7.62.1 Top new questions this week

7.62.1.1 Is there any reason to prefer a unicode symbol versus its LaTeX command counterpart?

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For example, consider the Swedish letter "A~\205" which is also the symbol for a unit of length in chemistry. When writing a document, there are three different ways to achieve this character: 
A~ 
... 
[symbols] [characters] [chemistry]
 

asked by AmphotericLewisAcid https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=253546 25 votes

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 23 votes

7.62.1.2 French representations of functions

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In France (probably in many other countries, too), functions are usually represented like this: 
So, I tried to create a command \fct and here is a MWE: 
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article} 
\... 
[spacing] [arrays]
 

asked by Didier https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=249670 11 votes

answered by Luis Turcio https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=140456 6 votes

7.62.1.3 Dost thou feel that I reinvent the wheel? (Trying to create my own lightweight antilabe macro.)

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Here is an MWE representing my attempt to achieve antilabe in dramatic verse.  (I felt the implementation in eledmac was more than I needed.)  Ideally, I'd like the macro to set the spacing by just &... 
[macros] [spacing]
 

asked by commonhare https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=24016 7 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 8 votes

7.62.1.4 Build both the exam and the solution at once?

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I would like to generate two PDFs from an exam document: 
I currently do the following 
Add answers to the document class 
\documentclass[french,a4paper,addpoints,11pt,answers]{exam} 
Build and rename 
... 
[exam] [command-line]
 

asked by nowox https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=85416 7 votes

answered by gernot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=110998 6 votes

7.62.1.5 Draw persistent homology barcodes

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I am trying to draw persistent-homology barcodes and I have no idea how to go about it. It would have to be something like that: 
(Example taken from p. 56 of "Topological Persistence in Geometry ... 
[tikz-pgf] [pstricks] [asymptote] [draw]
 

asked by juan1243 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=253867 7 votes

answered by Stupid Is As Stupid Does https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=87876 8 votes

7.62.1.6 Make TikZ arrow curvier

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I have this code, 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{tikzpicture} 
\draw[very thick, step = 2] (0, 0) grid (6, 6); 
\node[circle, fill=blue] (a) at (2, 0) {}; 
... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by Zarathustra https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=207238 7 votes

answered by js bibra https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=197451 11 votes

7.62.1.7 How can I use the AMS Euler font in plain TeX?

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I want to use the AMS Euler font designed by Zapf in my document. I looked for packages on CTAN (e.g., the euler package), but they are specifically designed for LaTeX. 
I took a look at the gkpmac.tex ... 
[fonts] [plain-tex] [euler]
 

asked by Laravel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=227615 5 votes

answered by Steven B. Segletes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=25858 5 votes