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Doesn't this sound a little biased?
"The disappointing galley proofs gave him the final motivation to solve the problem at hand once and for all by designing his own typesetting system."--
86.184.71.5 (
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The article (and also the List of TeX extensions article) would be substantially enhanced by the presence of a family tree diagram, a bit like this one for Unix. Such a family tree would include major derivatives/extensions/etc of TeX, such as LaTeX, pdfTeX, XeTeX and LuaTeX, and help readers to visualise the ways in which those pieces of software relate to each other in terms of chronology and functionality.
@ Cmglee:, might you be interested in taking on that challenge? Please ping me if you reply, in case I am not watching this page. Thanks! Zazpot ( talk) 21:33, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Texmf. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 May 3#Texmf until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 1234qwer1234qwer4 ( talk) 20:21, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
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Why is the current version number have the same digits as pi? I searched for pi in the article using Ctrl+F and didn't find anything. I think it would be good to include an explanation of why the current version is very similiar to pi's decimal expansion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ScientistBuilder ( talk • contribs) 23:20, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
The file format infobox shows "application/x-tex", and I couldn't find the Media Type described in the box at the
IANA media type list, as my understanding they are responsible for defining this types,
discussed and agreed in forums. The Initial release info is redundant, already described in the software infobox.
File extension I do not think it is critical, even on the project website they say that "You can, of course, “just read it”, since it’s a plain text file; the problem is that the markup tags in the document may prove distracting. Most of the time, even TeX experts will typeset a (La)TeX file before attempting to read it. [...] Are you “put off” by all this? — remember that TeX is good at producing PDF: why not ask the person who sent the TeX file to send a PDF copy?" Type format: sure, it is a text file, but can you read it? It's more like html, markup. The LaTex article, software based in TeX, doesn't have this info box. It would be more suitable because it is just a typesetting software. BRLibertarian ( talk) 17:31, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
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Tau Epsilon Chi. The discussion will occur at
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 December 6#Tau Epsilon Chi until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
Naraht (
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06:56, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
"mathematical formulas" would be enough in my opinion. and formulae is no more correct than formulas, according to most dictionaries, people, and regular humans. 176.54.4.163 ( talk) 14:39, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
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Doesn't this sound a little biased?
"The disappointing galley proofs gave him the final motivation to solve the problem at hand once and for all by designing his own typesetting system."--
86.184.71.5 (
talk)
08:44, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
The article (and also the List of TeX extensions article) would be substantially enhanced by the presence of a family tree diagram, a bit like this one for Unix. Such a family tree would include major derivatives/extensions/etc of TeX, such as LaTeX, pdfTeX, XeTeX and LuaTeX, and help readers to visualise the ways in which those pieces of software relate to each other in terms of chronology and functionality.
@ Cmglee:, might you be interested in taking on that challenge? Please ping me if you reply, in case I am not watching this page. Thanks! Zazpot ( talk) 21:33, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Texmf. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 May 3#Texmf until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 1234qwer1234qwer4 ( talk) 20:21, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect
TeXbook. The discussion will occur at
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 October 5#TeXbook until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (
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00:03, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
Why is the current version number have the same digits as pi? I searched for pi in the article using Ctrl+F and didn't find anything. I think it would be good to include an explanation of why the current version is very similiar to pi's decimal expansion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ScientistBuilder ( talk • contribs) 23:20, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
The file format infobox shows "application/x-tex", and I couldn't find the Media Type described in the box at the
IANA media type list, as my understanding they are responsible for defining this types,
discussed and agreed in forums. The Initial release info is redundant, already described in the software infobox.
File extension I do not think it is critical, even on the project website they say that "You can, of course, “just read it”, since it’s a plain text file; the problem is that the markup tags in the document may prove distracting. Most of the time, even TeX experts will typeset a (La)TeX file before attempting to read it. [...] Are you “put off” by all this? — remember that TeX is good at producing PDF: why not ask the person who sent the TeX file to send a PDF copy?" Type format: sure, it is a text file, but can you read it? It's more like html, markup. The LaTex article, software based in TeX, doesn't have this info box. It would be more suitable because it is just a typesetting software. BRLibertarian ( talk) 17:31, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect
Tau Epsilon Chi. The discussion will occur at
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 December 6#Tau Epsilon Chi until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
Naraht (
talk)
06:56, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
"mathematical formulas" would be enough in my opinion. and formulae is no more correct than formulas, according to most dictionaries, people, and regular humans. 176.54.4.163 ( talk) 14:39, 4 November 2023 (UTC)