4.10.1 Top new questions this week

4.10.1.1 How to enter eth\237\205+- in latex

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=421893

I need to enter the eth\237\205+- sign in LaTeX for a paper I'm writing. I tried compiling my paper using XeLaTeX, but it just ignores eth\237\205+-. Is there perhaps a way to enter the eth\237\205+-'s Unicode code point itself into  ... 
[xetex] [symbols] [unicode]
 

asked by Brian Lee https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=131941 18 votes

answered by Alan Munn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2693 18 votes

4.10.1.2 How does standalone crop?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=422165

I hope that this is not a duplicate. Consider the MWE 
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone} 
\standaloneconfig{border=-3cm 0cm 0cm 0cm} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{tikzpicture} 
\draw(0,-5) grid (10,5); 
... 
[standalone]
 

asked by marmot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=121799 16 votes

answered by Phelype Oleinik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=134574 15 votes

4.10.1.3 NewDocumentCommand: Why can't I put args on an own line?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=422481

I encountered a peculiarity concerning NewDocumentCommand arguments. 
In a case where I had real long names in the arguments, I wanted to put 
them each on its own line. The first ones are OK, the 2  ... 
[xparse] [arguments] [newdocumentcommand]
 

asked by Jack https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=33338 13 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=4427 14 votes

4.10.1.4 Complicated Flow Chart

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=421787

I am now learning to create a flow chart for my thesis. But I faced quite a lot of problems and wasted a whole day on it. I want to replicate a flow chart below and i am working hard with the latex  ... 
[flow-charts]
 

asked by Daniel Chan https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=152934 11 votes

answered by marmot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=121799 11 votes

4.10.1.5 Alignment of isosceles triangles in TikZ

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=421982

I'm trying to line up a few isosceles triangles, but I cannot get all of them to align at their top (or bottom) properly. Following is the MWE: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
... 
[tikz-pgf] [vertical-alignment]
 

asked by Ivo https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=67265 11 votes

answered by Paul Gaborit https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=14500 11 votes

4.10.1.6 Using a ^ outside math mode

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=422327

I take it it is possible to redefine ^ (and _) to yield \textsuperscript 
in text mode and work normally in math mode (is there a good reason why this is 
not the default behaviour?), but I don't know  ... 
[superscripts]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by Toothrot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=85725 10 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=4427 12 votes

4.10.1.7 Best unicode font to work with minted in xelatex/lualatex

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=422039

I have a bunch of unicode heavy (Julia) code that I want to plot with minted and am having trouble getting the unicode to display.  For example, take the following code 
f(x) = x.^2 + I"\200 
const a^\212\227 = kron 
... 
[xetex] [minted]
 

asked by jlperla https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=47470 9 votes

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=1090 11 votes