7.26.1 Top new questions this week

7.26.1.1 How can I draw this complex table in LaTeX?

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How can I draw the following table in LaTeX? 
I tried this code, but it was not so good: 
\documentclass[12pt]{article} 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} 
\usepackage{geometry} 
\geometry{a4paper,left=3.5cm,... 
[tables]
 

asked by Jaden https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=236054 13 votes

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 31 votes

7.26.1.2 Wrong alignment with microtype: "(3D)" is too far left; inside enumerate. Is it by design?

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The package microtype is meant to make small improvements to the final look of a LaTeX document. According to an answer to Should I load microtype with pdflatex? and a comment beneath the answer, one ... 
[horizontal-alignment] [lists] [enumerate] [enumitem] [microtype]
 

asked by Linear Christmas https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=116907 11 votes

answered by Steven B. Segletes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=25858 6 votes

7.26.1.3 How to change the dot of the letter "i" to another character?

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How to change the dot of the letter "i" to another character, so that works on Latex/MathJax. 
For example: 
$i^\star$, how to replace the dot by the star? 
When I type A^\264 + i displays: 
A~\[DiscretionaryHyphen] 
Is ... 
[fonts] [symbols] [positioning] [letters]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by VerA~\263nica Rmz. https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=235725 9 votes

answered by Steven B. Segletes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=25858 18 votes

7.26.1.4 Draw a solid with circular base & square cross-sections in TikZ

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I want to draw a solid with these specifications in TikZ. The base of the solid is the disk x^2+y^2\leq 4. The cross-sections by planes perpendicular to the y-axis between y=-2 and y=2 are squares ... 
[tikz-pgf] [tikz-3dplot]
 

asked by Mohammadi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=237094 9 votes

answered by Juan CastaA~+-o https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=231368 13 votes

7.26.1.5 How can I draw an area under a thermodynamic graph?

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My MWE: 
\documentclass{standalone} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings, arrows, arrows.meta,patterns.meta} 
\tikzset{ 
midar/.style 2 args={ 
very thick, 
... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by Mario Tafur https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=228227 8 votes

answered by Amita https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=71090 11 votes

7.26.1.6 Different command behavior if argument is not a single token

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In defining a new LaTeX command, I'm looking for a way to distinguish whether its argument is a single token or not. In other words, I would like \foo x to be equivalent to \something{x}, and \foo{xy} ... 
[macros] [expansion]
 

asked by fudo https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5075 7 votes

answered by Phelype Oleinik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=134574 5 votes

7.26.1.7 Is there an incompatibility between the new version 2021 of babel and Latex 3?

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Indeed, the following macro \NewDocumentCommand{\xsameword}{m} written by @nox in his answer here, has a compile-time error. 
! Missing \endcsname inserted. 
<to be read again> 
... 
[babel] [latex3]
 

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

answered by Ulrike Fischer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2388 8 votes