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Problem with TikZ Decoration 2 21 (3/18/2013 7:58:18 AM) comp.text.tex Dear all, I'm trying to use TikZ decorations to draw some ``parallel'' paths. According to the manual this should be possible by specifying a ``raise'' value. Unfortunately, my solution with a ``lineto'' d... Marc

Share LaTeX 2 25 (2/20/2013 12:24:07 PM) comp.text.tex FYI: https://www.sharelatex.com/ To paraphrase Dijkstra: I've only visited the URL, not read it, not used the software. ... Marc

Win a LaTeX Book 104 52 (12/13/2012 5:49:25 PM) comp.text.tex Dear all, I am organising a lottery and Springer have kindly agreed to donate a copy of ``LaTeX and Friends:'' http://csweb.ucc.ie/~dongen/LAF/LAF.html. Joseph Wright has kindly agreed to act a an ... Marc

LaTeX Film 10 48 (7/12/2012 5:30:45 PM) comp.text.tex Dear all, A short promotional film about LaTeX and Friends may be found at http://youtu.be/s04nZHtI8jg. Regards, Marc van Dongen ... Marc

Tweatking beamer frame environment 0 26 (6/17/2012 6:47:53 AM) comp.text.tex Dear all, On page 56 my beamer manual (V3.07) shows how you can define a user-defined environment called X that relies on beamer's own frame environment. Ideally, I'd like to change the exisiting defini... Marc

Installing TeX Live/MacTeX and Using some Basic IDEs 1 44 (3/6/2012 2:56:15 PM) comp.text.tex Dear all, I've made some notes available on how to install TeX Live on Windows and Unix. The notes for Windows is still being proofread but I don't expect many changes. By the end of next week there should al... Marc

kpathsea and path prefixes 0 49 (2/28/2012 12:40:49 PM) comp.text.tex Dear all, On page 27, the kpathsea manual states: [A search path is a colon-separated list of path elements.] .... To check a particular path element e, Kpathsea first sees if a prebuilt database applies to ... Marc

TeXLive/MacTeX installation, Using TeXWorks/TeXShop, and Using JabRef 13 42 (2/24/2012 10:38:35 PM) comp.text.tex Howsagoin, I hope to finish three chapters about these topics (TeXLive/MacTeX installation, Using TeXWorks/TeXShop, and Using JabRef) soon. The level of target audience is beginner. They are supposed to provi... Marc

Book Announcement (Update) 0 41 (1/29/2012 7:41:06 PM) comp.text.tex Dear all, A small update about my book project "LaTeX and Friends". You may now read parts of the book at http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-642-23816-1#section=1025074&page=1. More details about the ... Marc

LaTeX Presentations 3 58 (1/18/2012 3:20:00 PM) comp.text.tex Dear all, I'm delighted to announce the availability of my LaTeX lecture presentations, which accompany my book "LaTeX and Friends". The presentations may be found at the following URL: http://csweb.ucc.ie/~... Marc

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list of math variables 13 14 (5/4/2013 2:28:23 AM) comp.text.tex I'd like to list some variables, say $abcdefghi$, but the spacing around the f is wider than around all other letters. How can I avoid this? - Dirk ... dschlimm (68)

Tikz arrow tip point towards wrong direction 3 24 (3/31/2013 7:07:40 PM) comp.text.tex Hello everybody, I encountered a strange problem with the following minimal example: \documentclass{memoir} \usepackage{xltxtra} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{figure} \begin{tikzpictu... corff3 (423)

working example for tree 2 24 (3/22/2013 9:57:47 PM) comp.text.tex With qtree I can have 5 branches only. What is the others alternatives to draw a tree with more than 5 branches ? Thanks \documentclass[12pt]{report} \usepackage[paperheight=21.6cm,paperwidth=21.6cm,nomarg... nicolas_laurent545 (19)

TIKZ -- Problems using 'scale' with 'intersections' 5 32 (3/20/2013 9:28:48 AM) comp.text.tex Hi, for a diagram drawn using tikz I'am tying to find the point where a line [ (p0) -- (pI) ] and the perpendicular to this line going through a third point (pU1) intersect. As shown in the MWE below, t... gebhardt (11)

Problem with TikZ Decoration 2 21 (3/18/2013 7:58:18 AM) comp.text.tex Dear all, I'm trying to use TikZ decorations to draw some ``parallel'' paths. According to the manual this should be possible by specifying a ``raise'' value. Unfortunately, my solution with a ``lineto'' d... dongen (455)

a database of namespace prefixes? 24 31 (3/9/2013 8:12:51 AM) comp.text.tex Hi, is there a database of prefixes used in TeX programming by authors? it's easy enough to open up the doc or source of such or such package; for example I see that Heiko Oberdiek uses in bigintcalc \... jfbu1 (141)

textbook for a LaTeX class 14 23 (2/26/2013 2:42:25 PM) comp.text.tex I'm toying with offering a class at my University for complete newcomers to= LaTeX. While I've lots of experience as a LaTeX user, and could fairly eas= ily get people started, its often easier to build cla... evan.cooch1 (52)

Nine parameters 64 35 (1/28/2013 2:29:02 PM) comp.text.tex Hello, Macros be defined with up to 9 parameters. Why not 10 ? Why not #0 ? Have a nice day. ... gouailles (1729)

TUG calendar 22 31 (1/12/2013 8:14:02 PM) comp.text.tex TUG members produced a calendar for 2012 and, if I remember correctly, for some previous years as well. I really hope that there will there be one for 2013. Peter W. ... herries.press (434)

Win a LaTeX Book 104 52 (12/13/2012 5:49:25 PM) comp.text.tex Dear all, I am organising a lottery and Springer have kindly agreed to donate a copy of ``LaTeX and Friends:'' http://csweb.ucc.ie/~dongen/LAF/LAF.html. Joseph Wright has kindly agreed to act a an ... dongen (455)