8.41.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

8.41.2.1 Crop an inserted image?
8.41.2.2 How can I get bold math symbols?
8.41.2.3 Command for argmin or argmax?
8.41.2.4 Why does \\ not return a new line in an equation?
8.41.2.5 Forcing linebreaks in \url
8.41.2.6 How can I make an enumerate list start at something other than 1?
8.41.2.7 Reduce space between enumerated items
8.41.2.1 Crop an inserted image?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=57418

I'm inserting an image with a simple: 
\includegraphics[height=5cm]{filename.png} 
This results in an image that maintains the aspect ratio, and so gives me something like 6cm width. I only really ... 
[graphics] [crop]
 
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8.41.2.2 How can I get bold math symbols?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=595

To make Latin-letter variables bold I can use e.g. \mathbf{a}, but while putting Greek letters or symbols such as \nabla inside \mathbf doesn't cause any errors or warnings, it also doesn't do ... 
[fonts] [math-mode] [symbols] [bold]
 
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answered by Mark Meckes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=206 Score of 478
8.41.2.3 Command for argmin or argmax?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=5223

How can you get the argmin or argmax in Latex? Two solutions I found are: 
\underset{x}{\operatorname{argmax}} 
\DeclareMathOperator*{\argmin}{arg\,min} 
Any other ideas? 
[1]http://www.breakthru.... 
[math-mode] [symbols] [math-operators]
 
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answered by Jan Hlavacek https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=396 Score of 303
8.41.2.4 Why does \\ not return a new line in an equation?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=194236

\begin{equation*}\label{eq:pareto mle2} 
A_0 = \frac{1}{(\alpha+t_x)^{r+s+x}}{}_2F_1\left(r+s+x,x+1;r+s+x+1;\frac{\alpha-\beta}{\alpha + t_x} \right ) "\\\" <br> 
- \frac{1}{(\alpha+T)^{r+s+x}}{}... 
[equations] [line-breaking]
 
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answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 Score of 50
8.41.2.5 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
8.41.2.6 How can I make an enumerate list start at something other than 1?

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Sometimes, I want to have enumerate lists in LaTeX start at other than the first value (1, a, i, etc.) How can I make an enumerate list start at an arbitrary value? 
[lists] [numbering] [enumerate]
 
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8.41.2.7 Reduce space between enumerated items

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=6081

Background 
All book figures are set to "here definitely" (as they must come after the text that introduces them). 
Problem 
The list types (enumerated and bullet) have too much space between them. ... 
[spacing] [floats] [lists] [vertical-alignment] [positioning]
 
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answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 Score of 24