TeX, LaTeX and Friends

Garbage Collector

2:49 AM

When will ImageMagick be bundled into TeX Live or MikTeX?

Joseph Wright

6:59 AM

@GarbageCollector Probably 'never', in general, as on Linux it will always be best to use the 'native' version

@GarbageCollector It's in MacTeX as an extra

Qrrbrbirlbel

8:22 AM

PGF/TikZ does not provide a good way to add more path operator (like -- or -|) …

Qrrbrbirlbel

8:35 AM

@Qrrbrbirlbel But there’s etoolbox :)

topskip

9:32 AM

@MarcoDaniel @JosephWright - I have started a text at texfragen.de/was_ist_latex3_und_wie_kann_ich_es_benutzen - You can change/extend it if you like

Qrrbrbirlbel

10:29 AM

I’m open for more suggestions:

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A: How to draw a return arrow from node-3 to node-1

The following answer consists of the qrr-tikz-udlr.sty package file, and a sample code with two TikZ pictures. Save the qrr-tikz-udlr.sty file as it is and place it either in your local texmf tree or in the same folder as your main .tex file. The “package” provides the path operators ud, r...

Garbage Collector

10:54 AM

@JosephWright OK. Thank you for responding.

Marco Daniel

12:29 PM

@topskip Great. Where can I register?

Paulo Cereda

I can't believe I'm finally using arara in production. :)

topskip

@MarcoDaniel You don't need to register, just click on "edit" ... at the bottom of the page

Marco Daniel

@topskip Ok. Thanks

Paulo Cereda

I want to edit too! :)

Marco Daniel

@PauloCereda Have fun. -- And the edit requires arara;-)

topskip

12:39 PM

@PauloCereda go ahead: texfragen.de/tex_automatisieren ("how can I automate my TeX run?")

you can write in english, I'll translate it. Not too much, just a short introduction.

Only if you want. No obligation

is the edit button

Paulo Cereda

@topskip I'll try to come up with something. :)

It's so cool to use LaTeX to prepare the documents for the upcoming Holy Week. :)

topskip

@PauloCereda Don't feel obliged to write something. But then again, who else would be better suited to write about arara?

Paulo Cereda

@topskip /me points at @MarcoDaniel and runs.

:)

Garbage Collector

1:04 PM

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Q: How to get toddler to eat eggs?

A long while ago my 2 yr 9 mo old son decided he did not like eggs. He was good enough to taste them (and re-tasted them on a couple later occasions), but he made up his mind he just does not like them. If we even put a little on his plate he'll pick them up and put them on our plate, and remin...

Paulo Cereda

@GarbageCollector ooh a challenge! This would be my plan:

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Garbage Collector

@PauloCereda You should post it as the answer. :D

Paulo Cereda

@GarbageCollector :)

Alan Munn

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Q: ShareLaTeX and biblatex

I'm writing my thesis with my friend but I'm having seriouse problems getting biblatex to work with ShareLaTeX, it aparently has support (regarding to this blog: http://www.clarusft.com/sharelatex/). However, I can't get it to work properly, or at all to be honest. I have included this in the t...

biblatex bibtex biber

"I'm writing my thesis with my friend"?

Paulo Cereda

@AlanMunn hmmmm. :)

topskip

1:20 PM

@AlanMunn I know people who did that (officially)

Alan Munn

@topskip Yes, I do too, although it's not very common I think.

Jake

1:34 PM

@topskip: There are a couple of typos in the Hobbit example on the first page of the FAQ. I'd correct them, but I'm not sure is you have a fixed format for the image of the output that should be adhered to (width of the image, zoom level)?

topskip

@Jake you won't be able to upload it anyway at the moment. Please go ahead and correct them, I'll re-create a new image (thanks btw!)

@Jake darn, I can't see any mistakes. I really should update my english

percusse

@PauloCereda It's all your fault :P

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Q: TeX Lion logos and others

Is there any compilation of TeX Lion (colored or monochrome)? I know the Lion in http://www.ctan.org/lion/. But I have already seen some nice (and colored) logos here, for TeX talks or interviews. It would be nice to have a compilation of them. Moreover, is there any other (La)TeX logos that c...

logos

Paulo Cereda

@percusse Oh no!

David Carlisle

1:51 PM

@PauloCereda You're going to have to admit that you're a Duane Bibby imposter:-)

Paulo Cereda

@DavidCarlisle Exactly, hence my fear. :)

Jake

@topskip I fixed the typos ("adverturers" and "ment")

@topskip: "Feature request" for the FAQ: "next page" / "previous page" buttons

topskip

@Jake thanks again, image updated

@Jake I miss those too, but there is no real "prev" and "next" in a wiki. But I keep this in mind, perhaps there is a plugin for that.

Jake

@topskip Ah, yeah, that makes sense. Hm

Paulo Cereda

3:07 PM

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Q: ShareLaTeX and biblatex

I'm writing my thesis with my friend but I'm having serious problems getting biblatex to work with ShareLaTeX, it apparently has support (according to this blog: http://www.clarusft.com/sharelatex/). However, I can't get it to work properly, or at all to be honest. I have included this in the t...

biblatex bibtex biber

See last comment. Perhaps TL?

HAPPY PI DAY!

Kannappan Sampath

Hello folks!

Garbage Collector

5:10 PM

@Herbert: Why do we have to use \tx@UserCoor in \pnode[A](!\pstDistAB{A}{B} 21 PtoC \tx@UserCoor){D}\psdots(D) and to use \pst@number\psrunit\space div in psarc[origin={A},arcsep=-1](A){!\pstDistAB{A}{B} \pst@number\psrunit\space div}{(D)}{(B)}?

Dominic Michaelis

5:44 PM

hi

Qrrbrbirlbel

@DominicMichaelis Hi.

texenthusiast

6:21 PM

@PauloCereda who will be the next interviewee at tex.blogoverflow.com ?

Garbage Collector

6:31 PM

It is unusual for this room to be rather quite.

texenthusiast

@GarbageCollector shall we make some noise :-)

Garbage Collector

@texenthusiast Please make 90dB noise. :-)

texenthusiast

@GarbageCollector why 90dB any environmental limits ?

Dominic Michaelis

i would like e^pi + pi^e * 5 db noise :D

Garbage Collector

@texenthusiast Traffic on a busy roadway at 10 m produces about 90dB.

texenthusiast

6:38 PM

@GarbageCollector are you by any chance acoustic engineer ? so perfect :)

Garbage Collector

@texenthusiast No. I am a wiki hunter.

texenthusiast

:-)

Garbage Collector

@texenthusiast :-)

texenthusiast

@GarbageCollector did you notice that the chat box window is missing on the main page, is it for me only ?

Garbage Collector

@texenthusiast Show me the screenshot.

texenthusiast

6:54 PM

@GarbageCollector now its back

Garbage Collector

@texenthusiast good

texenthusiast

@egreg are you planning to make an english version of "art of writing in latex" ? it looks awesome for me but i cannot taste it

egreg

7:39 PM

@texenthusiast Not really. But one can never say never.

Karl's students

Justin Bieber

Karl's students

7:54 PM

@texenthusiast It should be translated to English. :D

Qrrbrbirlbel

9:41 PM

Can the following answer be undeleted? The fix is pretty easiy.

tex.stackexchange.com/a/44691

egreg

@Qrrbrbirlbel I voted.

Joseph Wright

@Qrrbrbirlbel Done

Qrrbrbirlbel

@JosephWright @egreg Thanks, that was fast. Can I trust Tom’s profile? Absent since October?

Joseph Wright

@Qrrbrbirlbel Looks right

David Carlisle

9:59 PM

!!/eightball do you know who did draw those lions?

@PauloCereda ^^^^

Peter Grill

@DavidCarlisle: Huh? I had already corrected you "limot" :-) I think you have an issue with refresh on your browser. :-)

David Carlisle

@PeterGrill you removed the o but didn't insert an i :-)

Peter Grill

@DavidCarlisle :-) Damm I knew my spelling was bad, but...

David Carlisle

@PeterGrill My spelling is perfect but I can't type:-)

Peter Grill

@DavidCarlisle :-) :-) I'll have to remember that one..

Happy pie day everybody...

David Carlisle

10:12 PM

@PeterGrill pi :-)

Peter Grill

Saw a good joke today that I had not seen before: 3.14% of all sailors are PIrates.

@DavidCarlisle See I really can't type. :-)

Qrrbrbirlbel

@PeterGrill Only 45 minutes left for UTC+1 …

Peter Grill

@Qrrbrbirlbel Yes, but we all know that the world really works on PST. :-)

Qrrbrbirlbel

@PeterGrill Not the Stackexchange world. ;)

Peter Grill

@Qrrbrbirlbel That's just when the timer resets for rep count purposes. :-)

David Carlisle

10:18 PM

@Qrrbrbirlbel Americans don't understand UTC as they have problems with U generally colour, flavour, ...

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egreg

@PeterGrill It has some advantages: for instance you have very late basketball matches (for people on EST or CST) making for full days during March Madness.

Peter Grill

@egreg :-) Wow, did not know that March madness spread around the world. See the world does revolve around US timezones. :-)

egreg

@PeterGrill When the counter finally restarts increasing after having been steady for many hours. ;-)

Peter Grill

@DavidCarlisle Yeah that is a proublem. :-)

egreg

@PeterGrill I happened to be in the US during March Madness. TV until afted midnight. :) I could choose among three or four matches at any time.

Peter Grill

10:22 PM

@egreg Yeah, I really dislike how much of the news time they spend in the US on sports and weather (normal weather I mean, not hurricanes, etc) related issues.

Karl's students

The SX server responds a bit slowly recently.

egreg

11:10 PM

microtype 2.5 is on TeX Live!

percusse

11:46 PM

I think we can delete this

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Q: How to transfer a documentclass file My Computer using .bat in UBUNTU?

i am planning to transfer my myclass.cls from my flashdrive to my computers My Documents in a more decent way so i want to create a .bat file where when clicked, myclass will be transfered to my documents.