3.21.1 Top new questions this week

3.21.1.1 itemize vs list

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/375610/itemize-vs-list

I've come across two ways to display lists, \begin{list} and \begin{itemize}. I couldn't find any information on the list environment. What is the difference between the two? 
Here is a simple  ...
 

- asked by Jeffmagma (15 votes), answered by cfr (21 votes)

3.21.1.2 Where does the space before wrapfigure comes from and how can it be eliminated?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/375342/where-does-the-space-before-wrapfigure-comes-from-and-how-can-it-be-eliminated

The following MWE's code (taken from here and slightly modified: added minipages around) should demonstrate the details: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{lipsum,tikz,wrapfig} 
...
 

- asked by lAtExFaN (9 votes), answered by Ulrike Fischer (9 votes)

3.21.1.3 What is the ideal way to ensure an environment always starts a new paragraph (horizontal box)?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/375900/what-is-the-ideal-way-to-ensure-an-environment-always-starts-a-new-paragraph-ho

Sometimes when creating environments, you want to ensure that they always 
start new paragraph when two environments appear immediately after one another 
eat up spaces 
generally idiot-proof (which,  ...
 

- asked by Jonathan Komar (8 votes), answered by egreg (9 votes)

3.21.1.4 Tikz Wheelchart - Prevent labels from overlapping

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/375737/tikz-wheelchart-prevent-labels-from-overlapping

I have made a wheelchart, where the labels are overlapping if there is limited space due to a small data entry. You see it happening when a single data entry is less than 3% of total (e.g. Kiwi has 3  ...
 

- asked by Raphael Spaans (8 votes), answered by Salim Bou (4 votes)

3.21.1.5 Is there a possibility to change compiler engine depending on presence of a package

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/375701/is-there-a-possibility-to-change-compiler-engine-depending-on-presence-of-a-pack

I'm used to use both pdflatex and xelatex engine to compile my documents, xelatex in case of .tex files containing polyglossia package and pdflatex for the others 
My question is there a method (  ...
 

- asked by Salim Bou (7 votes), answered by Ulrike Fischer (7 votes)

3.21.1.6 How do you fill a table with consecutive letters by specifying the starting letter?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/376052/how-do-you-fill-a-table-with-consecutive-letters-by-specifying-the-starting-lett

What do I use for the function in the following: 
\newcommand{\nextletters}[1]{ 
\begin{tabular}{cccc} 
\function{#1} & \function{#1+1} & \function{#1+2} & \function{#1+3}\\ 
\end{tabular} 
} 
...
 

- asked by qzx (7 votes), answered by Henri Menke (13 votes)

3.21.1.7 space in math mode

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/375709/space-in-math-mode

I want to obtain the below output from below code: 
arg max probability i 
i a^\210\210 child(v) 
I have the below code: 
\documentclass[runningheads,a4paper]{llncs} 
\usepackage{amssymb} 
...
 

- asked by user136504 (7 votes), answered by Ian Thompson (8 votes)