8.69.1 Top new questions this week

8.69.1.1 argc argv in LaTeX

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Can the LaTeX executable receive arguments from the command line to be used as internal variables? 
That is, can a command like ./latex document.tex a=3 b=rational c=-17.2 d=true be used to pass values ... 
[pdftex] [compiling] [optional-arguments] [arguments]
 

asked by sood7600 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=283311 Score of 8

answered by wipet https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=51799 Score of 13

8.69.1.2 TeX point command

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I try to get my own command to work to output a point in standard german notation. 
My code (adapted version of wipet's code): 
\documentclass[12pt]{article} 
\def\punkt#1{\left(\punktA#1,,\right)} 
\def\... 
[macros] [definition]
 

asked by SomeGuyHere https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=283396 Score of 7

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 Score of 10

8.69.1.3 TikZ - Is it possibe to drape an image on face of a solid?

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I know one can write (and even draw) on a face of a solid following the perspective, like in 
obtained from this code that draws a fake (2-dim) representation of the cube: 
\documentclass[tikz,border=... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by TeX Apprentice https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=224933 Score of 5

answered by hpekristiansen https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8650 Score of 8

8.69.1.4 Why I get brackets different in the size?

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I typed 
\begin{gather*} 
\frac1{1-x}\sum_{n=1}^\infty\left[H_n^3-3H_nH_n^{(2)}+2H_n^{(3)}-\left(H_n- 
\frac1n\right)^3\right.\\ 
\left.+3\left(H_n-\frac1n\right)\left(H_{n}^{(2)}-\frac1{n^2}\right)-2\... 
[macros] [equations] [brackets]
 

asked by Ali Shadhar https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=226044 Score of 5

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 Score of 8

8.69.1.5 latex3: Keep whitespace

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Regularly, I much appreciate that within latex3/expl3 whitespace is ignored. However, there are situations in which I would prefer to temporarily disable this behavior. 
One example of this is the ... 
[expl3] [latex3]
 

asked by Raven https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=128658 Score of 5

answered by Joseph Wright https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=73 Score of 7

8.69.1.6 Best practice for dtx workflow

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I'm sorry, if this question isn't appropriate here, since it asks (at least partly) for opinions. However, there exists a "best-practices" tag, and I believe, the answer could be of public ... 
[best-practices] [documentclass-writing] [dtx]
 

asked by Matthias https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=12606 Score of 4

8.69.1.7 Is this the right way to understand \let \def \edef \gdef \xdef \newcommand \renewcommand \providecommand?

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I've already looked at at least ten different q&as explaining the differences of a subset of the commands listed above. While experimenting with them and trying to understand the subtle ... 
[macros] [environments] [tex-core] [grouping] [definition]
 

asked by mbly82553 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=283565 Score of 4

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 3