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Installing, updating, restoring, other system operations
Installing/updating the TeX distribution (TeX Live, MikTeX, etc.)
How to install “vanilla” TeXLive on Debian or Ubuntu?
[How to install “vanilla” TeXLive on Debian or Ubuntu?](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/1092)
How should one maintain and update a MiKTeX installation?
[How should one maintain and ...
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Bibliographies and citations
General problems
Question mark instead of citation number
[Question mark instead of citation number](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/63852)
Latex Why are my references empty
[Latex Why are my references empty](https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/350785)
Using BibTeX to make a list of references without having citations in the ...
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Symbols (see also Fonts & Font encoding)
Scott Pakin's Comprehensive symbols list
[Comprehensive symbols list](http://mirror.ctan.org/info/symbols/comprehensive/)
Symbols in math
How to look up a symbol or identify a math alphabet?
[How to look up a symbol or identify a math alphabet?](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/14)
Importing a single symbol ...
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Maybe a more lively tutorial can work.
Dynamic version:
Static version:
Code:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{graphics}
\usepackage{ellipsis}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{framed}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usetheme{Madrid}
\setbeamersize{text margin left=30pt,text margin right=30pt}
\title{How to ask \emph{good} questions on \...
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Figure/table (float) positioning
How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?
[How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/39017)
This is the "official", general post.
Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned
[Keeping tables/...
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Correct centering
Should I use center or centering for figures and tables?
[Should I use center or centering for figures and tables?](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/2651)
When should we use \begin{center} instead of \centering?
[When should we use `\begin{center}` instead of `\centering`?](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/23650)
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Personally I think you should only ask for a MWE if the presence of an MWE would help you to answer the question.
A MWE almost always helps even if only to avoid the answerer having to write some standard article class boilerplate to make a test file.
But it doesn't always help, and unless you have contemplated producing an answer and the lack of an MWE is ...
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Math environments
Questions involving coding
Preferred LaTeX coding
Blank lines in math, missing $ signs
Blank lines in an equation and some other similar function
[Blank lines in an equation and some other similar function](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/315200)
“!Missing $ inserted” error using amsmath environments
[“!Missing $ inserted” error ...
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What you are looking at is the new homepage for anonymous visitors. Folks who have accounts and are signed in still see the same questions list we've always shown that is sorted in reverse chronological order by latest activity and don't see the "here's how it works banner".
This new anonymous homepage attempts to pick questions that are more likely to ...
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Frequent source code related issues
Control sequence naming
Is \10 allowed as a control-sequence name?
[Is \10 allowed as a control-sequence name?](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/141888)
Package loading order
Which packages should be loaded after hyperref instead of before?
[Which packages should be loaded after `hyperref` instead of before?](https://...
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Here is a collection of ideas, taken from comments and the FAQ for Stack Exchange sites:
Questions:
Search first
We typically come to a Q&A to get an answer. Immediately. However, there is a bounty of knowledge already present on this site. Search for it using the best ninja skills you have possible. Only then post a question. For not-so-new users, ...
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I completely disagree with the proposition that we should refrain from answering questions in order to educate new users. I simply don't think it's my job to educate new users about how to ask questions. And I don't really agree with the idea that withholding useful information is a good way of educating people.
Like all of us, I don't theoretically like (...
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Cross-referencing, including hyperref
Hyperref: using abbreviated labels like Eq., but keep correct spacing after period
[Hyperref: using abbreviated labels like Eq., but keep correct spacing after period](https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/497152)
labels
Understanding how references and labels work
[Understanding how references and labels work](https://tex....
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I think discouraging newbies is a bad idea - we were all newbies once. If I'd faced a test before being allowed my first post I'd probably have gone away (and never known enough to regret that choice).
Perhaps showing a newbie a short sample question before they proceed to their own might help. Most people would probably dismiss it with a click (do you ...
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About:
[Welcome to TeX.sx!](http://meta.tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1436/welcome-to-tex-sx) Your question won't be seen by many people here, so it would be best to repost it as a fresh question. [Follow-up questions](http://meta.tex.stackexchange.com/questions/2117/ive-just-been-told-i-have-to-post-a-follow-up-question-why-and-how) like this are more ...
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The question to be asked is why you are so frustrated. Past first page you wouldn't even see new questions.
There is a tendency in the residents; a bit of "come on ask me an interesting question" urge combined with a pinch of OCD which is perfectly fine. That's why they become residents. But that should stay as such otherwise this becomes a police station....
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Fonts & Font encoding (see also Symbols)
Which OpenType Math fonts are available?
[Which OpenType Math fonts are available?](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/425098)
How do I find out what fonts are used in a document/picture?
[How do I find out what fonts are used in a document/picture?](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/45919)
Do fontsize environments ...
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Spacing and pagination, hyphenation
Space after LaTeX commands
[Space after LaTeX commands](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/31091)
Double line spacing
[Double line spacing](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/819)
Inconsistent line spacing (need for \par)
[Inconsistent line spacing](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/36454)
Adding vertical space at the start of ...
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Old font macros
Does it matter if I use \textit or \it, \bfseries or \bf, etc.
[Does it matter if I use `\textit` or `\it`, `\bfseries` or `\bf`, etc.](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/516)
Will two-letter font style commands (\bf, \it, …) ever be resurrected in LaTeX?
[Will two-letter font style commands (`\bf`, `\it`, …) ever be resurrected in LaTeX?](...
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It's not a problem. If there would be upvoted answers, the question would not be unanswered and would go away from the "unanswered" list.
No need to close, what would actually prevent further, possibly even better, answers.
See on the main meta site: Would it be possible to have a “community accepted” feature?
You can show your acceptance of an answer by ...
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Figure/table numbering
Continuous v. per-chapter/section numbering of figures, tables, and other document elements
[Continuous v. per-chapter/section numbering of figures, tables, and other document elements](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/28333)
How to get more subfigures than 26?
[How to get more subfigures than 26?](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/...
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Documentation & Definition of commands
(La)TeX core
Difference between optional and delimited arguments
Are all commands with an optional argument fragile?
[Are all commands with an optional argument fragile?](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/497356)
Is there a BNF grammar of the TeX language?
[Is there a BNF grammar of the TeX language?](https://...
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I would like to tell you what happened to me some time ago.
In the beginning, I answered also questions without MWE.
One day I answered telling the OP: "Next time, please add an MWE" and he promised me he would do.
Little time after that, he asked again a question without MWE, and again I answered telling him: "Next time, please add an MWE" and again he ...
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Naming
How to change the name of document elements like “Figure”, “Contents”, “Bibliography” etc.?
[How to change the name of document elements like “Figure”, “Contents”, “Bibliography” etc.?](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/82993)
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Such etiquette has two main issues that I think render it useless before it makes it to the user's attention.
First, we don't have an access gate before the site. So there is no way that they can know about stuff before they actually do annoying things (in your point of view :P) Had we had that kind of thing then it would be meaningful to blame them for ...
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The About should cover this, but for the avoidance of doubt:
TeX StackExchange (TeX-sx) is for questions about TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt and related topics
Meta TeX-sx is for questions about TeX-sx itself
Meta StackOverflow is for questions about the StackExchange network, as well as questions specific to StackOverflow
StackOverflow is a general site focussed on ...
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This is going to be difficult, since it doesn't fall within the generic realm of StackExchange - site-specific features.
Instead I propose we create a generic question that has a please-do-this-for-me flavour and answer it in a generic way, pointing to some FAQs about usages for packages, other SE sites and even third-party applications. That way one can ...
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What about adding an "I'm having that problem too" button? The button could disappear as soon as an answer is accepted. In the meantime, if a question has enough "I'm having that problem" votes (more than 5, say), accepted answers could come with an bonus (and the bonus could increase with the number of votes). This would be similar to a bounty, but wouldn't ...
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I don't consider this an issue, since people who see that message are already on this site. The suggestion is not "Go to TeX.SX" or "Visit TeX.SX".
As an aside: For those posting
Welcome to TeX.SX!
verbatim as a comment, they could consider changing this to
Welcome to TeX.SE!
as the .SE suffix is more commonly used to represent the Stack Exchange ...
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No, there is no requirement for unique user names: it is the ID which is unique. There is a presumption that people will avoid misleading names (this has come up before), but that is by convention not enforcement.
Only top voted, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible
