions. How would one draw something like this in the spirit of plain TikZ? \documentclass[tikz]{standalone} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw[ domain=0:314, samples=10000, trig format=rad, declare function={ t1(\x) = 3.14 * \x; x(\x) = cos(\x) + cos(t1(\x)); y(\x) = sin(\x) + sin(t1(\x)); } ] plot ({x(\x)},{y(\x)}); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}
- How to do single variable domain detection using the package luacas?by Jasper on July 28, 2026 at 1:59 am
How to do single variable domain detection using the package luacas? Expected result: (-infty,0)U(0,infty) \documentclass{article} \usepackage{luacas} \begin{document} \begin{CAS} vars('x') f = x*e^(1/x) \end{CAS} The domain of \(f\) is ... (I want to know). \end{document}
- Changing the words checked for word repetition in TexStudioby user445996 on July 28, 2026 at 12:01 am
Is there a way to change the kinds of words that the word repetition checker looks for? I like that it will help add variety (e.g. the overuse of very) and find any accidental duplicated words (e.g. "the the tree...") but function words like articles and prepositions can naturally occur frequently (e.g. "the first of the two options..." or "the crown of the king of England"). I dislike seeing the indication that I have a supposed error, and while some can be avoided, not all can be. Is there a way to fix this or is this just something I will have to learn to ignore? It makes me second guess myself unnecessarily.
- Multiple tables with same column widthsby Tristan on July 27, 2026 at 10:50 pm
I am currently writing a linguistic document for which I will need to include multiple tables showing the inflection of various classes of word. I want to be able to have multiple noun declension tables, adjective declension tables, and verb inflection tables throughout the document, and for each table of a given type to have corresponding columns with the same widths (if I overlay one table of a given type over another, the column edges should line up). I.e. I have tables belonging to three types, A, B, & C. Each table of a given type has the same number of rows and columns. I want to ensure that each table of a given type is rendered with the same column widths (ideally this would not have to be set manually by me, but determined based on the widest text placed in a given column in a table of that type). The different types of tables may be interspersed with each other, and tables of a given type might occur in different chapters, so any solution would need to be able to handle that. A minimum example: \documentclass{article} \setlength\parindent{0pt} \begin{document} \begin{tabular}{ r l l} Case & Singular & Plural \\ \hline Nominative & -foo & -bar \\ Accusative & -foo & -bar \\ Genitive & -foo & -bar \\ \end{tabular}\\ Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean dictum, mauris id cursus interdum, ligula libero tristique nisi, eget accumsan risus diam et erat. Nulla dignissim neque a accumsan tincidunt. Integer eleifend vel ante porta fringilla. Praesent et venenatis enim, eget vehicula lorem. Curabitur cursus condimentum sagittis. Curabitur eget facilisis massa. Phasellus vitae scelerisque neque. Pellentesque quis magna sed neque mattis tincidunt.\\ \begin{tabular}{ r l l l l l l} Tense & 1sg & 2sg & 3sg & 1pl & 2pl & 3pl \\ \hline Present & -foo & -foo & -foo & -bar & -bar & -bar \\ Past & -foo & -foo & -foo & -bar & -bar & -bar \\ Future & -foo & -foo & -foo & -bar & -bar & -bar \\ \end{tabular}\\ Donec vitae risus id eros consectetur gravida eget nec erat. Fusce condimentum, sapien id vulputate ultricies, felis lacus sagittis elit, sit amet accumsan purus ante dapibus magna. Cras nec quam ac diam dapibus elementum sit amet vitae turpis. Praesent bibendum eleifend imperdiet. Etiam sit amet congue libero. Donec at mauris vitae mi tristique rhoncus sit amet sed turpis. Phasellus sed velit nec sem sodales molestie. Ut gravida, lorem at euismod elementum, lectus massa viverra dui, a ultrices arcu nulla nec arcu. \\ \begin{tabular}{ r l l} Case & Singular & Plural \\ \hline Nominative & -a-really-long-ending & -bar \\ Accusative & -foo & -bar \\ Genitive & -foo & -bar \\ \end{tabular}\\ Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean dictum, mauris id cursus interdum, ligula libero tristique nisi, eget accumsan risus diam et erat. Nulla dignissim neque a accumsan tincidunt. Integer eleifend vel ante porta fringilla. Praesent et venenatis enim, eget vehicula lorem. Curabitur cursus condimentum sagittis. Curabitur eget facilisis massa. Phasellus vitae scelerisque neque. Pellentesque quis magna sed neque mattis tincidunt.\\ \begin{tabular}{ r l l l l l l} Tense & 1sg & 2sg & 3sg & 1pl & 2pl & 3pl \\ \hline Present & -foo & -foo & -foo & -bar & -bar & -bar \\ Past & -foo & -foo & -something-that's long & -bar & -bar & -bar \\ Future & -foo & -foo & -foo & -bar & -bar & -bar \\ \end{tabular}\\ \end{document} The first and third table are of the same type, and the second & fourth table are of the same type. Because of this, the two Singular columns of the first and third tables should be of the same width, but because the third table has a longer ending in the table, its Singular column is much longer. Likewise, the 3sg columns of the second and third tables should have the same width, but in the fourth table it's much wider. As seen here, tables of a given type may be separated by other tables (including other tables of a repeating type). There might also be chapter/section/subsection boundaries between the tables of a given type.
- Why does helvratio not work when using newtx?by Muhannad Al Ayoubi on July 27, 2026 at 9:08 pm
It seems passing the option helvratio to \usepackage{newtxtext} does not really change anything. I am writing a textbook and have been experimenting with making the step-by-step explanations sans serif to add some contrast. However the sans serif font is too big, and no matter what I set helvratio to, nothing changes. I thought to try the sans serif font outside of the align environment, but after compiling and recompiling with different helvratios, again nothing changes. So I have resorted to using \scriptsize which I find very inappropriate because it also shrinks the mathematical text (the math included in the first explanation is nonsense, just for the MWE). I am compiling using LuaLaTeX as I believe that is relevant. Here is my MWE: \documentclass[10pt]{book} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage[scaled=0.9,helvratio=0.8]{newtxtext} % No matter how I change helvratio, nothing actually changed when I compile. \usepackage[scaled=0.9,vvarbb]{newtxmath} \begin{document} Begin by studying the expression $6x-2$ very well. Notice that it involves two operations: firstly, you multiply by 6, then you subtract by 2. By applying the same steps to the given inequality $x>1$, you can easily prove the statement. \begin{align*} x & > 1 && \text{\scriptsize\sffamily Original condition $x=6$ and $y-7<0$.} &&& \\ 6x & > 6 && \text{\scriptsize\sffamily Multiply each side by 6.} &&& \\ 6x-2 & > 4 && \text{\scriptsize\sffamily Subtract 2 from each side.} &&& \end{align*} $6x-2$ is greater than a positive number, so it must itself be positive. \end{document} (Side note: I am aware it is not good practice to mix sans serif text with serif math, but I could not change the math font only within sans serif environments.) Edit: It seems this problem is only affecting me, and I am not sure why. I have tried recompiling with helvratio=1.5 and helvratio=0.5, and that still results in, as you can see below, the same exact font size. Edit 2: My TeX version is MiKTeX-TeX 4.9 (MiKTeX 26.5). Here is my \listfiles: *File List* book.cls 2025/01/22 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class bk10.clo 2025/01/22 v1.4n Standard LaTeX file (size option) newtxtext.sty 2024/04/01 v1.744(Michael Sharpe) latex and unicode latex supp ort for TeXGyreTermesX xpatch.sty 2020/03/25 v0.3a Extending etoolbox patching commands expl3.sty 2026-04-28 L3 programming layer (loader) l3backend-luatex.def 2026-02-18 L3 backend support: PDF output (LuaTeX) xparse.sty 2025-10-09 L3 Experimental document command parser etoolbox.sty 2025/10/02 v2.5m e-TeX tools for LaTeX (JAW) xcolor.sty 2024/09/29 v3.02 LaTeX color extensions (UK) color.cfg 2016/01/02 v1.6 sample color configuration luatex.def 2025/09/29 v1.2f Graphics/color driver for luatex mathcolor.ltx iftex.sty 2024/12/12 v1.0g TeX engine tests xkeyval.sty 2022/06/16 v2.9 package option processing (HA) xkeyval.tex 2014/12/03 v2.7a key=value parser (HA) textcomp.sty 2024/04/24 v2.1b Standard LaTeX package xstring.sty 2023/08/22 v1.86 String manipulations (CT) ifthen.sty 2024/03/16 v1.1e Standard LaTeX ifthen package (DPC) scalefnt.sty binhex.tex fontspec.sty 2025/09/29 v2.9g Font selection for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX fontspec-luatex.sty 2025/09/29 v2.9g Font selection for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX fontenc.sty 2025/07/18 v2.1d Standard LaTeX package fontspec.cfg TeXGyreTermesX.fontspec supp-pdf.mkii ***********
- How can I filter a spline surface by a plane in Asymptote?by Jasper on July 27, 2026 at 5:50 pm
How can I filter a spline surface by a plane in Asymptote? import graph3; unitsize(1cm); currentprojection = orthographic(0,2,1); // Function to generate a point on the unit sphere triple sphere(real azimuth, real polar) { return ( cos(polar) * cos(azimuth), cos(polar) * sin(azimuth), sin(polar) ); } // Helix function triple helix(real t) { return ( 2 * cos(t), // x-coordinate 2 * sin(t), // y-coordinate t // z-coordinate ); } // Define the helix path path3 thehelix = graph(helix, 0, 4*pi); draw(thehelix); // Helicoid function triple helicoid(pair uv) { real t = uv.x; real theta = uv.y; return ( helix(t).x + sphere(t,theta).x, helix(t).y + sphere(t,theta).y, helix(t).z + sphere(t,theta).z ); } // Create the surface of the helicoid surface thehelicoid = surface(helicoid, (0, -3pi/2), (4*pi, 0pi), Spline); draw(thehelicoid, surfacepen=material(white, emissivepen=0.2 white)); triple myplane(pair uv) { return ( uv.x, uv.y, uv.x+2*uv.y+5 ); } surface themyplane = surface(myplane, (-5, -5), (5, 5), Spline); draw(themyplane, surfacepen=material(white, emissivepen=0.2 blue)); I want to remove the the portion of the helix which is beyond the boundary of the half-space on one side of the plane.
- System upgrade introduced a new error: \scr@tso@lstlisting@linefill undefinedby Marijn on July 27, 2026 at 2:35 pm
I have a .tex file that used to compile (here is the full file), but since an upgrade of my Debian system, which I assume pulled in some new version of LaTeX packages, it fails to build with this error when I run xelatex on it: ! LaTeX Error: Command \scr@tso@lstlisting@linefill undefined. That looks like some internal issue in koma-script/tocbasic.sty, but my understanding of LaTeX isn't enough to know what to do about it. That sty file looks like it checks for this command being undefined and then defines it, yet here I am with the error. I'd be grateful for a proper solution, of course, but also satisfied with a crude hack to suppress this error so that my pdf file builds again. Edit: This is a minimal reproduction. Seems that both listings and arabxetex have to be present to trigger the error. \documentclass{scrbook} \usepackage{listings} \usepackage{arabxetex} \begin{document} \end{document} Further edit: The suggested fix of adding a line like this... \makeatletter \def\scr@tso@lstlisting@linefill{} \def\scr@tso@lstlisting@pagenumberformat#1{} \makeatother ... avoids this issue, but somehow affects pdfpages in a way that breaks \includepdf.
- Automatic Title Case [duplicate]by M0M0 on July 27, 2026 at 12:48 pm
I found this old question, which shows how to unconditionally capitalize words in section titles. However, title case normally does not capitalize every word, but, i.e., the Chicago Manual of Style recommends to not capitalize articles and conjunctions (among other exceptions). Is there maybe a package that achieves this? It's probably not to hard to code this with latex3, since in the end we have to capitalize every word which is not in some sort of ignore-list, but if someone has already done the work I would be happy to use it. Getting this to work well with toc entries and hyperref, might or might not be difficult.
- I want to do a matrix multiplication (rotation, Rodriguez) on a sphere in Asymptoteby Jasper on July 27, 2026 at 3:03 am
I wrote my question in a comment within the following Asymptote code. My goal is to do a matrix multiplication (rotation, Rodriguez) on a sphere I made in Asymptote, without changing the camera. Rodriguez rotation is angle by axis, as opposed to Euler, which is by standard axes in a specific order. Also, any explanation as to why this is rather slow? I think it would be even clearer to pose this as a multiplication on an arbitrary triple. import three; unitsize(5cm); currentprojection=orthographic(1,2,3); /* draw((0,0) -- (1,1)); label("\(a\)", (0,1), (-1,-1)); draw((0,0)..controls (0,1) and (1,1)..(1,0)); */ triple SP(triple point){ return ( point.x / (1 - point.z), point.y / (1 - point.z), 0 ); } triple ISP(triple point){ real temp = point.x^2 + point.y^2; return ( 2 * point.x / (1 + temp), 2 * point.y / (1 + temp), (-1 + temp) / (1 + temp) ); } for(int i=-10; i<=10; ++i){ for(real j=-10; j<=10; j += 0.1){ if(j!=10){ draw(ISP((i,j,0)) -- ISP((i,j+1/10,0))); draw(ISP((j,i,0)) -- ISP((j+1/10,i,0))); /* My motivation in asking this question is to perform a general axis-angle (Rodriguez) transformation to this Riemann sphere, without changing the camera projection. I want to use a matrix multiplication, hopefully through a build in method with operator overloading and everything. */ } } }
- How do I consecutively number just regular paragraphs throughout a document?by Bruce Best on July 26, 2026 at 12:22 pm
I have searched this question, and have found so many, many different answers (a number of which I have tried unsuccessfully), that I feel as if it is the same as having no answer. What I am trying to do is fairly simple. I want every "normal" paragraph to be automatically and consecutively numbered through a document, eg, [1], [2]. By "normal" paragraph, what I mean is what would normally be a plain, unadorned paragraph from the body of a document that would be entered in most cases as plain text after a blank line. For example, my LaTeX source would look like this: \documentclass{article} \begin{document} \section{Section Heading} This is the first paragraph of my first section. It should have [1] at the beginning. This is the second paragraph of my first section. It should have [2] at the beginning. Following is a bullet list which should not be numbered: \begin{itemize} \item First list item \item Second list item \end{itemize} This is the third paragraph of my first section, should have [3] at the beginning. \subsection{Subsection Heading} This is the first paragraph of my first subsection. It should have [4] at the beginning. Here is a quote which should not be numbered: \begin{quote} This paragraph is a quotation from somewhere else. \end{quote} This is the next paragraph of my first subsection. It should have [5] at the beginning. \section{Another Section} This is the first paragraph of my second section. It should have [6] at the beginning. And so on. \end{document} Some of the code I've tried numbered EVERYTHING, including title pages, TOC, footnotes, captions etc. etc. However, I ONLY want the regular paragraphs numbered this way. What I want the output to look like is this: Section Heading [1] This is the first paragraph of my first section. It should have [1] at the beginning. [2] This is the second paragraph of my first section. It should have [2] at the beginning. Following is a bullet list which should not be numbered: First list item Second list item [3] This is the third paragraph of my first section. Subsection Heading [4] This is the first paragraph of my first subsection. It should have [4] at the beginning. Here is a quote which should not be numbered: This is the quotation. [5] This is the next paragraph of my first subsection. It should have [5] at the beginning. Another Section [6] This is the first paragraph of my second section. It should have [6] at the beginning. And so on. An example of what I want is Canadian court decisions, which usually look like this: https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onscdc/doc/2026/2026onsc3525/2026onsc3525.html If there is a simple answer to this that I have missed, would be much appreciated! Thanks
- Does `odt` creation with` tex4ht` resp. `make4ht` go with `lstinputlisting`?by user2609605 on July 26, 2026 at 10:44 am
The following is an MWE, or a MnWE test.tex: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{listings} \begin{document} This is \texttt{test.tex} \lstinputlisting{./test.tex} \end{document} Compiling this with make4ht -l -f xhtml test works without warning or error. In contrast, make4ht -l -f odt test yields $ make4ht -l -f odt test [STATUS] make4ht: Conversion started [STATUS] make4ht: Input file: test [ERROR] htlatex: Compilation errors in the htlatex run [ERROR] htlatex: Filename Line Message [ERROR] htlatex: ./test.tex ? Undefined control sequence. [STATUS] htlatex: <- [ERROR] htlatex: ? ? Undefined control sequence. [STATUS] htlatex: <- +1\relax }{}{\ifx \:temp \... l.41 \lstinputlisting{./test.tex} [WARNING] domfilter: XML DOM parsing of test.4oo failed: [WARNING] domfilter: ...ive/2025/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaxml/luaxml-mod-xml.lua:175: Unbalanced Tag (/text:p) [char=2732] [WARNING] domfilter: HTML DOM parsing OK, DOM filters will be executed --- xtpipes error 32 --- Missing 4xt script file name [WARNING] xtpipes: Xtpipes failed [WARNING] xtpipes: Trying HTML tidy [STATUS] make4ht: Conversion finished I tried a fix overwriting ooffice.4ht with the following patch %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \ConfigureHinput{listings} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \Configure{lstinline} {\HCode{<code class="lstinline">}\HtmlParOff\NoFonts} {\EndNoFonts\HtmlParOn\HCode{</code>}} \Css{code.lstinline{font-family:monospace,monospace;}} \Log:Note{to ensure proper alignments use fixed size fonts (see listings.dtx)} \HAssign\listingN=0%REIE \HAssign\listings:Depth = 0%REIE trying to define \listingN, but... I don't know whether this is the proper place or not. What I can tell is, that applying this patch, the result is [STATUS] make4ht: Conversion started [STATUS] make4ht: Input file: test [WARNING] domfilter: XML DOM parsing of test.4oo failed: [WARNING] domfilter: ...ive/2025/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaxml/luaxml-mod-xml.lua:175: Unbalanced Tag (/text:p) [char=2732] [WARNING] domfilter: HTML DOM parsing OK, DOM filters will be executed --- xtpipes error 32 --- Missing 4xt script file name [WARNING] xtpipes: Xtpipes failed [WARNING] xtpipes: Trying HTML tidy [STATUS] make4ht: Conversion finished which means that the error disappeared but the warning is still unresolved. My LibreOffice opens and shows a fairly good result. Nevertheless, if I unzip test.odt, and check xmllint settings.xml and accordingly with meta.xml, the xml tags are unbalanced. A last observation: If I use the according lstlisting environment instead of the \lstinputlisting macro as so: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{listings} \begin{document} test %\lstinputlisting{./test.tex} \begin{lstlisting} \documentclass{article} \usepackage{listings} \begin{document} test %\lstinputlisting{./test.tex} ... \end{document} \end{lstlisting} \end{document} all works fine, even without the patch.
- Fonts with good coverage of archaic Chinese charactersby richard on July 26, 2026 at 12:28 am
I'm trying to typeset an English document which contains the following text: The first of these Chinese characters is really problematic, and I've yet to identify a font which contains it. It is Unicode code point U+2B4DE (𫓞), which is an obscure, archaic character in the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension C block. It's normally replaced with 林 (U+6797) today, but I want to use the original character at least on the first use. Is anyone aware of a font that contains this sort of obscure characters? I typically use Noto Serif SC (or TC) when embedding fragments of Chinese in English text, and it's pretty good, but it doesn't seem to support this character. If not, is there any way of assembling the character manually from the 金 signific and 林 and 㐭 radicals which make it up, either in LaTeX or, possibly better, at a Unicode level using combining characters somehow? This question is not a duplicate of ‘Why doesn't my Chinese character display properly?’. I know why it doesn't display: my font doesn't support it. I'm also familiar with the solutions to that question: namely, to try a different font, in one of several different ways. What I'm looking for is either (a) a recommendation for a font that has sufficient coverage, or (b) a technique for composing the character manually from its individual radicals. Neither of those topics are addressed in that question.
- ConTeXt: is option `bodypartlabel` deprecated?by Akira on July 25, 2026 at 11:28 am
I am using ConTeXt ver: 2026.04.27 13:56 LMTX fmt: 2026.5.12 int: english/english on \setupinteraction[state=start,focus=standard] \definereferenceformat[zcref][label=reference:*] \setuplabeltext [en] [reference:section=Section~, reference:formula=Formula~] \setuphead [section] [textstyle=\bf, bodypartlabel=ABC, ] \starttext \startsection [title=Math, reference=sec:math] We want to refer to \zcref[sec:math]. \startformula 1 + 1 = 2 \numberhere[eq:one] \stopformula See \zcref[eq:one]. \stopsection \stoptext In particular, I use the option bodypartlabel=ABC to edit the label printed. However, there is no ABC on the PDF. Could you explain on this phenomenon? How can we check if the option bodypartlabel is deprecated?
- Is there a built-in mechanism in plain TikZ to cache intermediate calculations locally within a plot expression?by Jasper on July 25, 2026 at 5:35 am
Is there a built-in mechanism in plain TikZ to cache intermediate calculations locally within a plot expression? I mean I could just use a foreach loop and pgfmathsetmacro, but that's quite intensive. Is this built in to plot? If not, should/could it be? \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \tikz \draw[domain=0:1] plot ( \x, { (\x-2)^2 % there is an (\x-2) term here - (\x-2)^3 % and it is duplicated here } ) ; \end{document}