8.25.1 Top new questions this week

8.25.1.1 What is a^\215\274 used for?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=640588

This is a crosspost from the Mathematics Stack Exchange, I thought I'd ask here as well in case anyone knows. In the STIX package there is a character called \rangledownzigzagarrow, which corresponds ... 
[symbols] [stix] [iso]
 

asked by ionchy https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=202877 Score of 60

answered by barbara beeton https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=579 Score of 70

8.25.1.2 How to only fill the intersection between three circles?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=640808

Yesterday I came across this question: How to draw Venn diagrams (especially: complements) in LaTeX. I was introduced to the idea of intersecting circles and only filling in specific sections defined ... 
[tikz-pgf] [venn-diagrams]
 

asked by arara https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=267668 Score of 13

answered by Andrew Stacey https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=86 Score of 11

8.25.1.3 Which LaTeX package has the longest documentation?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=640737

I began learning LaTeX in the last week and I'm really feeling the learning curve. Something I appreciate is the thoroughness of the documentation for the packages. At first I came across the caption ... 
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asked by arara https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=267668 Score of 11

answered by Don Hosek https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=202780 Score of 12

8.25.1.4 What is the function \usepackage[utf8] inputenc  used for and why we should add this in latex document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=641189

As I'm new to LaTeX and learning it, I often came across 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} 
and would like to know what this command does and why we should use this? 
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asked by user268629 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=268629 Score of 8

answered by moewe https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=35864 Score of 11

8.25.1.5 Why did LaTeX rotate my picture?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=640647

I inserted a picture in LaTeX, but it rotated my picture. Why? 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{graphicx} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{figure} 
\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{1.jpg} 
\end{figure} 
\... 
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asked by Y. zeng https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=245010 Score of 7

answered by Ingmar https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=26614 Score of 16

8.25.1.6 Why are ConTeXt and LaTeX two different typesetting systems instead of joining forces?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=641299

I've spent quite a bit of time over the last few days getting up to speed with current developments in the TeX world. Like all of us here I sometimes get frustrated with the clunky and outdated nature ... 
[context] [latex3]
 

asked by user32882 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=134984 Score of 6

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

8.25.1.7 How does \x work without a foreach statement in tikz?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=640830

I've gone through the second tutorial in the tikz documentation and I was introduced to the use of \x inside of foreach statements to iterate some processes. However, I just found out that \x can ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by arara https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=267668 Score of 6

answered by codecepts https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=236875 Score of 5