7.5.1 Top new questions this week

7.5.1.1 Save the body of an environment to a macro, without typesetting

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=578878

I am trying to save the contents (i.e., the body) of an environment into a macro for later use (in order to typeset it later in the document). I thought of using the environ package (see the minimal ... 
[macros] [environments]
 

asked by digital-Ink https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10635 9 votes

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 10 votes

7.5.1.2 Cycle or specify implicant colors in karnaugh-map

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=579257

I'm drawing Karnaugh maps using Mattias Jacobsson's excellent karnaugh-map package. 
Each implicant is drawn in a different color -- unless there are more than 6.  After that, the colors all get stuck ... 
[karnaugh]
 

asked by Bill Nace https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=180171 8 votes

answered by gernot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=110998 8 votes

7.5.1.3 How to make a square with circles using tikz?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=578910

Im trying to make a square like this 
but Im not able to do so. 
The idea is to make a square an put 4 circles centered in the corners, but I dont know how to make the fill cover all the circle sector ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by riccs_0x https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=115642 8 votes

answered by Zarko https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=18189 12 votes

7.5.1.4 Generative book cover

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I wonder if it is possible to use LaTeX tools to generate a book cover inspired by Faber Finds project. 
http://blog.fabric.ch/index.php?/archives/62-Faber-Finds-generative-book-covers.html 
The ... 
[tikz-pgf] [metapost] [bookcover]
 

asked by ReRunner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=112124 8 votes

answered by Jairo A. del Rio https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=226564 11 votes

7.5.1.5 \hphantom with \footnotesize, siunitx and unicode-math

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=579473

Consider the following MWE. It is supposed to print the three equations with space added after the equal signs so that the right edge of the equations (the units) are horizontally aligned. 
% !TeX ... 
[math-mode] [spacing] [siunitx] [unicode-math] [phantom]
 

asked by schtandard https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=48973 7 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 7 votes

7.5.1.6 Define a macro for a vector to display differently in inline/display math mode

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=579453

I'd like to define a command that defines a vector based on whether it's in display or inline math mode. I've tried this so far, but it hasn't worked: 
\newcommand{\ve}[1]{\ensuremath{% 
\mathchoice{... 
[math-mode] [macros] [amsmath] [vector] [arguments]
 

asked by Raymo111 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=214511 6 votes

answered by campa https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=82917 6 votes

7.5.1.7 Interpreting the code "newcolumntype"

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=579483

\newcolumntype{Q}[1]{>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{#1}} 
what does [1] and p{#1} mean ? 
[tables] [columns]
 

asked by Anupama John https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=232285 6 votes