5.4.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

5.4.2.1 Why \\ does not go to new line in equation?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=194236

\begin{equation*}\label{eq:pareto mle2} 
A_0 = \frac{1}{(\alpha+t_x)^{r+s+x}}{}_2F_1\left(r+s+x,x+1;r+s+x+1;\frac{\alpha-\beta}{\alpha + t_x} \right ) "\\\" <br> 
-  ... 
[equations] [line-breaking]
 

asked by user3714137 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=60029 50 votes

5.4.2.2 What can I use to typeset MATLAB code in my document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=75116

This question led to a new package: 
matlab-prettifier 
Does anybody have a quick and easy way to typeset some relatively long MATLAB code in the appendix? I looked up a few methods, and the  ... 
[listings] [highlighting] [matlab]
 

asked by suzu https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=19279 89 votes

5.4.2.3 How can I make an enumerate list start at something other than 1?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=142

Sometimes, I want to have enumerate lists in LaTeX start at other than the first value (1, a, i, etc.) How can I make an enumerate list start at an arbitrary value? 
[lists] [numbering] [enumerate]
 

asked by vanden https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=93 331 votes

answered by ShreevatsaR https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=48 395 votes

5.4.2.4 TeXnicCenter & Adobe Reader DC

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=250472

How to configure TeXnicCenter to work with Adobe Reader DC? When I building and view current file .tex the following error "Can not execute the command" shows up and the PDF is not generated. 
If  ... 
[pdf] [texniccenter] [adobe]
 

asked by Walter Silva https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=80192 53 votes

answered by JiAo\231A~\[DiscretionaryHyphen] ChmelA~\[DiscretionaryHyphen]k https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=82051 72 votes

5.4.2.5 Not equal sign (a^\211 ) with a vertical bar

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=108193

Is it possible to get a \neq but with a vertical bar instead of a slanted one? There are inequality operators like AMS's \gvertneqq that feature this kind of "not equal" but not without mixing it with  ... 
[math-mode] [symbols] [relation-symbols]
 

asked by Christian https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=13450 33 votes

answered by Heiko Oberdiek https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=16967 25 votes

5.4.2.6 Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible with author-year citations

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=54480

I have a basic tex file and a bibliography which is exported from Mendeley 
However, when I want to cite in the author-year style, I get the error: 
Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible  ... 
[bibtex] [errors] [natbib]
 

asked by grrrbytes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=13217 182 votes

answered by Josh Porter https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=15128 102 votes

5.4.2.7 How to add an empty line between paragraphs?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=135134

I have two sections which I'd like to separate by an empty line. Every time I press Enter, LyX removes that empty line between paragraphs. How do I prevent this? 
[spacing] [lyx]
 

asked by goldisfine https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=37301 72 votes

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=5764 92 votes