2.16.1 Top new questions this week

2.16.1.1 Silly typesetting question

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/306177/silly-typesetting-question

Oh man, I don't even know where to put this... or how to begin. As a joke, I'm trying to get the ascii art of the guy flipping a table in a question on an exam. I've tried verbatim but it won't  ...
 

- asked by Jon (21 votes), answered by erik (20 votes)

2.16.1.2 Is there a reliable way to get the number of arguments of a command?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/305806/is-there-a-reliable-way-to-get-the-number-of-arguments-of-a-command

While pondering over a test to distinguish two versions of a command I came up with the following example: 
\documentclass{article} 
\begin{document} 
\def\testA#1{\#2->blabla} 
...
 

- asked by Ulrike Fischer 15votes

2.16.1.3 Connecting tree nodes with double arrows a la chef

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/306415/connecting-tree-nodes-with-double-arrows-a-la-chef

I'm trying to draw a tree with double arrows. To that end, I have combined the file system tree from texample.net with the basic idea of double arrows a la chef: 
\documentclass{standalone} 
...
 

- asked by Jan (10 votes), answered by Jan (5 votes)

2.16.1.4 Scrartcl 13.999 point 14.4 point but not 14 point?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/306767/scrartcl-13-999-point-14-4-point-but-not-14-point

Can the scrartcl class make a true 14 point type? 
It will produce 13.999pt, 13.9999pt and 13.99998pt, but 14pt it produces 14.4 point type only. 
Thanks :) 
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- asked by A Feldman (10 votes), answered by Schweinebacke (8 votes)

2.16.1.5 if test for 1 not 11

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/306490/if-test-for-1-not-11

It may seem rather silly, but I can't find an answer for this question. (I've been looking for one for a while already). 
Suppose I want to have a macro with a single parameter. When this parameter  ...
 

- asked by Rafael (10 votes), answered by Steven B. Segletes (15 votes)

2.16.1.6 Creating arbitrary number of blank pages

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/306328/creating-arbitrary-number-of-blank-pages

Is there a single command with which one can insert an arbitrary number of blank pages inside some latex text?
 

- asked by Lucas (10 votes), answered by MaestroGlanz (6 votes)

2.16.1.7 How to bend a mathematical formula around an arc or circle

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/306457/how-to-bend-a-mathematical-formula-around-an-arc-or-circle

i would like to bend a math formula around a circle. While it is working with text, LaTeX would not bend a formula in a math environment around a circle, at least, i hadnA^\264t had success. The following  ...
 

- asked by Coliban (10 votes), answered by Alain Matthes (17 votes)