6.10.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

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

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?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/digest?cta=user&id=19279 105 votes

6.10.2.2 Superscript outside math mode

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=47324

What is the easiest way to superscript text outside of math mode? 
For example, let's say I want to write the $n^{th}$ element, but without the math mode's automatic italicization of the th.  And what  ... 
[superscripts]
 

asked by jamaicanworm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9757 397 votes

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5764 581 votes

6.10.2.3 Change line spacing inside the document

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=83855

This is my code 
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{book} 
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.5} 
\begin{document} 
\include{Chapter1} 
\end{document} 
I have please a question: 
I would change the line  ... 
[line-spacing]
 

asked by researcher https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16097 110 votes

6.10.2.4 Crop an inserted image?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=57418

I'm inserting an image with a simple: 
\includegraphics[height=5cm]{filename.png} 
This results in an image that maintains the aspect ratio, and so gives me something like 6cm width. I only really  ... 
[graphics] [crop]
 

asked by naught101 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13192 206 votes

answered by Tobi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4918 292 votes

6.10.2.5 "Correct" way to bold/italicize text?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=41681

Is either of these considered better/more readable/more "proper"/more conventional than the other for making text bold? If so, what is the reason? 
I like my text \textbf{bold} 
versus: 
I like my  ... 
[best-practices] [bold] [italic]
 

asked by user541686 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2694 380 votes

answered by Todd Lehman https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8499 365 votes

6.10.2.6 How to include SVG diagrams in LaTeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2099

I'm making all my diagrams in SVG format using Inkscape and then I export them to some other format (e.g. PDF, EPS or PNG). I wrote a short script that does this for me automatically, but I'd like to  ... 
[graphics] [svg]
 

asked by Martin Tapankov https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=711 528 votes

answered by Martin H https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=632 285 votes

6.10.2.7 Error in TeX Live a^\200\223 Font ... not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=75166

I freshly installed 'basic' version of TeX Live 2012 (not full, only basic version). 
I have following line in my code: 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 
I get following error: 
... 
[fonts] [errors] [packages] [texlive] [font-encodings]
 

asked by abhinavkulkarni https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=12992 124 votes

answered by mpg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1239 92 votes