evenwichtEnglish · edit-25 hours agorMQR codes -- rectangular QR codes are typographically less horrifying than the standard squares. But there is no LaTeX support for it yet. They screwed up again by making alnum chars all uppercase!plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkrMQR codes -- rectangular QR codes are typographically less horrifying than the standard squares. But there is no LaTeX support for it yet. They screwed up again by making alnum chars all uppercase!plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgevenwichtEnglish · edit-25 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · edit-22 days agoTo keep your QR codes as small as possible, use all caps. (unfortunate, yes)plus-squareshkspr.mobiexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down14
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkTo keep your QR codes as small as possible, use all caps. (unfortunate, yes)plus-squareshkspr.mobievenwichtEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · 2 days agoPDF layers (ocg): option to disable when printing is broken (at least, w.r.t. lp) -- not sure who to blame for this bugplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squarePDF layers (ocg): option to disable when printing is broken (at least, w.r.t. lp) -- not sure who to blame for this bugplus-squareevenwichtEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
nonserf@libretechni.caEnglish · edit-22 months agoRectangle-packing app needed to “montage” scans of paper receipts (perhaps with LaTeX and ImageMagick interfacing)plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareRectangle-packing app needed to “montage” scans of paper receipts (perhaps with LaTeX and ImageMagick interfacing)plus-squarenonserf@libretechni.caEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square1linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · edit-23 months agoA LaTeX pkg that can add markups to make a letter become its own envelope -- would be nice!plus-squarewww.letterfu.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkA LaTeX pkg that can add markups to make a letter become its own envelope -- would be nice!plus-squarewww.letterfu.comevenwichtEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · edit-26 months agoIs there a free-world forge for LaTeX packages? (update: the answer is NO)plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareIs there a free-world forge for LaTeX packages? (update: the answer is NO)plus-squareevenwichtEnglish · edit-26 months agomessage-square2linkfedilink
freedomPusher@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-26 months agoTool needed to convert scans from PDF to LaTeX (not merely OCR). Libs already exist.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareTool needed to convert scans from PDF to LaTeX (not merely OCR). Libs already exist.plus-squarefreedomPusher@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-26 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · edit-27 months agoMaking hashes and fingerprints readable by spacing out every 4 charsplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareMaking hashes and fingerprints readable by spacing out every 4 charsplus-squareevenwichtEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · edit-27 months agodot2texi example from docs broken (Package pgf Error: No shape named `C_1' is known.)plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squaredot2texi example from docs broken (Package pgf Error: No shape named `C_1' is known.)plus-squareevenwichtEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · 9 months agono way to do a color leftbar?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareno way to do a color leftbar?plus-squareevenwichtEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · 10 months agoenvlab is from the 1990s, US mail only, severe limitationsplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareenvlab is from the 1990s, US mail only, severe limitationsplus-squareevenwichtEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · edit-28 months agoWhat font is good for ransom letters? The wordlike.sty pkg gives problemsplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down11
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareWhat font is good for ransom letters? The wordlike.sty pkg gives problemsplus-squareevenwichtEnglish · edit-28 months agomessage-square4linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · 11 months agoHave printer makers taken away the ability to send control codes to the printer? Will driverless printers solve this?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareHave printer makers taken away the ability to send control codes to the printer? Will driverless printers solve this?plus-squareevenwichtEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square1linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · edit-211 months agoSample test page to determine the unprintable area of a printerplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareSample test page to determine the unprintable area of a printerplus-squareevenwichtEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square2linkfedilink
nonserf@libretechni.caEnglish · 1 year agoLaTeX has a substantial quality control problem -- a bug tracking shitshow & lack of bug trackingplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareLaTeX has a substantial quality control problem -- a bug tracking shitshow & lack of bug trackingplus-squarenonserf@libretechni.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · 1 year agoBefore buying a “white goods” appliance, send this LaTeX form letter to the manufacturerplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down17
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareBefore buying a “white goods” appliance, send this LaTeX form letter to the manufacturerplus-squareevenwichtEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · edit-21 year agomulticol package imposes symmetric column widths (bad for enumitem) - how can column width be controlled?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squaremulticol package imposes symmetric column widths (bad for enumitem) - how can column width be controlled?plus-squareevenwichtEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square2linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · 1 year agoHaving a tabular column of dates is painful because >{} is brokenplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareHaving a tabular column of dates is painful because >{} is brokenplus-squareevenwichtEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · 1 year agoPDF needs two modes: mono (for printing and e-readers) & color (for normal LCDs)plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squarePDF needs two modes: mono (for printing and e-readers) & color (for normal LCDs)plus-squareevenwichtEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2linkfedilink
evenwichtEnglish · 1 year agoURLs are a problem in LaTeXplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareURLs are a problem in LaTeXplus-squareevenwichtEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
