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TeX is a strange programing language, and it reflects in the manner in which TeX macros are optimized. I find the following macro from core-env.mki(i|v) really ammusing. % handy for mp \def\booleanmodevalue#1% can be \relax {\expandafter\ifx\csname\@mode@#1\endcsname\relax fals% \else\ifnum0\csname\@mode@#1\endcsname=0 fals% \else tru% [...]
This dropped into the UK-TUG inbox earlier today Dear TeXies, programmers, typographers – TeX friends and lovers of fine typography, This is the call for papers and invitation for BachoTeX 2010, the XVIIIth Polish TeX users Group conference. As usual, it will be held at the traditional TeXies’ and GUST meeting place, Bachotek near Brodnica, in the [...]
The version 1.9.9 of the free LaTeX editor Texmaker has been released yesterday.
I’ve been working on siunitx version 2, getting the code to the point where I’d hope it works for most things that the current release does. Over the last couple of weeks I hope I’ve sorted out the table issues which tend to be a problem in version 1, plus “mopped up” a few outstanding [...]
I’ve just sent a draft to TUGBoat for an article about pgfplots. As many readers will know, pgfplots is built on pgf/Tikz, which means that it can be used for both DVI and PDF output, and with plain TeX, LaTeX and ConTeXt. In my draft, I’ve used some real life plots (from a couple of [...]
I was looking something up today, and quite by accident found that Safari Books Online has both the Guide to LaTeX and The LaTeX Companion available. Unfortunately, the subscription costs mean that for individuals the price is far too high, compared to buying the printed versions. However, I also found that my employers (UEA) have [...]
The tikz-3dplot package has officially been born, and submitted to CTAN. Since I can foresee more work on this package in the future, I have decided to create a standalone blog dedicated to its development. From now on, all tikz-3dplot updates will be posted at http://tikz3dplot.wordpress.com/. If you follow this blog for updates of [...]
For some time, I have developed the tikz-3dplot package, a LaTeX package which implements TikZ/PGF to render three-dimensional vector-based graphics in TikZ. Recently, this package was submitted to CTAN, where other LaTeX users can easily access it and learn how to contact me to provide feedback. Up until now, the package development was [...]
I also posted this on my other blog. Last Sunday I went along to Presentation Camp London where I spent the day learning about how to improve my presentation skills. Two particularly useful talks were given by Mike K Smith and Chris Atherton. Giving Technical Presentations When presenting a complex topic, such as your academic research, Mike Smith emphasized [...]
Today Matheplanet.com has celebrated its annual awards for the 8th time. Members of the forum were honored for their contributions during the last year.
The biblatex-biber project provides probably the best way for biblatex users to switch to pure UTF-8 bibliography information. However, getting it to build can cause problems: biblatex-biber is a Perl programme, and needs various downloads from CPAN. I thought it would therefore be useful to put some simple recipes here, explaining what I’ve done to [...]
I get quite a few e-mails asking for help with my packages, and also spot a few questions in various public places (comp.text.tex and The LaTeX Community, mainly). I’m always happy to help where I can, and it always makes my life a bit easier if the question arrives with all the [...]
Some time ago [[2009-11-19 The 3dplot package (en)|I wrote about a very nice 3dplot package]]. A few weeks later I looked into it and saw that it . . .
Ok, I finally submitted my thesis to my committee for review. Hopefully now I’ll have more time to do things I’ve been putting off, like clean up the 3dplot package for release on CTAN.
I’ve had a a few questions about the achemso bundle concerning creating references such as “Figures 1 to 3” automatically. The problem has been that I’ve been using the varioref package to turn \ref{some-fig} in “Figure 1” automatically, rather than having to put Figure~\ref{some-fig}. Unfortunately, varioref does not handle multiple references in an automated fashion. For [...]
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