10.4.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

10.4.2.1 Superscript outside math mode

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=47324

What is the easiest way to superscript text outside of math mode? 
For example, let's say I want to write the $n^{th}$ element, but without the math mode's automatic italicization of the th.  And what ... 
[superscripts]
 

asked by jamaicanworm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9757 Score of 558

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5764 Score of 810

10.4.2.2 How can I manually install a package on MiKTeX (Windows)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2063

I'm new to LaTeX, investigating using it for some work projects.  I'm using MiKTeX on Windows.  My employer's locked-down network blocks the application's automatic installation function.  I can take ... 
[packages] [installing] [miktex] [windows]
 

asked by mbmcavoy https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=902 Score of 250

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 197

10.4.2.3 inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8: not set up for use with LaTeX

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=83440

This is with ref to my previous question Package clash in multilingual report. 
\documentclass[11pt,table,a4paper]{article} 
\usepackage{lmodern} 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 
\... 
[errors] [unicode] [languages] [cyrillic] [input-encodings]
 

asked by Manish https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=19116 Score of 135

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 101

10.4.2.4 What is the "correct" way of embedding text into math mode?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=3415

Lets say I have something like: 
\[ Let x = number of cats \] 
(This is a contrived example, but pretend we are actually inside a long align environment block...) "Let" and "number of cats" need to ... 
[math-mode]
 

asked by Billy ONeal https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=192 Score of 282

10.4.2.5 amsmath error: Multiple \label's: label 'xxx' will be lost

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=673301

This is my code: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{mathtools} 
\newcounter{rulec} 
\renewcommand\therulec{R\arabic{rulec}} 
\newcommand\trule[1]{\refstepcounter{rulec}\label{r:#1}\therulec: } 
\begin{... 
[amsmath]
 

asked by yegor256 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1449 Score of 6

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 12

10.4.2.6 How to typeset the symbol '^' (caret/circumflex/hat)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=77646

I need to display the symbol '^' 
d <- dist(fascores, method = "euclidean")^2 
How do I do that? 
[symbols]
 

asked by Cost https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=17205 Score of 313

answered by Qrrbrbirlbel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16595 Score of 413

10.4.2.7 Math symbol question: Vertical bar for ''evaluated at ...''

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=40160

How do I insert the line "|" after the equation in LaTeX (see image below)? 
I'm using LyX so if you can point me to the symbol of that line is also OK. 
I don't know if this line has a proper name so ... 
[math-mode] [symbols] [lyx]
 

asked by cidadao https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10511 Score of 193