Questions tagged [macros]
{macros} is for questions specifically concerning TeX's macro processor. Note that, because TeX uses macros ubiquitously, most questions about code that uses macros are not looking for information about how macros work, and so are not appropriate for this tag.
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How to properly generate nested pgfkeys procedurally?
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Consider the following: One needs to store a over time varying amount of pgfkeys entries with a nested data structure. All the entries have the same structure, but the content may vary. So one ...
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Bizarre interaction between `microtype` package and \eqref macro
I would have thought that if I declare \let\stdeqref\eqref, then the \stdeqref macro and the \eqref macro would be interchangeable. But here is an example where it fails! Moreover, this failure is (...
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an error with using a variable defined by pgfmathsetmacro in "let...in..."
An error occurs when I try to create the point C1. How can I fix this?
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{book}
\usepackage[left=1cm, right=1cm, top=2cm, bottom=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{mathtools, amssymb,...
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What are the advantages of environments over macros (and of \NewDocumentEnvironment over \NewDocumentCommand)?
I noticed that when I start from a custom environment, and then decide to do something slightly non-trivial with its content (like hide it, or typeset in a different color), I end up switching to a ...
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Why cannot \par be printed here?
I ask this question only out of curiousity's sake. I am not actually planning on defining a new command called \cmd because the usual \cs macro has superior syntax. (\cmd<command name, including ...
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Combine numbers from custom commands into a range
I’m defining datas in LaTeX with a custom command that stores both a label and a number:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{parskip}
\newcommand{\data}[3]{%
\expandafter\newcommand\csname #1\...
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Create macro with named arguments
I am new to latex.
I need to create a text that has a bunch of entries that have the same structure, so I thought I would create a macro for it. However there are 7 moving parts, so it needs 7 ...
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Check if a macro internally contains inner macros
To make my library (robust-externalize) more robust, I need to check if a list of macro contains internal macros like \foo@bar (I may also need to do that for latex3 macros, but let's start simple). I ...
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Expansion of ~ in \index entries
I have defined a command called \defn which formats its argument in bold and creates an index entry for it. I use it when defining a term in the text of the document. Here's a MWE showing a ...
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How to globally turn OFF a macro from the preamble?
Consider the epigraph macro in the following MWE:
\documentclass[11pt,twoside]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[tt=false]{libertinus}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\usepackage[stretch=50]{...
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Environment that conditionally collects its content
Disclaimer: This is a bit a XY problem, or rather: I have a problem X and I have a solution Y which works but does not really make me happy.
Background: I have an environment, say {foo}, which I use ...
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How to customize the quote environment?
I'm trying to customize the quote environment for a novel (citations at the beginning of each chapter), and I'm having troubles in setting custom vertical line spacing, horizontal line length, the ...
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Confusing Recursive Macro definition with LaTeX
I came up with a resursive macro method to achieve my previous plot question:
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\def\totalwidth{8}
\def\totalheight{2}
\def\mysep{0.5}
\newcommand\mynode[3]{%...
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Using TikZ with a command only defined on second pass
I have a number of commands that work a lot like the \ref command in that its true typeset value is only defined after an initial pass is performed. In the first pass they typeset ? - like the \ref ...
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Implementing certain unicode-math symbols
I came across the following extensive list of symbols defined by unicode-math and am struggling to implement them in my document. Attempting to to use certain commands mentioned in the linked list I ...
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