12.8.1 Top new questions this week

12.8.1.1 Wrapping a circle on a torus

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I have used the sample code from latexdraw that draws a torus. I am trying to draw a filled circle and a dashed circle where they should be wrap around the torus instead of being drawn uniformly at z=... 
[tikz-pgf] [3d]
 

asked by M. Al Jumaily https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=167081 Score of 12

answered by nidarfp https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=406312 Score of 15

12.8.1.2 In 2026, what kind of plot requirement is suitable with `l3draw`(such as "arrow")?

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I want to mimic the following figure with l3draw, the \draw_transform_matrix:nnnn feature to apply transformation matrix. 
Here below is my attempt: 
\documentclass[border=5pt]{standalone} 
\usepackage{... 
[l3draw]
 

asked by Explorer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=322482 Score of 9

answered by Joseph Wright https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=73 Score of 8

12.8.1.3 Calculate values a^\200\213of standard normal distribution table as macro

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I calc values of the Standard normal table (with 5-digit accuracy). 
So I wrote a calculation with numerica.sty (using approximate values a^\200\213a^\200\213of the error function). 
This works so far; 
if I put in a ... 
[calculations] [xint] [numerica]
 

asked by cis https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=46023 Score of 9

answered by user691586 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=293669 Score of 8

12.8.1.4 Drawing a pulley system

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I need to draw a pulley system as in the figure. How can I do that? 
Specific information about the figure: 
A block of mass Mo is on a horizontal surface and attached by a string to a hanging block, ... 
[tikz-pgf] [physics]
 

asked by Fatai Bakare https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=432941 Score of 8

answered by Thruston https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=15036 Score of 15

12.8.1.5 The choice between pdflatex and xelatex, and the use of newcomputermodern

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Let me provide some background for my question: I am compiling a latex project, which involves a main tex file and more than 100 other tex files with no figures (except for a few simple diagrams) or ... 
[pdftex] [xetex] [compiling] [newcomputermodern]
 

asked by Ho Man-Ho https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=123714 Score of 8

answered by Max Chernoff https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=270600 Score of 9

12.8.1.6 How to add fermata symbol to metre package?

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I am using the package metre. It has the environment \metra{} used for typesetting latin (and greek) metre notation. This environment has almost all the special characters I need, except one: I need a ... 
[symbols] [metre]
 

asked by rensemil https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=187559 Score of 7

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12.8.1.7 Too much space after prime

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When I write M'(t) or H''(t) to denote derivatives, I get an unpleasantly large space 
between the "prime" symbol and the parenthesis. I'm wondering if I perhaps have a corrupted font. Or do ... 
[math-mode] [spacing] [kerning]
 

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answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 Score of 6