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First beta of LyX 2.0 released
The first beta release of LyX 2.0.0 has been published today. New features are A new debugging pane showing the progress of compilation, debugging messages and output of external programs An instant preview inset based on the preview package Spell-checking … Continue reading
ConTeXt Mark IV support in MiKTeX
The recently released version 2.9 of MiKTeX, which is the first MiKTeX release with LuaTeX integration, now supports ConTeXt Mark IV, as Christian Schenk announced.
TeX Live 2010 and MacTeX 2010 released
TeX Live 2010 is available now. Some changes in 2010, like announced in this blog post: pdfLaTeX automatically converts EPS files for inclusion, as already been planned but dismissed for the previous release The execution of a some external commands … Continue reading
MiKTeX 2.9 Beta erschienen
Die Beta-Version von MiKTeX 2.9 ist erschienen, sie läuft mit Windows 7, Vista, XP (ab SP 3), Server 2003 und 2008 (ab SP 2). Zum ersten Mal ist LuaTeX integriert und es wurden einige Software-Pakete aktualisiert. Für mehr Informationen siehe … Continue reading
MiKTeX 2.9 Beta released
The beta version of MiKTeX 2.9 has been released. Windows 7, Vista, XP (at least SP 3), Server 2003 and 2008 (at least SP 2) are supported, Windows 2000 no longer. LuaTeX has been integrated for the first time and … Continue reading
Trees in TikZ
Peter Smit asked on TeX.SX: How to make a three level deep tree with TikZ? I am busy making a full binary tree of three levels deep. The code I am having now is (using the trees library): \begin{tikzpicture} \node … Continue reading
LaTeX3 news
Issue 4 of the LaTeX3 news has been published today.
Manually installing a package on MiKTeX (Windows)
Mbmcavoy asked on TeX.SX: How can I manually install a package on MiKTeX (Windows)? I’m using MiKTeX on Windows. My employer’s locked-down network blocks the application’s automatic installation function. I can take my laptop home and successfully install from there, … Continue reading
Checkers board with TikZ
Lukasz Lew asked on TeX.SX: What is the best way to draw a checkers board in TikZ? I’m interested in what is the best way to draw many circular pieces on board. The checker background is not important. Answer: I … Continue reading
Aligned equations inside of a TikZ node
Lukasz Lew asked on TeX.SX: How can I create a tree node with aligned math equations inside? \begin{align} \end{align} doesn’t work and \begin{minipage}{100} \begin{align} … \end{align} \end{minipage} gives a lot of margin and I don’t want to manually tune. \nodepart … Continue reading
TeX, LaTeX and Friends – ein neues TeX-Forum
Nach 7 Tagen im eingeschränkten Beta-Status ist die Webeite http://tex.stackexchange.com nun für die Öffentlichkeit freigegeben. Jeder kann sich dort registrieren und Fragen zu TeX lesen, stellen oder beantworten. Wie auf der populären Seite Stack Overflow kann das Publikum die Güte … Continue reading
Texmaker 2.0 erschienen
Die Version 2.0 des freien LaTeX-Editors Texmaker wurde heute veröffentlicht. Die bemerkenswertesten Änderungen sind: ein integrierter PDF-Betrachters ist hinzugekommen, mit Auto-Refresh nach Übersetzung, es gibt eine neue Option zum Quick-build-Befehl, womit Texmaker keine neue Instanz des dvi/ps/pdf-Betrachters startet, wenn die … Continue reading
