8.20.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

8.20.2.1 Not equal sign (a^\211 ) with a vertical bar
8.20.2.2 Why is \newpage ignored sometimes ?
8.20.2.3 Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned
8.20.2.4 Multi-line (block) comments in LaTeX
8.20.2.5 "Correct" way to bold/italicize text?
8.20.2.6 How to add an empty line between paragraphs?
8.20.2.7 How to write two dot above a letter?
8.20.2.1 Not equal sign (a^\211 ) with a vertical bar

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=108193

Is it possible to get a \neq but with a vertical bar instead of a slanted one? There are inequality operators like AMS's \gvertneqq that feature this kind of "not equal" but not without mixing it with ... 
[math-mode] [symbols] [relation-symbols]
 
asked by Christian https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13450 Score of 43
answered by Heiko Oberdiek https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16967 Score of 33
8.20.2.2 Why is \newpage ignored sometimes ?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2958

I have the following towards the end of an article. The bibliography is short (4 entries). 
What's happening is that on the very last page of document I get the chart and immediately afterwards the ... 
[floats] [page-breaking]
 
asked by wishihadabettername https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=564 Score of 165
answered by Will Robertson https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=179 Score of 248
8.20.2.3 Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2275

Is there any package or a method to force LaTeX to keep floating environments like table and figure closer to where they are declared? 
[floats] [positioning]
 
asked by artimess https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=833 Score of 372
answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 370
8.20.2.4 Multi-line (block) comments in LaTeX

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=87303

In LaTeX, % can be used for single-line comments. For multi-line comments, the following command is available in the verbatim package. 
\begin{comment} 
Commented code 
\end{comment} 
But is there a ... 
[comments]
 
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answered by guillem https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3941 Score of 223
8.20.2.5 "Correct" way to bold/italicize text?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=41681

Is either of these considered better/more readable/more "proper"/more conventional than the other for making text bold? If so, what is the reason? 
I like my text \textbf{bold} 
versus: 
I like my ... 
[best-practices] [bold] [italic]
 
asked by user541686 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2694 Score of 464
answered by Todd Lehman https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8499 Score of 432
8.20.2.6 How to add an empty line between paragraphs?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=135134

I have two sections which I'd like to separate by an empty line. Every time I press Enter, LyX removes that empty line between paragraphs. How do I prevent this? 
[spacing] [lyx]
 
asked by goldisfine https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=37301 Score of 141
answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5764 Score of 155
8.20.2.7 How to write two dot above a letter?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=152951

the two dots above a letter represents two derivative of varible t. 
My method: 
\documentclass[UTF8]{ctexart} 
\usepackage{amsmath} 
\usepackage{amssymb} 
\usepackage{graphicx} 
\usepackage{epstopdf} 
\... 
[math-mode] [accents]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 
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answered by Cain https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=28428 Score of 174