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Piiieps & Brummm<p>Ich bin ja seit Jahren einmal im Monat beim <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Stammtisch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stammtisch</span></a> für <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/N%C3%BCrnberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nürnberg</span></a> / <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/F%C3%BCrth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fürth</span></a> / <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Erlangen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Erlangen</span></a> und hatte eigentlich jedes Mal schöne Gespräche. Wir reden natürlich auch über TeX/LaTeX und versuchen aufgetretene Probleme zu lösen.</p><p>Ort: Orpheus im Deutschen Haus, Luitpoldstraße 25, 91052 Erlangen<br>Zeit: Immer am dritten Dienstag im Monat ab 19:00 Uhr </p><p>HEUTE _ist_ der dritte Dienstag, also Stammtisch. Ihr seid herzlich eingeladen.</p><p>Weitere Informationen siehe:<br><a href="https://www.hermconsult.de/TeX/Stammtisch.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hermconsult.de/TeX/Stammtisch.</span><span class="invisible">html</span></a></p>
Markus<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.heise.de/@ct_Magazin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ct_Magazin</span></a></span> Ganz netter Artikel zu <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a>. Die \Large-Beispiele gefallen mir allerdings gar nicht. Das eine verleitet dazu, Schriftgrößenänderungen mit falschem Zeilenabstand zu verwenden, und das andere, Überschriften zu Fuß zu machen und dabei dann auch noch einiges falsch zu machen.</p>
TeX Users Group<p>From <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CTAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CTAN</span></a>:</p><p>Romano Giannetti submitted an update to the CircuiTikZ package.</p><p>Version: 1.8.2 2025-07-08<br>License: lppl gpl</p><p>Summary description: Draw electrical networks with TikZ</p><p><a href="https://ctan.org/pkg/circuitikz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ctan.org/pkg/circuitikz</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> ⚡️</p>
Dima Pasechnik 🇺🇦 🇳🇱<p>Today I formally requested the withdrawal of the accepted to De Gruyter Brill journal "Special Matrices" paper (mentioned above) due to their lost abilities to properly typeset maths.</p><p>I've also requested them refunding the APCs (covered by some agreement with my former employer - still it's something like EUR 1050, so they should feel a bit of pain...)</p><p>Don't submit maths papers to De Gruyter's journals, and books to be published by them - they have totally broken their typesetting chain.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/degruyter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>degruyter</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a></p>
cambid83 (he/his)<p>Frage an die <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/TexLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TexLaTeX</span></a> Bubble: Für eine kleine Anzahl Rechnungen nehme ich gerade welches Paket? ZUGFeRD ist nicht notwendig und bevorzugt auf Basis oder kompatibel zu KOMA-Script (konkret scrletter).</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/followerpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>followerpower</span></a></p>
pandoc<p>"Moloch" is a clean, simple, and freshly modernized LaTeX beamer theme. It's the successor to the popular "Metropolis" theme, brought up to current standards by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jolars" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jolars</span></a></span> with some help from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@samcarter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>samcarter</span></a></span>.</p><p>Usage with pandoc:</p><p> pandoc --to=beamer --variable=theme:moloch …</p><p>Blog post: <a href="https://jolars.co/blog/2024-05-30-moloch/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jolars.co/blog/2024-05-30-molo</span><span class="invisible">ch/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/pandoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pandoc</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/beamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beamer</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/moloch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moloch</span></a></p>
Guy<p>A <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/TexLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TexLaTeX</span></a> package I have very fond memories of using in the past.</p><p><a href="https://ctan.org/pkg/coffeestains" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ctan.org/pkg/coffeestains</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Schreini<p>If someone has an idea on how to generate the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/38c3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>38c3</span></a> blob patterns via <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/TikZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikZ</span></a> I would love to hear them. My WIP uses currently the patterns from the SVGs of the style-pack, but I'd prefer to not include them in the repo.</p><p>It is just for fun and not for any purpose, but I would like to add it. In the meantime I will dive into lualatex and the usage of custom fonts 🚀</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/TexLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TexLaTeX</span></a></p>
TeX Users Group<p>From <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CTAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CTAN</span></a>:</p><p>Cédric Pierquet submitted an update to the pictochrono package.</p><p>Version: 0.1.1 2025-06-25<br>License: lppl1.3c</p><p>Summary description: Insert “chronometer pictograms” with a duration</p><p><a href="https://ctan.org/pkg/pictochrono" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ctan.org/pkg/pictochrono</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@cpierquet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cpierquet</span></a></span></p>
Gerrit Imsieke<p>Vorhin war meine Frau bei einer Buchvorstellung (<a href="https://www.planlos-leipzig.org/events/buchpraesentation-im-gfzk-antifeminismus-und-provinzialitaet-mit-henriette-rodemerk-johanna-niendorf-charlotte-hoecker/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">planlos-leipzig.org/events/buc</span><span class="invisible">hpraesentation-im-gfzk-antifeminismus-und-provinzialitaet-mit-henriette-rodemerk-johanna-niendorf-charlotte-hoecker/</span></a>) und stellte dann fest, dass das Buch <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> beim transcript-Verlag erschienen ist. <br>Es ist mit unserem (<span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@letexml" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>letexml</span></a></span>) <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/texlatex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>texlatex</span></a>-basierten <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a>-Satzsystem <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/xerif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xerif</span></a> gesetzt, wie ich den PDF-Eigenschaften entnahm. Allerdings ist es kein PDF/UA und ist damit nicht mit dem morgen inkrafttretenden <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/BFSG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BFSG</span></a> konform. xerif kann inzwischen PDF/UA erzeugen, eventuell muss man die Quelldatei nur erneut konvertieren.</p>
Asso. GUTenberg<p>Le prochain exposé <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/GUTenberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GUTenberg</span></a> (en visio) aura lieu le 3 juillet 2025 à 20h : « Concevoir, avec LaTeX, des quiz pour Moodle » par Matthieu Guerquin-Kern <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg-asso.fr/3-juillet-2025-Concevoir-avec-LaTeX-des-quiz-pour-Moodle" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gutenberg-asso.fr/3-juillet-20</span><span class="invisible">25-Concevoir-avec-LaTeX-des-quiz-pour-Moodle</span></a></p>
TeX Users Group<p>From <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CTAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CTAN</span></a>:</p><p>Jasper Habicht submitted an update to the rpgicons package.</p><p>Version: 1.8.9 2025-06-23<br>License: lppl1.3c</p><p>Summary description: Icons for tabletop role-playing games</p><p><a href="https://ctan.org/pkg/rpgicons" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ctan.org/pkg/rpgicons</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a></p>
Moss (the τεχie) <(fsm)>{{<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@TeXUsersGroup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TeXUsersGroup</span></a></span> <br>Ok, we can freeze all further <a href="https://rheinneckar.social/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> development. There is nothing more to be achieved.</p>
TeX Users Group<p>From <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CTAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CTAN</span></a>:</p><p>Peter Rowlett submitted the tictactoe package.</p><p>Version number: 1.0 2025-06-20<br>License type: cc-by-sa-4</p><p>Summary description: Drawing tic-tac-toe or Nought and Crosses games</p><p><a href="https://www.ctan.org/pkg/tictactoe" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ctan.org/pkg/tictactoe</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> ❌0⃣</p>
Harald<p>Europäische Souveränität am Ar$ch: meine Nichte berichtet gerade, dass sie an der Uni Rostock eine Hausarbeit mit M$-Word schreiben muss, obwohl sie im anderen Fach gerade erfolgreich LaTeX verwendet hat und klare Vorteile sieht.</p><p><a href="https://nrw.social/tags/texlatex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>texlatex</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a>-souverenity <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/vendorlockin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vendorlockin</span></a></p>
TeX Users Group<p>From <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CTAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CTAN</span></a>:</p><p>plante submitted the eoldef package.</p><p>Version number: 1.0<br>License type: lppl1.3c</p><p>Summary description: Define commands which absorb the whole source line as arguments</p><p><a href="https://www.ctan.org/pkg/eoldef" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ctan.org/pkg/eoldef</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a></p>
TeX Users Group<p>From <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CTAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CTAN</span></a>:</p><p>Alain Matthes submitted an update to the tkz-elements</p><p>package.</p><p>Version: 4.10c 2025-06-10<br>License: lppl1.3</p><p>Summary description: A Lua library for drawing Euclidean geometry with TikZ or tkz-euclide</p><p><a href="https://ctan.org/pkg/tkz-elements" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ctan.org/pkg/tkz-elements</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a></p>
le-tex 🇺🇦<p>Our Christine Windeln and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@xporc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>xporc</span></a></span> presented a TeX-powered PrintCSS formatter at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@markupuk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>markupuk</span></a></span> . Great achievement by Christine who developed this tool as part of her bachelor's thesis.<br><a href="https://markupuk.org/webhelp/#ar08.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">markupuk.org/webhelp/#ar08.htm</span><span class="invisible">l</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/printcss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printcss</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/texlatex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>texlatex</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/xproc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xproc</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/markupuk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markupuk</span></a></p>
Mathias Magdowski<p>Vielen Dank an die Redaktion von "Die TeXnische Komödie" der deutschsprachigen Anwendervereinigung <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> e.V. mit Plätzchen, Zahlenspielereien und Neuigkeiten zu ConTeXt.</p>
Tariq<p>LaTex for Logicians</p><p>It seems to be a collection of how-tos for recreating diagrams / notation used in logic.</p><p>I may use it for "flag derivation diagrams".</p><p><a href="https://www.logicmatters.net/latex-for-logicians/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">logicmatters.net/latex-for-log</span><span class="invisible">icians/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maths</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/texlatex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>texlatex</span></a></p>