8.40.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

8.40.2.1 Write pseudo code in latex

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=163768

I am trying to write pseudo code in my paper. Here is the snippet and image like what I want.  Can some one please help me to format it. 
\begin{algorithm} 
\caption{Euclida^\200\231s algorithm}\label{euclid} 
\... 
[algorithms]
 

asked by cyclic https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=47334 Score of 127

answered by karlkoeller https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=27635 Score of 176

8.40.2.2 How can I manually install a package on MiKTeX (Windows)

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I'm new to LaTeX, investigating using it for some work projects.  I'm using MiKTeX on Windows.  My employer's locked-down network blocks the application's automatic installation function.  I can take ... 
[packages] [installing] [miktex] [windows]
 

asked by mbmcavoy https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=902 Score of 241

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 191

8.40.2.3 What point (pt) font size are \Large etc.?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=24599

In the preamble I have: 
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article} 
\usepackage{fontspec} 
\setmainfont{Arial} 
What can be inferred about the real font pt size for the following? 
\tiny, \scriptsize, \... 
[fontsize] [class-options]
 

asked by Level1Coder https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=6825 Score of 281

answered by Alan Munn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2693 Score of 438

8.40.2.4 Why do the less than symbol (<) and the greater than symbol (>) appear wrong as upside down exclamation (A^\[DownExclamation]) or question mark (A^\[DownQuestion])?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2369

When typing < or > in LaTeX and compiling with pdflatex, the less than and greater than symbols appear at upside down exclamation points. I'm not in math mode. 
[symbols] [punctuation] [font-encodings]
 

asked by biased_estimator https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=996 Score of 301

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 269

8.40.2.5 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]
 

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answered by Gonzalo Medina https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3954 Score of 236

8.40.2.6 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 Score of 600

answered by Juan A. Navarro https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=169 Score of 732

8.40.2.7 Forcing linebreaks in \url

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=3033

This question led to a new package: 
xurl 
I wish to typeset some relatively long URLs in a piece of text, and when I use \url{..}, the resulting text does not respect the margin boundaries that ... 
[line-breaking] [urls]
 

asked by Suresh https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=103 Score of 328

answered by Suresh https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=103 Score of 238