10.62.1 Top new questions this week

10.62.1.1 \usepackage[<language>] babel  or \babelprovide <language> ? Why?

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This guide for language selecting mechanism suggests the following: 
The first one is: 
\usepackage[italian]{babel} 
It will load the old good Italian language definition file. This procedure is the ... 
[babel]
 

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answered by Javier Bezos https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5735 Score of 7

10.62.1.2 How can I insert a proper macron-A letter (`A"\201`) using pdftex?

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MWE: 
\documentclass{scrartcl} 
\begin{document} 
NavA"\201 
\end{document} 
This gets printed correctly, but when I select the text and attempt to copy it, it reveals two separate glyphs: 
NavA^\257a 
How can ... 
[unicode] [accents] [font-encodings] [input-encodings] [macron]
 

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10.62.1.3 The LaTeX Companion, Third Edition. Did I just buy a photocopied version of the book?

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I just bought The LaTeX Companion, Third Edition, on Amazon, and I have the impression that I bought a photocopied version of the book, and not an original version. 
On all the pages, I have little ... 
[books]
 

asked by Alex https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=341565 Score of 6

10.62.1.4 how to make the latex support traditional-Chinese characters

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Today I am using XeLaTeX to write some traditional (as opposed to simplified) Chinese characters or glyphs. This is a minimal demo: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{xeCJK} 
\begin{document} 
e'\235\234 
\end{... 
[fonts] [xetex] [chinese]
 

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answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 Score of 10

10.62.1.5 How does one design a new extensible delimiter that extends in perpendicular directions?

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I have not begun yet to look at code samples to try to figure this out, so I'm really at the beginning stage.  As such, I don't have any MWE to post (yet), but it is a general question.  What exactly ... 
[tex-core] [delimiters] [math-fonts] [extensible-delimiters]
 

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

10.62.1.6 3D Chip Design using TikZ

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I'm trying to reproduce a 3D design of a chip using TikZ in LaTeX. The design I'm aiming for resembles a multi-layered chip concept, similar to the image below (showing different components stacked on ... 
[tikz-pgf] [diagrams] [subcaption] [fill] [tikz-3d]
 

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10.62.1.7 How can I avoid gaps at the intersection of two lines in TikZ? Or is there a better way to draw them?

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\documentclass{standalone} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{tikzpicture} 
\pgfplothandlercurveto 
\pgfplotstreamstart 
\pgfplotstreampoint{\pgfpoint{0cm}{0cm}} 
\pgfplotstreampoint{\pgfpoint{.... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

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