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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Mar 7	suggested	suggested edit on biblatex tag wiki
Mar 7	revised	Repeating preamble in LaTeX tabular fixed code
Mar 7	revised	Repeating preamble in LaTeX tabular added a caveat about usefulness; answer undeleted by request
Mar 7	comment	Math symbols not being printed. @Tiago Yes, unless you are using one of those three fonts, you shouldn't use the package at all.
Mar 7	comment	Math symbols not being printed. it's helpful for this kind of question to post a complete minimal example (with `\begin{document}...\end{document}`) instead of the separate code pieces.
Mar 7	answered	Math symbols not being printed.
Mar 7	revised	Adding numerical values in a LaTeX tabular column typo
Mar 7	revised	Repeating preamble in LaTeX tabular added 57 characters in body
Mar 7	comment	Repeating preamble in LaTeX tabular I've updated the answer. But I think I didn't read Bruno's question carefully enough, since this doesn't really achieve what he wants either; it relies on knowing the number of columns.
Mar 7	revised	Repeating preamble in LaTeX tabular made example match question
Mar 7	answered	Repeating preamble in LaTeX tabular
Mar 7	comment	Can XeLaTeX \| LuaTeX import movies ? A very odd requirement that a package designed to work with `dvipdfmx` should require it as an option!
Mar 7	comment	Using a font for selected text @romeovs for the standard fonts, the document `psnfss2e.pdf` (`texdoc psnfss` should find it). For all of the possible fonts there is the online LaTeX Font Catalogue. For XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX the available fonts are any fonts installed in your system.
Mar 7	comment	Adding numerical values in a LaTeX tabular column This looks like a very interesting package!
Mar 7	answered	Adding numerical values in a LaTeX tabular column
Mar 7	revised	Getting those %#!^& signs in the footnote! added 151 characters in body
Mar 7	answered	Getting those %#!^& signs in the footnote!
Mar 7	awarded	Talkative
Mar 7	revised	Using a font for selected text fixed English
Mar 7	comment	Using a font for selected text Exact duplicate of this question? Change font in a single paragraph