TIL #LaTeX and #XeLaTeX do not support specifying a general fallback font for all symbols not included in your chosen font. But the good news is, #LuaLaTeX supports it since 2021!

Sometimes you just close #TexMaker and use vim to modify .tex files… because annoying tables in .*TeX are just much easier to handle in vim.

There's a script for that¹. ANd vim's column selection/deletion/insertion is useful as hell to add or remove columns easily in your x*TeX tables.

1. https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Create_LaTeX_Tables

#LaTeX #Tex #XeLaTex #WhateverTeX

Rectification : j'ai fini mon papier, il fait moins de 500 caractères et 1 schéma 👨‍🎨 #tikz #TeXLaTeX #XeLaTeX

In the final stages of finishing the camera-ready copy for my fifth book made using #texlatex (#xelatex this time). And I’m still blown away by how amazing #texlatex is. How many software systems are still without equal after 36 years?? Only one.

I have created a pdf using #LaTeX #XeLateX , and it crashes #Bluebeam #Revu . Does anyone have a suggestion?

The file opens fine in Evince and Adobe Acrobat.

@Canageek Oh, I think the answer is reasonable. I create UTF-8 encoded documents all the time, and I just input "é" rather than "\'e"; on my main keyboard, I can just hit the key for the former. It all works fine with #XeLaTeX and #BibLaTeX, at least for documents containing French, English, Greek and Chinese.

Maybe there are snags for Arabic, which is a bit trickier at least in how adjacent characters are written. In general however, UTF-8 is superior to ASCII.

#utf8 #ascii

Bon ma nouvelle conf #emacs avance bien.
Tout se trouve bien rangé dans un fichier #org
Au premier lancement, tous les paquets sont téléchargés, compilés et configurés automatiquement ce qui rend la configuration portable.
Reste à mettre en place #xelatex en plus de #pdflatex, faire tous les snippets utiles et documenter (en français pour une fois !) le fichier org pour que tout le monde puisse en profiter et l'adapter à ces besoins.
Bon encore quelques jours quoi !

% Write greek with #XeLaTeX : a macro

\newcommand\textgreek[1]{%
{\fontspec{Liberation Serif}#1}
}

% Usage \textgreek{τετραφάρμακος}