6.26.1 Top new questions this week

6.26.1.1 Plotting function a^\204\235A^\262 a^\206\222a^\204\235 with pole at (0,0) smoothly

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I would like to plot the function f: a^\204\235A^\262 a^\206\222a^\204\235, definited by f(x,y)=(xy)/(x^2+y^2). But the following problem comes up: 
At (0,0) the function is not continous and therefore it looks kind of jagged. 
To  ... 
[tikz-pgf] [pgfplots]
 

asked by Lukas Schanz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=209408 7 votes

answered by SchrA~\[Paragraph]dinger's cat https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=194703 16 votes

6.26.1.2 Microtype's `\textls  ' and '\lsstyle' seem to break the icons from Fontawesome5

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Sometimes I use the fontawesome5 icons in a block of text set in all uppercase. When I do this I'll letterspace that text with microtype's \textls{} or \lsstyle (depending on the macro) to increase  ... 
[microtype] [fontawesome]
 

asked by tmgriffiths https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=54688 6 votes

answered by Marcel KrA~\274ger https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=80496 5 votes

6.26.1.3 LaTeX can't understand special characters in the bibliography

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I apologise if I don't make sense but this is my first LaTeX document. Basically, I have been writing my thesis and included the bibliography today. I imported the bibliography using Mendeley as  ... 
[bibtex] [unicode]
 

asked by Amelia https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=217234 6 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 5 votes

6.26.1.4 Drawing custom node on line

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Hello helpful community 
I am trying to create a custom node to use in industrial drawing symbolizing interrupted parts looking like that : 
Here is my MWE : 
... 
[tikz-pgf] [tikz-styles] [nodes] [draw] [line]
 

asked by LMT-PhD https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=48185 6 votes

answered by ZhiyuanLck https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=201158 6 votes

6.26.1.5 ConTeXt: How to make color derivation acts like LaTeX xcolor package

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Trying to use color derivation as define here, I fail to get any closer to what xcolor provides. 
For exemple, this is what I get in LaTeX with xcolor: 
\documentclass{minimal} 
... 
[color] [context]
 

asked by dpi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213111 6 votes

answered by Ulrike Fischer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2388 6 votes

6.26.1.6 usepackage tikz-cd  vs usetikzlibrary cd

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Is there a difference between using the package tikz-cd and using the cd tikz library and loading tikz directly? 
I can't find the answer in the documentation of either package. 
[tikz-cd]
 

asked by Harry Gindi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=578 6 votes

answered by Phelype Oleinik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=134574 10 votes

6.26.1.7 How can I get a closely approximation of the golden spiral?

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size(400); 
pair A=(0,0),C=(1,1),M=(A+(C.x,A.y))/2; 
filldraw(box(A,C),pink); 
draw(M--C,blue); 
real tmax=degrees(C-M)-degrees((C.x,A.y)-M); 
pair K=rotate(-tmax,M)*C; 
... 
[asymptote]
 

asked by Chishimotoji https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213378 5 votes

answered by Semzem https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=164400 0 votes