Questions tagged [scoping]
{scoping} defines the context within which a variable name or other identifier is valid and can be used, or within which a declaration has effect.
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Strange node naming scope issues across two tikzpictures environment?
This post raised from my previous answer, and pascal974's comment: Consider the following two codes: \documentclass[tikz,border=5pt]{standalone} \usetikzlibrary{positioning} \begin{document} \...
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Scoping \coordinate in tikz
According to https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/459499/319072, you can use the key name prefix = <str> to achieve a form of quasi-scoping for setting a coordinate in tikz. I am after true scoping ...
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Problem with defining tikz node labels
When I try to use the defined node labels, I get a compilation error, for example with \draw (n1:5)--(n0:5); \documentclass[tikz]{standalone} \usetikzlibrary{chains, automata} \tikzset{ drBinT/...
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Error when using `\DTLdisplaydb` to display a custom database created inside a `tabular` environment
I am working with the datatool package in LaTeX to create and display a custom database. I define a new database (DBnew), add a column to it, and populate it with values calculated from another ...
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How to properly align a scope and a node?
I am using two different approaches to draw similar looking blocks. Using first approach, I draw first block (top row) made of rectangular nodes inside a scope and name it as group 1. Similarly, ...
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How to clip a rectangle on a QR Code with TikZ?
I'd like to clip a rectangle at the center of a QR Code, however it can't satisfy my request. The first one clips reversed, then I switch the order of node and clip commands, the second one couldn't ...
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How can I join these three figures in a single document?
I have problems when using scope in circuitikz. \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{circuitikz} \usepackage{siunitx} %Inicio Preambulo \ctikzset{% monopoles/vcc/arrow={Triangle[...
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PGF/TikZ Object-Oriented Programming Scope Issue
I'm experimenting with the PGF/TikZ Object-Oriented Programming functionality and have encountered what appears to be a scoping issue that I do not understand. I have provided a minimum example of the ...
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How to set up a sequence of clips in TiKZ with a loop?
Here's the simplest file I can think of which demonstrates my problem: I simply want to draw two circles, half filled: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} ...
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Automatic scope detection and red box drawing
In the following tikz code, there are three sets of graphs, each enclosed within its own scope environment. I'm looking to enclose the middle graph with a rectangular box. While I can achieve this ...
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Restore the state (global/local variables) at a previous time
I made a package that caches stuff (robust-externalize) and my goal now is to compile automatically many images into a single document to save the loading time of the preamble during the first ...
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TikZ - accurate colors with shifting in scope environments while using transparency group and opacity
Is it possible to display identical images accurately without color change when the options [transparency group] and [opacity] are used and the images are stacked on top of each other while shifted ...
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Variables set within tables and reused later in the document
I am writing a document that involves a table of information for many sections, something like: \textbf{Details:} \begin{table}[H] \begin{center} \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{|X|c|c|c|c|c|} ...
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Is it a scoping problem?
I try to display a fancy rating scale in pdf forms with the hyperref package. After half a day of investigation, trying and errors, I finaly got something. I use some redefinition of documented and ...
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Force horizontal line between two scopes
I have two scopes and I want to draw an arrow from one to the other. I want the red arrow to be horizontal and not oblique as it is now. It is oblique because the node n is "lower" than ...
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