8.84.1 Top new questions this week

8.84.1.1 How to Give an Elliptical Border a Braided Effect

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=669325

Consider the code 
\documentclass{book} 
\usepackage{graphicx} 
\usepackage[abs]{overpic} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\definecolor{cadmiumgreen}{rgb}{0.0, 0.42, 0.235} % 0, 107, 60 
\definecolor{Gold}{RGB}{228,168,... 
[tikz-pgf] [border] [braids]
 

asked by mlchristians https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=192836 Score of 10

answered by Daniel N https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=218261 Score of 14

8.84.1.2 Notes at the end of the book/document - what is the modern way of doing it?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=669517

I am not talking about a \footnote that appears both at the end of the current page and at the end of the book. 
Instead, I'm talking about 
leaving \footnotes as they are, 
using another mechanism for ... 
[endnotes] [enotez] [pagenote]
 

asked by Enlico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=87996 Score of 9

answered by gusbrs https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=105447 Score of 12

8.84.1.3 How to create a variable with parameters just like \title or \author?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=669535

Explaining what I want with Java: 
String myTitle = ""; 
// Later on in the main method 
myTitle = ""; 
System.out.println(myTitle); 
I basically just want to create a new variable ... 
[macros] [renewcommand]
 

asked by user1029391283091 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=287039 Score of 6

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 8

8.84.1.4 I tried drawing this diagram in latex but I'm having trouble with the arrows

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=669721

This is the diagram I want to draw 
This is what I've been able to do 
Here's my code 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usetikzlibrary{shapes, arrows.meta, positioning} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{figure}[!ht] 
\... 
[tikz-pgf] [tikz-arrows] [tikz-trees]
 

asked by Nathaniel Ekong https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=287298 Score of 5

answered by Zarko https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=18189 Score of 8

8.84.1.5 Long and small equals sign

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I am looking for a large equals sign and a small equal sign. 
If we use \textdblhyphen we get a small equals signs, but how can I simply "shrink" the usual = in LaTeX and "extend" ... 
[symbols] [math-operators] [relation-symbols]
 

asked by Jackson Bodoviwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=286012 Score of 5

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 8

8.84.1.6 Wrong length (or \parbox)

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Let's say I want a perfect alignment of these two equations (an OCD I have). The red line is just for comparison: 
This is my MWE: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage   {amsmath} 
\begin{document} 
\... 
[horizontal-alignment] [lengths] [parbox]
 

asked by Juan CastaA~+-o https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=231368 Score of 5

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 Score of 4

8.84.1.7 How to get lesssim in Plain TeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=669644

How can I get something like the lesssim symbol in Plain TeX? I found a comprehensive-looking list of Plain TeX codes online, but it didn't include anything that did what lesssim does. 
[symbols] [plain-tex]
 

asked by Gerry Myerson https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=287279 Score of 5

answered by MadyYuvi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=121024 Score of 9