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Jun 18, 2013 21:25
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A: Beamer & MetaUML - can't see any diagram

David Carlisle You need to use pdflatex -shell-escape yourfile to allow the mp back end. Also apparently for beamer you need to set the pointsize: \documentclass{beamer} \makeatletter \def\@ptsize{10} \makeatother \usepackage[shellescape,latex]{gmp} \usetheme{Montpellier} \title{Something} \date{\toda...

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Jun 18, 2013 21:25
@JosephWright
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Jun 18, 2013 21:09
@percusse it's a big city compared to the small town that Tex.SE is :)
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Jun 18, 2013 18:19
I see :)
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Jun 18, 2013 18:07
are not that good for navigation :). Though they are neat
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Jun 18, 2013 18:07
sometimes tiny icons in the corner
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Jun 18, 2013 18:05
stackexchange.com/sites?view=list#oldest is the one
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Jun 18, 2013 18:04
no dropdown
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Jun 18, 2013 18:03
we are from Saint Martin @JosephWright ?
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Jun 18, 2013 18:03
so instead
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Jun 18, 2013 18:01
#oldest doesn't work for me alas
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Jun 18, 2013 18:01
@JosephWright huh? Swedish ?
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Jun 18, 2013 17:59
as a comparison
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Jun 18, 2013 17:58
yes, when tex.se started
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Jun 18, 2013 17:57
?
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Jun 18, 2013 17:57
@DavidCarlisle, @JosephWright how many were there (dramatic voice) in the beginning
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Jun 18, 2013 17:55
@JosephWright Why still ?
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Jun 13, 2013 16:14
@cgnieder books are made so they can be put on the shelf and look good
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Jun 13, 2013 16:14
But @Nasser isn't this the case for all packaged goods you might get via apt-get ? It is just quite evident in TeX distros because of the pace of updates - but you would have the very same problem with any other software
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Jun 13, 2013 13:22
some people have their own opinions
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Jun 13, 2013 13:21
what can I say
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Jun 13, 2013 13:21
@egreg I agree, but when I pointed out that books are not double spaced it was put to me that this was to save printing cost (!!) and that one typically would not read a whole book in one go as one would a thesis.
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Jun 13, 2013 13:18
Well, that just seems I am being awkward on purpose :).
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Jun 13, 2013 13:16
:)
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Jun 13, 2013 13:05
but it makes quite a difference for page breaks, float positioning, etc. I guess that's just life !
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Jun 13, 2013 13:05
@egreg probably the best solution, yes
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Jun 13, 2013 13:05
@DavidCarlisle My strategy will probably be to ask if I can submit a properly typeset version after corrections - if the examiners want a 1.5 or 2x copy so be it
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Jun 13, 2013 13:04
at Oxford :)
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Jun 13, 2013 13:04
that describes the situation quite well
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Jun 13, 2013 13:04
there's a song, "Tradition"
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Jun 13, 2013 13:04
@egreg do you know the musical fiddler on the roof
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Jun 13, 2013 13:03
@DavidCarlisle there are pages of rules, and then, at the very end, the clause "or, in the manner of a well presented book"
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Jun 13, 2013 13:01
@DavidCarlisle it's at Oxford, in fact
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Jun 13, 2013 13:01
which I dislike
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Jun 13, 2013 13:01
@egreg he thinks doublespacing looks clearer / better. In addition, the argument that 'well double spacing just looks like a thesis* has been made
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Jun 13, 2013 13:00
it is, indeed, a thesis
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Jun 13, 2013 13:00
the problem is, he thinks it looks better double spaced
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Jun 13, 2013 12:58
Oh, btw @egreg you don't happen to have a good reference I can use to explain the evils of double-spaced text ? I am having a fun time trying to convince my supervisor.
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Jun 13, 2013 12:54
Tex.SE is serious business
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Jun 13, 2013 11:16
Is there a good discussion of the benefits (and drawbacks !) of extra leading (double spacing, one-half spacing) that anyone is aware of ? CMS, some website ? I would like to convince my supervisor of the evils of double spacing, and this would aid in that purpose
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Jun 7, 2013 22:47
Rainer?
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Jun 7, 2013 22:37
@JosephWright et. al. = you, David ...?
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Jun 7, 2013 22:30
LaTeX trivia if you will :)
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Jun 7, 2013 22:30
I mean as far as I know Leslie lamport no longer has much to do with it ?
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Jun 7, 2013 22:29
how different authors took on the lead
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Jun 7, 2013 22:29
also intersting
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Jun 7, 2013 22:29
@JosephWright well that too
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Jun 7, 2013 22:21
Is there a history of LateX development, i.e how it went from v1->2->2e etc. anywhere ? Would be an interesting read
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Jun 7, 2013 22:19
the other memorable answer is on the float algorithm
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Jun 7, 2013 22:17
Do Frank's answers always have this epic scope ?