4.41.1 Top new questions this week

4.41.1.1 Generating multiple versions of a document using options

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=461973

Before I start, I want to say that I have already read this post and this post 
I am writing a paper in two languages. I want to write other language version of every paragraphs and title just below  ... 
[conditionals] [languages]
 

asked by i2_ https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=175584 17 votes

answered by Uwe Ziegenhagen https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=7615 13 votes

4.41.1.2 Further questions about mathrm and operatorname: spacing after \colon

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EDIT: As clarified in the answers below, this appears to be a bug with amsmath and colon and thus doesn't really have anything to do with mathrm versus operatorname. 
This question contains an  ... 
[math-operators]
 

asked by Howard https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=175417 14 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=4427 13 votes

4.41.1.3 pdfTeX hang prevention

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=461319

I am faced with pdfTex hanging problem and and looking for a workaround if exists. For example, I know that the following formula expression is  mistyped, but I dont know why pdfTex is frozen(possibly  ... 
[errors]
 

asked by heral https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=175326 12 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=4427 15 votes

4.41.1.4 Squares for answer choice options and perfect alignment to mathematical answers

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Since 2005, I have generally used this model to create multiple-choice tests for my students. I kindly ask you if there are packages or macros, or particular strategies to have squares with the  ... 
[math-mode] [align] [boxes]
 

asked by Sebastiano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=117876 11 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=4427 10 votes

4.41.1.5 \left and \right not working on parentheses within the same line when internal fractions are changed

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=461582

I'm trying to show the product of two Legendre symbols. When I compile the following 
\documentclass{article} 
\begin{document} 
$$\left(\frac{x}{p}\right) \left(\frac{x}{p}\right)$$ 
\end{document} 
it  ... 
[math-mode]
 

asked by Antoine Ego https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=109124 10 votes

answered by Phelype Oleinik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=134574 13 votes

4.41.1.6 Is it possible to print the file size of a file?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=461739

Is it possible to print the size of a given file in latex? For instance, suppose I have a file ./foo.jpg whose size is 381.3 KiB. I want a command \printfilesize so that \printfilesize{./foo.jpg}  ... 
[external-files]
 

asked by Brian Fitzpatrick https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=31016 10 votes

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

4.41.1.7 Why is the spacing in this itemization so bad and why can it be fixed by adding a percentage sign

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=462124

In the following LaTeX Beamer MWE, why is the spacing of the itemization so bad and why can it be fixed by adding a percentage sign after (... subitems)? 
Most importantly: is there a reliable and  ... 
[beamer] [spacing] [itemize]
 

asked by Bananach https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=69194 8 votes

answered by Ulrike Fischer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2388 9 votes