10.30.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

10.30.2.1 Big Parenthesis in an Equation
10.30.2.2 LaTeX Editors/IDEs
10.30.2.3 Reduce space between enumerated items
10.30.2.4 Commenting out large sections
10.30.2.5 What is the LaTeX command for "em dash" (a^\200\224)?
10.30.2.6 The \bar and \overline commands
10.30.2.7 Not equal sign (a^\211 ) with a vertical bar
10.30.2.1 Big Parenthesis in an Equation

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=38868

I have an equation contained inside \[...\], which automatically makes a \sum with sub- and superscripts turn big--so that the summation sign looks awkward inside parenthesis.  Any idea how to make ... 
[math-mode] [delimiters]
 
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10.30.2.2 LaTeX Editors/IDEs

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=339

What editors/IDEs are available for easing the process of writing TeX/LaTeX documents? 
Please state some useful features like code completion, spell checking, building final DVI or PDF files, etc. 
... 
[editors] [big-list] [ide] [resources]
 
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10.30.2.3 Reduce space between enumerated items

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=6081

Background 
All book figures are set to "here definitely" (as they must come after the text that introduces them). 
Problem 
The list types (enumerated and bullet) have too much space between them. ... 
[spacing] [floats] [lists] [vertical-alignment] [positioning]
 
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answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 Score of 28
10.30.2.4 Commenting out large sections

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=17816

To "comment out" a line, I need to insert a % at the beginning of the line (so that the line will not be compiled). 
Is there a way to comment out a large section without having to manually ... 
[comments]
 
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answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 Score of 363
10.30.2.5 What is the LaTeX command for "em dash" (a^\200\224)?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=53413

I am trying to insert the symbol in the title of the question, which I copied from a PDF article, but it appears as space in the output file. What is the corresponding LaTeX command? 
[symbols] [punctuation]
 
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answered by Keks Dose https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4736 Score of 401
10.30.2.6 The \bar and \overline commands

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I want to represent, say, the closure of a set or the extended reals, e.g., $\bar{\mathbb{R}}$ but unfortunately this creates a bar that is much too small (horizontally) and can barely be seen. On the ... 
[stacking-symbols]
 
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answered by Danie Els https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1683 Score of 106
10.30.2.7 Not equal sign (a^\211 ) with a vertical bar

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=108193

Is it possible to get a \neq but with a vertical bar instead of a slanted one? There are inequality operators like AMS's \gvertneqq that feature this kind of "not equal" but not without mixing it with ... 
[math-mode] [symbols] [relation-symbols]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 
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