8.43.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

8.43.2.1 Absolute Value Symbols

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=43008

What is the "best LaTeX practices" for writing absolute value symbols?  Are there any packages which provide good methods? 
Some options include|x| and \mid x \mid, but I'm not sure which is best... 
[math-mode] [symbols]
 

asked by jamaicanworm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9757 Score of 306

answered by Peter Grill https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4301 Score of 230

8.43.2.2 What can I use to typeset MATLAB code in my document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=75116

This question led to a new package: 
matlab-prettifier 
Does anybody have a quick and easy way to typeset some relatively long MATLAB code in the appendix? I looked up a few methods, and the mcode ... 
[listings] [highlighting] [matlab]
 

asked by suzu https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=19279 Score of 118

answered by Vivi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=14 Score of 94

8.43.2.3 Multi-line (block) comments in LaTeX

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=87303

In LaTeX, % can be used for single-line comments. For multi-line comments, the following command is available in the verbatim package. 
\begin{comment} 
Commented code 
\end{comment} 
But is there a ... 
[comments]
 

asked by Arindam Pal https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=17379 Score of 304

answered by guillem https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3941 Score of 231

8.43.2.4 TeXnicCenter & Adobe Reader DC

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=250472

How to configure TeXnicCenter to work with Adobe Reader DC? When I building and view current file .tex the following error "Can not execute the command" shows up and the PDF is not generated. 
If ... 
[pdf] [texniccenter] [adobe]
 

asked by Walter Silva https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=80192 Score of 60

answered by JiAo\231A~\[DiscretionaryHyphen] ChmelA~\[DiscretionaryHyphen]k https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=82051 Score of 80

8.43.2.5 Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible with author-year citations

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=54480

I have a basic tex file and a bibliography which is exported from Mendeley 
However, when I want to cite in the author-year style, I get the error: 
Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible ... 
[bibtex] [errors] [natbib]
 

asked by grrrbytes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13217 Score of 263

answered by Josh Porter https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=15128 Score of 136

8.43.2.6 When should I use \input vs. \include?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=246

There are two different commands to incorporate another file into the source of some document, \input and \include. When should I use one or the other? What are the differences between them? Are there ... 
[include] [input]
 

asked by Phil Miller https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=60 Score of 1378

answered by Michael Mrozek https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=29 Score of 1245

8.43.2.7 Remove ugly borders around clickable cross-references and hyperlinks

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=823

I know that I can use hyperref to make cross-references and hyperlinks clickable.  That makes the clickable areas outlined in fluorescent green, however.  How can I make the green boxes go away? 
[hyperref] [color] [boxes] [links]
 

asked by Vebjorn Ljosa https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=35 Score of 984

answered by meep.meep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3735 Score of 960