2.35.1 Top new questions this week

2.35.1.1 Make my infinite squares math-proof

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/328825/make-my-infinite-squares-math-proof

I created a command that makes a square of text in ever-decreasing sizes to create the effect of infinite decrease. But if I increase the starting width, or change the scale factor, TeX has an  ...
 

- asked by Andrew Cashner (17 votes), answered by David Carlisle (14 votes)

2.35.1.2 How to access LaTeX lengths in LuaTex?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/328781/how-to-access-latex-lengths-in-luatex

I know I can access raw TeX dimens with Lua using tex.dimen[key], but how do I access a LaTeX length in Lua? 
MWE: 
\documentclass{article} 
% This is TeX 
\newdimen\boxwidth 
\boxwidth=3.4ex 
% end of  ...
 

- asked by Nathanael Farley (15 votes), answered by Ulrike Fischer (18 votes)

2.35.1.3 Why is there a decimal for 3x4=12.0?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/329280/why-is-there-a-decimal-for-3x4-12-0

Why does \pgfmathresult display the result of 3x4 as 12.0? 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{pgf} 
\begin{document} 
\pgfmathparse{3*4} 
\pgfmathresult 
\end{document} 
This code yields a document  ...
 

- asked by WeCanLearnAnything (14 votes), answered by cfr (15 votes)

2.35.1.4 Placing a zero in a pgfplots with middle axis

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/329165/placing-a-zero-in-a-pgfplots-with-middle-axis

I want to place a zero in a plot with middle axis. How can I place is so that it is exactly on the same vertical position as the ytick labels and on the same horizontal position as the xtick labels? 
...
 

- asked by Ulrike Fischer (14 votes), answered by esdd (7 votes)

2.35.1.5 Making a directory tree of folders and files

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/328886/making-a-directory-tree-of-folders-and-files

How to draw the directory tree image shown below, indicating folders and files? 
To draw the folder tree I used the code from Making a (simple) directory tree, but there is no obvious option to  ...
 

- asked by John (14 votes), answered by Salim Bou (13 votes)

2.35.1.6 Factorial program in Latex without using any package

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/329629/factorial-program-in-latex-without-using-any-package

I've heard that Latex is a Turing complete language. So I went on to write a Fibonacci program in Latex and I succeeded (without using packages). Now I want to write a factorial program in latex  ...
 

- asked by Meet Taraviya (13 votes), answered by David Carlisle (7 votes)

2.35.1.7 Rectanglar cloud shaped node in TikZ

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/329043/rectanglar-cloud-shaped-node-in-tikz

I am trying to make an automatically scaling rectangular cloud shape around a node in TikZ. The first attempt below gives a cloud shaped like an ellipse, but I don't like that. I would like it to be  ...
 

- asked by Jostein Trondal (13 votes), answered by Heiko Oberdiek (11 votes)