6.8.1 Top new questions this week

6.8.1.1 Catching Pokemon with TikZ ... and why ducks matter
6.8.1.2 Intertwining two letters in TikZ
6.8.1.3 Babel: Part names in French for 20+ (more than twenty)
6.8.1.4 How do I construct this kinetic diagram within LaTeX?
6.8.1.5 Are non-integer values of bend right=<angle> allowed in TikZ?
6.8.1.6 How to draw the figure inscribed in a circle?
6.8.1.7 Formatting for a math notation of the form $[a:b]$
6.8.1.1 Catching Pokemon with TikZ ... and why ducks matter

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=530289

A very creative professor once draw this picture while teaching about horizontal throw 
which source is this video. 
Once I saw it I tried to reproduce the draw as can be seen on my own, not very  ... 
[tikz-pgf] [tikzlibrary] [tikzducks]
 
asked by FHZ https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=140133 21 votes
answered by FHZ https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=140133 21 votes
6.8.1.2 Intertwining two letters in TikZ

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=530892

I'm interested in intertwining two letters that are labels of two nodes; or converting the shape of the letters to two paths (much like the feature in Inkscape with the same name) which I can then  ... 
[tikz-pgf] [tikz-decorations]
 
asked by A~\223scar Guajardo https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=11438 11 votes
answered by David Purton https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=87678 16 votes
6.8.1.3 Babel: Part names in French for 20+ (more than twenty)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=531192

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,openany,french]{book} 
\usepackage[french]{babel} 
\begin{document} 
... 
[parts]
 
asked by llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=32995 10 votes
answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 10 votes
6.8.1.4 How do I construct this kinetic diagram within LaTeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=530695

I am interested in trying to code the diagram as shown in the attached picture. 
So far, I can only code something like this: 
\begin{equation} 
S_0  ... 
[diagrams] [subscripts] [superscripts] [latex-misc]
 
asked by Sas https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=175552 9 votes
answered by SchrA~\[Paragraph]dinger's cat https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=194703 16 votes
6.8.1.5 Are non-integer values of bend right=<angle> allowed in TikZ?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=530861

The MWE below uses a non-integer value bend right=9.5 key and results in the following messages in the log file: 
Missing character: There is no . in font nullfont! 
Missing character: There is  ... 
[tikz-pgf] [tikz-styles]
 
asked by Peter Grill https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4301 8 votes
answered by SchrA~\[Paragraph]dinger's cat https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=194703 10 votes
6.8.1.6 How to draw the figure inscribed in a circle?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=530523

In a Geometry problem appears the figure inscribed in a circle, having outline consisting of $8$ ~semicircles, see figure on the left. The radius of each semicircle is $1$. 
By doing some  ... 
[tikz-pgf]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 
asked by Benedito Freire https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=151976 8 votes
answered by Thruston https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=15036 3 votes
6.8.1.7 Formatting for a math notation of the form $[a:b]$

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=530901

I would like to use a notation for ranges of integers 
$[a:b] = \{ a, a+1, \dots, b-1, b \}$. 
However, the spacing of $[a:b]$ is often not quite satisfying. The colon : seems to push the glyphs a  ... 
[formatting] [math-operators]
 
asked by shuhalo https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5251 7 votes
answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 9 votes