1.23.1 Top new questions this week

1.23.1.1 Is there a way to eliminate the "\" in frequently used LaTeX commands?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/283713/is-there-a-way-to-eliminate-the-in-frequently-used-latex-commands

The "\" in all of the commands requires frequent finger gymnastics of the pinky of the right hand in LaTeX, at least for the touch typist.  It occurred to me that although it makes things more  ...
 

- asked by A Feldman (15 votes), answered by Heiko Oberdiek (32 votes)

1.23.1.2 How do I generate a warning for an undefined control sequence

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/283961/how-do-i-generate-a-warning-for-an-undefined-control-sequence

I've defined some setter and getter commands to facilitate entering complex content into my document.  The basic definitions are as follows: 
\newcommand\aeset[3]{\expandafter\newcommand\csname  ...
 

- asked by A.Ellett (15 votes), answered by Werner (11 votes)

1.23.1.3 Tikz: Draw a RGB cube

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/283729/tikz-draw-a-rgb-cube

I am trying to draw a RGB cube using Tikz. Until now I managed to create this cube with color gradients: 
\documentclass{standalone} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usetikzlibrary{3d} 
\usetikzlibrary{shadings} 
...
 

- asked by Eugen Randt (14 votes), answered by Tom Bombadil (13 votes)

1.23.1.4 Reducing the huge space before the first line of the KOMA letter class

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/283668/reducing-the-huge-space-before-the-first-line-of-the-koma-letter-class

Please help me to make the rest of my life better, found nothing here... 
\documentclass[fontsize=12pt,firstfoot=false]{scrlttr2} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} 
\usepackage{% 
...
 

- asked by viertro (14 votes), answered by esdd (18 votes)

1.23.1.5 How do you make nodes form a perfect circle?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/283913/how-do-you-make-nodes-form-a-perfect-circle

This is the code, and I can create a diamond shape or a sketchy curved shape, but I would like the nodes to be aligned to a circle shape. 
% Author: Paul Henckel, 2015 
% Inspired by: Rasmus Pank  ...
 

- asked by Paul H (12 votes), answered by Alenanno (13 votes)

1.23.1.6 Why does pdfTeX use character expansion instead of line scaling?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/284038/why-does-pdftex-use-character-expansion-instead-of-line-scaling

In order to achieve better spacing and line breaking, pdfTeX can expand fonts. The user decides how much stretching and shrinking is allowed for each desired font, and in what increments. However,  ...
 

- asked by Russ Lyons (12 votes), answered by Robert (9 votes)

1.23.1.7 Generate wordcloud of LaTeX document symbols

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/284116/generate-wordcloud-of-latex-document-symbols

Is there an automated way to generate either a wordcloud or at the very least a list of all symbols used in all math environments in a LaTeX document? 
I'd like to generate a symbol-only wordcloud,  ...
 

- asked by rubenvb 12votes