Publications by topic: Not fitting any defined category
TUG Conference 2023 (Bonn, Germany)
38 years with LaTeX—A personal picture story
- Frank Mittelbach
- Video of the TUG 2023 Bonn, Germany
- Abstract
As the title indicates, this is part of the story of LaTeX in pictures, as seen from my eyes. It shows many highlights throughout the years and puts faces to names—some of which are in the audience but many not. It is based on what was available in my photo archive and certainly biased, but I nevertheless hope it is of some interest.
The LaTeX Companion, 3rd edition—Anecdotes and lessons learned
- Frank Mittelbach
- Video of the TUG 2023 Bonn, Germany
- Abstract
During the last five years a lot of work went into producing a new edition of The LaTeX Companion. In this talk I will talk about some aspects of that work, the unique challenges and some of the lessons learned during that endeavour.
Using spot colors in LaTeX
- Ulrike Fischer
- TUGboat 43:2, 2022
- Keywords: LaTeX, spotcolor
- Abstract
In this paper I recount some practical experiences with spot colors we gained while working on the third edition of The LaTeX Companion. I describe what spot colors are, how to use them for text and (TikZ) graphics, how to mix them properly, and some of the pitfalls we found and how we worked around them.
Interview with Frank Mittelbach
- Frank Mittelbach and Paulo Ney de Souza
- Published paper, 2021
- Video of the interview
- Keywords: LaTeX history, LaTeX future, LPPL, LaTeX3
- Abstract
This interview took place on 7 August 2021, during the TUG 2021 online conference. Frank Mittelbach has been leading the LaTeX Project since August 1989, i.e., for exactly
$2^5$
years at the time of the interview.
See also Interview of Frank Mittelbach – A combined interview of the LaTeX Project director from 2006.
TUG Conference 2020 (Online conference)
learnlatex.org: Taking LaTeX training fully interactive
- David Carlisle
- Paulo Roberto Massa Cereda
- Joseph Wright
- TUGboat 41:2, 2020
- Abstract
An introduction to the
learnlatex.org
website that is currently been set up.
A video of the presentation given by Joseph is available on the TUG YouTube channel.
TeX, LaTeX and math
- Enrico Gregorio
- TUGboat 41:1, 2020
- Abstract
We discuss some aspects of mathematical typesetting: choice of symbols, code abstraction, fine details. Relationships between math typesetting and international standards are examined. A final section on typesetting of numbers and units reports on some recent developments in the field.
From the TUG Conference 2018 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Creating teaching material with LaTeXML for the Canvas Learning Management System (slides)
- Will Robertson
- TUG Conference 2018 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Abstract:
In this presentation I will outline the system by which I produce PDF and HTML versions of course material for the honours project students in the School of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Adelaide.
This course material is broad and relatively dynamic in that it needs both frequent and periodic updates, and there is a soft need to have it available in a single document PDF and a hyperlinked HTML version. There are a number of tools to perform such a task, and LaTeXML was chosen for its robustness and relative simplicity. Nonetheless, the processing phase does involve some regexps to clean up the resulting HTML, which is not ideal from a maintenance perspective.
On the back end, this project could not have been accomplished without the API provided by the Learning Management System that we use, Canvas by Instructure. The web API allows HTML pages to be updated from the command line as well as PDF files to be automatically uploaded.
This system allows me to have a single source for the documentation for the course and makes updates almost entirely friction-free. While still cobbled together from a number of technologies (largely
curl
and shell scripts), it provides an interface that could be expanded for more general use.In the future, as well as re-writing the code in Lua for cross-platform functionality, I also plan to overcome the problems involving use of embedded graphics with text, and mathematical content in general.
Conference paper published in TUGboat 39:2, 2018: The Canvas learning management system and LaTeXML
Video of the talk recorded by IMPA on YouTube: Creating teaching material with LaTeXML for the Canvas Learning Management System
R.I.P. — S.P.Q.R Sebastian Patrick Quintus Rahtz (13.2.1955–15.3.2016)
- Frank Mittelbach
- German version published in Die Technische Komödie 2016/2.
- English version published in TUGboat, volume 37 number 2, 2016.
- Video recorded by River Valley TV at TUG 2016 conference, Toronto.
A memorial for our friend and colleague Sebastian who passed away far too young.
TeX-free LaTeX, an overview
- Chris Rowley
- TUG Conference 2009 (Notre Dame, Indiana, USA)
- Video of the talk: TeX-free LaTeX, an overview (via River Valley TV)
Standards for LaTeX documents and processors
- Chris Rowley
- TUG Conference 2009 (Notre Dame, Indiana, USA)
- Video of the talk: Standards for LaTeX documents and processors (via River Valley TV)
Vistas for TeX
- Chris Rowley
- TUG Conference 2007 (San Diego, USA)
- Video of the talk: Vistas for TeX (via River Valley TV)
Interview of Frank Mittelbach – A combined interview of the LaTeX Project director
- Frank Mittelbach, Gianluca Pignalberi, Dave Walden
- Published paper, 2006, Free Software Magazine
- Keywords: LaTeX history, LaTeX future, LPPL, LaTeX3
- Abstract
Free Software Magazine (FSM) and the TeX Users Group (TUG) both like to publish interviews. Recently, Gianluca Pignalberi of Free Software Magazine and Dave Walden of TUG both approached Frank Mittelbach about interviewing him. Rather than doing two separate interviews, Mittelbach, Pignalberi, and Walden decided on a combined interview in keeping with the mutual interests already shared by Free Software Magazine and TUG.
From the twentieth annual ACM symposium on Principles of distributed computing in 2001 (Newport, Rhode Island, USA)
The LaTeX Legacy
- Chris Rowley
- Published paper, PODC ‘01 Proceedings of the twentieth annual ACM symposium on Principles of distributed computing, Pages 17-25
- Keywords: LaTeX history, LaTeX future
- Abstract
The second edition of The LaTeX Manual begins: `LaTeX is a system for typesetting documents. Its first widely available version, mysteriously numbered 2.09, appeared in 1985.’
It is too early for a complete critical assessment of the impact of LaTeX 2.09 because its world-wide effects on many aspects of many cultures, not least scientific publication, remain strong after 15 years—and that itself is significant in a technological world where a mere 15 months of fame can make and break an idea.
Therefore this paper provides simply a review and evaluation of the relationship between TeX, LaTeX and some of the major technical developments in the world of quality automated formatting since the publication of LaTeX 2.09 in 1985. It is neither definitive nor comprehensive but I hope it is informative.
TUG99 poster exhibition: Text of the Apocalypse as Graphics
- Frank Mittelbach and Christina Thiele
- TUG Conference 1999 (Vancouver, Canada)
- Meta fonts by Metafont: Introduction, font sample 1, font sample 2
- Samples of the Apocalypse Graphics: sample 1, sample 2, sample 3, sample 4
Paper and auxiliary material introducing the exhibition held during the TUG99 conference. It displayed the works of Prof. Alban Grimm using Metafont to generate Graphics out of the text of the Book of Revelation.
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