5.17.1 Top new questions this week

5.17.1.1 Are there guidelines for finding good names for LaTeX 2e packages and control sequences defined in these packages?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=491760

I have written some code which I would like to submit to CTAN as a package for LaTeX 2e. (readme, dtx, ins, pdf with manual and commented sources.) 
I need a good name for the package. 
Question: Are  ... 
[macros] [best-practices] [naming]
 

asked by user189337 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=189337 17 votes

answered by Alan Munn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2693 12 votes

5.17.1.2 What does kpsewhich stand for?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=492093

I often have trouble remembering the name of the kpsewhich command. Maybe it would be easier for me to remember it, if I understand where the name come from, so the question is: 
What does the kpse  ... 
[texlive] [kpathsea]
 

asked by muxoveji https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=189495 14 votes

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=1090 17 votes

5.17.1.3 Unary Enumeration

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I would like to have an enumerate list, with the numbers expressed in unary. That is, "1" would be represented as a^\200\[Cent], "3" as a^\200\[Cent]a^\200\[Cent]a^\200\[Cent], and "8" as a^\200\[Cent]a^\200\[Cent]a^\200\[Cent]a^\200\[Cent]a^\200\[Cent]|a^\200\[Cent]a^\200\[Cent]a^\200\[Cent]. 
I'm able to print the dots already, and that's  ... 
[numbering] [lists] [enumerate]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by Draconis https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=169121 14 votes

answered by Andrew https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=30471 14 votes

5.17.1.4 Fill area of x^2+y^2>1 and x^2+y^2>4 using patterns and tikzpicture

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=491698

I am trying to achieve the following picture using tikzpicture environment: 
The inner circle is x^2+y^2=1 and the other is x^2+y^2=4. 
What I have tried: 
\documentclass{article} 
... 
[tikz-pgf] [fill]
 

asked by manooooh https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=152550 12 votes

answered by JouleV https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=156344 12 votes

5.17.1.5 How to draw deformed cylinder with tikz and 3dplot

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=491813

I have a cylinder. And yet I wish to draw its deformed picture. I tried 
\pgfsetcurvilinearbeziercurve 
{\pgfpointxyz{0}{0}{0}} 
{\pgfpointxyz{0.1}{0.1}{1.5}} 
... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by Douglas Mencken https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=180711 10 votes

answered by marmot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=121799 12 votes

5.17.1.6 Which are the advantages/disadvantages of \includestandalone?

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I've just found out that the command 
\includestandalone[<options>]{<file>} 
exists. 
Which are its advantages/disadvantages with respect to the \includegraphics{<file>} of the  ... 
[graphics] [standalone]
 

asked by CarLaTeX https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=101651 10 votes

answered by marmot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=121799 7 votes

5.17.1.7 Greek theta instead of lower case A~\276 (Icelandic) in TexStudio

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=491308

I am trying to use Icelandic characters in TexStudio. My preamble looks like this: 
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article} 
\usepackage{geometry,float} 
\usepackage[icelandic]{babel} 
... 
[fonts]
 

asked by SigrA~\[DiscretionaryHyphen]A~Degreeur MjA~\[Paragraph]ll BjA~\[Paragraph]rnsdA~\263ttir https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=189128 10 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=4427 18 votes