1.8.1 Top new questions this week

1.8.1.1 Which web forums specialize in LaTeX general discussion?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/266177/which-web-forums-specialize-in-latex-general-discussion

What is the most popular web forum specializing in general discussion of LaTeX?  I'm asking for standard LaTeX using pdftex, not LuaTeX or XeTeX or ConTeXt.  But, If there's a popular forum that has  ...
 

- asked by user12711 (20 votes), answered by Alan Munn (28 votes)

1.8.1.2 Patching commands in LaTeX3

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/266896/patching-commands-in-latex3

Is there some facility in the LaTeX3 kernel to modify existing commands like etoolbox's \preto \appto and \patchcmd do?
 

- asked by XZS (13 votes), answered by Joseph Wright (15 votes)

1.8.1.3 How to write a two-pass system in TeX?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/266439/how-to-write-a-two-pass-system-in-tex

On page 400 of The TeXbook ("Dirty tricks" part) it is said: 
An output routine can also write notes on a file, based on what occurs in a manuscript. A two-pass system can be devised where TeX  ...
 

- asked by Igor Liferenko (12 votes), answered by wipet (11 votes)

1.8.1.4 How to draw a Penrose-like sphere?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/266881/how-to-draw-a-penrose-like-sphere

Okay so I think everyone knows how to draw a sphere in Tikz 
\tikz{ 
\fill [black] (-1,-1) rectangle (1,1); 
\shade [ball color=white] (0,0) circle [radius=1cm]; 
} 
But how can I add to it this effect  ...
 

- asked by someone 11votes

1.8.1.5 Generate all 16 possible 2-variable shaded Venn diagrams in TikZ?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/266326/generate-all-16-possible-2-variable-shaded-venn-diagrams-in-tikz

Let P and Q be two statements, each with 2 possible truth values: true (T) or false (F). These component statements P and Q can be joined by 16 possible binary connectives to form 16 unique simple  ...
 

- asked by EthanAlvaree (11 votes), answered by Mark Wibrow (21 votes)

1.8.1.6 Tikz: Better way to draw this simple diagram

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/265911/tikz-better-way-to-draw-this-simple-diagram

I want to draw something like this diagram in TikZ. My code is: 
\documentclass[a4paper]{standalone} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usetikzlibrary{positioning} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{tikzpicture} 
\node  ...
 

- asked by user238282 (11 votes), answered by Gonzalo Medina (18 votes)

1.8.1.7 LaTeX + GIT - mark differences since specific commit

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/266879/latex-git-mark-differences-since-specific-commit

I store LaTeX document in local GIT repository. 
Once I accomplish appropriate part of document I compile it to PDF and send it to my supervisor who is not familiar with LaTeX nor GIT. 
However, he  ...
 

- asked by matandked (10 votes), answered by TorbjA~,rn T. (8 votes)