9.71.1 Top new questions this week

9.71.1.1 Determine TikZ bend direction automatically

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=699883

Consider the following example: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usetikzlibrary{positioning} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{tikzpicture} 
\node (A) {A}; 
\node (B) [right=2cm of A] {B}; 
\draw[->,... 
[tikz-pgf] [node-connections] [tikz-calc]
 

asked by Alan Munn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2693 Score of 7

answered by Qrrbrbirlbel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16595 Score of 8

9.71.1.2 Where did the pentagon with the minimum size of 0.2cm go?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=699901

I would like to draw five nested pentagons. 
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone} 
\usetikzlibrary {shapes.geometric} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{tikzpicture} 
\foreach \size in {0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1} { 
\... 
[tikz-pgf] [shapes] [polygon]
 

asked by licheng https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=201467 Score of 6

answered by Zarko https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=18189 Score of 5

9.71.1.3 How to place a curly brace to the right of several lines in an align environment?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=699779

\documentclass[a4paper]{article} 
\usepackage{derivative} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{align*} 
\{q_a,q_b\} &= 0 = \{p_a,p_b\} \\ 
\{q_a,p_b\} &= \delta_{ab} \\ 
\{q_a,F\} &= \pdv{F}{... 
[brackets]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by Crob https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=306878 Score of 6

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 Score of 5

9.71.1.4 Proper caron accents with kpfonts?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=699614

In good typesetting, the caron accent on some letters (t, d, l) should be replaced with something looking more like an apostrophe. This is done correctly with the "default" font with T1 ... 
[characters] [kpfonts] [diacritical-mark]
 

asked by Jellby https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=15647 Score of 5

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 2

9.71.1.5 How does \if work?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=699435

In the definition of \if on page 209 in TeXbook it is said: 
unless the current equivalent of that control sequence has been \let 
equal to a non-active character token 
Do I understand it correctly ... 
[tex-core]
 

asked by Igor Liferenko https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=70900 Score of 5

answered by wipet https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=51799 Score of 4

9.71.1.6 Add a non-straight path with tikz

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=699943

This code 
\begin{tikzpicture} 
% Vertice con 5 archi 
\node[circle, draw] (v) at (0,0) {V}; 
% Archi tratteggiati 
\draw (v.45) -- ++(45:1); 
\draw (v.90) -- ++(90:1); 
\draw (v.135) -- ++(... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by Mark https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=79289 Score of 4

answered by pascal974 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=263375 Score of 3

9.71.1.7 How to evenly substitute each side of a regular pentagon with five circles?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=699999

This is an extension of  the question. Thanks for the tips from the user 
Qrrbrbirlbel. I would like to evenly substitute each side of a regular pentagon with five circles. 
I decided to use decorations,... 
[tikz-pgf] [pgf-decorations]
 

asked by licheng https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=201467 Score of 4

answered by cfr https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=39222 Score of 2