2.43.1 Top new questions this week

2.43.1.1 Which TeX editors are able to compile just a snippet of a .tex file?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/337825/which-tex-editors-are-able-to-compile-just-a-snippet-of-a-tex-file

A friend of mine asked me whether TeXShop is able to compile just a snippet of a .tex file or not. More generally, one could ask which TeX editors are able to compile just a snippet of a .tex file?  ...
 

- asked by Denis BitouzA~(c) (20 votes), answered by Alan Munn (24 votes)

2.43.1.2 Drawing a torso with a head (using \draw)

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/338151/drawing-a-torso-with-a-head-using-draw

I am trying to draw some kind of person silhouette using tikz, similar to the following image: 
I tried a few things like using \draw with ..control, but I find it very difficult to position the  ...
 

- asked by lanoxx (17 votes), answered by StefanH (16 votes)

2.43.1.3 How do fonts work in LaTeX?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/338049/how-do-fonts-work-in-latex

How do fonts work in LaTeX? When I write the command: 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} 
I'm specifying how the computer will read my keyboard inputs, right? Now, the command: 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 
...
 

- asked by Gabu (16 votes), answered by cfr (16 votes)

2.43.1.4 Empty lines or not?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/338244/empty-lines-or-not

I have used LaTeX for a while, but something has been bugging me: 
When should one use empty lines with LaTeX inside the document environment, besides when one wants a text indentation? 
Should I use  ...
 

- asked by leonidas1 (12 votes), answered by David Carlisle (13 votes)

2.43.1.5 What is the meaning of \meaning?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/338302/what-is-the-meaning-of-meaning

In the code of endnotes.sty there is a command \meaning that is used in the following definition 
\long\def\@endnotetext#1{% 
\if@enotesopen \else \@openenotes \fi 
\begingroup 
...
 

- asked by Tom-Tom (10 votes), answered by Piet van Oostrum (9 votes)

2.43.1.6 Using TikZ to design a beamer template from scratch

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/337452/using-tikz-to-design-a-beamer-template-from-scratch

Background: I am designing my own beamer template and I've read how to design a custom Beamer theme from scratch and how to create Beamer template. I also read about how does beamer build the  ...
 

- asked by ebo (10 votes), answered by samcarter (8 votes)

2.43.1.7 Where does \thepage kick in?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/338084/where-does-thepage-kick-in

I already looked at related questions, such as Stable alternative to \thepage, but I am just as baffled as before. MWE: 
\documentclass{article} 
\begin{document} 
\thepage\par 
...
 

- asked by RobtA (8 votes), answered by Werner (8 votes)