11.5.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

11.5.2.1 Omitting the date when using \maketitle

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2760

I'm using the \author and \title commands to produce a title with \maketitle. I also know that there is a \date command to specify the date of my work. However, if I omit \date, \maketitle will ... 
[titles] [datetime]
 

asked by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 Score of 415

answered by frabjous https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=411 Score of 409

11.5.2.2 Multi-line (block) comments in LaTeX

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=87303

In LaTeX, % can be used for single-line comments. For multi-line comments, the following command is available in the verbatim package. 
\begin{comment} 
Commented code 
\end{comment} 
But is there a ... 
[comments]
 

asked by Arindam Pal https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=17379 Score of 364

answered by guillem https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3941 Score of 304

11.5.2.3 bibtex vs. biber and biblatex vs. natbib

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=25701

I've heard of many different bibliography-related packages/platforms/?. What's the difference between the following, which is good for what tasks, advantages/disadvantages, which one is the most ... 
[bibliographies] [biblatex] [bibtex] [natbib] [biber]
 

asked by doncherry https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4012 Score of 670

11.5.2.4 Change line spacing inside the document

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=83855

This is my code 
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{book} 
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.5} 
\begin{document} 
\include{Chapter1} 
\end{document} 
I have please a question: 
I would change the line ... 
[line-spacing]
 

asked by researcher https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16097 Score of 190

answered by Peter Grill https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4301 Score of 172

11.5.2.5 Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2275

Is there any package or a method to force LaTeX to keep floating environments like table and figure closer to where they are declared? 
[floats] [positioning]
 

asked by artimess https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=833 Score of 403

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 397

11.5.2.6 Write pseudo code in latex

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=163768

I am trying to write pseudo code in my paper. Here is the snippet and image like what I want.  Can some one please help me to format it. 
\begin{algorithm} 
\caption{Euclida^\200\231s algorithm}\label{euclid} 
\... 
[algorithms]
 

asked by cyclic https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=47334 Score of 138

answered by karlkoeller https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=27635 Score of 184

11.5.2.7 Column and row padding in tables

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=31672

How do you guys go about controlling column padding in tables? 
Update 
To clarify, I'm looking for a way to control both vertical and horizontal padding. So, if I had a simple table like in the ... 
[tables] [spacing] [columns]
 

asked by JustDanyul https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8615 Score of 479

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5764 Score of 375