Alan Munn

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Linguist and some-time package/software writer.

My one-page dictatorial guide to LaTeX packages

Package author of:

msu-thesis class (for Michigan State University theses and dissertations.)
he-she (alternating masculine and feminine pronouns for gender neutral writing.)
pst-vowel (diphthong arrows for vowel.sty vowel charts)
msuletterhead (letterhead package for Michigan State University (internal use))

Software author of: (Mac OS X)

csv2latex (Ruby/Applescript combination for pasting spreadsheet cells into LaTeX source); included as part of TeXShop; usable with any Mac text editor.
make-local-texmf App to create a new user texmf folder.

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Apr 10	comment	Making a daily devotional @Raphink If you're aiming at a package and not a class, then I would do most of the work with the `titlesec` package, which allows you to create any sort of sectioning system you like. If you build things based on either `scrbook` or `memoir` you'll be somewhat more restricted to those classes. But if you make it a class, that's less of a problem, since it can be based on one of them. It also depends on how wide an audience you may be aiming for.
Apr 10	comment	Making a daily devotional @Raphink Yiannis's advice is very good. I would recommend basing your package/class on the `memoir` class or `scrbook` rather than the regular book class, though. (I'm partial to memoir because the documentation is exemplary.)
Apr 10	revised	Line wrapping on narrow pages commas
Apr 10	answered	Line wrapping on narrow pages
Apr 10	comment	Using ifthenelse in pgfmath I don't think this code will compile. Doesn't the second argument of `\pgfmathdeclarefunction` require a number?
Apr 10	comment	Where to find updated listing 'lstpatch.sty'? @Herbert, yes; I just thought that mentioning the existence of 1.3b might have made things less clear for BrettHarry.
Apr 10	comment	Where to find updated listing 'lstpatch.sty'? @BrettHarry Um, I think Herbert and I are agreeing. With the current version of `listings` (which, since you're using a Mac I assume you have as part of the MacTeX distribution) you don't need `lstpatch.sty` v. 1.3b. If your class file is loading it, it's doing it incorrectly; it should load it with `\InputIfFileExists`, since it is only needed when there are interim patches relative to the current version. (Also, it's not clear why your class files should load it at all, if it's loading `listings`: let `listings` load it.) As for asking for a CTAN link, are you sure you need help with that?
Apr 10	comment	Where to find updated listing 'lstpatch.sty'? @Herbert so with an updated TeXLive you don't need the 1.3b file at all.
Apr 10	comment	Where to find updated listing 'lstpatch.sty'? TeXShop is your editor, so it doesn't really ask for any files. So what do you mean by saying that TeXShop keeps asking for it? Is there a message in the log or the console? The `listings` package only loads `lstpatch.sty` if the file exists; I don't think there is a `lstpatch.sty`. It will only exist for small patches in between versions of the package. If there are no such patches, the file won't be present.
Apr 10	revised	Parsing files through LuaTeX fixed English
Apr 10	comment	Using roman numerals for \volcite in BibLaTeX I think you're being too cautious in saying that this may have adverse side effects. It's not really a hack; it's just that `biblatex` doesn't seem to have provided a hook for this case. I don't see any problems that could arise through this solution.
Apr 10	revised	titlesec, hyperref, algorithm2e, and \appendix added both possible solutions
Apr 10	comment	titlesec, hyperref, algorithm2e, and \appendix Yes, that will work too. I read the post quite quickly and went for the first solution that worked. I'll adjust my answer.
Apr 10	answered	titlesec, hyperref, algorithm2e, and \appendix
Apr 9	revised	Showing the bibliographic entry in a popup when you hover over the citation key code formatting
Apr 9	answered	How do I find which pgf version I have installed on Windows (MikTeX)?
Apr 9	comment	Citep only works as cite? Haven't you asked this question already? Citet and citep not working with hyperlink. If your question has changed, it's better to edit the question, than ask a new one.
Apr 9	comment	How to remove extra space after volume number in References section @Patrick. Then things are not working as they are supposed to. The document I put in my comment produces no extra space with your bib file. Is your MiKTeX up to date?
Apr 9	revised	How to remove extra space after volume number in References section removed MikTeX/WinEdt from question (not relevant); tags
Apr 9	comment	How to remove extra space after volume number in References section @Patrick: You should not have to modify the bst file. If you read dibonas's comment he said that things work as expected with no change. (For me too.) So you need to do the same thing. Start with a document that is just `\documentclass[man]{apa}\begin{document}\cite{yourKey}\bibliography{yourBibfile‌}\end{document}` and see if that produces the extra space (it shouldn't). If it doesn't then you need to start adding/removing other packages to the preamble of this document until the problem reapears, and replace your sample document with that document to your answer.