4.40.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

4.40.2.1 Absolute Value Symbols

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=43008

What is the "best LaTeX practices" for writing absolute value symbols?  Are there any packages which provide good methods? 
Some options include|x| and \mid x \mid, but I'm not sure which is best... 
[math-mode] [symbols]
 

asked by jamaicanworm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=9757 196 votes

answered by Peter Grill https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=4301 156 votes

4.40.2.2 LaTeX Editors/IDEs

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=339

What editors/IDEs are available for easing the process of writing TeX/LaTeX documents? 
Please state some useful features like code completion, spell checking, building final DVI or PDF files, etc. 
... 
[editors] [big-list] [ide]
 

asked by hayalci https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=183 772 votes

answered by YuppieNetworking https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=146 323 votes

4.40.2.3 Table with multiple lines in some cells

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=40561

What is the easiest way to have 2 lines in some of the cells in a table? 
The only way I can think right now is to actually have 2 separate rows (without the line in the middle) and use \multirow on  ... 
[tables]
 

asked by Grzenio https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=3329 88 votes

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=5764 80 votes

4.40.2.4 What point (pt) font size are \Large etc.?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=24599

In the preamble I have: 
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article} 
\usepackage{fontspec} 
\setmainfont{Arial} 
What can be inferred about the real font pt size for the following? 
\tiny, \scriptsize,  ... 
[fontsize] [class-options]
 

asked by Level1Coder https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=6825 224 votes

answered by Alan Munn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2693 364 votes

4.40.2.5 How to include SVG diagrams in LaTeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=2099

I'm making all my diagrams in SVG format using Inkscape and then I export them to some other format (e.g. PDF, EPS or PNG). I wrote a short script that does this for me automatically, but I'd like to  ... 
[graphics] [svg]
 

asked by Martin Tapankov https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=711 436 votes

answered by Martin H https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=632 237 votes

4.40.2.6 How can I use BibTeX to cite a web page?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=3587

I'm looking to cite a number of web pages using bibtex and I was wondering if there was a specific template of the form @<template name here> for doing that. If you could use the following  ... 
[bibtex]
 

asked by Chris Wilson https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=1332 370 votes

answered by Juan A. Navarro https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=169 419 votes

4.40.2.7 "inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8" error while trying to write a degree symbol (invisible character)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=4268

No matter how I try to do it I always get the following error : 
! Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8:A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen] not set up for use with LaTeX. 
I have tried using A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]$^{\circ}$, \deg, \textdegree,  ... 
[symbols] [unicode]
 

asked by levesque https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=10 85 votes

answered by Antal Spector-Zabusky https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=1425 78 votes