LaTeX useful tools and sniplets

GIT

Now it is very easy to connect GIT to Overleaf. Do not use Github, it requires extra step for sync.

username: git

If you connect GIT then you have next mayor advantage using PyCharm + Github Copilot or Cursor IDE to write text 3x faster using AI

Just push to GIT to see chankes

Tables

1. Markdown tables

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\usepackage[pipeTables=true]{markdown}
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\begin{table}[H]
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\caption{Critical $N$ values}
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\centering
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\begin{markdown}
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| Product | Price  |
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|---------|--------|
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| Apple   | 1.00 € |
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| Banana  | 0.50 € |
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| Cherry  | 2.00 € |
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\end{markdown}
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\end{table}

2. CSV table

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\usepackage{csvsimple-l3}
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\begin{table}[H]
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\caption{Critical $N$ values}
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\centering
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\csvautotabular{./tables/mdqn-results.csv}
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\end{table}
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\csvreader[
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  head to column names,
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  tabular=|l|c|,
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  table head=\hline\bfseries Person & \bfseries Matr.~No.\\\hline
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]{grade.csv}{}{
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  \givenname\ \name & \matriculation
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}

csvautotabular formatting https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/292512/csvsimple-csvautotabular-and-csvautobooktabular-with-centered-columns-content

3. Full formating tables using Excel to LaTeX plugin. Then store this in separate tex file

Excel export tables with style to latex macros (add-ins) https://ctan.org/pkg/excel2latex?lang=en

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   Lock position of table in specific paragraph using [H] - hold modifier. Can do same also for images / figures

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   \begin{table}[H]
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     \centering
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     \caption{Add caption}
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     \Tiny % make text small if necessary
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   Split tables over multiple pages and turn landscape pages if necessary

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   \usepackage{longtable}
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   \usepackage{tabularx}
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   \usepackage{lscape}
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   \end{landscape}
   

    

Figures

Enforce location of Table or Figue Approximately here

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\begin{figure}[h]

Enforce location of Table or Figue Absolutely here

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\begin{figure}[H]

Section without numbering - Bibliography, Appendix

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\section*{Your section title}

Comments

Todo notes

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\usepackage[colorinlistoftodos]{todonotes}
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\todo[inline,red]{comment}
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\todo[inline,lime]{comment}

Text

Indent size (atkāpe no paragrāfa)

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\setlength\parindent{1cm}

Garās domu zīmes

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--- => –

Turn page landscape

\begin{landscape}

References

Never copy references from ARXIV, use https://www.semanticscholar.org/ copy bibtex

Tool for references: https://www.zotero.org

Together with https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-better-bibtex/releases

References ar custom text

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\usepackage{hyperref}
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\hyperref[sec:paper_3]{Appendix C}

https://leesjohn.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/using-custom-text-when-using-ref-in-latex/comment-page-1/

Charts

Draw charts directly in LaTeX

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\usepackage{tikz}
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\begin{tikzpicture}
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\draw[thick, ->] (-5,0) -- (5,0) node[anchor=north west] {x};
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\draw[thick, ->] (0,-2) -- (0,5) node[anchor=south east] {y};
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\draw[red] (-4,-1) -- (2,3);
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\draw[black] (-3,0) node[above]{$x_0$};
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\draw[black] (0,2) node[above right]{$y_0$};
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\draw[black] (2,3) node[below right]{$y = f(x)$}
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\end{tikzpicture}

SVG

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\usepackage{graphicx}
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\begin{figure}[h]
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  \centering
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  \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{diagram.svg}
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  \caption{Example Mermaid Diagram}
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  \label{fig:mermaid-diagram}
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\end{figure}

Equations

Tool for latex equtions understanding: https://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html