2.32.1 Top new questions this week

2.32.1.1 Best practices for source file line lengths?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/325505/best-practices-for-source-file-line-lengths

Are there any best practices for how long to make your lines in your source file?  I'm also interested if there are best practices for it if there aren't any LaTeX-specific best practices. 
I  ...
 

- asked by cjm (23 votes), answered by David Carlisle (14 votes)

2.32.1.2 Using LaTeX to compact a list of numbers

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/326115/using-latex-to-compact-a-list-of-numbers

This a bit out of ordinary. But has anybody used LaTeX to compact a list of numbers? 
The closest example that comes to mind is the way the citation numbers are compressed and 
sorted using the cite  ...
 

- asked by Masroor (15 votes), answered by Steven B. Segletes (9 votes)

2.32.1.3 How to properly typeset math intervals

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/326237/how-to-properly-typeset-math-intervals

I have the code 
\documentclass{amsart} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{equation} 
]-\pi,0[ \qquad -\pi \qquad \int_{-\pi}^0 \qquad [-\pi,0] 
\end{equation} 
\end{document} 
which produces 
...
 

- asked by TheGeekGreek (14 votes), answered by egreg (14 votes)

2.32.1.4 When does TikZ require semicolons?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/326084/when-does-tikz-require-semicolons

More fully than the title:  When does TikZ either require or forbid a semicolon at the end of a command? 
Learning TikZ I naturally go on line and copy instructions for drawings like the ones I want  ...
 

- asked by Colin McLarty (14 votes), answered by Alan Munn (16 votes)

2.32.1.5 How can I make a command like \tag, but for chapter numbering?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/325755/how-can-i-make-a-command-like-tag-but-for-chapter-numbering

The \tag command from amsmath allows one to provide a custom label for an equation that's used for all references to that equation (example). I'm TEXing a book whose chapters are numbered 1, a^\210\236, 2,  ...
 

- asked by Arun Debray (13 votes), answered by Mico (10 votes)

2.32.1.6 How to identify and prevent clashes in a new package?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/325708/how-to-identify-and-prevent-clashes-in-a-new-package

If I wrote a new package foo, how would I identify all packages that foo could potentially clash with?  Sure, I could test against some of the major ones, but there are so many packages doing so many  ...
 

- asked by JPi (11 votes), answered by Werner (10 votes)

2.32.1.7 How does TikZ accumulate transparency?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/326148/how-does-tikz-accumulate-transparency

I would like to draw a graphic, where 'colorfulness' corresponds with some value. (Say, e.a^\200\257g. a map, where the more people live in an area, the 'reder' this area gets.) 
I now stumbled across the way  ...
 

- asked by Robert Terwilliger 9votes