@DavidCarlisle Hmm, I though there is a \declarenewmathfunction similar to \newcommand which does essentially what I have done, i.e. a math function that simply will be replaced by its definition.
While I got some pgf people around, I got another quick question @zeroth has posted this pgf answer.
Inside the `\backgroundpath` declaration, he has the following commented line `% Below are good for debugging purposes.` `%\message{^^JTop : \the\pgf@xa,\the\pgf@ya}`
I tried that in my code (uncommented it, ofc) but I got no printout in the log at all
@ThomasH The first one will simply be sent to the log. The second too, but the editor usually highlights it. So you do not need to scroll through the log.
@ThomasH Well, okay, maybe I really add an answer to your question. Does your shape actually have some text? I could see a text that is above the top (horizontal) line ...
@Qrrbrbirlbel I know :D I don't do crochet, but my girlfriend does, and she prefers the actual graphical patterns over the textual ones. It's amazing how much the text instructions look like programming instructions though, so I got to thinking ...
Doesn't have the T pattern in it, unfortunately, but this site lists all the symbols
Whereas the textual description is usually something like Row 1 (RS): *P2tog then K tog same 2sts (see special abbreviations), rep from * to last stitch, P1. Row 2: Knit. Row 3: P1, *P2tog then K tog same 2 sts, rep from * to end. Row 4: Knit.
NB: These two particular instances are not referring to the same pattern
@Qrrbrbirlbel yep, my girlfriend hasn't come across a pattern yet that includes both, so I'll be depending on her transcribing a pattern for me to do that
@Qrrbrbirlbel expect some more tikz and Latex questions before that happens though :) I got virtually no clue how Latex works under the hood
@ThomasH I probably would define a few more keys, say /crochet/height and /crochet/width. It looks like the double crochet shape is about 1.5 times high as the half double crochet. I wouldn't want to rely on minimal heightand width. But that's maybe just me.
@Qrrbrbirlbel I've been thinking about that and leaning towards it. The minimum height is there because I wanted to keep complexity down as I start off :)
I'm just wondering whether or not it is possible to have LaTeX equations inside my Google doc? At the moment, I'm including images of the equation which isn't really the desired method I would like to choose. For example:
Y[n] = X[n] - 0.95 \cdot X[n - 1] \hspace{.5in} (1)
Whenever I insert th...
@Qrrbrbirlbel any recommendations though on how to structure them? Should I do a general crochet/width or make them all specific to the individual shape (crochet/hdc/width) ?
@ThomasH Well, it depends on how the shapes are related to each others. They reminds me of circuits.
As I said, I would introduce a generic height key and would base the heights of the other shapes on this. If they are in fact related. Or what does the height represent?
@ThomasH It say "forbidden". Try to upload the picture via the upload... button.
@ThomasH Well you can always say \tikzset{/crochet/height/.style={/tikz/minimum height=#1}}or\tikzset{/tikz/minimum height/.append style={/crochet/height=#1}}.
And you have compatibility issues solved if you change your approach midway.
@ThomasH Hehe, yes, I rather answer such interesting question (where the project behind really asks for a package) than to do the things I should do. Though, nobody pays me to compile MWEs. :(
@texenthusiast Maybe it's bad English: No one of all known TeX distributions (BTW we didn’t mention W32TeX at all) does include all stuff you can find on CTAN.