9.10.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

9.10.2.1 What is the LaTeX command for "em dash" (a^\200\224)?
9.10.2.2 Which dot character to use in which context?
9.10.2.3 Absolute Value Symbols
9.10.2.4 What can I use to typeset MATLAB code in my document?
9.10.2.5 Big Parenthesis in an Equation
9.10.2.6 TexMaker - "File not found" when viewing as pdf
9.10.2.7 Force figure placement in text
9.10.2.1 What is the LaTeX command for "em dash" (a^\200\224)?

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I am trying to insert the symbol in the title of the question, which I copied from a PDF article, but it appears as space in the output file. What is the corresponding LaTeX command? 
[symbols] [punctuation]
 
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9.10.2.2 Which dot character to use in which context?

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Wikipedia lists several dot characters in Unicode.  These are the ones that are ambiguous to me: 
interpunct, middle dot (A^\[CenterDot])   ·   ·   U+00B7   "midpoint (in typography)" 
... 
[symbols] [best-practices] [punctuation] [unicode] [unicode-math]
 
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answered by Danie Els https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1683 Score of 150
9.10.2.3 Absolute Value Symbols

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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 312
answered by Peter Grill https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4301 Score of 232
9.10.2.4 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]
 
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9.10.2.5 Big Parenthesis in an Equation

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I have an equation contained inside \[...\], which automatically makes a \sum with sub- and superscripts turn big--so that the summation sign looks awkward inside parenthesis.  Any idea how to make ... 
[math-mode] [delimiters]
 
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9.10.2.6 TexMaker - "File not found" when viewing as pdf

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At the moment I'm having a problem when trying to view my LaTeX file as a PDF. Whether I do it internal or external I both the error "File not found.". 
I have no idea what file it means. I've read ... 
[errors] [pdf] [texmaker]
 
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9.10.2.7 Force figure placement in text

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I have a problem when a lot of figures are in question. Some figures tend to "fly around", that is, be a paragraph below, although I placed them before that paragraph. I use code: 
\begin{figure}[ht] 
\... 
[floats] [positioning] [captions]
 
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