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A challenge with \xr - for my six-volume free physics textbook 3 32 (8/30/2009 8:42:14 PM) comp.text.tex I have a command \seepage{someref} that prints "Page \pageref {someref}". Now I use, in my 6th volume \externaldocument{volume1} \externaldocument{volume2} /externaldocument{volume3} \externaldocument{volume4}... Christoph

Tricky Latex macro problem for my free physics textbook - spurious blank 6 30 (8/27/2009 5:09:47 PM) comp.text.tex I am working on the next version of my free physics text ( www.motionmountain.net ), and I still have one latex problem. It is quite tricky, as it is due to one or two complex macros that I did not write myself... Christoph

Hyperref issue in my 1600 page text 9 32 (1/11/2009 10:06:03 AM) comp.text.tex A few readers have complained about a problem with the new version of my free physics text. There are many internal links in the pdf (see http://www.motionmountain.net ) which lead the reader from a "challenge... Christoph

Bad behaviour of \url - really bad 12 32 (12/27/2008 4:00:57 PM) comp.text.tex In my free physics text, I have 900 url links to the internet. ( See the new version on www.motionmountain.net ) A reader just discovered a strange behaviour in my new version: If I use \url{www.somesite.com} ... Christoph

Help with startcontents and stopcontents (titlesec and titletoc) 3 34 (12/11/2008 8:13:04 AM) comp.text.tex For my free 1500 page physics text I have a latex problem. It consist of 6 parts, (part1, part2 etc.) each with its own table of contents. I organized this in the following way: \startcontent[part1] \include{F... Christoph

Help with parsing \rightmark (for my free physics textbook) 2 30 (11/19/2008 4:22:49 PM) comp.text.tex For the next version of my free Motion Mountain Physics Textbook I have problems with the index. As can be seen on the pdf downloadable from the site ( http://www.motionmountain.net ), my index has a large lett... Christoph

Trouble with movie15, films in pdf, and Acrobat Distiller 3 46 (10/23/2008 3:15:31 PM) comp.text.pdf For the next version of my free 1500 page physics text ( download at www.motionmountain.net ) I have big problems. I need to use Acrobat Distiller, but I do not get embedded movies to work. Distiller does not f... Christoph

Cmap or psfrag? 2 55 (12/1/2007 6:58:34 PM) comp.text.tex In Latex, especially if one likes fonts, one needs to use psfrag, pstricks, and raw postscript, as I do on my motion mountain text. This requires the dvips route. But if a long document, such as the 1500 pages... Christoph

Figure numbers and refs differ by one 7 32 (11/15/2007 5:15:13 PM) comp.text.tex Despite processing with latex 5 times in a row, figure numbers and references differ by 1 in my motion mountain pdf (see website www.motionmountain.net ). No error or "rerun latex" comment from the log file. E... Christoph

Animations inside pdf, movie15.sty, and pdf viewers - which films can you see? 14 265 (11/14/2007 9:00:35 AM) comp.text.pdf I have conflicting data on how easy it is to see animations in pdfs. My free physics text (beta test version from http://www.motionmountain.net ) has the following films (all included with movie15.sty via late... Christoph

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Help - too many packages write too many files in motionmountain 11 37 (11/1/2007 11:39:23 AM) comp.text.tex I have a persistent problem with the new version of my free physics textbook. It now has over 1400 pages and uses over latex 60 packages. The result is that during typesetting, latex opens up too many files to ... chri_schiller (136)

Help with a macro for typesetting names in bibliographies that does not work properly 6 37 (11/8/2007 5:39:46 PM) comp.text.tex Some time ago Will Robertson (I think) wrote a great macro. It does two things: (1) It typeset names in smallcaps for bibliographies, by inserting \, and ~ in proper places. (Any number of initials, abbreviat... chri_schiller (136)

Help with a macro that tries to get the first letter of an index page 2 28 (11/12/2007 4:32:22 PM) comp.text.tex I have a macro problem: how do I get the first letter of an index page? (If you want to see why, have a look at the index that is part of my free physics text at www.motionmountain.net - the first letter is re... chri_schiller (136)

Figure numbers and refs differ by one 7 32 (11/15/2007 5:15:13 PM) comp.text.tex Despite processing with latex 5 times in a row, figure numbers and references differ by 1 in my motion mountain pdf (see website www.motionmountain.net ). No error or "rerun latex" comment from the log file. E... chri_schiller (136)

movie15, Distiller, and Motion Mountain 11 234 (9/15/2008 6:08:22 PM) comp.text.pdf Dear all, I'd like to typeset the new version of my free physics textbook again. (See http://www.motionmountain.net ) But I have a problem that is tough. As before, I use movie15.sty to embed films. This wor... Christoph

Help with parsing \rightmark (for my free physics textbook) 2 30 (11/19/2008 4:22:49 PM) comp.text.tex For the next version of my free Motion Mountain Physics Textbook I have problems with the index. As can be seen on the pdf downloadable from the site ( http://www.motionmountain.net ), my index has a large lett... chri_schiller (136)

Help with startcontents and stopcontents (titlesec and titletoc) 3 34 (12/11/2008 8:13:04 AM) comp.text.tex For my free 1500 page physics text I have a latex problem. It consist of 6 parts, (part1, part2 etc.) each with its own table of contents. I organized this in the following way: \startcontent[part1] \include{F... chri_schiller (136)

Bad behaviour of \url - really bad 12 32 (12/27/2008 4:00:57 PM) comp.text.tex In my free physics text, I have 900 url links to the internet. ( See the new version on www.motionmountain.net ) A reader just discovered a strange behaviour in my new version: If I use \url{www.somesite.com} ... chri_schiller (136)

Hyperref issue in my 1600 page text 9 32 (1/11/2009 10:06:03 AM) comp.text.tex A few readers have complained about a problem with the new version of my free physics text. There are many internal links in the pdf (see http://www.motionmountain.net ) which lead the reader from a "challenge... chri_schiller (136)

Tricky Latex macro problem for my free physics textbook - spurious blank 6 30 (8/27/2009 5:09:47 PM) comp.text.tex I am working on the next version of my free physics text ( www.motionmountain.net ), and I still have one latex problem. It is quite tricky, as it is due to one or two complex macros that I did not write myself... chri_schiller (136)