4.19.1 Top new questions this week

4.19.1.1 How do I fill the corner of an irregular shape in TikZ?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=433859

In order to simulate a freehand construction, I decorate the sides either with random step or with bend right. 
But the coloring is done on the angle whose sides are straight. 
How to fill a decorated  ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by AndrA~(c)C https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=138900 27 votes

answered by esdd https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=43317 30 votes

4.19.1.2 Why not use \cr instead of \\ in tables?

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In plain TeX \cr is used to mark the end of a row in a table. 
In LaTeX \\ is usually used instead. 
\\ takes an optional argument, which \cr does not support. But I never use that anyway, I prefer  ... 
[tables] [siunitx]
 

asked by jakun https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=120953 15 votes

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=1090 20 votes

4.19.1.3 Late time consequences of nonlinear transformations

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=433437

I am really puzzled about the impacts or side-effects of the nonlinear 
transformations. Consider the MWE 
\documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone} 
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta} 
... 
[tikz-pgf] [tikz-arrows]
 

asked by marmot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=121799 14 votes

answered by cfr https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=39222 13 votes

4.19.1.4 Make Legendre symbols the same size

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=433837

I've been having a bit of trouble typesetting (n-th power) Legendre symbols. I've set up the command 
\newcommand{\Leg}[3][]{\left(\frac{#2}{#3}\right)_{#1}} 
But, when I type e.g. 
... 
[math-mode]
 

asked by Rob Smith https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=164006 13 votes

answered by TeXnician https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=124577 8 votes

4.19.1.5 How to draw a tree diagram with 90A^\272 degrees branches

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=433746

I'm trying to replicate the following tree in LaTeX: 
I'm having problems, because (1) I never drew a tree diagram with 90A^\272 degrees branches, like this, and (2) I never drew a tree diagram together  ... 
[tikz-trees] [forest] [trees] [tikz-qtree]
 

asked by Ricardo Potozky https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=148617 12 votes

answered by Alan Munn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2693 11 votes

4.19.1.6 Superscript simply refuses to be superscripted

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=433486

I'm getting slightly desperate because the following seemingly simple macro does not do what I want: 
\newcommand{\Ma}[1][]{\ensuremath{M_{1}^{#1}}\xspace} 
Hello $\Ma{a}$. 
I would expect that  ... 
[math-mode] [superscripts]
 

asked by Michael https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=160593 11 votes

answered by TorbjA~,rn T. https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=586 17 votes

4.19.1.7 Why does LaTeX step the footnote counter twice in a two-line caption?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=433322

In the following code there are three figures, each has a caption with a footnote. I would expect them to be numbered continuously from 1 to 3. But in reality (tested with TL 17 and TL 18) the  ... 
[floats] [captions]
 

asked by TeXnician https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=124577 10 votes