7.41.1 Top new questions this week

7.41.1.1 How can I draw the following graph with tikz?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=603781

Some irregular curves and their surrounding shadows are all needed to draw a graph in graph theory. I'm not very good at drawing this with Tikz, but I want to do my best to draw the following graph. 
... 
[tikz-pgf] [graphs]
 

asked by licheng https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=201467 16 votes

answered by SebGlav https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=204164 17 votes

7.41.1.2 Fun: How can we generate funny/unexpected messages in LaTeX?

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Knuth says in "Chapter 6: Running TeX" of the TeXbook: 
Error messages can be terrifying when you aren't prepared for them; but they can be fun when you have the right attitude. Just 
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[fun] [terminal-output]
 

asked by Ulrich Diez https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=118714 13 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 17 votes

7.41.1.3 Why is the 'mod' function in LaTeX so wide? (extra space on the left of it)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=603863

When trying to use the mod function that LaTeX offers, I always meet a problem: it seems to have a space or two in front of it that I can't delete without \hspace. Why is that and how can I fix it? 
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[spacing]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by CELLSecret https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=240665 12 votes

answered by Marcel KrA~\274ger https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=80496 32 votes

7.41.1.4 Why is exponent so low when used with hat-quantity in a fraction? Is this a bug?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=603890

Here is the MWE: 
\documentclass{article} 
\begin{document} 
\[ 
\hat{R}^2\quad\frac{1}{\hat{R}^2} 
\] 
\end{document} 
which give (I highlight with red for better see the lower "2" in the second ... 
[math-mode] [typography]
 

asked by quark67 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=132405 10 votes

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 15 votes

7.41.1.5 LaTeX3 - Parsing an argument to apply specific macros

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In the following code, I would like to parse the argument of \parseanduse such as to "achieve" the examples shown. 
Each time a o is met, the following integer should be used to call the ... 
[latex3] [parsing]
 

asked by projetmbc https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=6880 9 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 10 votes

7.41.1.6 String replacement in math mode

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=603995

Writing a path in a graph as $a-b-c$ will not typeset as nicely as $a\text{-}b\text{-}c$, so I'm trying to create a macro that performs some string substitution. I tried using xstring, but ... 
[xstring] [substitution]
 

asked by Henning Koehler https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=132095 7 votes

answered by Don Hosek https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=202780 7 votes

7.41.1.7 I want to create a (non mathematical) matrix of features

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=604052

I'm trying to get a comparative matrix of features, like attached. 
For the life of me I can't find a LaTeX package combination to make this work. 
I need square cells 
that I can colour 
with tight, ... 
[tables]
 

asked by yarbelk https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=38254 6 votes

answered by F. Pantigny https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=163000 13 votes