8.66.1 Top new questions this week

8.66.1.1 Why do people insist on using Tikz when they can use simpler drawing tools?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=661079

Although this question might have an opinion-based factor, it is still important for newcomers since it also treats the workflow with LaTeX. Currently, I use LaTeX to write my papers and make my block ... 
[tikz-pgf] [diagrams] [workflow]
 

asked by Rubem Pacelli https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=222785 Score of 44

answered by Rmano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=38080 Score of 58

8.66.1.2 LaTeX2(e) vs LaTeX3

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=661160

I have some questions regarding the different versions of LaTeX. 
Is LaTeX3 fully backwards compatible? 
Is LaTeX2(e) deprecated? 
Which version of Latex do I get when I install MiKTeX or TeX Live? 2 or ... 
[latex3]
 

asked by avelf54820 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=282599 Score of 19

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 35

8.66.1.3 Paul Taylor's diagrams.sty NEVER HAPPEN error

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=660920

I am a tikz-cd user trying to render a document that uses diagrams.sty. I am getting the error "THIS (S) SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN" when running the minimal example below in Overleaf (and locally ... 
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asked by User371 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=42081 Score of 9

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 Score of 15

8.66.1.4 Drawing an angle between two vectors?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=661479

I want to draw an angle between two vectors: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usetikzlibrary{angles,quotes,babel,plotmarks} 
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathreplacing} 
\usetikzlibrary{calc} 
\... 
[tikz-pgf] [tikz-pic]
 

asked by Vertexwahn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=80285 Score of 6

answered by Jasper Habicht https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=47927 Score of 5

8.66.1.5 Using LaTeX/TikZ for fractal flower

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=661409

I am trying to generate this particular fractal image of a flower, but don't even know where or how to start. Can TikZ be used to generate a "Phylotactic spiral"? 
I saw it here:https://www.... 
[tikz-pgf] [fractals]
 

asked by Ginko-Mitten https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=279451 Score of 6

answered by Sandy G https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=125871 Score of 20

8.66.1.6 How to properly color cells in a latex table without screwing up the lines?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=661354

I have the following problem: I want to color the cells by value; nSHD has values in (0,1) and smaller values should be better so I want values close to 0 to be green while larger values get yellow; 
... 
[tables] [color]
 

asked by Ivan https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=246973 Score of 6

answered by Jasper Habicht https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=47927 Score of 5

8.66.1.7 How to create iterations of the Sierpinski carpet

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=661300

I created the diagram below using tikz by drawing and, where necessary, filling each individual rectangle. 
What I want to do is create a sequence of iterations of the Sierpinski carpet (the same ... 
[tikz-pgf] [diagrams] [fractals] [lindenmayer]
 

asked by N. F. Taussig https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=61638 Score of 5

answered by Sandy G https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=125871 Score of 8