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Learn LaTeX – with 15% discount on books

Packt Publishing currently offers all three of their LaTeX books with a 15% discount. From Packt at LinkedIn: Special Offer Alert! For a limited time, get your print copy on Packt with an exclusive discount! Use code: LEARNLATEX15 at checkout… Continue Reading →

【新刊案内】『TikZによるLaTeXグラフィックス』 – New TikZ book in Japanese

In November 2024, a translation of the TikZ book written by Stefan Kottwitz has been released by Asakura Publishing. ​2024年11月に、Stefan Kottwitz著のTikZに関する書籍の翻訳版が朝倉書店から発売されました。LaTeXで画像を作るための実用的な入門書。TikZにより数学、科学、技術論文に図や画像を簡単に入れられる。アイデアやデータを可視化してプロフェッショナルな図表やプロットを2次元でも3次元でも表示できるようになるために。 本書の内容: TikZ.jp See also: Original Source by Stefan Kottwitz

LaTeX Cookbook second edition published

The second, improved, and extended edition of the LaTeX Cookbook was published this month, March 2024. The first edition, published in 2015, has been revised, and the code examples have been updated to work with the latest classes and packages… Continue Reading →

Twitter durchgespielt

Dienstag abend hat die LaTeX Community Twitter erfolgreich durchgespielt: es wurde das Level erreicht, dass LaTeX in Deutschland auf Twitter trendet, den Abend lang. Und zwar in der korrekten Schreibweise, wichtig. Keine andere Sache. Was ist passiert? Wir haben uns… Continue Reading →

LaTeX books for new DANTE members

That’s an English translation a German blog post that you can find here: LaTeX.net/verein. I’d like to support promoting becoming a new member of DANTE e.V. because I wish to see more LaTeX friends here. February 8, 2022: More than… Continue Reading →

Aktion: LaTeX-Bücher als Geschenk für DANTE Neumitglieder

An English translation of this post is here: LaTeX.net/members. Da ich mir mehr LaTeX-Freunde für unseren Verein DANTE e.V. wünsche, möchte ich die Werbung von Neumitgliedern mit einem LaTeX-Buch unterstützen. 8. Februar 2022: Mehr als 10 Bücher verfügbar. Warum DANTE-Mitglied… Continue Reading →

Berliner LaTeX-Stammtisch

Heute, am Donnerstag, 13. Januar 2022, gibt es den ersten Berliner LaTeX-Stammtisch des Jahres 2022, um 19 Uhr. Nur für Berliner? Weiß nicht, hab ich gerade auf Twitter gefragt. Weil es ist ja online mit jitsi-meet auf dieser Adresse: https://meet.ffmuc.net/LaTeXStammtischBerlin… Continue Reading →

Book Review “LaTeX Beginners Guide”, 2nd edition

In the TeX world, the name Stefan Kottwitz is best known for the websites and forums he runs, but Stefan is not just a server admin but also a book author. The first edition of his LaTeX beginners book was… Continue Reading →

An Overleaf extension for recognizing symbols

Antioch Sanders told us on LaTeX.org about his new project that he called extexify. That’s a browser extension for finding LaTeX symbols by drawing them with mouse or finger on the display. It is inspired by detexify, but works integrated… Continue Reading →

DANTE Herbsttagung 2021

The following text is in German because it’s about the German language user group meeting 2021. Im vergangenen Jahr sind leider beide DANTE-Tagungen wegen der Pandemie ausgefallen. Die Frühjahrstagung fand wegen der Kontaktbeschränkungen komplett online statt. Auch die Herbsttagung wird… Continue Reading →

The Island of TeX in 2020 and 2021

In 2020, the Island of TeX introduced Docker images for easily reproducible builds as well as a semi-official response to the need for continuous integration. These images were among the first using vanilla TeX Live, providing the required tools for… Continue Reading →

Scientific WorkPlace/Word/Notebook discontinued

MacKichan Software, Inc. stopped it’s business on June 30, 2021. Their products Scientific WorkPlace (SWP), Scientific Word, and Scientific Notebook, that are based on LaTeX, will not be sold or supported anymore. The future plan for Scientific Word is to… Continue Reading →

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