@MartinSchröder We could ask @barbara, or, I think @Kaveh1000 is writing something for UK-TUG (I don't know exactly, I'm not a member) --- maybe it could be reposted here, if he agreed?

@PauloCereda You don't have the problem I have then? That recent kernels boot fine but refuse to output anything to the monitor?

@PauloCereda one for you: tug.org/pipermail/texhax/2016-March/022226.html

@DavidCarlisle Do you think @PauloCereda can use it for his thesis? He has to finish it, you know.

@egreg yes it did occur to me that since he has hardly started his thesis, there is still time to switch formatter.

@cfr Really? You mean, your screen is blank?

@DavidCarlisle Oh I wll take a look later on. :)

@egreg :)

@DavidCarlisle Format is settled. :)

I am scared with the babel/polyglossia thread.

@PauloCereda Basta escrever em Inglês, e você estará OK

@PauloCereda Which one?

@UlrikeFischer The one in the [luatex] list.

@DavidCarlisle Patos têm medo de conflitos idiomáticos. :)

@PauloCereda French woman aged 91 gets PhD after 30 years

@PauloCereda Os patos são para comer e não para argumentos técnicos.

@PauloCereda Yes. Any kernel later than the 4.3.* series. The 4.4.* all quit outputting to the screen once loaded (just after the grub menu). Otherwise, they seem to work well although my testing has obviously been somewhat minimal ;).

@AlanMunn ooh

@DavidCarlisle OH MY

@cfr Oh laptop or computer?

@PauloCereda "“It took a bit of time to write because I took breaks played with TeX”

@AlanMunn :)

Microsoft support: You need to use Edge in order to proceed your registration.

@PauloCereda I just discovered that in order to open old Word documents I need a Microsoft subscription version of Office.

@AlanMunn Oh my!

@AlanMunn Really?

@AlanMunn dnf install libreoffice

@PauloCereda Computer. Using DVD-D out with an integrated intel chip. I'm not the only one, though nobody seems to be taking all that much notice of the bug reports ;). I can't figure out if it is Fedora specific or not. (I tried searching and could only find the bug I'd filed and the follow-up me-toos. Oh, and a closed duplicate. ie all Fedora. But that doesn't mean much.)

@cfr Is it the kernel really or perhaps something related to Xorg?

@PauloCereda Works fine with 4.3.5. Problem kicks in long before we get to X.org. I'm using LVM over LUKS. I can't see the password prompt. That is graphical on Fedora, but I don't think it is Xorg. The root volume isn't even decrypted at that point - it only has what's in the minimal /boot partition.

@JosephWright Yep. I was looking for an old handout of mine from a talk I gave in (eek) 1994, so the document was likely a Word 5 doc. I get this message that says that it can't open the file but need to use the online subscription service. (I didn't look further into it.)

@cfr Oh some kernel parameters then.

@PauloCereda I think kernel something, yes.

@cfr Oh.

Sometimes I wish people reviewing would look at existing comments before adding a stock comment. Latest example: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/9442/…

@TorbjørnT. well, all the comments make sense, to an extent: The 2nd one adds a link to our "follow up FAQ", and the other two are automatically generated. I personally delete the autocomments if they're redundant, but it's an extra action (and also, quite complicated, given how the review system works)

@AlanMunn did you give OO a chance? :)

@yo' Can't you choose when doing a review to not add a comment? Or am I just confused? (Naturally, if the last two have are "mandatory" after a review, then I wont complain.)

@TorbjørnT. well, if you choose a reason, the comment is added automatically. So you can either: (1) not choose a reason (you don't want to teach that to people), or (2) come back and remove the comment (which is a burden)

@yo' Then my memory didn't serve me right, sorry about that.

@TorbjørnT. things may have changes, I haven't completed a review for ages :)

Disgrace! why isn't tlmgr install included here?

@DavidCarlisle LOL

@yo' -- but you can look at the comments that are already there, and if (and only if) the one you would have chosen is already there, then you can click on the "no comment needed" option. (not a real hard decision ...)

@barbarabeeton I'm afraid I lost you now...

@yo' -- when i review an answer, and click on the "delete" option, the first choice is "no comment needed". i usually choose that if comments already posted explain the reason. (the options are different for questions, if memory serves.)

@barbarabeeton Yeah, I know what you mean now, thanks

Proofs back on paper I submitted in LaTeX: faster than normal :-) Have to read over later to see what's got messed up (looks OK so far)

TUGboat has arrived!

@PauloCereda -- that's 36:3? (still editing 37:1.) golly, that took a long time!

@barbarabeeton 36:3 indeed. :)

hi i've cloned this project : github.com/vermiculus/smppaper when I open a file from `sections

in emacs i can use reftex

@PauloCereda -- thanks for the "data point". i'll pass it along.

But when I add a file to sections and then try using reftext it says that theres no bibtex option?

i get the error : byte-code: No valid bibliography in this document, and no default available

should i make a question on this? i wasn't sure if it was obvious

I've heard some Italians were unlucky today... @egreg @PauloCereda

question here : tex.stackexchange.com/questions/299578/…

@baxx I suspect it's more of an emacs question than a tex one for this site (although @PauloCereda may be able to help)

@DavidCarlisle yeah i was a bit confused tbh i suspected it was more latex tho for some reason

confused me because it works for files that are already in the project but not if i add a file to it :/

should i cross post to emacs exchange or is that stack blasphemy?