Posts Tagged ‘display’

Rotating images in LaTeX

Posted: 19th March 2010 by Tim in LaTeX
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Sometimes you want to display an image sideways if, for example, it’s wider than it is tall. Or sometimes you just want to show images at funny angles. Each to their own. In LaTeX, you can add parameters to the \includegraphics call (See this post on LaTeX figures to see how to add the images). [...]

SHOW SCHEMAS in PostgreSQL

Posted: 18th February 2010 by Tim in PostgreSQL
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If you’re looking for a command to give you a list of schemas in PostgreSQL, much like MySQL’s SHOW SCHEMAS command, then \dn is what you’re looking for. ie: \dn List of schemas Name               | Owner ——————-+——— information_schema | postgres pg_catalog         | postgres person             | tim …

Large brackets in LaTeX math equations

Posted: 23rd August 2009 by Tim in LaTeX
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There are times when you need to print large brackets in equations, such as around fractions and such. Simply type \left( and \right) instead of the normal brackets. For example: \displaystyle\sum_{k=1}^\infty \left(\frac{16}{5}\right)^k would be displayed as follows: