2.44.1 Top new questions this week

2.44.1.1 Inconsistent size of parentheses in Latin Modern and Computer Modern

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/339265/inconsistent-size-of-parentheses-in-latin-modern-and-computer-modern

I have noticed that the sizes of delimiters change when I switch from Computer Modern to Latin Modern. In 12pt font size documents, this causes inline math with \bigl( to be too large to fit, and  ...
 

- asked by HA~\[Yen]kon Marthinsen (17 votes), answered by David Carlisle (17 votes)

2.44.1.2 What is the best way to save values (like strings) for later use?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/339287/what-is-the-best-way-to-save-values-like-strings-for-later-use

I'm fairly new to LaTeX and I'm struggling with something apparently simple, but for which I can't find a fair solution. 
The problem (simplified) is as follows (please take care terms used may not  ...
 

- asked by acombo (12 votes), answered by gernot (15 votes)

2.44.1.3 Can we stop recommending fontspec as first choice in case lualatex is used?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/338781/can-we-stop-recommending-fontspec-as-first-choice-in-case-lualatex-is-used

This question may belong on Meta, please move it in that case, I'm not sure. 
This answer made me think again why almost everybody is recommending loading fontspec in case lualatex is used. I see  ...
 

- asked by thewaywewalk (12 votes), answered by jon (9 votes)

2.44.1.4 How to align operators using alignat or someother environment?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/339503/how-to-align-operators-using-alignat-or-someother-environment

I'm trying to align equal signs and plus/minus operators in the following two equations: 
S = 1 - 1/2 + 1/3 - 1/4 + 1/5 - 1/6 + 1/7 - 1/8 + ... 
S/2 = 1/2 - 1/4 + 1/6 - 1/8 + ... 
I want to align the  ...
 

- asked by Gary (10 votes), answered by Bernard (10 votes)

2.44.1.5 How does \hline work?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/339133/how-does-hline-work

Looking at \hline, I ran into a couple complex pieces: 
\meaning\hline 
macro:->\noalign {\ifnum 0=`}\fi \hrule \@height \arrayrulewidth \futurelet 
\reserved@a \@xhline 
\meaning\@xhline 
...
 

- asked by macmadness86 (10 votes), answered by egreg (10 votes)

2.44.1.6 Does a list of the non-letter ASCII symbol macros exist?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/338555/does-a-list-of-the-non-letter-ascii-symbol-macros-exist

Many symbols of the ASCII character set are assigned some special role in TeX (e.g. &, %, a^\200\246). And many are also assigned a single-symbol macro (e.g. \%, \,, a^\200\246). I was wondering whether a list of  ...
 

- asked by Jan (10 votes), answered by David Carlisle (15 votes)

2.44.1.7 draw lines that automatically connect horizontal segments with same color

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/339172/draw-lines-that-automatically-connect-horizontal-segments-with-same-color

As shown above there is a page with a list of numbered two axes fields. Each field is an individual \begin{tikz}\blank...\connectlogically\end{tikz}. 
(a) in each field are horizontal line segments.  ...
 

- asked by Guido Jorg (9 votes), answered by Eric Domenjoud (5 votes)