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LaTeX et la plume<p>La nouvelle version de "LaTeX pour littéraires, éditeurs et designers", d'Éric Guichard, estampillée 2025 vient de sortir. Voici l'URL où télécharger le fichier PDF. Et c'est gratuit ! Un grand merci à lui.<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a></p>
le-tex 🇺🇦<p>Our Christine Windeln and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@xporc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>xporc</span></a></span> presented a TeX-powered PrintCSS formatter at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@markupuk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>markupuk</span></a></span> . Great achievement by Christine who developed this tool as part of her bachelor's thesis.<br><a href="https://markupuk.org/webhelp/#ar08.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">markupuk.org/webhelp/#ar08.htm</span><span class="invisible">l</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/printcss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printcss</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/texlatex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texlatex</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/xproc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xproc</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/markupuk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>markupuk</span></a></p>
Mathias Magdowski<p>Vielen Dank an die Redaktion von "Die TeXnische Komödie" der deutschsprachigen Anwendervereinigung <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> e.V. mit Plätzchen, Zahlenspielereien und Neuigkeiten zu ConTeXt.</p>
LaTeX et la plume<p>Dans cette nouvelle séquence, nous allons exploiter la police de caractères Luciole qui a été développée spécialement pour les personnes malvoyantes ou ayant des déficiences visuelles. La police Luciole est ici utilisée comme police courante pour le texte.<br><a href="https://youtu.be/yYxSVewGUZc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/yYxSVewGUZc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/malvoyant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malvoyant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DeficienceVisuelle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeficienceVisuelle</span></a></p>
Frederik Elwert<p>Hivemind: I noticed that my academic CV is the last document I maintain in <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a>. Is there a <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a> (preferably <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/pandoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandoc</span></a>) based CV system/template/filter that you can recommend? PDF output is required, HTML output a plus. And yes, I did like the <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/ModernCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModernCV</span></a> style.</p>
David ALBERTO<p><a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> suite à changement d'instance Mastodon.</p><p>Passionné d'astronomie, et plus particulièrement d'instruments astronomiques anciens de mesure du temps (cadrans solaires, astrolabes, nocturlabes, globes célestes).<br>Je fais des tracés d'instruments astronomiques avec <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> et <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/texlatex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texlatex</span></a> que je partage sur les réseaux sociaux et sur mon site internet.</p><p>Intéressé par l'histoire de l'astronomie et de la navigation astronomique.</p><p>J'aime bien m'essayer à la cartographie.</p><p>Professeur de physique-chimie en lycée technologique depuis +20 ans.</p><p>Membre de la Commission des cadrans solaires (Société astronomique de France), du CLEA (Comité de liaison enseignants-astronomes), et de l'UdPPC (Union des professeurs de physique et de chimie).</p>
τεχniker<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@SebiPanther" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SebiPanther</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@necrosis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>necrosis</span></a></span> </p><p>Habe nochmal drüber meditiert. 😇<br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a></p>
john fink ok!! :goat:<p>Been a while since I've worked with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beamer</span></a> and it's still enjoyable.</p>
Sarah Lang (she/they)<p>Unbelievable! This is already the third <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaTeX</span></a> Ninja post this year!</p><p>Learn how to improve an OCR/HTR model by fine-tuning it with your own data. I discuss all the relevant basics like:<br>- available platforms to do this work in<br>- what you need to know about transcription guidelines<br>- how to do it more efficiently</p><p><a href="http://latex-ninja.com/2025/06/01/how-to-create-training-ground-truth-data-to-improve-ocr-htr/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">latex-ninja.com/2025/06/01/how</span><span class="invisible">-to-create-training-ground-truth-data-to-improve-ocr-htr/</span></a> <br><a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalHumanities</span></a></p>
Hans<p>After distributing almost all of my previous batch of stickers via the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eh22" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eh22</span></a> stickertisch, I ordered 2500 more. I am now ready for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gpn23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gpn23</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/texlatex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texlatex</span></a></p>
David ALBERTO<p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomie</span></a> <br>Au fil des années, j'ai dessiné plusieurs maquettes d'instruments astronomiques à faire en papier.<br>J'ai rassemblé une dizaine d'entre elles dans un même PDF. Pour chacune : notice de montage et d'utilisation.<br>Cadrans solaires, astrolabes, heure de lever/coucher du Soleil, crépuscule...</p><p>À télécharger ici :<br><a href="https://www.astrolabe-science.fr/livret-maquettes-astronomiques-papier/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">astrolabe-science.fr/livret-ma</span><span class="invisible">quettes-astronomiques-papier/</span></a></p><p>L'essentiel des maquettes a été réalisé avec <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> et <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/TikZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TikZ</span></a>.</p>
JabRef<p>Make <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/JabKit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JabKit</span></a> permanently available:</p><p>1. Install jbang: <a href="https://www.jbang.dev/download/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">jbang.dev/download/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>2. Execute "jbang app install jabkit@jabref"</p><p>Then, you can run "jabkit --help" and more.</p><p>Powered by JbangHub: <a href="https://www.jbang.dev/learn/jbanghub/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">jbang.dev/learn/jbanghub/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://foojay.social/tags/jabref" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jabref</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/bibtex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bibtex</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/texlatex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texlatex</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/jbang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jbang</span></a></p>
JabRef<p>The first <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/GithubAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GithubAction</span></a> to check <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/Bibtex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bibtex</span></a> consistency. For instance: Do all articles have page numbers, no articles, or is there a mix?</p><p>Head on to <a href="https://github.com/JabRef/jabref-action" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/JabRef/jabref-actio</span><span class="invisible">n</span></a> to see an example.</p><p>This is an alpha state. Feedback and contributions very welcome!</p><p><a href="https://foojay.social/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/Quality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quality</span></a></p>
Malin<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tilde.zone/@mhd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mhd</span></a></span><br>Templates?</p><p>We have lots of TeX templates and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dice.camp/@sean" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sean</span></a></span> found some typst resources. </p><p>Some of these work with Markdown input.<br> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dice.camp/@LeviKornelsen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LeviKornelsen</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/RPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RPG</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Typst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Typst</span></a></p>
James Endres Howell<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/chemfig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemfig</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Emacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OrgMode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrgMode</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chemistry</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a></p>
JabRef<p>After a thorough and competitive selection process, we're excited to announce and warmly welcome our Google Summer of Code 2025 contributors 🎉 </p><p>Our projects are:<br>* Git Integration for JabRef<br>* Integration of JabRef with VS Code via Language Server Protocol (LSP)<br>* OCR and AI Integration to improve handling of ancient documents in JabRef<br>* Design and Implementation of a Welcome Walkthrough for JabRef</p><p><a href="https://foojay.social/tags/JabRef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JabRef</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/TexLateX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexLateX</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/javafx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>javafx</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/git" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>git</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/ocr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocr</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/VsCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VsCode</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/GSOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSOC</span></a> </p><p>Stay tuned!</p>
Moss (the τεχie) <(fsm)>{{<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@globalmuseum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>globalmuseum</span></a></span> <br>Dunno if that’s historic but the <a href="https://rheinneckar.social/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> community has a package to typeset ducks that look very rubbery because they are made from LaTeX. It’s been dubbed “the best package in the history of mankind. And also in duck history” by a well-known duck admirer named <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@paulocereda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>paulocereda</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://ctan.org/pkg/tikzducks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ctan.org/pkg/tikzducks</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>,?lang=en</p>
Sarah Lang (she/they)<p>The <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaTeX</span></a> Ninja blog is back!</p><p>This time with my learnings for doing <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> for <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> contexts, discussing issues like:<br>- why you should learn about optimizing thumbnails before posting<br>- and whether YouTube is worth it for Academia contexts anyway</p><p>Would love to hear about your experiences!</p><p><a href="http://latex-ninja.com/2025/05/11/why-great-content-isnt-enough-on-youtube-and-what-i-learned-the-hard-way-essentials-for-academia/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">latex-ninja.com/2025/05/11/why</span><span class="invisible">-great-content-isnt-enough-on-youtube-and-what-i-learned-the-hard-way-essentials-for-academia/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a></p>
JabRef<p>The new elected <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pope</span></a> has a Bachelor of Science degree in <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a>. <br>Chances are high that the used <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/TexLateX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexLateX</span></a> but not <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/JabRef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JabRef</span></a> as that did not yet exist....</p>
JabRef<p>A couple of days ago we released the new Alpha 2 of Version 6.0 with many bug fixes and some fancy new things.</p><p>We improved the onboarding experience for new users, improved <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/CSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSL</span></a> support in LibreOffice and for the <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/TexLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexLaTeX</span></a> users we now have support for analyzing blg files in the integrity check.</p><p>More info in our blog post: <a href="https://blog.jabref.org/2025/05/06/JabRef6-0-alpha2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.jabref.org/2025/05/06/Jab</span><span class="invisible">Ref6-0-alpha2/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://foojay.social/tags/javafx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>javafx</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/bibtex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bibtex</span></a> <a href="https://foojay.social/tags/bibliography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bibliography</span></a></p>