## Top new questions this week:

### special circled frame number in beamer

Is it possible to customize frame number like figure below?

{beamer} {page-numbering}

I presume Drew Neil (of Vimcasts.org fame) used some TeX typesetting engine (XeLaTeX?) to typeset his excellent book, Practical Vim. See a screenshot below. I really like the way his "tip boxes" …

{mdframed} {book-design} {tcolorbox}

### I need to write extra version for blind people without braille

I am writing a small math script and I also need to make version for blind people, but without braille. For example \frac{1}{2} shouldn't be literal fraction, but it should be 1 over 2. Can I override …

{macros} {accessibility}

### Which primitives does LaTeX2e rename/move?

TeX's primitives can be renamed by macro formats/packages: this allows new/altered features or behaviours. Usually this is done such that the originals are still available ('renamed'): certainly …

{latex-project} {primitives}

### Why does PGF/TikZ 3.0 draw my simple layered graph as non-planar by default?

I have two questions: If I’m reading §30.4 “Crossing Minimization” of the PGF/TikZ 3.0 manual correctly, the layered graph drawing algorithm should have crossing minimization enabled by default. So …

{tikz-pgf} {tikz-trees} {graphs} {pgf-3.0.0}

### Force latex to show a square matrix as square

How can i force latex to print out square matrix as a square matrix with equal width and height in math-mode? I also read amsmath documentation, but don't found any useful help on it. For example …

{math-mode} {amsmath} {matrices}

### Which primitives does ConTeXt rename/move?

TeX's primitives can be renamed by macro formats/packages: this allows new/altered features or behaviours. Usually this is done such that the originals are still available ('renamed'): certainly …

{context} {context-mkiv} {primitives} {context-mkii}

## Greatest hits from previous weeks:

### Texmaker (Windows version) - first use - Error: Log file not found!

This is my first time using a LaTeX editor. I installed the Windows version of Texmaker changing the C drive to D and leaving the rest of the install path the same. Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit …

{errors} {texmaker}

### Why can't pdflatex print EPS figures?

The images in my paper are in EPS format. If I execute pdflatex to get a PDF version of my paper, the figures won't appear. I have to typeset using the latex command, and then convert the DVI file to …

{graphics} {pdftex} {eps}

### use footnotesize when it's redefined by some template

I am submitting a paper to a conference proceeding. The proceeding's template redefines \footnotesize to \small as \let\footnotesize\small Is there a way to use the actual footnote size in the …

{fontsize}

### Help creating 3D solids of revolution in pgfplots?

I have done a lot of plotting in 2D using pgfplots but I am new to the 3D portion. I am attempting to illustrate a solid of revolution. For example, I have the area under the curve y = x^2 + 1 on the …

{pgfplots} {3d}