MAPS 36
- Taco Hoekwater
- MAPS 2008.1 (English/Dutch)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 1-89
- maps.pdf (21486kb)
- keywords:
NTG, MAPS- abstract:
NTG's magazine - MAPS 36, 2008, 1-89
- Taco Hoekwater
- Redactioneel (Dutch)
- MAPS 36, 2007, 1
- 01.pdf (84kb)
- MAPS 36, 2007, 1
- Taco Hoekwater
- TUG conference 2008 (English)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 2
- 02.pdf (1838kb)
- keywords:
tug, cork, announcement - MAPS 36, 2008, 2
- Wilfred van Rooijen
- Typesetting CJK and other exotic characters using LaTeX and xeLaTeX — Anything goes (well, almost ...) (English)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 3-12
- 03.pdf (10651kb)
- keywords:
XeTeX, XeLaTeX, CJK, unicode, horizontal and vertical typesetting, Japanese- abstract:
This paper tries to illustrate some of the particularities of typesetting CJK characters using several flavors of LaTeX. Special attention is given to Japanese. A short introduction is given about the nature of the character scripts and the special demands those alphabets put on character and font encodings. Typesetting Japanese using p(te)TeX, LaTeX, Lambda, and XeLaTeX is discussed. Special discussion is given to XeLaTeX, and the possibilities of including annotation markup and vertical typesetting in Japanese texts using XeLaTeX. It will be shown that although typesetting vertical material is possible with XeTeX v0.997, more development work will be needed in this area to create a dependable vertical typesetting system. - MAPS 36, 2008, 3-12
- Jelle Huisman
- Met XeTeX meertalig — Talen en fonts in TeX (Dutch)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 13-17
- 04.pdf (213kb)
- keywords:
talen, schrift, fonts, xetex- abstract:
This article is an adaptation of the lecture I gave at the NTG spring meeting of 8 June 2007. This article begins with a little background information about languages, scripts, and fonts. The second part of the article gives some examples of multilingual use of TeX, using XeTeX. Dit artikel is een bewerking van de lezing die ik op de NTG voorjaarsbijeenkomst van 8 juni 2007 heb gehouden. Dit artikel begint met wat achtergrondinformatie over talen, schriften en fonts. Het tweede deel van het artikel geeft een aantal voorbeelden van meertalig TeX-gebruik met behulp van XeTeX. - MAPS 36, 2008, 13-17
- Piet van Oostrum
- What is it about all those *TeXs (English)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 18-21
- 05.pdf (172kb)
- keywords:
tex, latex, miktex, tetex, texlive, etex, pdftex, pdfetex- abstract:
This short article describes the different `layers' in a TeX system, the differences between TeX engines, extensions, macro packages, and distributions. I hope to take away some of the confusions that people new to TeX and less technically inclined people have when they are confronted with terms like pdftex, texlive, tetex, miktex, pdflatex and so on. - MAPS 36, 2008, 18-21
- Ulrik Vieth
- Book Review: Fonts and Encodings — by Yannis Haralambous (English)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 22-23
- 06.pdf (127kb)
- keywords:
fonts, encodings, book review - MAPS 36, 2008, 22-23
- Luigi Scarso
- On reading Fonts & Encodings (English)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 24
- 07.pdf (83kb)
- abstract:
Stated briefly: "should I buy this book?" YES. - MAPS 36, 2008, 24
- Hans Hagen
- Latin Modern Nederlands (Dutch)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 25-26
- 08.pdf (26kb)
- keywords:
fonts, ij, ligature, opentype- abstract:
This article discusses how some typical Dutch language related typesetting issues are dealt with in Latin Modern by means of the language and script tags. - MAPS 36, 2008, 25-26
- Aditya Mahajan
- Theorems in ConTeXt (English)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 27-32
- 09.pdf (131kb)
- keywords:
context, theorems, enumerations- abstract:
This article explains some of the recent advancements in ConTeXt enumeration mechanism that handles most of the requirements of theorem-like constructions. - MAPS 36, 2008, 27-32
- Hans van der Meer
- Exam Papers — Posing Questions to Students (English)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 33-38
- 10.pdf (216kb)
- keywords:
context, examination, multiple choice- abstract:
Exam is a module for consistent production and maintenance of student examinations. Provided for are various types of questions such as with long and small answers, yes/no questions and multiple choice. - MAPS 36, 2008, 33-38
- Roland Smith
- Revision control for TeX documents — An overview (English)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 39-42
- 11.pdf (190kb)
- keywords:
revision control, subversion, RCS, CVS, git- abstract:
Revision control is the management of multiple versions of the same unit of information. Originating in formalized processes in engineering, it was first automated for managing source code for computer software. Since TeX documents are like source code, they lend themselves well to being managed by a revision control system. Systems like RCS and git are very suitable for single writers working on their own projects. More elaborate systems like CVS and subversion are more suited for groups cooperating on projects. It takes more effort to master them. For most single users, git is the best alternative for multi-file projects, followed by RCS for working on single TeX files. - MAPS 36, 2008, 39-42
- Hans Hagen
- The luafication of TeX and ConTeXt (English)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 43-50
- 12.pdf (138kb)
- keywords:
lua, tex, context - MAPS 36, 2008, 43-50
- Frans Goddijn
- DHZ boek (Dutch)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 51-52
- 13.pdf (111kb)
- keywords:
doe het zelf, boek, online drukker, pod- abstract:
It is becoming easier to produce a book, while for publishers it is less interesting to invest in new authors. Publishing on your own looks natural, but if you want to do it beautifully, it is a challenge. Het wordt steeds makkelijker om zelf een boek te produceren terwijl het voor uitgevers steeds minder interessant wordt om in nieuwe auteurs te investeren. Zelf publiceren ligt voor de hand maar als je het mooi wil doen is het een uitdaging. - MAPS 36, 2008, 51-52
- Dave Walden
- Notes on Self-publishing (English)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 53-64
- 14.pdf (5608kb)
- keywords:
self-publishing, publishers, cost- abstract:
This note summarizes what I have learned about self-publishing. - MAPS 36, 2008, 53-64
- Taco Hoekwater
- ConTeXt conference 2008 (English)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 65
- 15.pdf (424kb)
- keywords:
meeting, bohinj, announcement - MAPS 36, 2008, 65
- Taco Hoekwater, Hans Hagen
- MetaPost library project (English)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 66-68
- 16.pdf (131kb)
- keywords:
metapost, mplib, reuse - MAPS 36, 2008, 66-68
- Hans Hagen, Taco Hoekwater
- The MetaPost Library (English)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 69-81
- 17.pdf (113kb)
- keywords:
metapost, mplib, luatex - MAPS 36, 2008, 69-81
- Hans Hagen, Taco Hoekwater, Volker Schaa
- Reshaping Euler — A collaboration with Hermann Zapf (English)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 82-84
- 18.pdf (705kb)
- keywords:
fonts, euler, update - MAPS 36, 2008, 82-84
- Hans van der Meer
- Blocks and Arrows with MetaPost (English)
- MAPS 36, 2008, 85-89
- 19.pdf (211kb)
- keywords:
metapost, context, color, drawing, block, arrow, label- abstract:
Typesetting of blocks and arrows in ConTeXt with MetaPost. - MAPS 36, 2008, 85-89