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Math formulas and arrows with TikZ
In the Art of Problem Solving Forum somebody asked for help in creating a construction for proofs and demonstrations in Logic by LaTeX commands. Math expressions should be aligned, some connected by arrows going vertically and horizontally. Regarding arrows I … Continue reading
LaTeX Community launched new features and new design
Exactly 2 years after LaTeX-Community.org has gone online its forum has got a new fresh look and the community site is providing new features for its members and users. In a short summary: Know How section, intended to contain categorized … Continue reading
TikZ: Commutative diagrams with crossing edges
When one edge of a graph passes over or under another edge there may be a small gap needed in the drawing of one of those edges. An easy trick is to draw the upper edge two times: first with … Continue reading
New package: zwpagelayout
On December 26th Zdenêk Wagner has released the zwpagelayout package, dealing with page layout in general, like the well known geometry package. It may not provide as many features as geometry but it brings additional tools, for instance it’s supporting … Continue reading
WinShell 3.30 released
The version 3.30 of WinShell has been released on Monday this week. WinShell is a LaTeX Editor with Unicode support, spellchecking (Hunspell), project environment, configurable toolbars, syntax highlighting and provides many more features. Some the new features of the version … Continue reading
New package: pdfcomment
Though pdflatex provides the command pdfannot for pdf annotations it is somehow complicated to use. The new package pdfcomment offers a user-friendly way to insert comments/ annotations into pdf files. pdfcomment requires the packages hyperref, xkeyval, ifpdf, marginnote and packages … Continue reading
TeXnicCenter 1.0 RC is out
The first candidate for TeXnicCenter 1.0 has been released as announced yesterday. It’s expected to be more stable than the beta release. Visit its download page to get it.
TeXblog related news
Some weeks ago I began to work as IT Technician onboard of a passenger ship. I’ve already worked some years as IT Administrator on a ship (for a different company) and also in the position of the IT Communication Officer … Continue reading
Texmaker 1.8 released
The today released version 1.8 brings the following changes: faster spell checker, based on a more recent hunspell version, inverse search will no more launch a new instance of Texmaker because now it can be started only once per user, … Continue reading
KOMA-Script 3 available
The new version KOMA-Script 3 by Markus Kohm et al. has been released today. Some of the new features are: possibility to change almost all settings, even the paper or font size, after loading the class and even after begin{document}, … Continue reading
Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex” released
On Oct 30 2008 the Ubuntu team announced the release of Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop and Server. You can read about its features in the press release. To download Ubuntu 8.10, or obtain CDs, see: Get Ubuntu. For instructions on upgrading … Continue reading
Using \expandafter for macro redefinitions
Sometimes I want to redefine a macro of a class or package but want to use its original definition. Instead of copy&paste one could use the original macro directly: come up with a new macro, ensure that it’s not defined … Continue reading
