3.9.1 Top new questions this week

3.9.1.1 LaTeX arrow ) -->

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/356006/latex-arrow

I need to make an arrow similar to this )-->.  I cannot get the ) to size with the ->.  I have tried {\tiny )}\!\rightarrow and {\small)}\!rightarrow and the ) is too large for the arrow. 
Any  ...
 

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

3.9.1.2 Footnotes: distance between number and text

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/355514/footnotes-distance-between-number-and-text

See this mwe: 
\documentclass{article} 
\makeatletter 
\renewcommand\@makefntext[1]{% 
\parindent 1em% 
\noindent\hbox{\sf\bfseries\@thefnmark}\hspace*{.7em plus 0pt minus 0pt}#1} 
\makeatother 
...
 

- asked by topskip (9 votes), answered by Arash Esbati (7 votes)

3.9.1.3 Unexpected behaviour of numprint command

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/356478/unexpected-behaviour-of-numprint-command

I am using the numprint package. This package is basically great, but sometimes it shows unexpected behaviour. Here is an example of such a case: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{numprint} 
...
 

- asked by Toru Takahashi (8 votes), answered by Joseph Wright (8 votes)

3.9.1.4 How to remember a length across compilations

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/355978/how-to-remember-a-length-across-compilations

I'm trying to save a length in the .aux file, so that it is remembered in the following compilation. 
In other words, I'm looking for something like the totcount package, but which works for lengths. 
...
 

- asked by Georges DupA~(c)ron (7 votes), answered by AlexG (4 votes)

3.9.1.5 \uppercase doesn't work around text-generating command

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/355966/uppercase-doesnt-work-around-text-generating-command

\newcommand{\testcommand}{A foo Bar.} 
\uppercase{abc} 
\uppercase{\testcommand} 
Produces 
ABC A foo Bar. 
instead of 
ABC A FOO BAR. 
Why, and how do I fix it?
 

- asked by spraff (7 votes), answered by Christian Hupfer (10 votes)

3.9.1.6 TikZ clip shapes using several (built in) shapes

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/355605/tikz-clip-shapes-using-several-built-in-shapes

I'm looking for a way to draw one image composed of a union of multiple cloud shapes. The following MWE: 
\documentclass{standalone} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usetikzlibrary{positioning} 
...
 

- asked by Ellon Paiva (7 votes), answered by John Kormylo (2 votes)

3.9.1.7 Tikz calendar: Loop through array of dates to mark vacations

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/356224/tikz-calendar-loop-through-array-of-dates-to-mark-vacations

I'm programming a Calendar in TikZ and I'm running into a problem while trying to display vacations. In the code below, the loop is what I'm trying to do, because it's more dynamic and I don't have to  ...
 

- asked by Sam (6 votes), answered by Mark Wibrow (4 votes)