10.12.1 Top new questions this week

10.12.1.1 Ligatures are not preserved by \textls letter spacing

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Example: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{microtype} 
\begin{document} 
fi \textls[1]{fi} 
\end{document} 
Output: 
Problem: the ligature is lost. How do I keep the ligature (preferably without ... 
[microtype] [ligatures] [letterspacing]
 

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answered by Robert https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=7674 Score of 6

10.12.1.2 LaTeX listings package: SQL comments defined by '--'

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I am not able to both 
Change the color of comments marked by --, AND 
DO NOT replace hyphens (-) by the minus (a^\210\222) sign. 
A MRE follows. 
\documentclass{report} 
\usepackage{xcolor} 
\usepackage{listings}... 
[listings] [sql]
 

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10.12.1.3 Hyperref conflicting with enumitem

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The code 
\documentclass[11pt]{article} 
\usepackage{hyperref} 
\usepackage{enumitem} 
\newlist{ilist}{enumerate}{3} 
\setlist*[ilist]{leftmargin=*} 
\setlist*[ilist,1]{label=\arabic*.} 
\setlist*[ilist,2]{... 
[errors] [hyperref] [enumitem]
 

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answered by Ulrike Fischer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2388 Score of 7

10.12.1.4 How to automate this drop-cap-like effect

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In a website I saw the below drop-cap-like effect and I wanted to replicate it. 
For a one-time case one can do it manually. See the MWE. 
How can I automate the process? So that I can start a ... 
[tikz-pgf] [drop-cap]
 

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answered by Fran https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=11604 Score of 6

10.12.1.5 Set Boxes in a table

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I have a tabular and I want to group certain elements. 
All in all it shall look like this (just with straight lines :D) 
How can I achieve that? 
Here is my MWE: 
\documentclass[11pt]{article} 
\... 
[tables] [boxes]
 

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10.12.1.6 Tagpdf Creation using lualatex-dev (Section should be H1 tag)

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I would like to get Tagged PDF from LaTeX file using LuaLaTeX-Dev. Output Tagged PDF is created successfully, but how to change/delete unwanted tag PART? Refer below screenshot: 
LaTeX Kernel Ver is : ... 
[luatex] [tagged-pdf] [tagpdf]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

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10.12.1.7 Why does \mathrm give an error?

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I am trying to use \mathrm to remove the italics from an equation as follows: 
\documentclass[a4paper]{article} 
\usepackage{gb4e} 
\usepackage{amsmath} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{equation} 
\mathrm{tr}(... 
[amsmath] [italic] [mathrm]
 

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answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 Score of 7