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How can i go to a new designed Form in C#? [migrated]
im new in C# and also in this website ;)
I have a form and there is a NexT BUtton in it,i want to go to another form by clicking the Next Buttun,,,and i want to have some objects like text box or ...
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How to print the permutation of {s,u,v,a,t} with LaTeX?
I want to use LaTeX to print the permutation of a set {s,u,v,a,t}. The output looks like the following.
suvat
suvta
suavt
suatv
...
There are 120 rows in total that must be generated on the fly.
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How to throw an error and abort the compilation for the following scenario? [duplicate]
Objectives:
I want to throw exceptions (or error messages) when the following illegal code is invoked.
\const[c,any]{temp}{\f[\i]}
\const[others]{temp}{\f[\i]}
Minimal Working Example:
I cannot ...
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How to parse optional arguments without keyval?
The current implementation only supports rounding with the specified digits in the optional arguments.
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{multido}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\usepackage[nomessages]{fp}
% ...
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What causes this error? [closed]
After seeing Herbert's answer, apparently this problem should not occur if I realized the first row of the following code should be \documentclass{beamer}. Problems often come from not knowing what I ...
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How to implement a constant declarating macro to behave differently in preamble and pspicture?
The example below is extremely trivial just to illustrate the problem in the simplest way.
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[nomessages]{fp}
% constants declarator
\def\LoadConstants{}% to load ...
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Structure arrays, files in C [closed]
I'm having some issues with the output of this program.
The logic seems to be okay, but whenever I compile/run it I get an (11db) in the output section (I use Xcode).
It says "build succeeded" ...
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How to make the following recursive macro work?
For positive values less than 3 the following MWE works.
\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}
\SpecialCoor
\psset{showpoints=true}
\def\Triangle#1{%
\ifnum#1=1\relax
...
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Can't generate a tikz matrix, using expl3
Suppose, I want to generate a matrix of nodes:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{expl3}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\matrix
[
row ...
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How to use a macro inside \tl_set:Nx
This code works:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{expl3}
\usepackage{color}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}
\begin{document}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\tl_new:N \_text
\tl_set:Nn \text {1}
\tl_set:Nx \text ...
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How to generate a table of trigonometric functions that can be broken across pages?
Consider the following screenshot.
The features I want to have are:
I can shrink the page size and the table is allowed to break across pages.
The background of odd rows must be different from ...
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Compare two comma separated lists
Hi I would like to compare two comma separated lists.
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{comment}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{xargs}
\usepackage{xkeyval}
\usepackage{xfor}
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How to use data structures in TikZ?
I created a foreach statement, using expl3 and TikZ/pgf:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\setlength{\parindent}{0cm}
\usepackage{expl3}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\cs_new:Npn \Counter #1 \Stopper { ...
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How to use \toks with \foreach
I would like to use \foreach to replace the next code :
\def\x{0}
\edef\y{\x}
\xdef\z{(b\y)}
\def\x{1}
\edef\y{\x}
\xdef\w{\z(b\y)}
\def\x{2}
\edef\y{\x}
\xdef\z{\w(b\y)}
...
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Bad interaction between fontspec and some lua code that performs string-related search and replace operations
I'm in the process of readying a LuaLaTeX package for "official" release to the CTAN, but I need to squash a few remaining bugs first. The bug described in this question concerns incorrect behavior of ...
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Using \toks registers
I was reading this tutorial for TeX programming:
http://pgfplots.sourceforge.net/TeX-programming-notes.pdf
recommended in the 2-nd answer here: Where do I start LaTeX programming?
It says:
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Loading latex from tex
I decided venture into the very basics of the world of TeX and LaTeX. I have been playing around with tex, pdftex and latex and after paying close attention to the binaries and not being able to ...
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Optimizing tikz code for less redundancies
I don't use tikz very often. When I do, I'm usually pretty happy with the result (and with how useful that manual is). But I always think the code I produced to get there could be optimized, as in the ...
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Is it possible to make LaTeX read the sectioning in reverse direction?
I want to make a note (for internal use only) while I am reading a book. For the sake of convenience, I want to put a note about the current topic I am reading on the first page of the PDF output to ...
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How to select all occurrences of a specified word in a string and append another word to each of them?
When using infix-RPN package, we can use \infixtoRPN to convert infix expression to RPN expression. The output of the conversion can be retrieved by invoking \RPN.
\infixtoRPN{cos(x)+sin(x)}, for ...
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LaTeX3: How to get reliable control over the level of expansion?
Say you want to write LaTeX3 code that manages user data. Sometimes you want to process that data, but other times you just want to store it, move it around and return it unchanged (when developing a ...
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Gobbling an argument if it starts with #
My problem comes from pandoc and markdown, but it is not directly related with these tools, but instead with "customizing" the resulting pdf via some tex macro programming, so I think it is on topic.
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Toggle visibility of solutions in LaTeX output for exams
So I have my own layout for my exams based on scrartcl and to prevent anomalies during some changes I want to have only one file per exam which holds both questions/excercises and solutions. Yet I ...
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How can I store variables in lists and make use of them?
This question is clearly related to How can I store variables and iterate over them?.
I'm sorry to ask such a close one, but I really don't understand the answer in plain TeX by David Carlisle.
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What language is TeX implemented in?
I read on Wikipedia that the first version of TeX was written in SAIL. However, does anyone know what language later versions (i.e the current one) are implemented in?
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When to use or avoid grouping?
For writing my own TeX code, grouping (\begingroup, \endgroup) helps on automatically saving and restoring TeX "variables".
(La)TeX "variables" are either macros or registers. The registers can
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Macro Improvements
I am looking to simplify and improve on the code below:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{test.txt}
a an and the this by on of
\end{filecontents}
...
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Defining a dimension with or without @
If I am writing a TeX package (as one can find such on CTAN), there are following approaches to define a new dimension length that should be changeable by a user of that package.
Approach A: Define ...
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How to make the last word in a sequence the first?
I am looking for a macro that would take a string (better to say -- a sequence of words) and output the last word at the fist place before remaning part of the sequence. I want to put this macro into ...
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Writing simple LaTeX workspace [closed]
I have this project in which I need to write something like a workspace for LaTeX.
Basically I need to make split window. In one you would write the TeX code and in the other you would see the live ...
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How do I get my comma back (C++ lstlisting section) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Comma inside \texttt{} does’nt show up
I've been writing code in my book and just noticed that the comma has gone. I've been moving between machines so I don't know if ...
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Get number of elements in enumerate
Suppose, I have the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
We have totally 7 columns, describing the user:
\begin{enumerate}
\item ID --- users.name
\item Forename --- ...
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modifying PrintDescribeMacro of doc.sty
I would like to redefine the command PrintDescribeMacroof doc.sty
in order to create a label that I can link to using hyperref.
However whenever I add a label to the command I get an error
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Programming with pgf arrays : how to create an array?
I am trying to do some automatic drawing in tikz. The point is I want to be able to provide the minimal quantity of information to my macro, and still have it work.
More precisely (but without ...
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How to write an environment wrapping document environment
I'm working on wrapping up some patterns used in my research group for creating posters. Since we're using beamer and beamerposter to make these, all documents go essentially like this:
...
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querying whether a font feature has been activated via a fontspec command
A LaTeX package I'm currently writing makes use of -- and definitely requires -- some of the power of LuaLaTeX. I would like to make my package's user interface -- in particular, the options that need ...
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Redefining macro with arguments in a macro with arguments [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the meaning of double pound symbol (##1) in an argument?
In the following code, I would like to build one macro \caseWord with two arguments corresponding to ...
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1answer
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Automatic results table for a problem set
I have problem sets with multiple problems where each problem gives a different number of points. Some are bonus points, some are regular points. I'd like to show a table with each problem and the ...
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What makes TeX so easy to write? [closed]
I have tried various different markup/markdown languages and have found myself coming back to TeX for the ease of typing. I have always wondered what are the features which make TeX such an ...
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How to make global a color list definition with \@namedef done inside a foreach loop
Motivation
As stated in the title, I'm trying to define a command able, from a list of colors as input, to create a list in which colors are numbered. This, manually, has been done in Arrows ...
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\rand inside \forloop creates identical values
I try to create a table with random entries... By browsing the random tag, I found some help on random number generators and I tried using lcg.
Surprisingly I seem to create the same random number ...
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votes
1answer
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Code for reading Metafont definitions
I need some C code to generate Bezier curves from Metafont source code.
Ideally, I'd like to have a C/C++ function with the following specifications:
Input: an array of text strings (the lines in the ...
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Can I use an easy programming language with XeTeX?
TeX is frustrating me. It has only the basics - and even then, I have to search how to divide two numbers.
The question is this: can I write my macros in more convenient language like Ruby or Lisp?
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make command undefined [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to undo a \def (i.e., Need a \undef capability)
In my template I test for chapter defined to prevent that code section only valid for a chapter class are executed. ...
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Choice keys and exception handling
Recently, I switched a self-written "bundle package" from using xkeyval to keyreader. One reason for this, beside the backward compatibility, was that the definition of keys is more convenient in ...
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Good beginner's guide to LaTeX programming [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where do I start LaTeX programming?
After a year of using LaTeX I've become fairly comfortable with troubleshooting common errors. As my confidence with LaTeX increases, ...
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1answer
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datatool repeat row
I intend to create a document where parts of the text are read from the entries of a .csv file using the package datatool (version 2012/09/25 v2.11., updated manually under debian).
Everything works ...
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Dual form in bibtex style file
I'm writing a thesis in my language that, apart from singular and plural forms, has the dual form. I'm using bibtex and I'm having problems with translating the .bst style properly to support the dual ...
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How many different concepts of “token equivalence” are there in TeX?
I was living in the delusion that the "token equality" tested by \ifx was the only thing you need to remember about this subject, but this week I learned otherwise (thanks to David Carlisle).
Now ...
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Package providing fully expandable conditionals
Is there a package providing a collection of fully expandable conditionals like this one:
\newcommand\myif@num[1]
{\ifnum#1\expandafter\@firstoftwo\else\expandafter\@secondoftwo\fi}
Background: ...
