8.6.1 Top new questions this week

8.6.1.1 ThA~\[DiscretionaryHyphen]ch Nha'\272\[Yen]t Ha'\272\[DownExclamation]nh in LaTeX tufte-book class

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I am very new to LaTeX and am wanting to use the OVERLEAF.com template found here: 
https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/book-design-inspired-by-edward-tufte/gcfbtdjfqdjh 
I am using MiKTeX. 
I am ... 
[unicode] [input-encodings] [miktex2.9] [tufte-book] [vietnamese]
 

asked by Steven https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=262003 10 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 12 votes

8.6.1.2 Subscript alignment problem with \int\limits

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When subscript in the expression \int\limits_{some stuff} is large, it seems that LaTeX underestimates the space occupied by the subscript which leads to the wrong placement of e.g. \left\lvert (... 
[amsmath] [subscripts] [underbrace]
 

asked by Tomasz23 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=179966 9 votes

answered by Heiko TheiA~\237en https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=255231 9 votes

8.6.1.3 String to lowercase and replace spaces with underscore

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I am trying to convert a predefined string in a variable to its lowercase and replace the spaces to underscore. But it's not working. The new string after conversion is 
like this: 
... 
[xstring] [substitution] [textcase]
 

asked by t.abraham https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=219907 7 votes

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

8.6.1.4 How can I draw the following diagram from field theory?

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How can I draw the following diagram using TikZ/PGF? 
I have been able to draw up to the following diagram: 
Using the following code: 
\[ 
\begin{tikzpicture}[node distance = 2cm, auto] 
\node (Q) {$... 
[tikz-pgf] [math-mode] [diagrams]
 

asked by Masmath https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=228040 7 votes

answered by Jasper Habicht https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=47927 6 votes

8.6.1.5 Draw lines across a multirow in a tabular

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I am creating a question type for an exam in which three terms have to be assigned by connecting them with a line. This is to be drawn through the multirow of the table. The anchor points should ... 
[tikz-pgf] [tables]
 

asked by simande https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=85180 7 votes

answered by F. Pantigny https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=163000 6 votes

8.6.1.6 How LaTeX "understands" optional arguments?

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The most common notation for commands I have seen is the following: 
\command[optional]{mandatory} 
What I am trying to understand is how the optional arguments are understood. For example they can be ... 
[optional-arguments] [arguments]
 

asked by ado sar https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=194428 6 votes

answered by Joseph Wright https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=73 9 votes

8.6.1.7 Compact/short number range representation

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I googled, but couln't find a package to make number ranges in a compact/short form. 
In siunitx there's is a \numrange command, but this feature seems not to exist. 
Explaining: I'd like something like ... 
[number]
 

asked by Jander https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=64821 6 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 4 votes