6.41.1 Top new questions this week

6.41.1.1 Interesting recursive behaviour with \frac error

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I have this code below. Obviously it's not actually valid code because there's no second argument to \frac, but nonetheless I'm curious why it produces what it does. 
\[ 
\text{abc$\frac{123}$} 
\] 
... 
[math-mode] [errors] [amsmath] [fractions] [recursion]
 

asked by Ethan Lawler https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=221406 15 votes

answered by Henri Menke https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10995 18 votes

6.41.1.2 How can I sort a list numerically?

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Basically, I want to create a summary for a history class. Therefore a lot of years occur throughout the lectures. 
Does LaTeX allow to sort a list if I set it up like in the following  example? 
... 
[lists] [enumerate] [sorting] [description]
 

asked by Yves https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=156020 14 votes

answered by Cragfelt https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=125434 20 votes

6.41.1.3 How can I print three greater-than symbols after each other (>>>)?

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I am using \texttt to write my code snippets in Courier font including \texttt{>>>}. If I compile, this is substituted to A^>>. How can I prevent that from happening? 
I am unable to escape with  ... 
[symbols] [amssymb] [substitution]
 

asked by User12547645 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=184170 10 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 11 votes

6.41.1.4 Calligraphic or handwriting fonts that use diacritics

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As the subject heading suggests, I'm looking for a calligraphic or (if need be) handwriting font for a small part of my document that renders letters with macrons (a kind of diacritic), like this: 
QuAo\215  ... 
[fonts]
 

asked by Joel Derfner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=215301 8 votes

answered by campa https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=82917 13 votes

6.41.1.5 TikZ: Text matching the steps of a grid and thus the height of a rectangle in TikZ?

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Let's assume I have a TikZ drawing: 
there are two rectangles of different heights 
next to each rectangle there is some text to be added (e.g. A and Z) 
the upper text has to be scalable in the way  ... 
[tikz-pgf] [tikz-styles]
 

asked by phil-elkabat https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=220875 7 votes

answered by user213378 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213378 3 votes

6.41.1.6 Mathematics font: What font is this?

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What font is seen in the picture? (the book is Fundamentals of Complex Analysis by Saff and Snider.): 
[fonts]
 

asked by user143 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=212817 7 votes

answered by Sebastiano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=117876 17 votes

6.41.1.7 Curve of fixed height between two nodes in tikz-cd

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I have a tikz-cd diagram, and I would like to bend the arrows by a certain distance (so that their heights are a fixed distance from the straight line connecting the endpoints). With bend left, the  ... 
[tikz-pgf] [tikz-arrows] [tikz-cd] [arrow-curve]
 

asked by varkor https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=214142 6 votes

answered by AndrA~(c)C https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=138900 7 votes