7.39.1 Top new questions this week

7.39.1.1 What is the programming paradigm of TeX language?
7.39.1.2 What tools/advice/methods should I utlize to practice "The TeXbook by Donald Knuth"?
7.39.1.3 Equations including ``tikzpicture``
7.39.1.4 Highlight the different parts of a matrix
7.39.1.5 Why do Latex classes often have font size limitations?
7.39.1.6 Does multiple \AtBeginDocument calls execute code in the appearing order
7.39.1.7 Avoid printing titles for empty bibliography when using BibLaTeX and pgffor
7.39.1.1 What is the programming paradigm of TeX language?

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From a considerable time, I am asking to myself how TeX language is classified. I have looked for some useful information in Internet a couple of times without success (even a tip!). In this list (... 
[tex-core] [programming] [type]
 
asked by Daniel Bandeira https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=202757 26 votes
answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 39 votes
7.39.1.2 What tools/advice/methods should I utlize to practice "The TeXbook by Donald Knuth"?

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The short question is: 
How do I progress with this book? 
What tools should I download? 
A step by step explanation would be deeply appreciated .. 
The experience I had: 
Am a computer science student and ... 
[tex-core] [plain-tex] [learning] [tutorials] [tex-history]
 
asked by TeXNewbie https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=245164 8 votes
answered by jarnosz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=52679 8 votes
7.39.1.3 Equations including ``tikzpicture``

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With the following codes 
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report} 
\usepackage{amsfonts,amsmath,amssymb,graphicx,amsthm,xcolor,tikz} 
\usetikzlibrary{calc,matrix} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{... 
[tikz-pgf] [equations]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 
asked by Student https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=141229 7 votes
answered by TorbjA~,rn T. https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=586 7 votes
7.39.1.4 Highlight the different parts of a matrix

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I want to highlight the different parts of a matrix. I have used this code, but it can not work well. How can I modify it? 
I want to build the following figure: 
I have using the nicematrix in the ... 
[tikz-pgf] [matrices] [nicematrix]
 
asked by Meskaj https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=243665 7 votes
answered by Simon Dispa https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=161015 8 votes
7.39.1.5 Why do Latex classes often have font size limitations?

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I am a new user of Tex and am planning to just forget Latex and write raw Tex documents. One of the major reasons for this is that nearly all the common Latex classes I have seen have seemingly crazy ... 
[fontsize]
 
asked by Tyler Durden https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=75109 6 votes
answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 12 votes
7.39.1.6 Does multiple \AtBeginDocument calls execute code in the appearing order

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Let's say I have these two simple files 
myclass.cls : 
\LoadClass{article} 
\AtBeginDocument{\typeout{IN CLASS}} 
myfile.tex 
\AtBeginDocument{\typeout{BEFORE CLASS}} 
\documentclass{myclass} 
\... 
[documentclass-writing]
 
asked by Bruno BEAUFILS https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13315 6 votes
answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 7 votes
7.39.1.7 Avoid printing titles for empty bibliography when using BibLaTeX and pgffor

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I am using pgffor and biblatex to generate yearly bibliographies with the title of the bibliography set to the year. How do I avoid printing titles for empty bibliographies in the MWE below? 
\... 
[biblatex] [pgffor]
 
asked by Rushi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=110602 6 votes
answered by moewe https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=35864 5 votes