11.61.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

11.61.2.1 Forcing linebreaks in \url

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=3033

This question led to a new package: 
xurl 
I wish to typeset some relatively long URLs in a piece of text, and when I use \url{..}, the resulting text does not respect the margin boundaries that govern ... 
[line-breaking] [urls]
 

asked by Suresh https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=103 Score of 372

answered by Suresh https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=103 Score of 268

11.61.2.2 How do you get \mathbb 1  to work (characteristic function of a set)?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=26637

I am trying to get the digit one printed the \mathbb{} font in math mode, however the command 
\mathbb{1} 
outputs some rubbish. I certainly saw the character I am after in some pdf's generated from ... 
[math-mode] [formatting]
 

asked by Grzenio https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3329 Score of 265

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 291

11.61.2.3 How to prevent LaTeX from hyphenating the entire document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=5036

I can't find where I can remove any kind of hyphenation and just have LaTeX just do a line break. 
edit: 
Honestly speaking I just don't like to read hyphenation anywhere and that's the only reason why ... 
[hyphenation]
 

asked by Splashy https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1713 Score of 266

answered by Joseph Wright https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=73 Score of 225

11.61.2.4 How do I put text over symbols?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=74125

This is difficult for me to explain, but how do I put words over a symbol? For instance, I want to add words over an equal sign. Anyone know the command/syntax for that? 
Also adding ^ doesn't cut it..... 
[syntax]
 

asked by Lemon https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10554 Score of 174

answered by Gonzalo Medina https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3954 Score of 132

11.61.2.5 How to change color for a block of texts?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=17104

I am editing a LaTeX paper with Emacs. Sometimes I want to make a block of texts less obvious (or less important to see). Instead of totally hiding them, they should still be there. Is there an easy ... 
[color]
 

asked by SoftTimur https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5110 Score of 373

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 Score of 452

11.61.2.6 How to write two dot above a letter?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=152951

the two dots above a letter represents two derivative of varible t. 
My method: 
\documentclass[UTF8]{ctexart} 
\usepackage{amsmath} 
\usepackage{amssymb} 
\usepackage{graphicx} 
\usepackage{epstopdf} 
\... 
[math-mode] [accents]
 

asked by mma https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=43727 Score of 155

answered by Cain https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=28428 Score of 210

11.61.2.7 How to add indentation

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=45501

I am writing a thesis report using LaTeX and I need to add indentations because every new paragraph starts from the initial position on the left. 
How do I add indentations? 
[spacing] [indentation]
 

asked by pavani https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9327 Score of 157

answered by Frank Mittelbach https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10109 Score of 107