2.4.1 Top new questions this week

2.4.1.1 Can LaTeX be used to create flexible ebook typesize and pagesize, like html?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/289555/can-latex-be-used-to-create-flexible-ebook-typesize-and-pagesize-like-html

I've overheard mention of LaTeX being used for the production of eBooks.  I'm thinking that it's in reference to producing small pages of a fixed size, say 7", fixed type size, say 8pt, for reading  ...
 

- asked by user12711 (16 votes), answered by michal.h21 (13 votes)

2.4.1.2 Preparing a special exam sheet for every student

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/289415/preparing-a-special-exam-sheet-for-every-student

I am wondering if there is a way to read the data from an excel file and then somehow using a forloop outside a tabular, get a special exam sheet for each student. 
Until now, we have been using a  ...
 

- asked by ThePortakal (14 votes), answered by michal.h21 (12 votes)

2.4.1.3 Turn tikz drawing into a macro

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/288858/turn-tikz-drawing-into-a-macro

I have created my own method of drawing a randomly generated closed loop. Here is my code: 
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone} 
\usepackage{pgf} 
\pgfmathsetseed{\number\pdfrandomseed} 
\begin{document} 
...
 

- asked by Anthony Mottaz (14 votes), answered by TorbjA~,rn T. (14 votes)

2.4.1.4 Is there a reason for \usepackage with options in a separate line?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/288795/is-there-a-reason-for-usepackage-with-options-in-a-separate-line

I understand that these two commands do the same thing: 
\usepackage[letterpaper, landscape, margin=2in]{geometry} 
and 
\usepackage{geometry} 
\geometry{legalpaper, landscape, margin=2in} 
Is there  ...
 

- asked by A Feldman 14votes

2.4.1.5 Symbol for m by n matrix

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/288914/symbol-for-m-by-n-matrix

I have been using m \times n to denote the size of a matrix. But lately I've decided that it has too much space and doesn't look quite right (to me). Presumably the largish spaces are present because  ...
 

- asked by bubba (13 votes), answered by David Carlisle (18 votes)

2.4.1.6 Is there a triangular protractor shape built-in to TikZ?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/289026/is-there-a-triangular-protractor-shape-built-in-to-tikz

I know you can draw a protractor with TikZ.  The problem is that my students use the triangular shaped one like this. So in order to make it a little bit more familiar to them, I am wondering if there  ...
 

- asked by Arne (12 votes), answered by Alenanno (32 votes)

2.4.1.7 Why does \setdefaultlanguage modify my fontfamily?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/289412/why-does-setdefaultlanguage-modify-my-fontfamily

Please see this example code 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{polyglossia} 
\setdefaultlanguage[spelling=new]{german} 
\renewcommand*\familydefault{\sfdefault} 
\begin{document} 
test 
\end{document} 
...
 

- asked by buhtz (10 votes), answered by jfbu (9 votes)