Creating unnumbered chapters/sections (plus adding them to the ToC and/or...
I'm using the report document class for a thesis, and I need to add things like "Acknowledgements" and an "Introduction". I noticed that there is an \abstract command which would have been wonderful if...
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While the MWE below compiles, there are two glitches whose causes I have not been able to figure out:As can already be seen in the ToC, the sections in the Epilogue are numbered 3 and 4 instead of 1...
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I have an appendix in my document which I want to reference by its name in the text. I use the starred \section* command here, because I do not want the appendix to appear in the TOC. However, \nameref...
View ArticleAlignment tab character inside a starred command within align
Here is a minimal example of what I want to...
View ArticleDefining starred versions of commands (* macro)
I would like to define a *'d version of a command, something like\newcommand{\foo}{blah}\newcommand{\foo*}{blahblah}If I try to do this, LaTeX complains that I'm trying to redefine \foo, so I guess I...
View ArticleRedefine \includegraphics* (starred version)
I have this code:\setlength{\fboxsep}{0pt}\let\includegraphicsbak\includegraphics\renewcommand*{\includegraphics}[2][]{\colorbox{white}{\includegraphicsbak[#1]{#2}}}How can I make it work with the...
View ArticleTesting for \Foo vs \Foo*
This is a follow up to this post whose problem statement (roughly): create a macro that saves a macro and options (\includepdf[angle=90, scale=0.85]), such as to be able to invoke it later (presumably...
View Article\parttoc does not appear when used in starred \part*
I am trying to create mini-ToC at the begenning of a part level utilizing minitoc package. It works fine for numbered \part, however, it is not rendered when using starred \part*. According to the...
View ArticleHow to refer to a subsection of a starred section?
In How to \label-\ref an un-numbered section, Nathan Grigg pointed out that one could use the \hyperref commmand to create a link to a starred section as...
View ArticleWhat is the difference between a figure environment compared to a figure*...
It is hard to search for this question since most search engines treat the * symbol somehow special, so sorry if that has been asked before.So, basically, I just would like to know what the difference...
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xparse's 's' argument returns \Gamma and \Delta, instead of \BooleanFalse and...
The xparsedocumentation says,But that's not what I get when I test s.\documentclass{article}\usepackage{xparse}\NewDocumentCommand{\myfunc}{s}{#1}\begin{document}\myfunc % should return \BooleanFalse;...
View ArticleUsing Starred Version as Optional Argument
I have been reading this page on defining commands with *-options. I have got completely stuck, though. I'd like the following.A command with an optional argument and a star option.Optional Argument:...
View ArticleHow to enforce the position of table* (wide table)
I'm writing a paper using SIGPLAN conference2 columns format. I maintain separate .tex files per each chapters:%% main.tex \documentclass[preprint, 10pt]{sigplanconf}\usepackage{ ......
View ArticleLaTeX3 - Test string equality + Star version
I'm looking for some good advice on switching from (La)TeX to LaTeX3Here is the first questions corresponding to the toy code below.What is a good way to manage an optional argument with LaTeX3?What is...
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Show unnumbered sections anywhere in Beamer TOC
Section 10.5 of the LaTeX Beamer manual specifies the different options for generating a table of contents. One of them is:firstsection=⟨section number⟩ specifies which section should be numbered as...
View ArticleRedefining \ref* along the lines of \ref to allow "local labels" in sections
I use the "local labels" hack from this answer to automatically prefix labels in order to be able to reuse the same labels in different places of the same document.Background: Why?There are two...
View ArticleHeaders of \chapters* take the headers of their previous \chapter
When using book.cls and using \chapter* after a \chapter, the header used in \chapter* is wrong. An example is pasted below. Is there any known workaround for that? I have tried quite some tricks...
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Custom section style and corresponding starred command
I need to use a custom format for a conference paper. I am asked to redefine the section, subsection and paragraph headings by the following code in the...
View ArticleCreating unnumbered parts/chapters/sections (plus adding them to the ToC...
I'm using the report document class for a thesis, and I need to add things like "Acknowledgements" and an "Introduction". I noticed that there is an \abstract command which would have been wonderful if...
View Article\pdfstringdefDisableCommands with starred and non starred commands
The following MCE:\documentclass{article}\usepackage{hyperref}\ExplSyntaxOn\NewDocumentCommand { \foo } { s m } { \IfBooleanTF {#1}{ Foo~ #2 }{ #2 }}\pdfstringdefDisableCommands{ \def\foo*#1{Foo~ #1} %...
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