3.32.1 Top new questions this week

3.32.1.1 Why should you avoid using (complex) templates?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/390683/why-should-you-avoid-using-complex-templates

This question is intended to be something reference-like to point users of complex templates they do not fully understand to. 
After having read What is a template? it should be clear what a template  ...
 

- asked by TeXnician (41 votes), answered by Keks Dose (14 votes)

3.32.1.2 How to create pdf from Linux man pages so that style is presereved?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/390724/how-to-create-pdf-from-linux-man-pages-so-that-style-is-presereved

I want to make a pdf book on Linux manual pages for C functions using LaTeX. 
For example man malloc looks as bellow - 
I want this type of style in my pdf book. Specific color is not mandatory,  ...
 

- asked by Banda Muhammad Al Helal (15 votes), answered by ShreevatsaR (34 votes)

3.32.1.3 Math symbol at end of sentence adds space -> How to avoid?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/390913/math-symbol-at-end-of-sentence-adds-space-how-to-avoid

When I am using a math symbol at the end of a sentence, LaTeX is adding a space before the period. An example would be: 
I start a sentence, which I will end with an symbol like $\Omega_{W}$. 
Start  ...
 

- asked by JA~\[Currency]ger (9 votes), answered by egreg (20 votes)

3.32.1.4 How to avoid final vertical glue for boxes with very tiny font sizes

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/391328/how-to-avoid-final-vertical-glue-for-boxes-with-very-tiny-font-sizes

I want to scale a boxed text with very tiny font sizes. 
The problem is, that on a certain scale the box gets some final vertical glue. If the text is put into a savebox, the problem starts when the  ...
 

- asked by Thomas F. Sturm (8 votes), answered by Ulrike Fischer (4 votes)

3.32.1.5 Using a parameter reference as the optional argument of a macro

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/390824/using-a-parameter-reference-as-the-optional-argument-of-a-macro

I'm currently trying to get index entries to be automatically shown in italic in the text, i.e. instead of \textit{Term}\index{Term}, I want to be able to use \index{Term}, which should render the  ...
 

- asked by PixelMaster (8 votes), answered by egreg (7 votes)

3.32.1.6 pst-vehicle: How to attach any object to the truck?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/391205/pst-vehicle-how-to-attach-any-object-to-the-truck

I want to attach a weight vector pointing downward to body of the truck. When I move the truck, the weight vector must also be automatically moved. 
I don't know how to attach it because \pstVehicle  ...
 

- asked by Artificial Stupidity (7 votes), answered by Herbert (6 votes)

3.32.1.7 How do I "debug" LaTeX errors?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/390710/how-do-i-debug-latex-errors

Consider: 
\documentclass[oneside,12pt]{article} 
\usepackage{tabulary} 
\usepackage{booktabs} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{table} 
\center 
\begin{tabulary}{22cm}{L C} 
\toprule 
...
 

- asked by fuuman (7 votes), answered by David Carlisle (6 votes)