9.33.1 Top new questions this week

9.33.1.1 Why arc with angles given by "trig format=rad" gives wrong result?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=685949

Consider the following MWE: 
\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{tikzpicture} 
\draw[trig format=rad,red]  (0:1) arc(0:pi:1); 
\draw[blue] (0:1) arc(0:180:1)... 
[tikz-pgf] [arc]
 

asked by Zarko https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=18189 Score of 9

answered by Qrrbrbirlbel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16595 Score of 10

9.33.1.2 how can I draw CVCV structures?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=685690

I need to get the following output: 
So far, I just realized the CVCV structure as follows: 
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt, twoside]{report} 
\usepackage[table]{xcolor} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{tabular}{... 
[arrows]
 

asked by MariaCo https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=266867 Score of 9

answered by MariaCo https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=266867 Score of 2

9.33.1.3 Nicematrix overbrace and underbrace clash with surrounding text

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=685755

I am surprised that I didn't find anything on this topic here. In the following document, the contents of the braces clash with the above text even after several compilations: 
\documentclass{article} 
\... 
[matrices] [arrays] [braces] [nicematrix]
 

asked by Bubaya https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=27717 Score of 8

answered by Sandy G https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=125871 Score of 6

9.33.1.4 Typing a Phonetic Long i without a Dot

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=685930

I would like to type the long i as illustrated in the name "Heli": 
However, the code 
\documentclass[12pt]{book} 
\begin{document} 
\thispagestyle{empty} 
\textbf{\={i}} 
\end{document} 
does ... 
[symbols] [typography]
 

asked by mlchristians https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=192836 Score of 7

answered by I^\231I^\264I^\271I"\216I"\204I^\[CenterDot]I"\202 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=249991 Score of 13

9.33.1.5 \NewDocumentCommand vs \newcommand vs \NewExpandableDocumentCommand (to define a container for a text)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=685866

In his answer to a recent question of mine, @egreg advised \newcommand instead of \NewDocumentCommand to define a container for a text. And I'm aware of this (10 years old!) question where: 
Joseph ... 
[macros] [expl3] [expansion] [robust-commands]
 

asked by Denis BitouzA~(c) https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=18401 Score of 7

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 6

9.33.1.6 Pipe dreams in TiKz

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=685728

I was looking for a macros simplifying pipe dreams drawing (these are specific tilings used in combinatorics). However I havena^\200\231t found one. So I wrote it myself and I am providing the possible ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by Matthew Willow https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=252527 Score of 6

answered by Matthew Willow https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=252527 Score of 5

9.33.1.7 Construct A Spiral-Like Layers of Arcs Using Tikz

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=685539

I want to use tikz to construct layers of arc folding all around a 12 integer-graded circle with each arc having a constant length of a quarter-of-a-circle and the first starting at 90 degrees, the ... 
[tikz-pgf] [circles] [spiral]
 

asked by Daniel James https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=104402 Score of 6

answered by Paul Gaborit https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=14500 Score of 13