evenwichtEnglish · 9 days agono way to do a color leftbar?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareno way to do a color leftbar?plus-squareevenwichtEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · 23 days agoenvlab is from the 1990s, US mail only, severe limitationsplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareenvlab is from the 1990s, US mail only, severe limitationsplus-squareevenwichtEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · edit-21 month agoWhat font is good for ransom letters? The wordlike.sty pkg gives problemsplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down11
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareWhat font is good for ransom letters? The wordlike.sty pkg gives problemsplus-squareevenwichtEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square12linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · 2 months agoHave printer makers taken away the ability to send control codes to the printer? Will driverless printers solve this?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareHave printer makers taken away the ability to send control codes to the printer? Will driverless printers solve this?plus-squareevenwichtEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square1linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · edit-22 months agoSample test page to determine the unprintable area of a printerplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareSample test page to determine the unprintable area of a printerplus-squareevenwichtEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square6linkfedilink
nonserf@libretechni.caEnglish · 3 months agoLaTeX has a substantial quality control problem -- a bug tracking shitshow & lack of bug trackingplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareLaTeX has a substantial quality control problem -- a bug tracking shitshow & lack of bug trackingplus-squarenonserf@libretechni.caEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · edit-24 months agoBefore buying a “white goods” appliance, send this LaTeX form letter to the manufacturerplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down17
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareBefore buying a “white goods” appliance, send this LaTeX form letter to the manufacturerplus-squareevenwichtEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · edit-24 months agomulticol package imposes symmetric column widths (bad for enumitem) - how can column width be controlled?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squaremulticol package imposes symmetric column widths (bad for enumitem) - how can column width be controlled?plus-squareevenwichtEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square2linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · 5 months agoHaving a tabular column of dates is painful because >{} is brokenplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareHaving a tabular column of dates is painful because >{} is brokenplus-squareevenwichtEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square2linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · 5 months agoPDF needs two modes: mono (for printing and e-readers) & color (for normal LCDs)plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squarePDF needs two modes: mono (for printing and e-readers) & color (for normal LCDs)plus-squareevenwichtEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square2linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · 5 months agoURLs are a problem in LaTeXplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareURLs are a problem in LaTeXplus-squareevenwichtEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
activistPnk@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-25 months agoHow to cast your anti-enshitification vote; and how LaTeX helps with the postal letterplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down13
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareHow to cast your anti-enshitification vote; and how LaTeX helps with the postal letterplus-squareactivistPnk@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-25 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · 6 months agoIs there a collaboration platform, now that Overleaf has become an exclusive walled-garden?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareIs there a collaboration platform, now that Overleaf has become an exclusive walled-garden?plus-squareevenwichtEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square3linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · edit-26 months agoLawyers, judges, tech writers, etc: expand your acronyms! LaTeX’s acro package makes it easyplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squareLawyers, judges, tech writers, etc: expand your acronyms! LaTeX’s acro package makes it easyplus-squareevenwichtEnglish · edit-26 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · edit-27 months agoprotecting your PII from Google grabbing other people’s phonebooks -- using a QR coded Vcard w/obscure ransom demand fontplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down11
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareprotecting your PII from Google grabbing other people’s phonebooks -- using a QR coded Vcard w/obscure ransom demand fontplus-squareevenwichtEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · edit-27 months agoHow LaTeX helps facilitate activism (by programmers)plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareHow LaTeX helps facilitate activism (by programmers)plus-squareevenwichtEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · edit-28 months agoThe qrcodes pkg does not support embedding images or logos within a QR code. After investigating, it turns out logos are not even part of the QR code spec.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squareThe qrcodes pkg does not support embedding images or logos within a QR code. After investigating, it turns out logos are not even part of the QR code spec.plus-squareevenwichtEnglish · edit-28 months agomessage-square3linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · 11 months agofun: you can shape text using the cutwin package. So e.g. you can write a complaint letter such that the outline of the text is a middle finger.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squarefun: you can shape text using the cutwin package. So e.g. you can write a complaint letter such that the outline of the text is a middle finger.plus-squareevenwichtEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
LibreMonk@linkage.ds8.zoneEnglish · edit-211 months ago(pdfpages) How to write code that only affects some select pages of a PDF documentplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-square(pdfpages) How to write code that only affects some select pages of a PDF documentplus-squareLibreMonk@linkage.ds8.zoneEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square1linkfedilink
LibreMonk@linkage.ds8.zoneEnglish · edit-21 year agoIs it possible to read a boolean value from a parent pkg? (answer: yes)plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareIs it possible to read a boolean value from a parent pkg? (answer: yes)plus-squareLibreMonk@linkage.ds8.zoneEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
