3.17.1 Top new questions this week

3.17.1.1 Contributing to existing packages

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/369440/contributing-to-existing-packages

This is something I've been considering for a while with respect to some code I've got that adds to acronym (nothing clever, just handling a few more use cases, it's almost all online here at tex.se). 
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- asked by Chris H 14votes

3.17.1.2 Is there any reason to use inputenc?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/370278/is-there-any-reason-to-use-inputenc

My LaTeX text editor is GNU Emacs 25.1.1, which encodes text files in UTF-8. Is there any reason to specify 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} 
in the preamble? Even if I migrate to a different computer  ...
 

- asked by Evan Aad (11 votes), answered by Moriambar (19 votes)

3.17.1.3 Use Beamer to put 3 slides per page with notes beside (like powerpoint)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/370271/use-beamer-to-put-3-slides-per-page-with-notes-beside-like-powerpoint

I am trying to transition from powerpoint to beamer for the slides for my class.  Powerpoint puts a thumbnail of the slide on the left and any notes associated with the slide on the right of the page.  ...
 

- asked by Christopher Donham (10 votes), answered by Ignasi (3 votes)

3.17.1.4 Sanitize U+301 infection and others in references

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/369940/sanitize-u301-infection-and-others-in-references

Too often I messed with bad formated BibTeX files from references databases that are infected with active characters  as % or & (usually in the abstract, that is not printed but produce an error  ...
 

- asked by Fran (9 votes), answered by Fran (5 votes)

3.17.1.5 Omitting argument in command definition

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/369587/omitting-argument-in-command-definition

Sometimes I define model commands (\foo in the example below) and then particular commands based on that model (\fool in the example below). However, I am not entirely sure I am using the correct  ...
 

- asked by Timothy (9 votes), answered by egreg (8 votes)

3.17.1.6 Is \tl_use:N required, recommended or just optional?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/370357/is-tl-usen-required-recommended-or-just-optional

In source3.pdf I read 
\tl_use:N a^\237..tl vara^\237(c) 
Recovers the content of a a^\237..tl vara^\237(c) and places it directly in the input stream. An error will be raised if the variable does not exist or if it is  ...
 

- asked by Tobi (8 votes), answered by Joseph Wright (8 votes)

3.17.1.7 How to adapt tcolorbox with XeLaTex

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/370262/how-to-adapt-tcolorbox-with-xelatex

I have switched to XeLaTex several months ago, and tried today to include a Cisco IOS code with the following parameters (How to insert code from a Router or a Switch), as I was doing before using  ...
 

- asked by Nakrule (8 votes), answered by Christian Hupfer (10 votes)