More than typesetting
There was I, four years ago, sitting in front of my lab computer, ready to write one of my first articles. But this time it was different: I had never written a article with actual mathematics before....
View ArticleGetting LaTeX on to the web
Introduction We have had quite a few questions on TeX.SX that reduce to: How do I put LaTeX on the web? As it stands, this is too broad and too vague to be answered, with the result that many of our...
View ArticleHow TeX.SX improves TeX and friends for everybody
It’s not just people who ask questions on the site that benefit from the experience of the answerers: several packages now “out in the wild” on CTAN started life as answers to questions on TeX.SX. In...
View ArticleSourceForge and LPPL
Good news, everyone! A few days ago, a nice question came up on TeX.sx about which open source hosting facilities accept the LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL). In the LATEX3 News, Issue 5, January...
View ArticleControl widows and orphans easily
In a question some time ago, I was trying to implement a wrapper around the \widowpenalties command in order provide an easier interface to limiting orphans and widows in LaTeX. Thanks to Martin...
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