8.32.1 Top new questions this week

8.32.1.1 a+b whole cubed in Latex

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=644612

Someone posted it on math.stackexchange without code or source. 
It's an expanded form of (a+b)^3 
I would like to write it in Latex, but am clueless as from where to even begin with or which package to ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by user270610 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=270610 Score of 17

answered by Juan CastaA~+-o https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=231368 Score of 34

8.32.1.2 Should we give up pstricks?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=644286

I tried recently to use the program called "auto multiple choice", which seems to support only XeLaTeX. When I googled for it, I also heard about Luatex. 
Personally, I always compile with ... 
[xetex] [pdftex] [luatex] [pstricks]
 

asked by user270423 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=270423 Score of 13

answered by Marcel KrA~\274ger https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=80496 Score of 29

8.32.1.3 Garamond Italic font: First capital letter looks strange

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=644295

I am using the Garamond font, included by the fontspec package: 
\usepackage{fontspec} 
\setmainfont{Garamond} 
In my opinion, the first capital letter in italics looks strange. 
It does not fit to the ... 
[fonts] [fontspec] [italic] [italic-correction] [garamond]
 

asked by JavAlex https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=50775 Score of 9

answered by frabjous https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=411 Score of 16

8.32.1.4 How to write a command that includes a figure?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=644344

I would like a shorthand command to include a figure. 
Description and filename are mandatory 
Short caption is optional 
Optional arguments can be passed to \includegraphics 
Here's the snippet I am ... 
[macros] [includegraphics]
 

asked by nowox https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=85416 Score of 7

answered by Skillmon https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=117050 Score of 6

8.32.1.5 When does tex do macro expansion?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=644175

Having read some chapters of the texbook, I know tex eats input lines from command line or files, then converts them into tokens. When these tokens go into its gastro-intestinal tract, tex prepares to ... 
[macros] [tex-core]
 

asked by Lucas https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=27048 Score of 7

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 8

8.32.1.6 How to stop hyperref package from interfering with pstricks?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=644068

I am honestly at my wits end with this, it has been exhausting trying to track down this bug but I am out of options. I am writing a document that requires extensive diagrams of go boards (a game) for ... 
[xetex] [pstricks]
 

asked by Serenical https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=270309 Score of 7

answered by Ulrike Fischer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2388 Score of 8

8.32.1.7 How can I have both horizontal and vertical curly braces in a matrix?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=644625

I want to make horizontal and vertical curly braces to show up simultaneously just outside a matrix, but it only works when I use one or the other, instead of both. 
I use \left.\right\} for vertical ... 
[matrices] [braces]
 

asked by CELLSecret https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=240665 Score of 5

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 7