8.6.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

8.6.2.1 What can I use to typeset MATLAB code in my document?
8.6.2.2 making appendix for thesis
8.6.2.3 TexMaker - "File not found" when viewing as pdf
8.6.2.4 How to add todo notes?
8.6.2.5 How to write partial differential equation (Ex. dQ/dt=ds/dt) with real partial derivative signs?
8.6.2.6 How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?
8.6.2.7 Force figure placement in text
8.6.2.1 What can I use to typeset MATLAB code in my document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=75116

This question led to a new package: 
matlab-prettifier 
Does anybody have a quick and easy way to typeset some relatively long MATLAB code in the appendix? I looked up a few methods, and the mcode ... 
[listings] [highlighting] [matlab]
 
asked by suzu https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=19279 114 votes
answered by Vivi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=14 92 votes
8.6.2.2 making appendix for thesis

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=49643

I need some help with creating an appendix for my thesis. I have about 10 figures which need to be in the appendix. I have a good appendix with the following code: 
\appendix 
\addcontentsline{toc}{... 
[appendices] [thesis]
 
asked by user13017 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13017 222 votes
answered by Gonzalo Medina https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3954 233 votes
8.6.2.3 TexMaker - "File not found" when viewing as pdf

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=45900

At the moment I'm having a problem when trying to view my LaTeX file as a PDF. Whether I do it internal or external I both the error "File not found.". 
I have no idea what file it means. I've read ... 
[errors] [pdf] [texmaker]
 
asked by Floris Devriendt https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=12124 34 votes
answered by TorbjA~,rn T. https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=586 33 votes
8.6.2.4 How to add todo notes?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=9796

Is there a simple way to add todo notes to LaTeX documents ? 
I would like to have these notes in red in the generated pdf and a simple syntax to write them. 
[todonotes]
 
asked by aneuryzm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3182 311 votes
8.6.2.5 How to write partial differential equation (Ex. dQ/dt=ds/dt) with real partial derivative signs?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=225523

I would like to make a partial differential equation by using the following notation: 
dQ/dt 
(without / but with a real numerator and denomenator). Earlier today I got help from this page on how to ... 
[equations]
 
asked by David https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=71265 119 votes
answered by Sebastiano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=117876 7 votes
8.6.2.6 How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=39017

How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX? 
This is a general question and should collect useful answers for all users. I hope we can use this as a reference 
[floats] [positioning]
 
asked by Marco Daniel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5239 683 votes
answered by Frank Mittelbach https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10109 979 votes
8.6.2.7 Force figure placement in text

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=8625

I have a problem when a lot of figures are in question. Some figures tend to "fly around", that is, be a paragraph below, although I placed them before that paragraph. I use code: 
\begin{figure}[ht] 
\... 
[floats] [positioning] [captions]
 
asked by Marin https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2755 582 votes
answered by Juan A. Navarro https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=169 709 votes