How to include a code snippet in a beamer presentation?
Hi folks, What's the best way to include some code snippets in a beamer presentation? I've already tried verbatim, and lstlisting environments - both destroyed my presentation. ...
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\includeonly not working as expected with newclude
In LaTeX, the \includeonly statement exists to selectively add or exclude sub-documents. One quirk in the whole process is that when sections are excluded, LaTeX decides to insert a page-break. The article at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1209065/to-have-no-pagebreak-after-include-in-latex recommends using newclude to avoid this is...
Multicol and a floating box at the top of page, with text wrapping around it
I'm writing an article for a magazine. I'm trying to insert a (floating) 2-column box at the upper right corner of a 3-column document, with the text wrapping around it nicely andn the columns being aligned. I'm making the box using the tikz package so I can have a box with rounded edges and a background color. I was trying to do the wra...
Convert plain text to latex code programmatically
I'd like to take some user input text and quickly parse it to produce some latex code. At the moment, I'm replacing % with \% and \n with \n\n, but I'm wondering if there are other replacements I should be making to make the conversion from plain text to latex. I'm not super worried about safety here (can you even write malicious latex ...
Formatting source listings with listings & framed packages
Hello *, I currently have a problem, that listings package cannot spread source files across multiple pages. In the doc is written, that the "framed" package should be used for various formatting option. Unfortunately I did not find any docs for the "framed" package. My current source formatting looks like this for C# sources: My for...
What tools can be used to produce beautiful documentation for a Python project?
I'm working on an open-source project called python-graph. We've come to the point where our APIs are stabilising and we've realised that we need some user docs. We already have automatically generated Epydoc API reference documents, however I want to I want to create something more useful for beginner programmers who find the auto-gener...
What are the options to get \mathcal working for lower case letters?
that is I'd like $\mathcal{l}=\mathcal{L}$ to produce two letters. I know \mathcal works (predictably) on upper case letters only. Thanks. ...
Latex: how to put line break in a math
I'd like to express the following sentence (source_location is also italic, it's not correctly rendered): Each entry has a list of tuple: < *source_location*, R/W, trip_counter, occurrence, killed (explained in the later) > My current workaround for this is: $ \left\langle \textit{source\_location}, \textit{R/W}, \textit{trip\_cou...
LaTeX: Specifying default document-wide font
For some fonts, it's easy to replace the default font with something like: \renewcommand{\rmdefault}{somefont}. However, some fonts, like BrushScriptX want you to use a special command like \bsifamily to use the font. In the \bsifamily is defined in /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/brushscr/pbsi.sty: \DeclareRobustCommand\bsifamily...
Good introductory tutorial on writing sty files for latex?
Where do I find a good introductory tutorial on writing sty packages for latex? ...
Error "Too many open files" in pdflatex
When compiling a latex document with 15 or so packages and about five includes, pdflatex throws a "too many open files"-error. All includes are ended with \endinput. Any ideas what might cause the error? The error seems to depend on how many packages are used (no surprise...); however, this is not the first time I use this many packages...
\textnumero and font encoding
Hello *, I currently use the \textnumero sign in my LaTeX document. Therefore, I need to include the 'textcomp' package. When doing so I get a compiler error stating: ! Package textcomp Error: Symbol \texnumero not provided by (textcomp) font family ptm in TS1 encoding. (textcomp) Default family...
LaTeX output does not update
I have just begun using LaTeX. I am working in Windows and am using TeXnicCenter as my editor. When I build and output, having the following code: \documentclass{article} \begin{document} This is a test document \end{document} I do get a document that has the words "This is a test document". If I change the sentence in the above co...
aligning math equations in Latex
I am trying to align the following equations around the equal sign. What can I do? Thanks! I am using the AMSMath package $$m\ddot{x}_{1}-K(x_{2}+x_{12})+C(\dot{x}_{12}+\dot{x}_{2})+2C\dot{x}_{1} = fx_{1}$$ $$m\ddot{x}_{2}-K(x_{3}+x_{1})+C(\dot{x}_{1}+\dot{x}_{3})+2C\dot{x}_{2} = fx_{2}$$ $$m\ddot{x}_{3}-K(x_{4}+x_{2})+C(\dot{x}_{2}+\...
Using vim's `gqap' sometimes indents unusually
For the life of me, I cannot figure out the cause of this: when writing in LaTeX documents, I like to keep my line width to maximum of 80 characters. As such, I will execute the vim command gqap and vim will automatically re-wordwrap the paragraph I am writing. For example, it will cause a long line to become many shorter ones: Lorem i...
Maths in LaTex table of contents
I am trying to add a table of contents for my LaTex document. The issue I am having is that this line: \subsubsection{The expectation of \(X^2\)} Causes an error in the file that contains the table of contents \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.2.3} The expectation of \relax $X^2\relax \GenericError { }{ LaTeX Error: Bad m...
Formatting comments in LaTeX's algorithmic environment
I want to typeset an algorithm in LaTeX. I'm using the algorithmic package and environment to do so. Everything is working great except when I add comments (using \COMMENT), they are output immediately after the statements. I would like for all the comments to be aligned (and offset from the statements). Is there an easy way to do so? "...
Can I convert a Tex file into an equivalent Org file? If so, how?
I'm in the process of writing a whitepaper, and am about half-way through. I've just realized that it would be far simpler to write this in org-mode and export to latex/pdf than writing it directly in latex-mode. Is there any way I can convert the existing work into an org mode file? It would save a lot of work I'd have to do manually. ...
What's the most straightforward way to typeset MLA-style college essays in LaTeX?
I've been using LaTeX for a little while now to typeset my algorithms homework, and I really like the quality of the output as well as the ease-of-use. I'd like to starting using LaTeX in other classes as well, but non–computer-science subjects have more stringent formatting requirements than I've come across in CS. Most classes that req...
New environment in latex using other environments, compiler doesn't find the \end
I'm setting up a new environment for my latex document for consistent tables. It looks like this: \newenvironment{defaultTable}[2] { \begin{table}[h] \noindent \tabularx{\textwidth}{#1} \specialrule{0.5pt}{10pt}{0pt} \rowcolor[gray]{.9} } { \bottomrule \endtabularx \caption{#2} \end{table} } It doesn't...