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6 An old-school solution without `nicematrix` (sorry, but I haven't yet taken the time to learn that package, and I have yet to want to create a table I'm not able to create with only `array`+`longtable`+`tabularx`). It lacks the grey base colour but else should do.

Skillmon

5 The nice thing about nicematrix is that every cell automatically creates a tikz node. This means you can go in with tikz afterwards and add whatever decoration you might want.

samcarter

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Skillmon replying to CarLaTeX

Yay, `ducksay` has made the cut! <3

CarLaTeX

[![Extra.png](/image?hash=d071d2149077ec7d74342825093462ee9c6c988b73756f4133ba14d74fdd7ffa)](https://vimeo.com/1147001506)

CarLaTeX

The 2025 edition of the Great Tikzlings Christmas Extravaganza has just been released. Guided by William Shakespeare and Dante Alighieri you are going to meet a hallucinating meerkat and Wagnerian bats. You will learn things about Canada and find out where all the flowers have gone. You will listen to “Silent Night” on steel drums and see your favourite Tikzlings on holiday in France. There are ducks on ice, termite soup and reminiscences of Alfred Hitchcock, and some of the participants are hopping mad and, and, and… Have a look!

samcarter replying to Skillmon

`actualtext/.try` was way too easy to be true :)

Skillmon replying to samcarter

Good to know that the biggest syntax strangeness of `pgfkeys` that is the `.try`-handler doesn't help in what should be its use case :P

samcarter

(and before you run into the same problem, the `.try` handler won't work -- something about how the `actualtext` option is defined. Ulrike had some nice explanation, but I can't find it right now...  
  
That's why I'm testing with  
```  
\pgfkeysifdefined{/tikz/actualtext/.@cmd}{
}{
  \pgfkeys{/pgf/actualtext/.code={}}
}  
```  
)

samcarter replying to Skillmon

The price you pay for speed :)

Skillmon

But I reckon something similar should work with `pgfpicture`.

Skillmon replying to samcarter

dang, can't use that, no Ti*k*Z for me... :)

samcarter replying to Skillmon

Basically something like this:  
  
```  
\DocumentMetadata{tagging=on}
\documentclass{article}

\RequirePackage{tikz}

\makeatletter
\pgfkeysifdefined{/tikz/actualtext/.@cmd}{
}{
  \pgfkeys{/pgf/actualtext/.code={}}
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

text

\begin{tikzpicture}[actualtext={42}]%
\draw (0,0) -- (1,1);
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}  
```

samcarter replying to Skillmon

Yes, I'm using the `actualtext` tikz option to provide the number as alt text.

Skillmon replying to samcarter

Did you already add tagging support to `cistercian`? If so, I might have to copy bits of it, I still haven't reworked my bunch of packages for tagging.

samcarter replying to Skillmon

Some packages are so good, they don't need advertisement :P

Skillmon replying to samcarter

That concludes the package war between `xistercian` and `cistercian`, to the victor go the spoils!

samcarter replying to Skillmon

Indeed! Even in colour! That was a really great surprise when reading the Komödie!

Skillmon

@samcarter finally got to take a look at the 4/2025 DTK, `cistercian` got an entire advertisement page!

CarLaTeX replying to samcarter

:)

samcarter replying to CarLaTeX

Thanks for the present :)

CarLaTeX

@samcarter Thank you for mentioning me in TikZlings update!

samcarter replying to Skillmon

Looks interesting! Thanks for the link!

Skillmon

Very interesting project: https://github.com/sylvainhalle/lua-pagemaker

samcarter replying to CarLaTeX

:D

CarLaTeX replying to samcarter

professional deformation :D

samcarter

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2502335-what-the-evolution-of-tickling-tells-us-about-being-human/  
  
^^^ at first glance, I read the headline as "What the evolution of *tikzling* tells us about being human" :)

samcarter replying to Skillmon

I didn't look at the code, but the design looks nice.

Skillmon replying to samcarter

Cool thing, will take a peek, thx for sharing the news

samcarter

https://mathstodon.xyz/@ajcain/115685444339649249

samcarter replying to frougon

 maybe it is both :)

frougon replying to samcarter

You don't have to decide. :)

samcarter replying to frougon

wow, I can't decide if impressive or crazy :)

frougon

Hi all. This is not exactly TeX, but fits equally well in the *BDSM Computer Programming* section: [Ray Tracing in pure CMake](https://64.github.io/cmake-raytracer/). With multicore support. 616 lines of—as much as CMake allows—readable code. Respect.  
  
Note: PNG support not required; you can just use the CMakeLists.txt after commenting out its `include(png.cmake)` line.

samcarter replying to Skillmon

That's good! Otherwise it would be real torture to leave you waiting until xmas :)

Skillmon

Luckily, unlike ducks, we rabbits aren't very curious creatures.

CarLaTeX

@samcarter You got mail

CarLaTeX replying to samcarter

I'll write to everyone to ask for some advice, wait my mail

samcarter replying to CarLaTeX

All is fine, no need to be sorry!

samcarter replying to CarLaTeX

So many colours! This will look awesome!

CarLaTeX replying to samcarter

Sorry, I'm not so expert of GitHub :D

samcarter replying to CarLaTeX

Oh, I've just seen your commit. It seems we were adding it at the same time :)

CarLaTeX replying to samcarter

Thank you

samcarter replying to CarLaTeX

done  (the folder can't be empty, so I added a placeholder image -- just ignore :) )

CarLaTeX

Perhaps I managed to do it by myself

CarLaTeX

With a subfolder "include", thank you!

CarLaTeX

@samcarter Could you please create a carlatex folder in Extravaganza2025?

samcarter replying to Skillmon

... keeping the lovely people at ctan busy :)

Skillmon replying to samcarter

same for `codedescribe`, had an update yesterday, incoming today.

Skillmon replying to samcarter

yep, gave of some vibes :)

samcarter replying to Skillmon

Three times `freemath` under the incoming packages. Do they want to become the new easybook?

samcarter replying to Skillmon

The poor bug -- thoroughly squished :P

Skillmon replying to CarLaTeX

https://ctan.org/incoming