10.36.1 Top new questions this week

10.36.1.1 Baker's percentage symbol -- % in a loaf using TikZ
10.36.1.2 Need to create a math symbol
10.36.1.3 Newcommand with adaptive number of arguments
10.36.1.4 Square root symbols that don't match
10.36.1.5 How does TikZ draw a smooth cycle?
10.36.1.6 Number sentences in paragraphs, as a range
10.36.1.7 Getting parallel lines in trees with forest
10.36.1.1 Baker's percentage symbol -- % in a loaf using TikZ

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First, a little background. 
Professional bakers (and, increasingly, bread baking enthusuasts generally as well) always weigh everything, particularly flour which is a highly variable substance: a cup (... 
[tikz-pgf] [hobby]
 
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answered by Sandy G https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=125871 Score of 10
10.36.1.2 Need to create a math symbol

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I want to create a math symbol of the following form-- 
such that I would be able to change the value of i, i.e., it will be an external input to the function defined. 
Any help is highly appreciated. 
[tikz-pgf] [math-mode] [symbols]
 
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answered by Steven B. Segletes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=25858 Score of 22
10.36.1.3 Newcommand with adaptive number of arguments

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What I am looking for is a single newcommand, let's call it \wedges, with a variable number of inputs that yields in a flexible way the following result: 
I have already written the code for the ... 
[macros] [recursion]
 
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answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 9
10.36.1.4 Square root symbols that don't match

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I'm getting a weird result using the code that follows.  The square root symbols don't match. In particular, the second square root symbol has a far greater depth than the first does. (The second ... 
[equations] [symbols]
 
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answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 10
10.36.1.5 How does TikZ draw a smooth cycle?

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To draw a smooth cycle with TikZ, one might use code such as this (lifred from page 349 of pgfmanual.pdf): 
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{tikzpicture} 
\draw plot[smooth ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 
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10.36.1.6 Number sentences in paragraphs, as a range

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I need to typeset a critical edition of a small philosophical work. 
Editorial and typesetting rules require to number sentences at the beginning of each paragraph. 
That is easy for 1-sentence ... 
[numbering] [paragraphs] [sentence]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 
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10.36.1.7 Getting parallel lines in trees with forest

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I created the following tree. 
I would like the angle betwen lesbarkeit and lesbar and keit to be such that the edges are parallel to the ones of les and bar. I guess shifting lesbarkeit to the left ... 
[forest] [linguistics]
 
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answered by cfr https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=39222 Score of 5