5.36.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

5.36.2.1 The \bar and \overline commands

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=22100

I want to represent, say, the closure of a set or the extended reals, e.g., $\bar{\mathbb{R}}$ but unfortunately this creates a bar that is much too small (horizontally) and can barely be seen. On the  ... 
[stacking-symbols]
 

asked by 3Sphere https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=6487 133 votes

answered by Danie Els https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1683 74 votes

5.36.2.2 Nice scientific pictures show off

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=158668

Task 
Show off your best scientific illustration ! 
The main purpose of this question is to share beautiful scientific pictures, preferably with an educational aspect. 
Content 
Your post must  ... 
[diagrams] [3d] [technical-drawing] [fun] [big-list]
 

asked by Thomas https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=42660 498 votes

answered by Charles Staats https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=484 297 votes

5.36.2.3 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 79 votes

answered by Frank Mittelbach https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10109 59 votes

5.36.2.4 How can I get bold math symbols?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=595

To make Latin-letter variables bold I can use e.g. \mathbf{a}, but while putting Greek letters or symbols such as \nabla inside \mathbf doesn't cause any errors or warnings, it also doesn't do  ... 
[fonts] [math-mode] [symbols] [bold]
 

asked by Michael Underwood https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=32 418 votes

answered by Mark Meckes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=206 369 votes

5.36.2.5 How to install "vanilla" TeXLive on Debian or Ubuntu?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=1092

Debian and Ubuntu have very good texlive packaging. But I'd like to use tlmgr to have a more fine-grained control about upgrades and which packages I want to be installed. 
So how do I install  ... 
[packages] [texlive] [installing] [linux] [tlmgr]
 

asked by Dima https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=137 273 votes

answered by frabjous https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=411 75 votes

5.36.2.6 Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible with author-year citations

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=54480

I have a basic tex file and a bibliography which is exported from Mendeley 
However, when I want to cite in the author-year style, I get the error: 
Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible  ... 
[bibtex] [errors] [natbib]
 

asked by grrrbytes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13217 205 votes

answered by Josh Porter https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=15128 117 votes

5.36.2.7 LaTeX Editors/IDEs

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=339

What editors/IDEs are available for easing the process of writing TeX/LaTeX documents? 
Please state some useful features like code completion, spell checking, building final DVI or PDF files, etc. 
... 
[editors] [big-list] [ide]
 

asked by hayalci https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=183 808 votes

answered by YuppieNetworking https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=146 335 votes