3.5.1 Top new questions this week

3.5.1.1 What is the best way to plot coordinates in Latex?
3.5.1.2 What are the packages require to draw this stamp below?
3.5.1.3 Using the compulsory argument for the optional argument?
3.5.1.4 Underlined math operator
3.5.1.5 how to draw a jigsaw using five patterns
3.5.1.6 Add gaps to lines with TikZ
3.5.1.7 Incorrect LuaTeX ligatures
3.5.1.1 What is the best way to plot coordinates in Latex?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/351611/what-is-the-best-way-to-plot-coordinates-in-latex

I need to plot some points in a graph; just a simple list of x and y values and then connect them with line segments. Currently, I am graphing it in excel and importing the image into latex and it  ...
 

- asked by rhodadawes (13 votes), answered by AboAmmar (12 votes)

3.5.1.2 What are the packages require to draw this stamp below?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/350726/what-are-the-packages-require-to-draw-this-stamp-below

I capture this image so you could see any possibilities to help me out I know how to write Latex but having no background to draw.
 

- asked by Ousseynou Diagne (11 votes), answered by JLDiaz (27 votes)

3.5.1.3 Using the compulsory argument for the optional argument?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/351395/using-the-compulsory-argument-for-the-optional-argument

I am trying to define a command that takes two arguments, where one is optional. If the optional argument isn't given I would like the compulsory argument to be used for the optional argument. 
For  ...
 

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

3.5.1.4 Underlined math operator

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/351119/underlined-math-operator

Is there a "best" way to define an underlined math operator? Right now, I've defined 
DeclareMathOperator{\uHom}{\underline{Hom}} 
This works, sort of, but the underline is too long---it tends to  ...
 

- asked by Avi Steiner (10 votes), answered by egreg (11 votes)

3.5.1.5 how to draw a jigsaw using five patterns

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/350904/how-to-draw-a-jigsaw-using-five-patterns

Each of the five figures is drawn using a combination of a square, some circles and some sort of shading. I need to draw each of these using a single command  so that they can fit and make a rectangle  ...
 

- asked by Thumbolt (10 votes), answered by Symbol 1 (13 votes)

3.5.1.6 Add gaps to lines with TikZ

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/350877/add-gaps-to-lines-with-tikz

I am drawing some block diagrams with TikZ. Sometimes, I need to combine several blocks together to form one large group by adding a border around the corresponding blocks. However, there are some  ...
 

- asked by T. Pluess (9 votes), answered by forrest (11 votes)

3.5.1.7 Incorrect LuaTeX ligatures

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/351430/incorrect-luatex-ligatures

I have a problem with LuaLaTeX (from TL 2016: Version 0.95.0 (TeX Live 2016)  (format=lualatex 2017.1.29)) making inappropriate ligatures. Here goes the MWE: 
\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article} 
...
 

- asked by Marcel S. (8 votes), answered by Mico (6 votes)