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tlmgr cannot setup TLPDB
I'm trying to update my installation of texlive 2013 under Ubuntu 13.10.
However, I followed the instruction on this answer, but I get an error
(running on Debian, switching to user mode!)
cannot setup TLPDB in /home/USER/texmf at /usr/bin/tlmgr…
adn
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Nice looking empty set?
I feel like the standard $\emptyset$ is ugly. By hand, my empty set symbol is a lot rounder, then this "slashed-zero"-type symbol.
Two questions:
Do people really use it (I mean people who have any sort of sense of aesthetics)?
What alternatives do…
Jérémie
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Is it possible to pagebreak aligned equations?
The report I'm writting features a lot of long, multiple lines equations. To reduce visual polution I've been using an aligned environment nested inside equation. This way (unlike just using an align environment) I get only a single label for all…
Malabarba
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Is it wrong to use \clearpage instead of \newpage?
The commands \newpage and \clearpage both force a page break. In addition, the latter command also "flushes" all pending floats from the stack, i.e., forces them to be typeset starting on the page that follows the page break.
My question is: Is it…
Mico
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What are underfull hboxes and vboxes and how can I get rid of them?
Often, TeX outputs underfull hbox and vbox warnings when running and in the generated log file. What are these and how can I get rid of them?
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Which dot character to use in which context?
Wikipedia lists several dot characters in Unicode. These are the ones that are ambiguous to me:
interpunct, middle dot (·) · · U+00B7 "midpoint (in typography)"
dot operator (⋅) ⋅ ⋅ U+22C5
bullet operator (∙) …
endolith
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How can I get text underneath an underbrace?
I am looking to do something of the following:
To get text underneath the underbrace. Is it involving \stackrel or some sort of similar command?
night owl
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How can I have two tables side by side?
Suppose I have two tables that don't have many columns (3, for example). How can I position them side by side?
bada
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How to break a long equation?
I have an equation long enough to occupy two lines.
I want to break it to improve readability. How can I break it?
\begin{equation}
F = \{F_{x} \in F_{c} : (|S| > |C|) \cap
(minPixels < |S| < maxPixels) \cap
(|S_{connected}| > |S| - \epsilon)
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Is there a specialized Pdf viewer for Latex-Beamer presentations on Linux?
Most of the time when presenting a talk people connect their laptop to a video projector. So they effectively have an extra screen at their disposal. Because of that many Software options for presentations use the extra screen of the laptop to…
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utf8x vs. utf8 (inputenc)
I normally use \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} for my latex document but on this site i saw a lot of code with \usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}.
What are the differences between the 2 options ?
Is there one of the option obsolete and which one should I use…
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Is a period after an abbreviation the same as an end of sentence period?
Does latex do anything special with periods? If so, is there a way to differentiate end-of-sentence periods from periods indicating abbreviation?
Neil G
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Table with multiple lines in some cells
What is the easiest way to have 2 lines in some of the cells in a table?
The only way I can think right now is to actually have 2 separate rows (without the line in the middle) and use \multirow on all other cells in this row. Any easier ideas?
Grzenio
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\pagebreak vs \newpage
What's the difference? I know that \pagebreak can take an optional argument that specifies how much a page break is desired, but is there any difference if the optional argument is not used?
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Cross-referencing between different files
I want to cross-reference between different .tex files, just because I want to put every chapters separately.
Let's say in file chapterI.tex I have \label{a} and I want to access this in file chapterII.tex using something like \ref{a}. How to do…
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