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samcarter replying to Ulrike Fischer

Thanks for your reply!

Ulrike Fischer replying to samcarter

generally your hooks should start with the package name. In some special cases you can declare a generic hook like cmd/duck/before, e.g. if you want to move that into your command in a better place (or if you simply want to prevent the use of the generic hook).  
~~~~  
\documentclass{article}
\AddToHook{cmd/blub/before}{!!!}
\NewHook{cmd/blub/before}
\newcommand\blub{abc}
\begin{document}
\blub
\renewcommand\blub{abc\UseHook{cmd/blub/before}xxx}
\blub
\end{document}  
~~~~

samcarter

If I wanted to use a hook in one specific macro, let's say `\duck`, would I name it after the package `\NewHook{tikzducks/body}` or something like `\NewHook{cmd/duck/body}`?

CarLaTeX

@L.J.R. https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/67089254#67089254

निरंजन

```
\NewDocumentCommand { \bLaTeX } {  }{%
  (\kern-0.075em\relax
  L\kern-0.325em\relax\raise0.3ex\relax
  \hbox{{\scshape a}}\kern-0.125em\relax
  )\kern-0.1em\relax
  T\kern-0.1em\relax\lower0.5ex\relax
  \hbox{E}\kern-0.125em\relax
  X%
}
```

This gives me what I want.

निरंजन replying to samcarter

Too good. I was also not very happy with the placement of the (La)TeX from `hologos`. With `metalogox` it looks much better, but I would maybe steal the code just for the two-three commands I need regularly and use them locally rather than using the entire package.

samcarter replying to Skillmon

:) must be a package with a collection of logos for metal bands, mustn't it?

Skillmon replying to samcarter

but what does it have to do with metal? (I parsed this incorrectly, obviously)

samcarter

Package in the spotlight: [metalogox](https://www.ctan.org/pkg/metalogox)  
  
(I've always disliked the spacing of `\LaTeX` in sans serif cm - e.g. used by beamer. Metalogox improves the spacing a bit...)

निरंजन replying to Skillmon

:joy::joy::joy:

CarLaTeX replying to Skillmon

Lol

Skillmon replying to CarLaTeX

TeX is in that state since a bit of time. I still use it.

CarLaTeX

Thank you!

samcarter replying to CarLaTeX

my personal opinion: as long as there are no security concerns (e.g. it still works with the current python version) I don't see a problem in using software that is no longer actively developed. I would think it would still make an interesting article.

निरंजन replying to CarLaTeX

My pleasure. I think it's a very nice idea to give a shout out to the software we like.

निरंजन

I, for example, quite often use [`expex`](https://ctan.org/pkg/expex) which is a very old package. Last release was around 8 years ago, but till date, its output is unmatched with that of other similar packages.

CarLaTeX replying to निरंजन

Thank you for your opinion!

निरंजन replying to CarLaTeX

Why not if you think it is a good package? Some of the inactive projects are really good and stable.

CarLaTeX

@samcarter @skillmon ^^^ I think it's not the case to write an article on it if it's inactive. Or do you think it might still be worth it?

CarLaTeX replying to Skillmon

The maintainer replied: "That project is pretty inactive. It's not completely unmaintained though. If something is broken on e.g. a new Python version I'll fix it. But there's no new features planned. It's fairly complete though in my opinion, so you can still use it."

Skillmon replying to CarLaTeX

that clears things up :)

CarLaTeX replying to Skillmon

It's "know", not "you", I wrote on the cell phone with autocorrect :D

Skillmon replying to CarLaTeX

I think there's a word missing in that sentence, I don't fully grasp what you're trying to say ("I don't you").

Skillmon replying to CarLaTeX

I found it very nice, it allows much faster compilation of your document because you can create all your plots parallelised and they integrate into your document absolutely seamless.

CarLaTeX replying to Skillmon

Yes, of course! I'll take it into account for one of the next articles

CarLaTeX replying to Skillmon

I didn't reach the author, I'll try but I don't know if I get an answer at once

Skillmon replying to CarLaTeX

you could also cover direct plot generation via `matplotlib`'s `pgf` backend. I did all my plots that way when I was in university.

Skillmon replying to CarLaTeX

Last commit 6 months ago, last release 1 year 3 months ago, but the release before that was in 2020. One could say that development at least slowed down a lot, but maybe it's just stable enough for the authors' needs? Did you try reaching the authors/maintainers?

CarLaTeX replying to samcarter

Yay!

samcarter replying to CarLaTeX

Sounds like a nice topic!

CarLaTeX

We have to search if there are other articles on this topic, to add something new

CarLaTeX replying to samcarter

Maybe converting dataframes to LaTeX with pandas

samcarter replying to CarLaTeX

Does the Professor already have alternative ideas or would he like a community brainstorming for possible topics?

samcarter replying to CarLaTeX

Oh, no, the poor professor!

CarLaTeX

Prof. van Duck would have liked to write an article about PyLaTeX but he has just find out this: "We found indications that PyLaTeX is an Inactive project." Quack in despair!

CarLaTeX replying to samcarter

:)

samcarter replying to CarLaTeX

Oh, what a nice procession!

CarLaTeX

https://x.com/buitengebieden/status/1879980555376422951?s=19

samcarter

Package in the spotlight: [fillpages](https://www.ctan.org/pkg/fillpages)

samcarter

Thanks to everyone who voted for/against the tophat for the snowman cookie cutter!   
  
Given the tie of stars (:star::star: each), I decided to follow @Skillmon's argument for a simpler shape and move the tophatted snowman to a separate branch.

CarLaTeX replying to J...S

@samcarter already answered, of course it is made with LaTeX!

Skillmon replying to J...S

Welcome on the other side!  
  
There is also the possibility to import a question from TeX.SX (though that only makes sense if you also provide answers).

samcarter replying to J...S

The source of the calendar is also public at https://github.com/TikZlings/Extravaganza2024/tree/main/calendar in case you'd like to see which modifications etc. we made

samcarter replying to J...S

The calendar was made using LianTze Lim's fantastic calendar template https://tex.my/category/calendar/

samcarter replying to J...S

Welcome to TopAnswers/TeX!  
  
It would be nice if the new question would be understandable on its own, but you can always add a link back to the question on tex.se if necessary for context.

J...S replying to CarLaTeX

By the way, that calendar is beautiful. Was it made with a latex package?

J...S

Is it inappropriate to ask questions which are follow ups on old stackexchange questions here?

Lorentz

I see this package https://ctan.org/pkg/calcfrac

samcarter replying to CarLaTeX

Quack!

CarLaTeX

Happy Rubber Duck Day!