10.60.1 Top new questions this week

10.60.1.1 Defining a grid in tikz using setlength vs. explicitly setting a length parameter

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=726222

I am trying to create a grid on a page using tikz that covers the entire page from one corner to another with a ratio of pagewidth/pageheigth. 
I managed to create such a grid as follows: 
\... 
[tikz-pgf] [lengths] [grids]
 

asked by Markus G. https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=118712 Score of 5

answered by Jasper Habicht https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=47927 Score of 8

10.60.1.2 LaTeX labels propositions as Theorems in text instead of Propositions

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=726282

I have the following simple example in LaTeX: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{amsmath} 
\usepackage{hyperref} 
\usepackage[capitalize,noabbrev]{cleveref} 
% Theorem environments 
\newtheorem{theorem}{... 
[numbering] [labels] [cleveref]
 

asked by Alan Chung https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=339314 Score of 5

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

10.60.1.3 How can I get the bounding box of a path (drawn with hobby)?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=726215

I have drawn a blob using hobby following this question and would like to add an arrow denoting the span of my blob. I have tried following the answer to this question to no avail because the bounding ... 
[tikz-pgf] [hobby]
 

asked by TheMargatron https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=339074 Score of 5

answered by Qrrbrbirlbel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16595 Score of 4

10.60.1.4 Turn on double spacing, but not before equations

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=726167

I'm working on a document that has double spacing. I noticed that when the document is double spaced, the space between the text and the equations in the document is very large. So I end up with a lot ... 
[spacing] [setspace]
 

asked by Mark https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=336166 Score of 5

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

10.60.1.5 How to truncate text in latex?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=726013

I have a long string of text that I want to shorten for example truncate hash 
21dce451e8ddc5e054cf2019511570c3618f871ab0d25c2b12b7c878f3038355 
to 
21dce...8355 
how to do it? 
[strings]
 

asked by konto https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=338551 Score of 5

answered by Skillmon https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=117050 Score of 8

10.60.1.6 How to simplify input to a table with many columns?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=726065

While preparing a table on musical modes I came accross this situation: 
entering the 7 pitches as one column looks bad after compile, once accidentals occur 
finally I had to provide 7 columns instead ... 
[tables] [macros] [substitution]
 

asked by MS-SPO https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=245790 Score of 5

answered by MS-SPO https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=245790 Score of 4

10.60.1.7 Background package relying on obsolete everypage package

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=726043

If we try to apply this answer in 2024, we get: 
Package everypage Warning: Functionality similar to this package has recently 
(everypage)                been implemented in LaTeX. This package is now ... 
[backgrounds] [everypage]
 

asked by Gaussler https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=19809 Score of 5

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 Score of 8