Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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I've just been asked to write a minimal working example (MWE), what is that?
I was posting some question about this strange thing LaTeX is doing when I try to compile my thesis. Someone asked me to provide a minimal example that reproduces the problem. My thesis is now a few ...
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Why doesn't maths render as maths?
On some other SE sites, code in between dollar signs gets rendered as mathematics (using MathJaX, I believe). This doesn't seem to work here? Why not? And how do I get round it?
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I've just been told I have to post a follow-up question, why and how?
I'm new to this site and have a similar/the same problem as one already posted, but its answers do not work for me. I posted my issue in the same thread as the original, but someone commented I should ...
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Welcome to TeX.SX!
Welcome to TeX.SX, the free, community driven Questions and Answers site for users of TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt, and related typesetting systems.
Here is some information to help you get started and to make ...
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How do I mark code blocks?
How do I mark code blocks, and how do I adjust syntax highlighting? Can I emphasize pieces of my code block? And how do code blocks in lists and blockquotes work?
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How does one add a LaTeX output to a question/answer?
How does one add a LaTeX output* to a question/answer?
*the thing you see in the PDF/DVI when you compile the LaTeX code.
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how can i upload an image to be included in a question or answer?
can this question be added to the faq, please?
i've spent several hours looking for the answer -- i know it's there, because i happened on it a couple of months ago, but didn't record its location. ...
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Why do code snippets not work after lists?
I want to insert a code snippet after a list but the code snippet is not a part of the list item.
This is the first item.
This is the second item
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
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How to print out a full q/a entry? Or forward it outside the stackexchange site?
using either firefox or ie on a windows xp workstation, i've tried to print out the full entries for several questions. however, any entry that was longer than could be accommodated by one side of a ...
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What if a comment answers a question?
In „Why does the use of microtype and xfrac lead to a high compile time?“ the comment seems to provide the best answer. If seen this also in other questions. What is the best way to accept it as ...
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How do I mark inline code?
How do I mark my inline code in questions and answers, and how can I mark code in comments?
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What does "XY Problem" mean?
I have just been told that my question is an "XY Problem". What does that mean? What am I supposed to do?
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How do you accept an answer?
I have been "accepting answers" to my questions by up voting the good answers received for my questions. However, I have a 0% accept rate. :(
Apparently, I do not know how to accept answers.
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Formatting Sand-Box
As per the SO question here (if you want to know how they did something there, take a look at the source, as per the hack documented here), I suggest that this (CW) question be used for testing ...
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When writing a comment, how do I ensure that the person it is addressed to gets notified?
Often I want to address a comment to a specific user. How can I do that? I've seen that I've got to use the @ symbol for this, but I didn't find the exact rules in the faq. Can I notify any user? Do I ...
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How to invite someone to chat?
I know this question may sound silly, but I haven't been able to find an answer.
How the title states, is there a way to invite someone to chat from within a question?
I mean, after an undefined ...
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How to write a MWEB (Minimal working example with Bibliography)?
Someone asks me to write a MWEB.
How can I produce such thing?
Explanation of the question's purpose:
This question aims to complete the very useful other question "I've just been asked to ...
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Things to do on a slow day at TeX-SE
Somehow I get the feeling that the influx of new (and good) questions is rather slow. So I have a few suggestions here for you that might give somebody a good idea how to spend a useful hour building ...
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User script for CTAN Package and TeXDoc.net buttons
I often like to link to the corresponding CTAN page if I mention packages in my posts. I always wished there would be a button which does this for me.
I now hacked some Greasemonkey user script ...
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Different formatting for certain questions
I just remarked that some of the questions on the main page are formatted differently than others. All questions which have been tagged with biblatex have a yellow background. Is this a new feature or ...
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How to log out from TeX.SX web page in new layout
I have logged in on a public computer. Now I cannot find button to log out the page. Logging out from general Stackexchange leaves my account active. Cleaning history doesn't help also.
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Changing tags causes questions to be active
It seems like simply changing the tags for a question shouldn't cause it to be active for three reasons.
There isn't really any activity on the question. Some metadata that I suspect most people don'...
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Author unregistered
I posted a answer here: Angles in three dimensional space
But in that post, the author is "unregistered".
How can I specify that response as being posted by me?
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The Unofficial TeX-SX FAQ
Welcome to tex.stackexchange.com (otherwise known as TeX-SX or TeX-SE). This is the unofficial FAQ which we've put together to help you figure out how to make best use of this site.
There is an ...
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When is it Kosher to edit one’s own question?
While fiddling around an issue I’ve just met, I’ve discovered a likely related issue which needed another MWE and description. I wanted to edit my question, but that would mean nearly doubling its ...
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Why can I only vote 37 times?
I just have voted 37 times and wanted to upvote a new answer but I'm not allowed to do. Message: Daily vote limit reached I would understand this if the number would be 40, but 37?
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Choosing to accept between an answer that helped me the most and a more popular answer
There were several good answers in my recent question in main: Should I place \title, \author, \date in the preamble or after \begin{document}?. I am leaning towards accepting the answer that helped ...
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My question was closed as a duplicate, but I still need help. What can I do?
My question has been closed as a duplicate. However, I'm having trouble with the answers to that other question. What can I do now?
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When was the TeX - LaTeX site at Stack Exchange founded?
When was TeX.SE founded? I notice that a lot of early questions were migrated from StackOverflow. So I'm wondering when the actual TeX.SE site was created.
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Consensus vs accepted answers on meta
Let's get the facts straight
Per SE policy, as outlined here the following applies
On our main sites "the best answer" is somewhat fluidly defined as the superposition of the highest voted answer ...
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I am a serial upvoter
I am Paulo.
I am the top voter of the entire StackExchange universe. And I believe I fit the description of being a serial upvoter. It is my OCD. I like to upvote, it is one of my favourite hobbies ...
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New support package for MWEs
I often saw that MWEs which include images can be a little bit of a problem. There are no common images in the TEXMF tree which could be used. Even the famous PS tiger is not directly accessible. ...
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Make TeX.SX look nice again!
A collection of user scripts to make the main site look a bit better again, after the new design has gone live on August 3, 2018.
The scripts can be used e.g. with
Tampermonkey (Chrome)
Greasemonkey (...
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How can I provide a better resolution of uploaded pictures created with the document class standalone?
Very often I use the document class standalone to created a cropped PDF for uploading to tex.stackexchange. However the resolution after the upload isn't very good. What can I do?
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New users - How to do good questions and answers?
I am a new user of tex.stackexchange.com and probably this could be a stupid question, but is there any information about how to pose good questions and make good answers?
I think it could be useful ...
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How do you crop an attached PDF?
Once I posted a simple LaTeX code and the associated PDF output when I asked a question. Few minutes later some nice person edited my post by cropping the empty area of the PDF document. Since then ...
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Cancel asking to close?
This is probably very obvious, but if you vote to close a question which is subsequently edited to improve it (say to clarify how it's different from another one), how do you cancel your vote?
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What does "Community Wiki" mean?
Apologies if this is obvious, but I'm new here. I see the term "community wiki" bouncing around a lot and have no idea what it means. Maybe my reputation is not high enough to have access to ...
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What is the best way for offering private communication to a questioner?
Somebody asked a question.
I take solving the issue for a nice challenge which requires communicative interaction with the person who asked the question.
I.e., I see several ways of approaching the ...
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Badges on Meta vs Main
Since the Meta site does not maintain a reputation, certain badges related to reputation (like Epic and Legendary are unavailable.
Which other Meta badges are (un-)attainable?
For the unattainable ...
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How do we repair Gonzalo Medina's posts containing images?
As I explained in this answer, all the links to images that were not uploaded via the "add image" button are broken. (EDIT: See also this announcement by Jeff for the background.) This has the ...
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How do I create a link to an answer?
At this point I know how to add a clickable link in my answer, and I can create such a link to a question by copying the URL from the top of the browser. But if I want to make reference to someone ...
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My first question was marked a duplicate, but I still need help. What now?
I posted this as my first question. It's been marked a duplicate of this question. However, I'm having trouble with the answers on the original, and I would like to get some clarification on that ...
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Discrepancy between chat and main reputation
A recent question - Reputation linkage between main site and meta? - regarding the linkage between reputation on meta and main mentions a discrepancy that is resolved every hour on the meta-side.
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Proper tags using markdown
In discussions on meta, I sometimes want to reference a specific tag. Instead of just writing {support} (as in {support}) to resemble the tag notation, I write it as a hyperlink {support}. Is this the ...
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Upvote without getting any reputation
I have a small question. I answered the following question:
Equation Alignment With Steps
You see at the moment I have three upvotes. In my profile I can't see this:
Is it a bug?
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Hunting for the Critic badge
Some features on TeX.SX are time-dependent. For example, voting and comment editing. The bronze critic badge, however, does not fall under such time constraints. It is awarded immediately after you ...
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How to "push" my question?
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I posted a question on the main TeX-StackExchange-page a couple of weeks ago. I did not receive an answer, unfortunately, but the problem remains. Of course, my post disappeared somewhere into ...
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How can I contribute to the TeX.sx Blog?
The title says it (almost) all.
If and when I think I have something useful to say on the blog, as a post, rather than a comment, how will I go about it? Is there a moderation process, and how do I ...
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Spam and flagging
With the recent rash of spamming, I am running lower and lower on flags. What do we do to notify the right people about spam when my flags are gone for the day?
Also, this rash of spamming was by ...
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