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Should I use the past tense with did? URL line breaks with biblatex How do I allow long URLs to have line breaks at any point. This is in the bibliography not the main text. I am trying to save space so don't want extra spaces to be added to make it only break at slashes, for example, as it does by default.  I am using biblatex+biber. Of Half-elven and mortal life When half-elvens choose mortal life, how would their bodies behave?  Half-elven are always elves by nature. Ever since they're born, their physical body and behaviour would be elvish - they have keen senses, they don't get physically weary, no illness, and so on.  Half-elvens are then offered a choice - Immortal elvish lives or mortal fate of men. When they choose the latter, like Elros and Arwen did, what would happen to their elvish nature? Would they lose it? I don't think they would lose their pointy ears, but what about the other elvish features that I mentioned before?  Are there any canonical references? Different results for integration using Mathematica and MATLAB etoolbox and tabularx -- problem with `appto` I'm trying to print worksheets. I have already implemented an automatic numbering for subtasks. I use tabularx for my subtasks (see the MWE below).  Yesterday, I tried to define a new macro called \task that has one optional argument which is the amount of points you can obtain for this particular question. I would like these optional arguments to be gathered with etoolbox's \appto command so that I can print them with my \credits command.  So far, this seems to be ind of struggling as tabularx is working on the tables several times. Every time tabularx calculates the width of X columns the points are appended to \credits which leads to an incorrect list of points.  Is there any way I can solve this problem? I'm currently stucked with this issue.  Plus, I don't know why my \task command does work. Why is the counter subtask not affected by tabularx's several trials?  \documentclass{scrartcl}  \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}  \usepackage{etoolbox} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{ltablex} \usepackage{xifthen}  \def\credits{} \newcounter{subtask} \setcounter{subtask}{1} \renewcommand{\thesubtask}{\alph{subtask})} \newcommand{\task}[1][]{%     \ifthenelse{\isempty{#1}}{%         \thesubtask%         \stepcounter{subtask}%     }{%         \thesubtask%         \gappto\credits{(#1)}%         \stepcounter{subtask}%     }% }  \begin{document} \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}[l]{l@{\hspace*{1ex}}X}     \task[1]    &amp;   TEXT1\\     \task       &amp;   TEXT2\\     \task[3]    &amp;   TEXT3 \end{tabularx} \credits \end{document}       The solution given by David Carlisle below causes a table that is too wide. How can this be undone?  \documentclass{scrartcl}  \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}  \usepackage[a6paper, showframe=true]{geometry}  \usepackage{etoolbox} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{ltablex} \usepackage{xifthen}  \def\credits{} \newcounter{subtask} \setcounter{subtask}{1} \renewcommand{\thesubtask}{\alph{subtask})} \makeatletter \newcommand{\task}[1][]{%     \ifx\hfuzz\@tempdima% %   % tabularx trial do nothing     \else%         \ifthenelse{\isempty{#1}}{%             \thesubtask%             \stepcounter{subtask}%         }{%             \thesubtask%                 \gappto\credits{(#1 BE)\\}%             \stepcounter{subtask}%         }%     \fi } \makeatother   \begin{document}  \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}[l]{l@{\hspace*{1ex}}X}     \task[1]    &amp;   Some longer text that exceedes the line width.\\     \task[4]    &amp;   TEXT2\\     \task[3]    &amp;   TEXT3 \end{tabularx} \credits  \end{document} I've taken up self-study of math. (How smart can that be?) I've just about finished a course in real analysis which spent a lot of time on metric spaces and some time revisiting calculus.  I was thinking of trying abstract algebra. I would appreciate any book recommendations.  Thanks in advance.  Andrew Linear Discriminant Analysis for $p=1$ Serializing anonymous delegates in C# What are the antonyms of "append" and "prepend"? How to derive addition of velocities without the Lorentz transformation? Lorentz contraction and time dilatation can be deduced without Lorentz transformation. Can you deduce also the theorem of    $$w~=~\dfrac{u+v}{1+uv/c^2}$$   without Lorentz transformation? Using just the constancy of light speed. I want to prove, that $GL(n,K)$ is open in $M(n,K)$, where ($K=\{\mathbb{R},\mathbb{C},\mathbb{H}\}$.  For the prove I don't want to use that the determinant is continous. Alternativly I assume a submultiplicative norm.  First step: Define $U_A:=\{B\in M(n,K):\Vert A-B\Vert&lt;\frac{1}{\Vert A^{-1}\Vert}\}$ and show that it is a neighbourhod of $A$ in $M(n,K)$.  Second step: I show that the series $\sum_{k\ge0}(1-A^{-1}B)^kA^{-1}$ converges absolutely and the limit is inverse to $B$.  For the second step I should use the Neumann series, right? But I have some problems with the first step. Any help? Sharing Test code in Maven How can you depend on test code from another module in Maven?    Example, I have 2 modules:   Base Main   I would like a test case in Main to extend a base test class in Base.  Is this possible?  Update: Found an , which involves creating a test jar. Is there any way to keep the URLs in the same form they are saved within the .bib files when using biblatex-chicago with Biber? For instance, the entry  @misc{RussianEmpire.1855,  author = {Russian Empire},  year = {1855},  title = {Treaty of Shimoda},  url = {https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Симодский_договор_с_Японией_(1855)}, }   results in the following output:    While there certain are benefits to converting the link itself, this sort of output in the footnote makes it both ugly and difficult to re-enter the link when reading a printed copy. How would one proceed about to receive the output along the lines of ""?  Minimal working example:  %!TEX program = xelatex \documentclass{article}  \usepackage{fontspec} \usepackage[russian,british]{babel} \newfontfamily\russianfont[Script=Cyrillic]{CMU Serif}  \usepackage[CJK, Cyrillics]{ucharclasses} \setTransitionsForCyrillics{\russianfont}{} \usepackage{csquotes} \usepackage[labeldate,backend=biber]{biblatex-chicago} \addbibresource{bibliography.bib} \usepackage[unicode,hidelinks]{hyperref}  \begin{filecontents}{bibliography.bib} @misc{RussianEmpire.1855,  author = {Russian Empire},  year = {1855},  title = {Treaty of Shimoda},  url = {https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Симодский_договор_с_Японией_(1855)}, } \end{filecontents}  \begin{document}  Cyrillics support test: Тест\\  \cite{RussianEmpire.1855}  \end{document}   Output: Proving the two given vectors are orthogonal I am given the vectors $\mathbf{w}, \mathbf{v}, \mathbf{u}$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ such that $\mathbf{u} \neq 0$ and $\mathbf{w} = \mathbf{v} - \frac{\mathbf{u}\,\bullet\,\mathbf{v}}{\|\mathbf{u}\|^2}\bullet\mathbf{u}$. I am asked to show that the vector $\mathbf{w}$ is orthogonal to $\mathbf{u}$.     So far, I have written out the definition of orthogonal: two vectors are orthogonal if and only if their dot product is zero.   So what we need to prove is $\mathbf{w}\bullet\mathbf{u} = 0$ where $\mathbf{w}\bullet\mathbf{u}$ is defined as $\mathbf{w}^T\bullet\mathbf{u}$.   However, I have been stuck on this problem for about an hour and haven't made any significant progress from here. How do we go about proving that the vectors are orthogonal? Why is the node editor showing different kinds of nodes? How long can I store a food in the pantry, refrigerator, or freezer? Can I use my iPhone as a "remote" for my iPad? create a .deb Package from scripts or binaries I searched for a simple way to create .deb Packages for things which have no source code to compile (configs, shellscripts, proprietary software). This was quite a problem because most of the package tutorials are assuming you have a source tarball you want to compile. Then I've found  short tutorial (german).  Afterwards, I created a small script to create a simple repository. Like this:  rm /export/my-repository/repository/* cd /home/tdeutsch/deb-pkg for i in $(ls | grep my); do dpkg -b ./$i /export/my-repository/repository/$i.deb; done cd /export/avanon-repository/repository gpg --armor --export "My Package Signing Key" &gt; PublicKey apt-ftparchive packages ./ | gzip &gt; Packages.gz apt-ftparchive packages ./ &gt; Packages apt-ftparchive release ./ &gt; /tmp/Release.tmp; mv /tmp/Release.tmp Release gpg --output Release.gpg -ba Release   I added the key to the apt keyring and included the source like this:  deb http://my.default.com/my-repository/ ./   It looks like the repo itself is working well (I ran into some problems, to fix them I needed to add the Packages twice and make the temp-file workaround for the Release file). I also put some downloaded .deb into the repo, it looks like they are also working without problems. But my self created packages didn't... Wenn i do sudo apt-get update, they are causing errors like this:  E: Problem parsing dependency Depends E: Error occurred while processing my-printerconf (NewVersion2) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/my.default.com_my-repository_._Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.   Has anyone an idea what I did wrong?  UPDATE 2012-03-06: Just a a hint for another person who is searching for a easy way to create DEBs: Take a look at . Getting text from the Resource file in asp.net 4 In Revenge of the Sith, we learn that Anakin's final seduction to the Dark Side occurs because of his obsession with power and especially his obsession with the power to cheat death to save Padme.       PALPATINE: Only through me can you achieve a power greater than any Jedi. Learn to know the dark side of the Force, Anakin, and you will be able to save your wife from certain death.   (Note, save your wife from certain death, not resurrect)  This obsession is motivated by Anakin's repeated visions of Padme's death during childbirth.   Also, we have     PALPATINE: To cheat death is a power only one has achieved, but if we work together, I know we can discover the secret.   Yet when Padme confronts Anakin on Mustafar, and then Luke and Leia are born, they are full term or close to it.   So how did Anakin think this would help?   Did he expect to figure out this power with Sidious in a matter of days or weeks?