8.85.1 Top new questions this week

8.85.1.1 Notes at the end of the book/document - what is the modern way of doing it?
8.85.1.2 I tried drawing this diagram in latex but I'm having trouble with the arrows
8.85.1.3 How to create a variable with parameters just like \title or \author?
8.85.1.4 Long and small equals sign
8.85.1.5 Wrong length (or \parbox)
8.85.1.6 How to get lesssim in Plain TeX?
8.85.1.7 How to use the bb=tx option of mathalpha?
8.85.1.1 Notes at the end of the book/document - what is the modern way of doing it?

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

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

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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]
 
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8.85.1.4 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
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8.85.1.5 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]
 
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8.85.1.6 How to get lesssim in Plain TeX?

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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
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8.85.1.7 How to use the bb=tx option of mathalpha?

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The package mathalpha has an option bb=tx to set the blackboard bold font to one that goes well with Times and similar fonts. However, this option has been broken for a while now (at least since June ... 
[fonts] [newtxmath] [blackboard]
 
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