10.21.1 Top new questions this week

10.21.1.1 Is it possible to get TeXlive version year, and preferably user platform, from within document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=713735

Is it possible for a lualatex document to learn the version year of the binary, from within the document, without using shell escape? Even better if I could also detect the user's platform. 
I know ... 
[luatex] [texlive]
 

asked by rallg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=287367 Score of 9

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 Score of 11

10.21.1.2 Erewhon fonts and mathfrak symbols

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=713818

I'm trying to get the erewhon font to work, but I miss some specific mathfrak fonts when using it. For example, \mathfrak{h} only displays a regular h instead, while \mathfrak{g} works. The example ... 
[fonts] [luatex] [math-fonts]
 

asked by kindaichi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=317175 Score of 6

answered by Marijn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=89417 Score of 6

10.21.1.3 Misplaced diacritics with Graphite renderer and LuaLaTeX. Any

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=713616

I am trying to typeset some Kashur (Kashmiri) text with a Graphite font, i.e., Awami Nastaliq. Here is an MWE: 
\documentclass[border=1cm]{standalone} 
\usepackage[% 
english,% 
bidi              = {... 
[luatex] [luaotfload]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by Niranjan https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=174620 Score of 6

answered by Marcel KrA~\274ger https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=80496 Score of 2

10.21.1.4 Partition string in substrings of equal length and iterate through them

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To avoid the XY problem, I'll describe what I am looking for (the X) and the issue that I found while attempting X (the Y). To be clear: I'm not trying to troubleshoot Y, I'd be grateful if only X is ... 
[loops]
 

asked by rdrg109 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=224170 Score of 5

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 4

10.21.1.5 How can I draw dashed line box in circuits?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=713972

The following is what I have tried. 
\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper]{article} 
\usepackage[left=20mm,top=30mm,bottom=30mm,right=20mm]{geometry} 
\usepackage{tikz}  % for drawing pictures 
\... 
[circuitikz]
 

asked by kile https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=206160 Score of 5

answered by MS-SPO https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=245790 Score of 7

10.21.1.6 Why are markings of \$R_1\$ displayed everywhere in the circuit?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=713921

The marking of $R_1$ is display everywhere. 
\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper]{article} 
\usepackage[left=20mm,top=30mm,bottom=30mm,right=20mm]{geometry} 
\usepackage{tikz}  % for drawing pictures 
\... 
[circuitikz]
 

asked by kile https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=206160 Score of 5

answered by Rmano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=38080 Score of 8

10.21.1.7 Command to renew other commands

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=713699

Is it possible to create a command which takes the name of a command c as an argument and redefines c (e.g. via renewcommand) in terms of itself but adds some new functionality? 
In short, can we ... 
[macros] [patching]
 

asked by PaulProgrammerNoob https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=189044 Score of 5

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 8