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Apr
7
comment Create image from statistical data automatically
Hi Fran. Made some minor grammar corrections, but I'm stumped by "where the R chunks are changed by LateX code with the results (images, tables or text) generated with this code, that you can compile with pdflatex as usual." Not sure exactly what you meant to say here.
Jan
21
comment LaTeX document without \documentclass
If you look at mininmal.cls... Should be minimal.
Jan
2
comment What professions use TeX/LaTeX besides CS?
R has a TikZ driver one can use to convert graphics to PDF for example, even if one is not using LaTeX or TikZ as such.
Dec
5
comment Generate LaTeX Truth Table with Python Cheetah
Interesting. I didn't know one could do this in Python. I see this goes back to PEP 3101. and the documentation is here.
Dec
3
comment Tabularx can't center some column
An explanation of why \arraybackslash is needed would be interesting. The array documentation has \arraybackslash Restore \\ for use in array and tabular environment (after \raggedright etc.. Which is less than illuminating. Also, the \arraybakslash should be fixed.
Nov
19
comment Figure placed at the end of the file
Is there some way of changing this default maximum height?
Nov
15
comment XITS font not found
Why is it the case that "Fonts bundled with TeXLive are not usually made available to system"? Is there some policy statement or reason given?
Nov
13
comment Programming TeX macros so that they output instructions to rerun the compilation
@HeikoOberdiek Thanks for the tip. I have updated my question with a summary of the answers, or at least my understanding of them. If I have made any errors, please let me know. Thanks.
Nov
12
comment Programming TeX macros so that they output instructions to rerun the compilation
@HeikoOberdiek Thanks for your answer. I downloaded the PDF, but could not figure out how to extract the .dtx file. Could you point to a repository or a download site for the code or file? It seems like a good idea to output the standard LaTeX warning in this case, since it makes it more likely tools like AucTeX will take notice of it. Do you know how to write a standalone tikzmark macro that will produce "the usual LaTeX warning"? If so, could you post it here?
Nov
12
comment Odd behaviour with arrows and multipart rectangles
@PeterGrill: You're right. So, any idea what is going on here? What is the difference between edge and to, why would it affect the result, and do you agree this is a bug?
Nov
11
comment Minimize automatically the page size of the PDF outputs
Mico, thanks for the tip. The \settowidth worked when nothing else did. @MartinScharrer: Is this the best one can do when using the standalone package?
Nov
11
comment Display issues drawing DNA sequences with TikZ
I think using the shorten option to the arrow path is a better choice to stop the arrows obscuring the labels that writing the labels over the arrows. I didn't think such an option existed, so didn't look for it. :-)
Nov
10
comment Display issues drawing DNA sequences with TikZ
One thing I don't understand is, wrt 2 (the double headed arrows issue) you explicitly have latex'- in (for example) \path [latex'-, thick] (leftrow6.one south) edge[out=270, in=270] node {}(tuplebottomrow); In my example, I use just \path[line]... where line is defined with \tikzstyle{line} = [draw, -latex', thick]. I don't understand why one worked and not the other.
Nov
9
comment Programming TeX macros so that they output instructions to rerun the compilation
@cyberSingularity Yes, auctex is not terribly good at this. I wonder if there is any point filing a bug report. It is not very actively maintained. I use emacs, so auctex is convenient if I am in there. In batch mode, I use scons, which is a little smarter.
Nov
9
comment Programming TeX macros so that they output instructions to rerun the compilation
@cyberSingularity: Add this to the macro? But this creates a dependency on rerunfilecheck, yes? I see the warning if I add that, but auctex ignores it, regardless. Sigh.
Nov
9
comment Programming TeX macros so that they output instructions to rerun the compilation
@cyberSingularity: done.
Nov
9
comment How to draw arrows between parts of an equation to show the Math Distributive Property (Multiplication)?
@PeterGrill: Auctex (I assume) decides whether it should be run again. In this case, it doesn't think it needs to be. I see that if I run it twice, it does give the correct picture.
Nov
9
comment How to draw arrows between parts of an equation to show the Math Distributive Property (Multiplication)?
Funny, from emacs it does not work. The command it uses is pdflatex -shell-escape -interaction=nonstopmode "\input" peter.tex and with the command the arrows are wrong. Any idea why?
Nov
9
comment How to draw arrows between parts of an equation to show the Math Distributive Property (Multiplication)?
The basic version (bottom of post) does not work for me. I get ERROR: LaTeX Error: Bad math environment delimiter.
Nov
8
comment Display issues drawing DNA sequences with TikZ
Oh, maybe you meant to write (1) and (3) and then (2) on the next line?