***TeX - LaTeX Newsletter*** ================================== Top new questions this week: ================================== [producing embossed tactile graphics with Tikz for visually challenged student]() I work at disability services at a university and recently started working with a completely visually challenged student in upper level computer theory, automaton, and programming classes. I ... - asked by user47010 (19 votes), answered by user47041 (4 votes) ---------------------------- [Can anyone draw a chiasma in LaTeX?]() I am trying to draw a two curved lines that form a chiasmata. I am imagining it would look like an 'X' that is composed of two CURVED lines such that it is wider than it is tall. I also want to ... - asked by Jeeves (15 votes), answered by Harish Kumar (25 votes) ---------------------------- [Is LaTeX intended for unattended typesetting?]() With markup converters like Pandoc it is now possible to generate LaTeX documents without ever touching any LaTeX code. However, obtaining aesthetic page breaks for slightly complex documents, taking ... - asked by Serge Stroobandt (14 votes), answered by David Carlisle (15 votes) ---------------------------- [How can I create this game-tree in Latex?]() I have the following figure: As of now I create this in Word/Powerpoint and paste the screenshot in a LaTeX file. Is there a way to create this natively? Also, what would be the advantage of doing ... - asked by PhD (12 votes), answered by Gonzalo Medina (15 votes) ---------------------------- [Color Blind Friendly Mesh Colormap]() I have a plot with a mesh and it uses a lovely colormap, however, I can't find a way to make tikzpicture only use colorblind friendly colors. I'm not colorblind, but I know at least some of the people ... - asked by sciencenewbie (12 votes) ---------------------------- [How can I hatch the areas delimited by two intersecting curves like so?]() This is a follow-up to one of my earlier questions: Fill area between curves. I want to color three regions delimited by two curves and a vertical line. Each should have its own shading and color. ... - asked by Chedly (12 votes), answered by Gonzalo Medina (10 votes) ---------------------------- [How to draw a sinewave in Tikz?]() I am an absolute newbie in LaTeX in general and Tikz in particular and am in the process of exploring various aspects of the ecosystem. During the course of looking Tikz related information I came ... - asked by Vaibhav Garg (11 votes), answered by Harish Kumar (17 votes) ================================== Greatest hits from previous weeks: ================================== [Why can't pdflatex print EPS figures?]() The images in my paper are in EPS format. If I execute pdflatex to get a PDF version of my paper, the figures won't appear. I have to typeset using the latex command, and then convert the DVI file to ... - asked by Julian Lamas-Rodriguez (51 votes), answered by Joseph Wright (43 votes) ---------------------------- [How to typeset subscript in usual text mode?]() It's easy to make subscripts in math mode: $a_i$. How do I make a subscript outside math environment, likethis? - asked by Pavel Shved (68 votes), answered by Stefan Kottwitz (54 votes) ================================== Can you answer these? ================================== [How can I preclude copying & pasting of listings?]() When I include code snippets in my documents, my lazier readers, i.e. students :), are often tempted to just copy and paste those snippets instead of typing them themselves. However, there are risks ... - asked by Jubobs (4 votes) ---------------------------- [Convert sequence to table]() I'm trying to write a macro that converts a sequence to a table. The following code works fine: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{expl3} \begin{document} \noindent \ExplSyntaxOn \seq_new:N ... - asked by hatsuyuki (5 votes) ---------------------------- [Reset pgfkey to default value in nested command call]() I have created a new command whose argument can be a new call to the same command. How can I then reset the values of the pgfkeys in the nested call to their default values, so that they don't have ... - asked by Magnar Myrtveit (4 votes) --- Subscribe to more Stack Exchange newsletters: --- Unsubscribe from this newsletter or change your email preferences by visiting your subscriptions page on stackexchange.com . If you no longer want to receive mail from Stack Exchange, unsubscribe from all stackexchange.com emails . Questions? Comments? Let us know on our feedback site at . Stack Exchange, Inc. 110 William St, 28th Floor, NY NY 10038