6.69.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

6.69.2.1 Force figure placement in text

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=8625

I have a problem when a lot of figures are in question. Some figures tend to "fly around", that is, be a paragraph below, although I placed them before that paragraph. I use code: 
\begin{figure}[ht] 
\... 
[floats] [positioning] [captions]
 

asked by Marin https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2755 530 votes

answered by Juan A. Navarro https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=169 641 votes

6.69.2.2 tlmgr cannot setup TLPDB

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=137428

I'm trying to update my installation of texlive 2013 under Ubuntu 13.10. 
However, I followed the instruction on this answer, but I get an error 
(running on Debian, switching to user mode!) 
cannot ... 
[errors] [texlive] [ubuntu]
 

asked by adn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=7561 216 votes

answered by ppr https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=28474 202 votes

6.69.2.3 What can I use to typeset MATLAB code in my document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=75116

This question led to a new package: 
matlab-prettifier 
Does anybody have a quick and easy way to typeset some relatively long MATLAB code in the appendix? I looked up a few methods, and the mcode ... 
[listings] [highlighting] [matlab]
 

asked by suzu https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=19279 109 votes

6.69.2.4 How can I get bold math symbols?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=595

To make Latin-letter variables bold I can use e.g. \mathbf{a}, but while putting Greek letters or symbols such as \nabla inside \mathbf doesn't cause any errors or warnings, it also doesn't do ... 
[fonts] [math-mode] [symbols] [bold]
 

asked by Michael Underwood https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=32 484 votes

answered by Mark Meckes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=206 418 votes

6.69.2.5 How can I manually install a package on MiKTeX (Windows)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2063

I'm new to LaTeX, investigating using it for some work projects.  I'm using MiKTeX on Windows.  My employer's locked-down network blocks the application's automatic installation function.  I can take ... 
[packages] [installing] [miktex] [windows]
 

asked by mbmcavoy https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=902 229 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 176 votes

6.69.2.6 How do I change the `enumerate` list format to use letters instead of the default Arabic numerals?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2291

I've seen documentation whereby an \alph command is put around the \begin{enumerate} somewhere, but I'm not entirely sure how that operates... 
[numbering] [lists] [enumerate]
 

asked by Billy ONeal https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=192 341 votes

answered by frabjous https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=411 294 votes

6.69.2.7 making appendix for thesis

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=49643

I need some help with creating an appendix for my thesis. I have about 10 figures which need to be in the appendix. I have a good appendix with the following code: 
\appendix 
\addcontentsline{toc}{... 
[appendices] [thesis]
 

asked by user13017 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13017 197 votes

answered by Gonzalo Medina https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3954 214 votes