1.5.1 Top new questions this week

1.5.1.1 lua(la)tex vs pdf(la)tex speed in texlive 2015

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/261472/lualatex-vs-pdflatex-speed-in-texlive-2015

I know similar questions have been asked about lua*tex speed in years past.  But now it's 2015, and according to wikipedia, lua*tex is the designated successor for pdf*tex.  my hopes for lua*tex is  ...
 

- asked by ivo Welch (17 votes), answered by Christian FeuersA~\[Currency]nger (15 votes)

1.5.1.2 A guide on how to produce accessible PDF files?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/261537/a-guide-on-how-to-produce-accessible-pdf-files

First: I know that this has been asked before: 
How can tagged PDFs be created that support Universal Accessibility and reflowing? (06/2010) 
LaTeX accessibility (05/2011) 
Accessibility issues  ...
 

- asked by Thomas 12votes

1.5.1.3 Why extra spaces in some cs definitions?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/261816/why-extra-spaces-in-some-cs-definitions

In (La)TeX source code definitions are sometimes written with a space after \def and with a space after the control-sequence being defined.  For example, these two lines come from miniltx.tex: 
...
 

- asked by Dan Levin (11 votes), answered by Heiko Oberdiek (11 votes)

1.5.1.4 Useful applications of \edef with macro arguments

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/262027/useful-applications-of-edef-with-macro-arguments

Well, it's been in my head for some time, but I haven't got anything out of it, so I ask here. At what places could be useful to have \edef\foo#1{..}? What applications could it have? Is it useful at  ...
 

- asked by Manuel (10 votes), answered by Heiko Oberdiek (9 votes)

1.5.1.5 mathtools brackets larger than \Bigg

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/262061/mathtools-brackets-larger-than-bigg

I'd like to use the syntax of the mathtools package to generate brackets larger than \Bigg. 
One can create larger brackets than \Bigg of specified size using 
About big parenthesis larger than Bigg 
...
 

- asked by JPi (9 votes), answered by karlkoeller (7 votes)

1.5.1.6 How to incorporate a TEXMF tree managed by distro's package manager when using TeX Live from upstream on a GNU/Linux system?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/262063/how-to-incorporate-a-texmf-tree-managed-by-distros-package-manager-when-using-t

I am using upstream's TeX Live on a GNU/Linux system with default paths except for the use of symbolic links to facilitate switching between different versions of TL. So, for example, TEXMFMAIN is  ...
 

- asked by cfr (8 votes), answered by norbert (4 votes)

1.5.1.7 Undesired behavior: compiler skips figure onto the next page no matter what

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/261884/undesired-behavior-compiler-skips-figure-onto-the-next-page-no-matter-what

This one is driving me crazy, I really hope somebody can give me a hint about what's going on... 
In this print-screen you can see the code compared to the compiled result: 
No matter how small I  ...
 

- asked by Tremor (8 votes), answered by Frank Mittelbach (9 votes)