The biblatex package offers great flexibility while creating bibliographies. One of the things the package handles beautifully and can be achieved with little effort is the subdivision of a bibliography into multiple parts for per chapter/section bibliographies as well as by type or other patterns. Per chapter/section bibliographies Biblatex implements the refsection environment to … [Read more…]
The default header with fancyhdr for a book (two-sided by default) displays the chapter at the inner side (left odd, right even) and the section title at the outer side (left even, right odd). For long chapter and/or section titles, the two may overlap. There are several possible workarounds to solve this issue. One may … [Read more…]
Sometimes it is hard to keep track of labels, particularly in large documents with many figures, tables or equations. Unless you remember all label names by heart, you will likely scroll up and down till you find the particular position in the text where the label is defined. The showlabels package provides a convenient way … [Read more…]
The font type LaTeX uses in math mode is somewhat special since it is optimized for writing mathematical formulas. Letters are printed in italics, with more space left in-between, spaces are ignored. In certain cases it may be desirable to include “normal text” within an equation. There is a simple way to add “normal text” … [Read more…]
The documentclass options a4paper or letterpaper are certainly not the right choices when creating a set of equations or vector graphics using TiKZ for embedding in another document or standalone usage. Ideally, the output file is automatically set to fit its content, possibly with some whitespace around it. The following post describes two possible ways: … [Read more…]