\url{...} produces a rather wide monospace font. It often does not fit into text width.  If I wish to make \url{...} another font (such as maybe the same font as the text font), how to do it?
When typesetting URLs in LaTeX using the url package, they are set in a mono space font by default. While I just accepted that as a fact for a long time, I am now starting to wonder why?  In Browsers, for example, the URL in the address bar is also not monospace. It does not make the link more readable, in my opinion rather on the contrary. The only explanation I can come up with is that it sets the link apart from the remeaining text. But honestly, even that sometimes looks a bit obstrusive.  So is the reasons really just to set links apart from the text?
I have been thinking of getting a flash to improve my low light photography (particularly indoors). However, there seem to be a number of different models available at similar price points (budget of INR 8,000-12,000 ~$150-250). What features and functionality should I look for to choose a suitable flash?  I'm using a Canon 550D with the 18-55mm IS &amp; 55-250mm IS lenses. Metz seems to be one of the brands easily available in India (beside the OEM flashes). Currently, I am considering the Metz 36 AF-5, 44 AF-1 and 50 AF-1, which seem to be considerably cheaper than their Canon counterparts. I have a list of integers, List&lt;Integer&gt; and I'd like to convert all the integer objects into Strings, thus finishing up with a new List&lt;String&gt;.  Naturally, I could create a new List&lt;String&gt; and loop through the list calling String.valueOf() for each integer, but I was wondering if there was a better (read: more automatic) way of doing it? User suggested great corrective edit to my answer, but the edit was rejected. What can I do to approve it? Why isn't $\lim \limits_{x\to\infty}\left(1+\frac{1}{x}\right)^{x}$ equal to $1$? Is there a word to describe words that can be spelled different ways? Is there a word in English to describe words that can be spelled more than one way?  For example:   colour and color favourite and favorite   However, this shouldn't be limited to words spelled differently in different dialects, though I'm not sure what other case there would be. Is any particular punctuation necessary when a quotation is the subject of a sentence? For example, in the sentence below, should there be a comma after export? Or anything else?     "Laughter is America's most important export" is a well-known quote of Walt Disney's. How can I install apt packages non-interactively? I have my Git repository which, at the root, has two sub directories:  /finisht /static   When this was in , /finisht was checked out in one place, while /static was checked out elsewhere, like so:  svn co svn+ssh://admin@domain.com/home/admin/repos/finisht/static static   Is there a way to do this with Git? How do I say what is the current UTC in eastern zone Example 1) Let's say I have some random creature with protection from white, and my opponent plays , a white card with the effect "Destroy all creatures." Can my creature with protection from white be destroyed by a white card that isn't actually targeting it specifically?  Example 2) I was playing a match with a friend where I had  on the field against his 3 zombies. Is he able to declare his zombies as blockers even though Elite Inquisitor has "protection" from zombies?  If he can declare them as blockers, does protection mean that no damage is dealt by the zombies to  Elite Inquisitor? I would say $\infty - \infty=0$ because even though $\infty$ is an undetermined number, $\infty = \infty$. So $\infty-\infty=0$. Relationship between complex number and vectors What is the relation  between complex numbers and vectors?  I have read in some places "a complex number a 2-dimensional vector".  One can easily observe that $i\cdot i=-1$ in complex multiplication like the cross product of vectors.    Is  vector only the generalisation of complex number to n dimensions?   Is there any fundamental difference between those two? How to get a function name as a string? In Python, how do I get a function name as a string, without calling the function?  def my_function():     pass  print get_function_name_as_string(my_function) # my_function is not in quotes   should output "my_function".  Is such function available in Python? If not, any ideas on how to implement get_function_name_as_string, in Python? Problem with literate and breaklines=true in listings package As the title says, the option breaklines=true seems to have an undesired interaction when using literate; in the following example the closing parenthesis doesn't get colorized   \documentclass{article} \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage{listings}  \lstset{   literate=     {)}{{\textcolor{red}{)}}}{1}     {(}{{\textcolor{red}{(}}}{1},   breaklines=true, }  \begin{document}  \begin{lstlisting} () \end{lstlisting}  \end{document}     Commenting out the breaklines=true option produces the desired result. What is producing this odd behaviour and how can it be prevented? Can "but also" be split in "not only ... but also"? I think I generally agree with the statement  When using not only . . . but also in a sentence, parallelism should be the goal. It means that the words following both parts of this correlative conjunction (i.e., not only and but also) should belong to the same parts of speech.   However, the Cambridge dictionary has an example that is not 100% parallel in my eyes, as &quot;but also&quot; is split:  Not only did she forget my birthday, but she also didn’t even apologise for forgetting it.   What I would expect, with maximum parallelism, is  Not only did she forget my birthday, but also she didn’t even apologise for forgetting it.  Is my expectation wrong? Is my formulation acceptable? This question is the flip-side of the commonly asked food temperature safety concerns. I'd like to know, if a meat-based soup stock (chicken/pork/beef/etc) were to be held constantly at a safe hot temperature of 165F/73C-180F/82C, how long could it stay at this temperature and still be considered safe to eat?  Obviously, it would reduce over time, but suppose it's reconstituted with water regularly so that it could continue being held... Is there ANY sort of time limit (even completely unreasonable spans like, months, years, etc)? How to make a char string from a C macro's value? For example, how to avoid writing the 'func_name' twice?  #ifndef TEST_FUN #  define TEST_FUN func_name #  define TEST_FUN_NAME "func_name" #endif   I'd like to follow the  rule.  Version of C preprocessor:  $ cpp --version cpp (GCC) 4.1.2 20070626 (Red Hat 4.1.2-14) How to break out of multiple loops? Given the following code (that doesn't work):  while True:     #snip: print out current state     while True:         ok = get_input("Is this ok? (y/n)")         if ok.lower() == "y": break 2 #this doesn't work :(         if ok.lower() == "n": break     #do more processing with menus and stuff   Is there a way to make this work? Or do I have do one check to break out of the input loop, then another, more limited, check in the outside loop to break out all together if the user is satisfied? How to get Maven to run war:exploded but not war:war I have a Maven pom that uses &lt;packaging&gt;war&lt;/packaging&gt;.  But actually, I don't want build the war-file, I just want all the dependent jars collected and a full deployment directory created.  So I'm running the war:exploded goal to generate the deploy directory:  &lt;plugin&gt;     &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.maven.plugins&lt;/groupId&gt;     &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-war-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;     &lt;executions&gt;         &lt;execution&gt;             &lt;phase&gt;package&lt;/phase&gt;             &lt;configuration&gt;                 &lt;webappDirectory&gt;target/${env}/deploy&lt;/webappDirectory&gt;                 &lt;archiveClasses&gt;true&lt;/archiveClasses&gt;             &lt;/configuration&gt;             &lt;goals&gt;                 &lt;goal&gt;exploded&lt;/goal&gt;             &lt;/goals&gt;         &lt;/execution&gt;     &lt;/executions&gt; &lt;/plugin&gt;   The trouble is, the war file still gets built.  Is there a simple way of having &lt;packaging&gt;war&lt;/packaging&gt; execute the war:exploded goal instead of the war:war goal?  Or is there another simple way to do this? Is it possible to upgrade a BGA 1224 CPU? I want to upgrade the CPU of my T430s laptop from i7-3520M to i7-3632QM. I'm sure i7-3632QM is supported (same socket (BGA1224), same TDP (35W) and microcode found in BIOS (306A9.PAT)).  So my question is: 1) is it possible to de-solder the current CPU without damaging it, and to solder the new CPU without damaging it and the motherboard ? 2) if so, what tools are necessary? who can do that at a reasonnable cost?  Until now, I was unable to find anyone able (or willing) to do that (I'm located in France, and I have tried a local fablab, electronics shops, TV repair shops, ...). Any hint would be appreciated.