3.7.1 Top new questions this week

3.7.1.1 How to simply draw matts for pupils writing Chinese character?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/353804/how-to-simply-draw-matts-for-pupils-writing-chinese-character

I want realize the effect like the following picture: 
but I can only draw the picture like this: 
Are there any simple methods drawing these matts? 
\documentclass[border=2mm]{standalone} 
...
 

- asked by dozer (16 votes), answered by StefanH (15 votes)

3.7.1.2 what is the difference between a macro and a control sequence?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/353900/what-is-the-difference-between-a-macro-and-a-control-sequence

In The LaTeX3 Interfaces we find: 
\token_if_macro:NTF <token> {<true code>} {<false code>} 
Tests if the <token> is a TeX macro. 
\token_if_cs:NTF <token>  ...
 

- asked by clemens (15 votes), answered by clemens (14 votes)

3.7.1.3 Inserting duplicate animations in beamer

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/353468/inserting-duplicate-animations-in-beamer

Note: original title was "Is there a maximum size PDF that Latex can create?". I've edited the title to better reflect what I've discovered the issue to be. 
I'm creating a presentation in Beamer and  ...
 

- asked by H H (12 votes), answered by Heiko Oberdiek (16 votes)

3.7.1.4 Concerns on Switching to Plain LuaTeX or ConTeXt Mark IV

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/352989/concerns-on-switching-to-plain-luatex-or-context-mark-iv

I am seriously considering to use Plain LuaTeX or ConTeXt MkIV. I will explain my expectations and worries to do so, and add several new questions. Before you mark me as duplicate, I know there are  ...
 

- asked by Aminopterin (11 votes), answered by David Carlisle (12 votes)

3.7.1.5 Repeat last environment by command

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/353319/repeat-last-environment-by-command

I am creating a book with guitar chords using a customized version of the songbook package. As most songs use the same chorus multiple times, I created the very simple macro \refChorus which just  ...
 

- asked by Taxel (10 votes), answered by gernot (9 votes)

3.7.1.6 Align different equations on different equal signs

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/353036/align-different-equations-on-different-equal-signs

I am using the \begin{align*} command to structure equations such that they align along the first equal sign. I want to be able to change from one equal sign to another, such that I centre equations a  ...
 

- asked by Damien McClean (10 votes), answered by egreg (13 votes)

3.7.1.7 Single quotes do not seem to be scaled with xelatex and Source Code Pro

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/354136/single-quotes-do-not-seem-to-be-scaled-with-xelatex-and-source-code-pro

I don't know which LaTeX packages I recently updated caused this issue, but I suddenly noticed today that my single quotes in \texttt{} and verbatim environments were not scaled correctly. I'm using  ...
 

- asked by Yihui (9 votes), answered by Ulrike Fischer (7 votes)