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CarLaTeX replying to samcarter

:D

samcarter replying to CarLaTeX

\begin{joke}  
   Given that the tikzlings consist of 28 individual packages, I'll call this a clear failure :)  
\end{joke}  
  
(I know what you mean, I just wanted to make a joke)

CarLaTeX replying to J...S

Yes, TikZlings was created to not proliferate with packages

samcarter

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

samcarter replying to J...S

nowadays, the tikzmarmots package is just a wrapper, which will load the respective parts of the tikzlings package.   
  
```  
\ProvidesPackage{tikzmarmots}[2024/12/11 version v2.2 Drawing marmots in TikZ]

\RequirePackage{tikzlings-marmots}
```

निरंजन replying to J...S

You can click on your profile picture seen in the top right of the questions section. Just next to the TopTeX hat. After scrolling down, you will find an option to generate a key. Click on it. Paste the output in any other device and you will be logged in. This key can be used any number of times (provided you don't press "generate key" again. Then you will have to copy the newly generated key and save it, of course). A safer and quicker option is to use the "show key" button. It gives you a one time key. Just like an OTP.

J...S

I had been away from my usual computer and hadn't gotten around to figuring out how to login to topanswers from another computer..

J...S replying to CarLaTeX

Oh.. didn't know marmot is available from tikzlings itself.

J...S replying to samcarter

The torch without light looks like a nail though.

J...S replying to samcarter

> There is also https://ctan.org/pkg/tikzpingus

Pingus looks nice.

> And there is jigsaw (this one is by me)

👍

निरंजन replying to Skillmon

Okay, I will ask a question with proper use-case. So that people can come up with problem situations.

Skillmon replying to निरंजन

well depends on the keys and their intended usage. If in doubt don't expand further than to what the user inserted.

निरंजन replying to Skillmon

How do we judge the necessity? I would like to know more.

निरंजन replying to Skillmon

For a change, I am trying `l3keys`. :)

Skillmon replying to निरंजन

well, if you happen to use `expkv` you can expand it inside the key lists (I think I already showed you that feature). Regarding the possible problems: If you keep good expansion control it shouldn't be a problem. Just make sure to not expand user provided stuff unnecessarily, that might break.

निरंजन

As clarified in the discussion [here](https://github.com/LaTeX-Package-Repositories/geometry/issues/22), the key-value parsers don't expand their content. I was developing a key for storing some content that will be passed to another key-value parser. I realized, I can expand it inside the new macro and then pass it to the parser as shown by @frougon [here](https://topanswers.xyz/tex?q=8074#a7688). The question is, should I do it? Is there any obvious problem I may run into if I do this?

samcarter

In case anyone is interested in braids: https://mair.allen-williams.com/notes/braids/circbraids.html

निरंजन replying to samcarter

Sure! https://youtube.com/shorts/38Wmi6-u7Mk

Skillmon replying to samcarter

as a German who opted for Latin back in school: No.

Skillmon replying to J...S

well if your Emacs question is how to replace it with VIM, I'll gladly help. If it's about how to configure Emacs to work with TeX it's on topic, if it's about how to change Org-mode to do some arbitrary HTML stuff it's not on topic.

samcarter replying to barbara beeton

During my undergrad studies, I had an archaeometry professor who told a lot of cool stories about his cave climbing past. Unfortunately, he had to stop because apparently the weight range for the ropes for cave climbing is much narrower than for normal climbing. Something about how much they stretch in case of a fall or something like that.

samcarter replying to barbara beeton

The real challenges of rock climbing :)

CarLaTeX replying to barbara beeton

:D In Italian is "torcia"

barbara beeton replying to samcarter

"Torch" is definitely British.  A member of my sister's rock climbing club (in Washington, DC) was third secretary at the British Embassy; Moira did try really hard to communicate with the locals, but she couldn't quite manage "flashlight" (a real necessity when they explored caves).  Her approximation was "flahlight", and such it was for years thereafter.

frougon replying to samcarter

Oh, that is so kind of you! Like, maybe, [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSo0duY7-9s)... or [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcsi3PDHKRI)? :-D (also the [English lesson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khfQPxBP-8Q)) (okay, that's kind of cheating).  
  
(Or, diverging a bit, one can compare [Jacques Brel's Ne me quitte pas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR_SZR_tmxM) to [Nina Simone's interpretation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nRvbiCHTCs)—which, of course, differ in so many other ways than the accent).

samcarter replying to frougon

French accent makes everything better :)

frougon replying to samcarter

You forgot the accent. :)

samcarter replying to frougon

Great, both Germans and Brits will understand you :)

frougon replying to samcarter

« Lampe de poche » can be used too (« poche » means “pocket”).

samcarter replying to frougon

In German, it is called "Taschenlampe", which means "pocket lamp"

frougon replying to samcarter

We say « une lampe torche » in French too.

निरंजन replying to samcarter

Such a pretty documentation, Pingus have a pride flag also. Indeed a well made package!

निरंजन replying to samcarter

Ahh, okay.

samcarter replying to निरंजन

AFAIK, "torch" is the British word.

निरंजन replying to samcarter

Europeans use the word 'torch' for flashlight also, right?

samcarter replying to निरंजन

:)

निरंजन replying to samcarter

Awww 🥺🥺🥺:heart::heart::heart:

samcarter replying to J...S

There is also https://ctan.org/pkg/tikzpingus and https://ctan.org/pkg/scsnowman (also not by me)  
  
And there is `jigsaw` (this one is by me)

samcarter

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samcarter replying to J...S

Not a flashlight, but a torch:  
  
```  
\documentclass{beamer}

\usepackage{tikzlings-addons}

\newcommand{\torchoff}{
  \fill[gray,rounded corners=1]
    (1.1,0.96) -- (0.77,0.25) -- (0.83,0.25) -- (1.3,0.86) -- cycle;
  \fill[gray,rotate=-28] (0.62,1.32) ellipse[x radius=0.2, y radius=0.08];}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
  
  \tikz\thing[torch];
  
  \tikz\torchoff;
  
\end{frame}

\end{document}  
```

CarLaTeX replying to निरंजन

:D

निरंजन replying to CarLaTeX

No problem. English is confusing :)

CarLaTeX replying to निरंजन

sorry, I misunderstood

निरंजन

But the one I used does not turn off.

निरंजन replying to CarLaTeX

If I understand them correctly, they need a flashlight (torch) symbol. 🔦

CarLaTeX replying to J...S

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निरंजन replying to J...S

Doing it with Ti*k*Z is always fun, give it a try, if you get stuck at something specific, you can always hit "Ask". :)

CarLaTeX replying to J...S

`tikzpeople` is not @samcarter's. It is preceding. `tikzmarmot` is integrated in `tikzlings` now.