R and LaTeX work very well together. Let me show you how to generate a LaTeX table from a R variable. First, install the xtable package if it’s not already. Next load the package and create the tex-file with the table variable result. For illustration purposes, I create a matrix with random values. Since you … [Read more…]
The subfigure package was replace by the subfig package quite a while ago. I therefore decided to replace my old post on that topic (Placing figures/tables side-by-side with subfigure) with an introduction to the subfig package. The package simplifies the positioning, captioning (I wonder if that’s a word) and labeling of small “sub” figures and … [Read more…]
According to Wikipedia a drop cap or initial is a letter at the beginning of a published or written work, chapter or paragraph that is larger than the rest of the text. I have to admit however that the following initial is not a LaTeX creation, but it nicely illustrates what I am talking about. Note: The … [Read more…]
The longtable package defines an environment that has most of the features of the tabular environment. In addition however, tables may be broken by TeX’s standard page breaking algorithm. Furthermore, it uses the same counter “table” as the table environment and has a \caption{…} command. Finally, “longtables” will be listed in the list of tables … [Read more…]
I found myself using the same TeX distribution for years, without updating it. This is not a problem usually, unless you are asking someone else to look at a particular error or problem and that person is working with another version and therefore may not be able to reproduce your issue. The TeX Live distribution … [Read more…]