latex figure figure* order
I am writing a journal which has two column. I am using {figure} as well as {figure*} to place the figures in one column as well as stretch across two columns. My problem is the order of the figures...
View ArticleHow to redefine a command in terms of its starred variant?
I am writing a lab report for a class. I want to redefine \section so that \section{Analysis} has the same output that \section*{\centering Analysis} would normally have. I...
View ArticleHow center the chapter* titles
I want center the title "Preface" and "Abstract" only. I do not want to centralize all the chapters. I can not and I should not delete any bookstore, I need all the...
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How keep macro with \csname from gobbling up starred argument?
For purposes more involved than what's shown here, I want to test certain commands having both an ordinary form and a starred form, with the latter constructed using the suffix package. To do that, I...
View ArticleUnable to use display math inside starred enumerate: Missing $ inserted / Bad...
Trying to use display math \[ \] inside a starred enumerate* environment gives an errorBad math environment delimiterorMissing $ inserted.I can imagine this is by design, and that the idea is that...
View ArticleMemoir: How to make `\newfootnoteseries` with multiple paragraphs?
I have two levels of footnotes, one for regular footnotes and one for special editor's footnotes. I would like to put a longer text in an editor's footnote with two paragraphs, however this does not...
View Articlestarred version of DeclareRobustCommand
I generally use \newcommand* instead \newcommand whenever it makes sense, to ease error checking if the command doesn't sensibly take multi-paragraph arguments.Is there a starred version of...
View ArticleDefining a command with star argument to be used in pdf strings (e.g. via...
I want to define a command with an optional star argument and be able to use it inside pdf strings, e.g. via \section. With the MWE below, I get a Token not allowed in a PDF string warning and \foo is...
View ArticleUnnumbered centered part: linebreak in table of contents
I am working on a XeLaTeX “book” document, which is separated in two unnumbered parts. These two parts need to be entitled according to a “Title / Subtitle” scheme, with a linebreak as a separator...
View ArticleDefinition of starred commands with `csname`
I want to define a command, let's call it \commander, for defining starred and non-starred versions of a new command. \commander would be called as...
View ArticleGenerate table of contents when \section* (sections without numbering) has...
Is it possible just to generate a table of contents based on sections in asterisk mode, i.e., \section*? I basically just want the table of contents without section numbers. Like a list of headings and...
View ArticleHow to change the titlespacing of \chapter*{}?
I use this code to change the spacing of \chapter{}:\usepackage{titlesec}\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{-10pt}{15pt}How can I change the spacing of the starred version \chapter*{}?Here is an...
View ArticleHow to use \section*{something} without removing it from the Table of Contents?
I am trying to insert an abstract and acknowledgement page into my report. I want to suppress the (numbers in front of):AbstractAcknowledgmentpart by using \section*. But by doing so, it is removed...
View ArticlePassing a star to lua
I hope this is a simple question, but I could not find documentation on it. Maybe I am searching for the wrong keywords.I want to pass a star * option to my lua code. I believe it is a boolean, based...
View ArticleReference unnumbered starred header and titlesec [duplicate]
This is a follow up to this question: How to cross-reference an unnumbered section?My issue is that, in my document, I use the {titlesec} package. For some reason that package interferes with the code...
View ArticleWhat's the difference between \newcommand and \newcommand*?
I just spotted someone use \newcommand* in an answer and realised that I'd never quite sorted out in my head what the star (asterisk) was there for.(This one is practically impossible to search for on...
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Misplaced minitoc
I am struggling to use minitoc when I have a starred chapter before the TOC (that I want to appear in the TOC). In the following MWE, the minitoc of Chapter 1 appears under Chapter 2, despite I used...
View ArticleStarred chapter title with no chapter number in either toc or header
I am in the same situation as the author of How can I display a short chapter name in the header and a long chapter name in the TOC but, in addition, I also want the starred version for the Epilogue:...
View ArticleHow to define a starred custom gather new environment
I'm writing a file which I need the equations inside the gather environment to not be numbered.I was able to see the normal version (this answer, which works...
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