Questions tagged [patching]
{patching} is for questions about patching the definition of macros.
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How to patch (redefine) the standalone's \subpreamble command?
I'd like to patch (redefine) the standalone's \subpreamble command but my attempts seem to fail. Here's an MCE that I expect to fail to compile because of the \aaa command, but it doesn't:
\begin{...
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Applying a Little Artificial Intelligence to a Patched Titlecaps Algorithm
This question is based on @StevenB.Segletes' patch for titlecaps found here: Reformatting a Paragraph Consisting Entirely of Capital Letters
Consider the code:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\...
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How to patch command to work differently in math mode?
I am using starfont to get astronomical symbols in my document. Unfortunately, the package defines the symbols for text mode only. From this answer, I was able to declare math versions of the symbols ...
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Frankenstein’s Conscience conflicting with tabular environment? How to patch?
I'm using compsci and friends for a LaTeX course. But the following MWE
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{compsci}
\begin{document}
Well, the following works: ``\cs\_''
% but there's an extra ...
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Patching \cref and \Cref to write additional information to the .aux file
I need to patch the macros \cref and \Cref so that when used like this:
\cref{label1,label2,label3}
besides generating the normal layout in the document, they write something like this to the .aux (...
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Command to renew other commands
Is it possible to create a command which takes the name of a command c as an argument and redefines c (e.g. via renewcommand) in terms of itself but adds some new functionality?
In short, can we ...
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How to patch the \totalpoints command correctly without error on first compilation
My goal is to have half points that are printed with a comma as a decimal symbol (e.g. 2,5 points). Thus, I use a workaround and multiply all points with 10 and use the patchmd command from etoolbox ...
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How to use `patchcmd` with a code containing `{`?
I have a macro with a long hbox, and I'd like to integrate a simple tikz box by adding a line of code in front of its {. However, I'm facing challenges due to the inclusion of curly braces in that ...
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Adjust font size with \patchcmd{\normalsize} not working with TL 2022
I used to slightly adjust my font size with \patchcmd{\normalsize}. Consider this code:
\documentclass[11pt]{memoir}
\usepackage{etoolbox,lipsum}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\normalsize}{\@xipt}{{30pt}}{}...
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Overfull hbox in patched use of algorithm2e environment
I am using the algorithms environment from algorithm2e in a modified way with reduced width (following the solution here), see the MWE below.
This generates an overfull box that I'd like to get rid of....
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Different linebreaks for chapter title on the chapter title page and in the Notes subheading (memoir)
I would like to specify my own line breaks for a chapter title in three places:
on the chapter title page (ie first page of the chapter),
in the corresponding subheading in the Notes chapter (ie for \...
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Which way to alter commands is more robust/sustainable
I have a general question. If I'm writing a .cls file (or a package file, as well), what's the best way to edit standard commands like \section which are defined by the used standard class or latex....
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How to transport code, not material, with a float?
My MWE:
\documentclass[twoside]{book}%
\usepackage{graphicx}%
\usepackage{tikzducks}%
\usepackage{lipsum}%
\usepackage{color}%
\begin{document}
\color{red}
\begin{figure}
\...
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Collect information to render later
I am not sure I am using the right terms for describing what I want to do, so the title may be off.
I want to be able to use a custom command like for example \PersonalData{Name}{Some Name} but not ...
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How to patch samepage for svmono?
Continuing Why doesn't \samepage set \predisplaypenalty (to \@M or any other value)? , let's say we wish to patch LaTeX's
\DeclareRobustCommand\samepage{\interlinepenalty\@M
\postdisplaypenalty\...
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How make, that every page with section start have an empty style
There is some problem, that I can't understand.
I want, that each page with start section has empty style
\appto\section{\thispagestyle{empty}}
I get an error
! Argument of \thispagestyle has an ...
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Contents of sidewaysfigure env is out of page with TRT pagedir
With this example (lualatex with TRT pagedir) the image does not appear. how to solve the issue?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[demo]{rotating}
\pagedir TRT \bodydir TRT
\...
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A hook to add support for thmtool's notefont in ntheorem
I want to use ntheorem extended with thmtools. In the documentation of the latter, I read:
notefont (Value: TEX code). Executed just before the note in the head is typeset, inside a group. Intended ...
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How to replace the second match of a string of token using \patchcmd?
I will first raise a general question and then try to describe what I actually want to achieve.
General question: How to patch the match other than the first one using \patchcmd
The logic of the ...
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Patch no longer finding search pattern for hyperref command despite previously working, unsure how to update it
Some time ago I used user Werner's solution provided here:
https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/582389
in one of my own documents. Specifically, the goal was to make the part number and the part title in ...
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Reliable way to patch a chapter in scrreport and article
I need to run a command after each chapter, so I need to patch chapters. If I do:
\documentclass{scrreport} %% Works with memoir but not with scrreport
\NewDocumentCommand\MyAddLabel{}{\label{mylabel}...
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Patching a math command using regexpatch
I want to allow my inline math to break lines after \sim, which I'm using a lot. To this end, I've tried:
\usepackage{regexpatch}
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\xapptocmd{\sim}{\allowbreak}{SUCCESS}{FAIL}
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$X \sim N(0, 1)$
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Changing the Default Vertical Page Position for a group of New Chapters with Patchcmd Command
I am using the patchcmd command in the preamble to specify a vertical position default for where new (unnumbered) chapters should begin on the page:
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\@makeschapterhead}{\vspace*...
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hyperref and \addcontentsline's patch in expl3 block
I want to patch \addcontentsline command for changing \thepage to \thechapter--\thepage. However I found that things went wrong when I used expl block:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
% \...
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How can I patch `minted` to use `soul`s higlighting
I'd like to highlight code with a gray background like StackExchange does.
I know that I can set bgcolor in minted to put a solid background color on inline code.
However, this makes minted use ...
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How to execute certain code at the beginning of every theorem?
I would like to inject certain code at the beginning of the environment theorem, defined with amsthm's \newtheorem.
In my case, the code I wish to add is {\itemize\item[]\null\enditemize}\smallskip, ...
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Wrapping a command (parametrically) - csname woes
I would like to "wrap" an existing command with another command.
For example, suppose that there is one command
\cmda
I would like that each time this is called we end up executing:
\...
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Automate row color overlays in tabular beamer
The following code in the MWE below makes the last (current) row shown on the respective slide overlayed in green:
\begin{tabular}{cc}
\cellcolor<+>{green} A & B \\
\cellcolor<+...
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Why doesn't this \xpathcmd work inside expl3 scope?
Consider the following example, the same \xpatchcmd works outside ExplSyntax, but doesn't work inside. Why is this happening?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{regexpatch}
\begin{document}
\def\...
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How to use \csname inside \xpatchcmd?
Consider the following example, what is the correct way to use \csname and \endcsname inside \xpatchcmd?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{regexpatch}
\begin{document}
\def\foo{foo}
\def\bar{with ...
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How to patch a macro with options inside another macro with options?
In order to place the hyperlinks at the right place, I would like to patch a few format macros produced by cleveref. For example, \cref@theorem@format is defined as:
macro:#1#2#3->#2\cref@theorem@...
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Patch section command fails
I'd like to patch the section command to add at the end a simple \label in a way that is as generic as possible (I don't want to assume the number of arguments of the section command for instance, so ...
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\usetagform incompatible with microtype?
It seems that \usetagform in mathtools package is incompatible with microtype package as can be seen in the following MWE:
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\...
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Auto detect blank page and add something [duplicate]
i have a beamer
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{xpatch}
\makeatletter
%\patchcmd\what{}{}{}{} ?
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\frame{\frametitle{First}
Something.
}
\frame{\frametitle{Second}
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bidi package fail with recent version of multicol
I have this simple example of multicol in RTL document with bidi package. Version of multicol package in my TL2021 is 1.9b result after compilation with xelatex is incorrect
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Remove extra space around single-spaced equations within a double-spaced document
I would like to use single-spaced equations with equation numbers in a double-spaced document. I found a solution to this problem: Single-spaced equations in double-spaced documents, but this solution ...
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Patch command by adding new (optional) arguments (and turn `newcommand` into `NewDocumentCommand`)
In a package, I'd like to customize an existing macro by adding an optional argument to control the size of an image. However, I've no idea how to patch a command to add arguments. Ideally I'd love to ...
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Patching \captionof fails
I would like to execute this or that command depending on whether \captionof is used for a figure or a table.
So I patch \captionof with etoolbox to see if the float type parameter is of type table or ...
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Unable to patch "\caption" if the package caption is loaded
I was inspired by this question to make the chapter names appear in the list of figures.
This solution works very well if the caption package is not loaded. However, if this one (or subcaption) is ...
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How does one keep a constant indentation for multiline items in tablenotes of a threeparttable?
Here an illustrative MWE:
\documentclass[fontsize=11pt]{article}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage[flushleft]{threeparttable}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\blindtext
\begin{table}
\...
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Patching \usepackage / \RequirePackage
I want to implement automatic benchmarking for the packages I load (some of which are my own). Right now my preamble takes 15 seconds to load, much longer than the rest of my document seems to take to ...
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After \patchcmd \thispagestyle{empty} sets the word "plain" in upper left corner on parts page in scrbook
I'd like to have a background image on every parts page in scrbook. Found this solution: How can I give each chapter page its own background image in scrbook? by @crf
The linked solution would set ...
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Keeping default optional argument when adding to command
TeX FAQ's "Patching existing commands" gives a method to add to existing commands that have an optional argument:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{letltxmacro}
\newcommand{\rough}[2][\...
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Redefining Commands: Safety and Best Practices
There's plenty of questions on this site about redefining specific commands, but I couldn't find a more general, comprehensive question about the safety and best practices of redefining commands in ...
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patchcmd with if condtion
I've had the problem, that I needed a prefix in my list of figures/tables, but fortunately I found this solution. I work with the fancyhdr package, so I need the tocloft package with the title option....
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Is there a convenient hook to patch all of the AMS display math environments?
If I want to patch all of the amsmath display math environments to be wrapped in another environment (like for equation in this answer to adjust the line width), is there a convenient way to patch all ...
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How to use a different fontfamily for italic text
I want my document to change from CMR to Garamond when using italic typeface, and automatically go back when not using italic. Preferably would this happen when I just issue the \textit{} command. Is ...
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Exercise package : use a non-indented list environment for
I use the exercise package for typesetting exercises and questions. I would like to avoid the classical indentation of the questions (due to the using of a list environment, but I'm not able to set ...
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Problem with patching babel package
I am trying to use babel and biblatex package together but I am getting following error:
! Package biblatex Error: Patching 'babel' package failed.
This is my code example:
\documentclass[12pt,...
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Definitive way to pre- and append code, or patch commands?
Consider the following example: we have a command \mycmd, defined in some pacakge as:
\DeclareRobustCommand{\mycmd}{%
<original source code>
}
we want to patch this command, in the sense ...
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