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A Canadian geek, finishing off a chemistry degree. I typically hang around TeX.SX as I like the community and learn things by reading the questions. I'm also active on RPG.SX and History.SX.


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comment What is the most bizarre thing you have seen done with TeX
Does it support Commodore Basic? My Dad could run the program he typed up on the C64 to play Star Fleet battles on it!
Mar
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answered What is the most bizarre thing you have seen done with TeX
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Mar
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comment Set up a system to alternate between genders per paragraph
Cool, those both work well. I realized that typically it swaps each ability, and since most abilities are only one paragraph long then it works as if it was every paragraph. I like the automated solution, though. Between these two I should have everything needed to write an RPG without the community rending me a new one.
Mar
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comment Set up a system to alternate between genders per paragraph
Passive voice is an option, but most people tear into you if you use it outside of scholarly papers.
Mar
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comment achemso articletitle=true option not working
Feel free to answer your own question then.
Mar
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comment achemso articletitle=true option not working
Welcome to TeX.sx! Please add a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem. It will be much easier for us to reproduce your situation and find out what the issue is when we see compatible code, starting with \documentclass{...} and ending with \end{document}.
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accepted Set up a system to alternate between genders per paragraph
Feb
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comment Set up a system to alternate between genders per paragraph
@Brent.Longborough There has been a fair bit of research on bias in textbooks and such influencing students behaviour.
Feb
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Feb
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comment Set up a system to alternate between genders per paragraph
@Brent.Longborough We have good ones; sie and hir, no one will use them though.
Feb
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comment Set up a system to alternate between genders per paragraph
@texenthusiast My needs are a bit simpler, as examples in the type of document I'm looking at writing typically only have one gendered character who's gender is not kept constant. Other people are referred to thing such as "The target" to avoid confusion.
Feb
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comment Set up a system to alternate between genders per paragraph
@texenthusiast Damn, and today I learn there is no problem so obscure that I don't have to check for an existing question. That is quite close, but it alternates per use, when I want per-paragraph.
Feb
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Feb
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comment What is the correct way of writing a percentage next to \oldstylenums?
Didn't old books put the % in a superscript? Similar to how they did decimals?