LaTeX update: Read this before posting!

sanctus · 07-23-2007

Andrew I posted it already in this thread
In post number 8, anyway it is the not so short guide to latex (readable in 139 minutes):
lshort

What I just said there and didn't link to is the following which explains how to use the ams package (very useful, just look at it if you don't know what it is):
ams and there download the amsmath userguide called amsldoc.pdf
ope this helps.

alexander · 07-26-2007

South,

latex is cgi, math is no longer cgi, it actually renders in actual latex and gets dumped back into vb.... check math.... oh and on the color scheme, if you guys want i can change bg color and font color and all, tell me what you want to see, and i will change it (it cant be a one person thing either and should look good with the current theme)

post a poll, or just start one in here, i will do my best to accomodate your wishes...

Southtown · 07-26-2007

Cool! hehe I vote hypo-link-blue on the text.

Same transparent background. Don't suppose you could script it to make two images and hover-flip 'em w/ javascript... even so there's still the finger curser.

alexander · 07-27-2007

the font color, i will attempt to adjust (besides its gonna look good with my dark hypo theme as well) but the 2 images laying over thing is so not happening, you dont even know how its not happening.... its not happening so much that happening is not even in its vocabulary!

Buffy · 08-07-2007

There appear to be some "packages" that were included in the old library that are not in the new one.

I ran into a problem using an obscure command called "\cancel" in this post that breaks in the new version:

Old: \cancel{mc^2} $\ \rightarrow \ \cancel{mc^2}$

New: \cancel{mc^2} $\ \rightarrow \$ $\cancel{mc^2}$

It does not appear that you can use the \usepackage{packagename} command to fix this either (the old version seems to have the packages already so you don't have to do anything).

Is there a way to do the \cancel thing in the new one that I don't know about?
Are there other things we're missing because of this?

Canceled,
Buffy

alexander · 08-08-2007

oops i didnt mean to edit your post, accident

ok working on it...
$a\hspace{-1ex}\slash$

alexander · 08-08-2007

Ok this is so cool, wilst looking for a solution i stumbled across this awesomeness:
you can superimpose letters over other letters using the \hspace{-1ex} where -1ex specifies how many symbols back you want to go:

$teost\hspace{-3ex}\slash$
$\subset\hspace{-3ex}\supset \supset \bigcup\hspace{-2ex}\bigcap$

alexander · 08-08-2007

$\unitlength 1mm\begin{picture}(87.5,85)(0,0)\qbezier(46.88,14.38)(71.88,59.38)(71.88,59.38)\qbezier(60,15)(85,60)(85,60)\qbezier(37.5,20)(87.5,45)(87.5,45)\qbezier(60,60)(85,15)(85,15)\qbezier(60,6)(60,85)(60,85)\qbezier(72.5,37.5)(60.12,37.5)(60.12,37.5)\put(61.25,22.5){\makebox(0,0)[cc]{$\theta$}}\put(65.62,40.62){\makebox(0,0)[cc]{5}}\put(64.38,31.88){\makebox(0,0)[cc]{L}}\put(64.38,31.88){\makebox(0,0)[cc]{}}\put(57.5,13.75){\makebox(0,0)[cc]{A}}\put(76.25,38.12){\makebox(0,0)[cc]{B}}\put(55.62,38.75){\makebox(0,0)[cc]{D}}\end{picture}$
lol i gotta increase max length a little

$\cancel{mc^2}$

i gotta add cancel to list of packages the prog uses.... while i am there might as well change the max length to a a little more then it is!

working on enabling vectors

alexander · 08-08-2007

solved Buffy :P

alexander · 08-08-2007

$\setlength{\unitlength}{1mm} \begin{picture}(60, 40) {\put(30, 20){\vector(1, 0){30}}} {\put(30, 20){\vector(4, 1){20}}} {\put(30, 20){\vector(3, 1){25}}} {\put(30, 20){\vector(2, 1){30}}} {\put(30, 20){\vector(1, 2){10}}} \thicklines \put(30, 20){\vector(-4, 1){30}} \put(30, 20){\vector(-1, 4){5}} \thinlines \put(30, 20){\vector(-1, -1){5}} \put(30, 20){\vector(-1, -4){5}} \end{picture}$

ok, good news first we can now use the graphics package now, its really cool

working on color people... just be patient

$\color{red}test$

wait wait maybe its working
$\setlength{\unitlength}{1mm} \begin{picture}(60, 40) {\color{red}\put(30, 20){\vector(1, 0){30}}} {\color{white}\put(30, 20){\vector(4, 1){20}}} {\color{yellow}\put(30, 20){\vector(3, 1){25}}} {\color{green}\put(30, 20){\vector(2, 1){30}}} {\color{blue}\put(30, 20){\vector(1, 2){10}}} \thicklines \put(30, 20){\vector(-4, 1){30}} \put(30, 20){\vector(-1, 4){5}} \thinlines \put(30, 20){\vector(-1, -1){5}} \put(30, 20){\vector(-1, -4){5}} \end{picture}$

haha.... ok now how to use color, can someone please compile a list of colors with names for me in such format:
\definecolor{name}{model}{spec}

latex supports rgb, cmyk, hsv and hls color models.

already defined: white, yellow red, green, blue, magenta, cyan

example:
\definecolor{red}{rgb}{1, 0, 0}

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