6.3.1 Top new questions this week

6.3.1.1 Spacing of negative sign next to things like \sin
6.3.1.2 better default colors for hyperref links
6.3.1.3 Put quotation marks around every item in a list
6.3.1.4 Why do German umlauts and sharp s (A~\237) work without a package in LaTeX?
6.3.1.5 How to handle figures and images using MikTeX Plain TeX (not LaTeX) on a 35 year old document
6.3.1.6 How can I move overbraces to the left on a matrix?
6.3.1.7 LaTeX, etoolbox and counters
6.3.1.1 Spacing of negative sign next to things like \sin

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=524821

Usually latex spaces negative signs differently from minus signs: A negative sign is "stuck" to the symbol that comes after it, whereas a minus sign has wider space on both sides. However, this does  ... 
[spacing]
 
asked by Gabriel Nivasch https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=111530 14 votes
answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 13 votes
6.3.1.2 better default colors for hyperref links

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=525261

There have been some complaints that the default colors of hyperref aren't so great. So here your chance for better defaults. Suggest a new set of color. The best one will be either the default (if we  ... 
[hyperref]
 
asked by Ulrike Fischer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2388 13 votes
answered by Phelype Oleinik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=134574 2 votes
6.3.1.3 Put quotation marks around every item in a list

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=524717

This looks like a very simple problem, but I can't find any obvious solution. I am dealing with long lists of quotes, and currently I'm doing it manually: 
\begin{itemize} 
\item "1st quote here." 
... 
[xetex] [quotation]
 
asked by user3671 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10006 10 votes
answered by SchrA~\[Paragraph]dinger's cat https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=194703 10 votes
6.3.1.4 Why do German umlauts and sharp s (A~\237) work without a package in LaTeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=525247

I am used to the fact that LaTeX will only know letters like A~\[Currency], A~\[Paragraph], A~\274, or A~\237 if I use packages like 
\usepackage{ucs} 
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 
Today, I tried LaTeX on a  ... 
[packages] [languages] [input-encodings]
 
asked by TiMauzi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=205359 8 votes
answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 9 votes
6.3.1.5 How to handle figures and images using MikTeX Plain TeX (not LaTeX) on a 35 year old document

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=525257

I have a document (my Ph.D. dissertation) that I wrote in 1984-1985 time frame using Plain TeX (not LaTeX). I need to create a PDF out of it. Back in 1985, my figures were generated using Pascal  ... 
[graphics] [pdftex] [plain-tex]
 
asked by Pierre https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=205199 7 votes
answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 5 votes
6.3.1.6 How can I move overbraces to the left on a matrix?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=525143

I am trying to move the overbraces on $E_1$ and $E_2$ to the left a little bit. Can you help me out? 
\documentclass{amsart} 
\usepackage{mathtools} 
\usepackage{multirow} 
\usepackage{amsthm} 
... 
[matrices] [labels] [overbrace]
 
asked by kswim https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=205319 6 votes
answered by Zarko https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=18189 9 votes
6.3.1.7 LaTeX, etoolbox and counters

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=524899

I'm having a new issue with the etoolbox package. 
In fact, I would like in a LaTeX document to numberize my figures, tables, etc... 
But, when I add the value of the counter to the list, it doesn't  ... 
[xetex] [etoolbox]
 
asked by Thomas https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=201758 6 votes
answered by Ulrike Fischer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2388 8 votes