HobbesHKApr 18
Hey everyone! It's been a while and I've jumped servers, so starting sort-of fresh? I’m still working on my #IndieDev game #Fhaloness - it's coming along nicely! I’ve been spending a bit of time lately discovering a new hobby: solo #ttrpg gaming. It’s been a great help in fleshing out some of the game systems I’m building in Fhaloness, even if that’s a CRPG/Adventure hybrid in #GodotEngine #Godot. However, the fun’s in the game manual (every game needs one). I’ve started writing it up in #TeXAndLaTeX and with some placeholder art, I may well release this as a freebie sooner rather than later! Having lots of fun #worldbuilding and designing game systems!
Reference GluttonApr 5

I've just published my first LaTeX package!

Countwords is a simple package for counting words in LaTeX documents. Words are counted into a standard LaTeX counter, which can then printed (or otherwise manipulated) in all the normal ways. You can stop and counting whenever you want, and have multiple independent counters.

It's on CTAN here: https://ctan.org/pkg/countwords

P.S. credit to Philipp Gesang @phgsng for the original lua wordcount code.

#TeXAndLaTeX #lualatex #luatex

CTAN: Package countwords

Kyle BurkeMar 20

When did mathematicians start pronouncing the union symbol as "cup" during talks? I feel like this conference is the first time I've heard that, but it's happened multiple times.

I especially want to know: which came first, the pronunciation or the \cup (La)TeX command?

#ICCGTJ #TeXAndLaTeX

codemonkey_ukFeb 8
im no graphic designer but that aint bad at all #TeXAndLaTeX #artdeco
Show threadMaxwell (it/its)Oct 30, 2025

So, regarding #TeXAndLaTeX:

Is there a particular editor that is generally recommended if I want to properly format a novel or whatever for potential #SelfPublishing?

zeyusMay 14, 2025

After the great overleaf debacle this morning had a bunch of masters students (and other academics with deadlines) panicking, I set up my own instance.

It was surprisingly easy, the hardest part was getting mail sending and not getting rejected (I needed a PTR for rDNS in the end, SPF, DMARC and DKIM were not enough apparently).

I was going to start using overleaf for some writing anyway...so why not!

#overleaf #overleafdown #outage #selfhosting #selfhosted #LaTeX #TeXAndLaTeX

Peter CockApr 2, 2025
First journal to accept #Typst (as an alternative to Word, or #TeXAndLaTeX)? IJIMAI (The International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence)
https://typst.app/blog/2025/typst-at-ijimai
https://www.ijimai.org/journal/author-guidelines
Typst: IJIMAI leads the way for journal submissions with Typst – Typst Blog

Submitting journal articles in Typst is something many of our users wish to be possible. Together with IJIMAI, we're taking the first step in making this a reality:...

Typst
Peter CockJan 15, 2025
I find myself installing #TeXAndLaTeX once again - on macOS so going for BasicTeX from https://www.tug.org/mactex/morepackages.html
More Packages - MacTeX - TeX Users Group

WindgottOct 3, 2024

reminder: escape your special characters

just chased one through multiple files and output logs
#programming #TeXAndLaTeX

Joe HeafnerSep 26, 2024

ICYMI, the LaTeX minted package has been completely rewritten and now uses its own Python executable. Read the docs before using the new 3.0.0 version! #TeXLaTeX #TeXAndLaTeX

From: @TeXUsersGroup
https://techhub.social/@TeXUsersGroup/113195045256347756

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Attached: 1 image From #CTAN: Geoffrey Poore submitted an update to the minted package. Version: 3.0.0 2024-09-22 License: lppl1.3 bsd3 Summary description: Highlighted source code for LaTeX https://www.ctan.org/pkg/minted #TeXLaTeX

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