Category Archives for Tools for LaTeX
TeXdoc.net updated
The TeX on-line documentation service TeXdoc.net got an update: it’s now based on the newest documentation coming with TeX Live 2016. At this occasion it moved to a new web server. In the background, TeXdoc.net runs the texdoc application that … Continue reading
TeXdoc.net got a new interface
Today, TeXdoc.net shines in new splendor. It’s a project of Paulo Cereda and me. While I maintain the web server and the TeX installation, he contributes layout and programming for the interface. Today Paulo provided a completely new version. Together … Continue reading
Cooperation of LaTeX-Community.org and writeLaTeX.com
Since today, LaTeX-Community.org readers can use an online LaTeX compiler in the forum, provided by writeLaTeX.com, an online collaborative LaTeX editor with integrated rapid preview. By a single click on a link above a code box, the reader will land … Continue reading
Sumatra PDF 2.0 released
Thorsten just posted on LaTeX-Community.org, that the version 2.0 of the free Sumatra PDF reader has been released. This PDF reader is known for its speed and its nice simple user interface. It works especially well with forward and inverse … Continue reading
EtherPad goes open source
The source code of EtherPad, a web-based word processor that allows people to work together in real-time, has been released by the developers. Now it’s possible to run EtherPad on other servers than just etherpad.com. Alternative servers like the swedish … Continue reading
Perl 5.11 now available
The release of Perl 5.11.0 has been published after more than two years of development by the community of Perl developers. The version 5.11.0 is a development release that has been made available in order to test and to develop … Continue reading
Speed up the work by shell scripts II
In addition to the shell scripts mentioned in this post I wrote another small script: #!/bin/bash # texcd – change into the directory # corresponding to a certain tex related file if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then echo 1>&2 … Continue reading
Speed up the work by shell scripts
When writing LaTeX and redefining macros I frequently have to look at the source code of macros in LaTeX class files or plain TeX sources. I got used to kpsewhich, find, grep and xargs, but because I needed it often … Continue reading
