Adding unnumbered part to the ToC Sometimes, it is desirable to add section headings to a modular ToC. There are packages that help in customizing the ToC and even in creating multiple ToCs, but I […]
Admittedly, this had me scratching my noggin for a little while. I had a small amount of Spanish text to typeset and instead of manually setting up the accented characters, I cut-and-pasted it directly from […]
There are numerous compression/archive utilities available and in use on the ‘net. Here are some scratchpad notes for using popular options for some of them. Mostly for my reference, but you may find something useful […]
There are several ways to accomplish line breaks withing LaTeX table cells, but I wanted to mention a package that offers the ability to format individual table cells and thus give an easy mechanism for […]
In order to get PDF-XChange Editor working with TeXnicCenter, it is simply a case of defining an output profile. From TeXnicCenter, click build -> Define Output Profiles (or use the keyboard shortcut ALT+F7). You’ll see […]
Continuous footnote numbering across chapters By default, footnote numbering resets on a per chapter basis in several popular LaTeX classes (memoir, report, and others.) In order to prevent the reset per chapter, and have continuous […]
Recently, I ran across a laptop I hadn’t used for several years. It had Windows Vista installed and, for the life of me, I was unable to recall the administrator (or, for that matter, any […]
Sometimes, it is convenient to change the font temporarily within a paragraph in LaTeX. This can be achieved quite simply by using the fontspec package (which requires XeLaTex or LuaLaTeX.) In order to change the […]
Linux boxes usually include a utility shred that can be used to repeatedly overwrite files on a disk, ensuring that they are irrecoverable. On FreeBSD, the shred utility is included in the GNU coreutils port. […]
One of the perennial annoyances when moving between file formats is the dealing with the way in which some editors wrap text. I sometimes receive files that I need to un-text-wrap. Here’s a handy PERL […]
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