11.25.1 Top new questions this week

11.25.1.1 Typesetting a matrix, using comma and semicolon as separators between entries and rows respectively

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Inspired by the question typesetting column vector, I'm working on creating a custom LaTeX command called \bbmatrix to generate a matrix surrounded by square brackets, where commas separate entries ... 
[math-mode] [macros] [amsmath] [matrices]
 

asked by Name https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=39306 Score of 10

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 6

11.25.1.2 How can I set font-specific tounicode values in LuaTeX?

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OrnementsADF puts ornaments into arbitrarily named slots in the font e.g. A, B and so on. For example, an arrowhead is in the slot named as the right square bracket. By default, then, all tounicode ... 
[fonts] [symbols] [luatex] [unicode] [accessibility]
 

asked by cfr https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=39222 Score of 9

answered by Max Chernoff https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=270600 Score of 7

11.25.1.3 how to draw mutually tangent circles

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I need to draw two concentric circles plus additional circles that the mutually tangent, like this: 
I tried using 
\draw  (0,0) arc [radius=1, start angle=-30, end angle= 60]; 
\draw  (0,0) arc [radius=... 
[tikz-pgf] [diagrams]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by underflow https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=183182 Score of 9

answered by Jasper Habicht https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=47927 Score of 10

11.25.1.4 How to use minted for highlighting two languages in one code block (LuaLaTeX)

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Minted loads code from a file. 
The file contains code in two languages a^\200\213a^\200\213TeX and Lua. 
I found this but it doesn't work: 
minted - how to highlight html also, when language "twig" is selected 
... 
[formatting] [minted] [code]
 

asked by Youra_P https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=15629 Score of 6

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 5

11.25.1.5 Advantages and disadvantages of \text_uppercase:n vs \MakeUppercase

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When should I use \text_uppercase:n and when should I use \MakeUppercase? 
I assumed that \text_uppercase:n would always be more reliable, but I found it fails to deal with \today when a babel language ... 
[babel] [expl3] [expansion] [uppercase]
 

asked by David Purton https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=87678 Score of 6

answered by Ulrike Fischer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2388 Score of 7

11.25.1.6 Evaluating a function

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Consider the following MWE: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{amsmath} 
\usepackage{siunitx} 
\ExplSyntaxOn 
\NewDocumentCommand{\evalfunction}{O{} O{10} m } 
{ 
\num[#1]{\fp_eval:n { trunc((sqrt(#3+4)... 
[latex3] [newdocumentcommand]
 

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

11.25.1.7 plot the implicit function using Lua

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=740813

I want to use the built-in Lua language in LuaLaTeX to plot the implicit function x*y^2+2*x^3*y^3-y-1=0. My idea is to plot the points within the rectangular region [a^\210\2225,5]A~\227[a^\210\2225,5] that satisfy the ... 
[pgfplots] [luacode]
 

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answered by mickep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=52406 Score of 8