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Converting \u00a0 (nbsp) to TeX 12 49 (11/10/2011 1:34:14 PM) comp.text.tex Hello, so far, I considered the unicode symbol \u00a0 should be converted to the tilde in TeX. But now I've got a counterexample: \documentclass{article} \begin{document} test:\newline aaa~aaa\newline ~~~~~aa... Oleg

Automatic breaks for header 0 38 (7/29/2011 10:02:46 AM) comp.text.tex Hello, before starting coding, I'd like to survey existing approaches. If you know existing packages, on-going developments or alternative suggestions, please let me know. 1) The problem. I use Head1 to refe... Oleg

compound \def-construction 7 30 (6/9/2011 10:40:00 AM) comp.text.tex Hello, I want to split a \def-construction on parts: \def\mkdefII{\def\foo\bgroup abcd} \def\mkdef{\mkdefII efgh\egroup} \mkdef \show\foo \bye The code does not work: ! Forbidden control sequence found whil... Oleg

TeX engine hangs, is it a bug and where to report it? 15 27 (4/11/2011 12:58:30 PM) comp.text.tex Hello, consider the following wrong LaTeX document: --- \documentclass{minimal} \usepackage[\usepackage[](,) \end{document} --- Let's compile it: $ latex -interaction batchmode test.tex This is pdfTeX, Vers... Oleg

LaTeX knows how to hyphenate, but does not do it 11 378 (10/26/2010 9:54:50 AM) comp.text.tex Hello, whould you please suggest what I'm doing wrong, and what is the correct way to get the word hyphenated: --- test.tex \documentclass{article} \usepackage[german]{babel} \begin{document} \showhy... Oleg

Scheme as a virtual machine? 29 49 (10/11/2010 11:49:15 AM) comp.lang.scheme Hello, I'd like to try the idea that Scheme can be considered as a new portable assembler. We could code something in Scheme and then compile it to PHP or Python or Java or whatever. Any suggestions and point... Oleg

new tables package: cals 0 35 (10/11/2010 11:44:57 AM) comp.text.tex Hello, I hope you would like a new tables package. Comments and suggestions are welcome! http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/cals The package allows the user to typeset multipage tables with repeatable headers and foote... Oleg

Chess libraries? 0 26 (9/7/2010 6:20:02 AM) comp.lang.scheme Hello, I'm looking for a Scheme implementation to represent chess games. No need to play chess, the required functionality is only to track the board and the moves: * Load from PGN * Save as PGN * Make a move... Oleg

endlinechar should affect the messages or not? 3 136 (7/7/2010 10:36:43 AM) comp.text.tex Hello, I expected that the code \endlinechar=`! \error would produce the following message (spaces are replaced by underscore): _Undefined_control_sequence. l.1_\endlinechar=` _\error __________... Oleg

API to generate TeX files, search for related work 12 194 (6/30/2010 9:25:49 AM) comp.text.tex Hello, I'm looking for libraries or approaches how to generate [La]TeX-files. The obvious one is to use print-statements, such as print "\\documentclass{article}" print "\\begin{document}" print "\\sec... Oleg

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TeX engine hangs, is it a bug and where to report it? 15 27 (4/11/2011 12:58:30 PM) comp.text.tex Hello, consider the following wrong LaTeX document: --- \documentclass{minimal} \usepackage[\usepackage[](,) \end{document} --- Let's compile it: $ latex -interaction batchmode test.tex This is pdfTeX, Vers... olepar (113)

siunitx S colums incompatibility with numprint 8 24 (4/15/2011 11:13:31 AM) comp.text.tex Hello, The following fails because n is rewritten before S. The correct place to rewrite S and s is not at first position in \NC@list but after \NC@do* The tabu rewritting process takes care of this but may ... gouailles (1705)

"knowing" LaTeX from a generic publishing aspect 33 44 (8/19/2011 6:12:15 PM) comp.text.tex Dear TeXers, As for "knowing" TeX, LaTeX, etc., I see in the publishing world that things are headed in the direction of Scribe's Well Formed Document Workflow, or home-grown iterations thereof. The idea is ... charlesnospam.schaum (15)

Vertical alignment of table entries 2 43 (9/20/2011 11:12:11 AM) comp.text.tex Is it possible to achieve a table layout like this? +--+--------------------+---+ |1 |A short line | 5| +--+--------------------+---+ |10|A paragraph spanning| | | |multiple lines | 50| +--+----... mail5914 (11)

Converting \u00a0 (nbsp) to TeX 12 49 (11/10/2011 1:34:14 PM) comp.text.tex Hello, so far, I considered the unicode symbol \u00a0 should be converted to the tilde in TeX. But now I've got a counterexample: \documentclass{article} \begin{document} test:\newline aaa~aaa\newline ~~~~~aa... olepar (113)

Compare TeX/LaTeX with FOP? 21 29 (4/24/2012 6:57:28 PM) comp.text.tex I've been trying to find comparisons of TeX/LaTeX with Apache FOP as tools for composing and typesetting document pages. Google turns up very little that seems relevant, and most of that compares DocBook, rat... pfd (29)

Which package allows for tabular data over columns and pages? 11 28 (10/11/2012 3:50:32 PM) comp.text.tex I'm trying to create a price-list, the data does not require much space, I can (in a word processor) fit two columns to a page. The data needs to be in a tabular format and the tables need to flow down one... justin.1210 (11)

undefined \pdf@filesize when using grffile and MacTeX 2009 2 45 (1/28/2010 11:32:55 AM) comp.text.tex Hello, XeLaTeX from MacTeX 2009 can't compile the following document: --- cut here \documentclass{article} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{grffile} \begin{document} Hello, World! \includegraphics{dummy.pdf}... olepar (113)

API to generate TeX files, search for related work 12 194 (6/30/2010 9:25:49 AM) comp.text.tex Hello, I'm looking for libraries or approaches how to generate [La]TeX-files. The obvious one is to use print-statements, such as print "\\documentclass{article}" print "\\begin{document}" print "\\sec... olepar (113)

Scheme as a virtual machine? 29 49 (10/11/2010 11:49:15 AM) comp.lang.scheme Hello, I'd like to try the idea that Scheme can be considered as a new portable assembler. We could code something in Scheme and then compile it to PHP or Python or Java or whatever. Any suggestions and point... olepar (113)