6.66.1 Top new questions this week

6.66.1.1 How/where did Knuth define the famous \TeX macro?

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Does anyone know how Knuth originally defined the famous TeX macro \TeX? Specifically, I want to know where I can find in, say, a TeXLive set of source files, of this macro being constructed. 
I'm not ... 
[macros] [tex-core] [logos]
 

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answered by Phelype Oleinik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=134574 35 votes

6.66.1.2 Can LaTeX automatically itemize a list?

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So I have a word list file in .txt format, 
I want to edit it and enumerate them. But since the file runs into thousands of lines potentially, it would be a daunting task to do it manually. I wonder ... 
[enumerate] [automation] [scripts]
 

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answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 25 votes

6.66.1.3 Derived tensor product

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I tried to write derived tensor products using semantex (copied from p. 27 in the manual). 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{amsmath,semantex} 
\NewSymbolClass\MyBinaryOperator[ 
definekeys={ 
... 
[math-mode] [tensor]
 

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6.66.1.4 Abbreviations of Weeknames in German

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This is pretty straight-forward. 
I have finally managed to abbreviate weeknames in 'British', i.e. en-GB. (What I need is ngerman) 
But, as I'm working on a German document, I need the date format ... 
[datetime2]
 

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answered by leandriis https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=134144 7 votes

6.66.1.5 \vbox to 0pt creates small vertical space

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I have the following plain TeX file: 
\tracingoutput=1% 
\pdfpagewidth=210mm% 
\pdfpageheight=297mm% 
\hsize=\pdfpagewidth \advance\hsize by -50mm% 
\vsize=\pdfpageheight \advance\vsize by -50mm% 
\advance\... 
[xetex] [header-footer] [vertical-alignment] [plain-tex]
 

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6.66.1.6 Packages for standard solar system (astronomical) symbols

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I want to get this specific set of symbols through some latex packages. 
Photo source:https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/680/solar-system-symbols/ 
I have tried using the packages mathabx and ... 
[symbols] [packages]
 

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6.66.1.7 selnolig Turns en and em Dashes into Hyphens if polyglossia is loaded Before the Fonts

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Consider the following code: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{fontspec} 
\usepackage{polyglossia} 
\setmainfont{Stix Two Text} 
\usepackage{selnolig} 
\begin{document} 
-- --- 
\end{document} 
Of which ... 
[fonts] [fontspec] [polyglossia] [ligatures] [selnolig]
 

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