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How can I draw this picture with TikZ in 3D? 4

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Anonymous 13837 Anonymous 13837

8 I would not use any 3D libraries or packages for this. You can just draw circles, ellipses or arcs and lines as these two drawings are relatively simple.

Jasper Habicht

Beamer, add stretch to lists 19

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Skillmon Skillmon

16 Beamer columns are basically just minipages with some `\hfill` between them to distribute them across the page (and a couple of extra features like making them overlay aware etc.). So I would not say "don't use minipages with beamer" but rather that is normally easier to use columns instead of minipages.

samcarter

7 This is not really an answer to the question, because it won't solve the problem with lists in columns, but I just saw an interesting idea how to make normal lists stretchy in beamer (inspired by https://github.com/josephwright/beamer/pull/696):

samcarter

Splitting and joining lines in tikz 13

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J...S J...S

15 This really feels very close to a circuit – and I'm sure `circuitikz` has a way to provide a rectangular shape with multiple inputs and outputs without having to misuse a built-in element – but in case you want a plain-ish TikZ solution, I'll add one with my tools, i.e. the ones from my [`tikz-ext` package](https://ctan.org/pkg/tikz-ext) – so much for *plain*.

Qrr

14 I'd use `circuitikz` for this drawing, it already comes with easy to place arrows in the middle of a path (`short,i>=label`), easy to place line joins (`-*` or `*-`).

Skillmon

Extra space between subfigures in html from make4ht 12

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J...S J...S

Control file name of images generated by `make4ht` 8

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J...S J...S

Hiding label of a tikz node with beamer overlay 2

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J...S J...S

4 You can give options to the node using the syntax `label=[<options>]<position>:<contents>`. Note that you need to put `{}` around the entire `label`-value in order to hide the `]` from the parser searching for the end of the optional argument of `\node`.

Skillmon

1 Quick hack: change the text opacity on the first overlay:

samcarter

0 Another quick hack: use `alt=<2>{label=above:{Process}}` to only add the label to the second overlay and use an invisible rectangle to avoid jumping of the image.

samcarter

Beamer tikz overlay, uncover node attribute effect 8

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J...S J...S

3 Quick hack: you don't have to worry about your image jumping around if it has the same size on all overlays. To ensure this, draw an (invisible) rectangle which encompasses the whole image:

samcarter

2 You could temporarily change the opacity of the `initial`:

samcarter

Making arrow go longer and higher 1

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J...S J...S

7 Instead of going out radially, you could start at a specific position on the node rim and define the direction of your line from there:

samcarter

Changing attribute of a tikz node in beamer 6

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J...S J...S

9 You can use the `alt` key from the `overlay-beamer-styles` library:

samcarter

Add background to tikz shape without overwriting other backgrounds 14

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J...S J...S

8 Manage your own layers

samcarter

chat

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samcarter replying to Skillmon

Oh, then just fixing the rotation of the title might be cheaper :)

Skillmon replying to samcarter

it's not only the title, it's the entire contents (QR code included), the whole block is slightly rotated.

निरंजन replying to samcarter

:joy:

samcarter replying to निरंजन

Hold on to this view, it saves you $100 :)

निरंजन replying to samcarter

Ahh! Great catch. I didn't notice it because I thought that kind of imperfection was intended because of handwriting like font of xkcd :D

samcarter replying to निरंजन

Have a look at the top margin, the left side of the title is higher than the right side.

निरंजन replying to samcarter

5 minutes into this now and I still haven't found the rotation bug. How bad am I in typography! :cry:

samcarter

A solid business model: https://xkcd.com/3113/  
  
Would work with books, too :)

samcarter replying to barbara beeton

Some surprises make it even better for an escape room :)

barbara beeton replying to samcarter

Although it can surely use some better organization.

barbara beeton replying to CarLaTeX

Oh, thank you.  (It's a pretty house too, having just been repainted.)

CarLaTeX replying to barbara beeton

You have a lovely house!

samcarter replying to barbara beeton

Paradise!

barbara beeton replying to samcarter

Er ... that's my house.

samcarter replying to CarLaTeX

<3

CarLaTeX replying to samcarter

That's me! :D

samcarter

The most difficult escape room ever: https://yiff.life/@Mhera/114807645839916083

samcarter replying to Skillmon

:D

Skillmon replying to samcarter

I expect chaos from this

samcarter

... and if he will get a name tag, will his name be spelled in CCC (*Cute Curly Characters*)?

Ulrike Fischer

Bär is preparing for India and wonders if he will get a name tag ...

samcarter replying to निरंजन

Great sense of humour!

निरंजन replying to samcarter

:joy:

निरंजन replying to samcarter

![62896.jpg](/image?hash=834144ac7f656dfb67268af063769800793ad2a9d6dc485850ba2d10f4559e5b)

samcarter

I think the jet was just a bit early for TUG'25 and is now waiting for the conference to start: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8gj2nlnywo

निरंजन replying to samcarter

It was working, but I was not checking emails.

निरंजन replying to samcarter

:)

samcarter replying to निरंजन

No hurry, I was just not sure if the github ping worked, so I thought I would ping you here.

samcarter replying to निरंजन

Welcome back! I hope you had nice holidays!

CarLaTeX replying to निरंजन

Of course!

निरंजन replying to CarLaTeX

Oh of course we played it in schools, but using LaTeX for that was fun!

CarLaTeX replying to निरंजन

We played that game at school, too :D

निरंजन

I will respond there

निरंजन replying to samcarter

I just saw all the emails. I was on a vacation

निरंजन replying to samcarter

Yayy

निरंजन replying to Skillmon

:(

निरंजन replying to samcarter

Great news!

निरंजन replying to CarLaTeX

Back in my MA days, there was a conference. Me and one of my colleagues were bored. I had written a custom code for this and we were playing this game all the time. It's so much fun in LaTeX. Glad that there is a package for killing time during boring lectures... :P

samcarter

Reminder to self: always pack cat treats in carry-on luggage in case this happens: https://xkcd.com/3108/

samcarter replying to निरंजन

Have you seen https://github.com/latex3/latex3.github.io/issues/27 ?

samcarter replying to barbara beeton

I'm looking forward to see you in chat during the conference to complain about either staying up too late or, in my case, getting up too early :)

barbara beeton replying to samcarter

I did *try* to base my calculation on the difference shown and the time shown in the schedule, but maybe I had better try again.  You're quite right that 23:30 is a better time for a midnight snack.

samcarter replying to barbara beeton

Oh, sorry! It sounded as if you calculated the times yourself. 23:30 sounds like a late dinner time :)

barbara beeton replying to samcarter

Yup. That's what I used to make my calculation.  Very helpful feature!

samcarter replying to barbara beeton

You can choose the time zone at the top, then times will be shown in your zone: 
  
![Screenshot 2025-06-26 at 14.38.20.png](/image?hash=b23b2b4156734ebd09550209d0153c8ff6853e29ef4b94ea9861d0b28c021b4b)

barbara beeton replying to samcarter

That's surely an interesting keynote, especially given the hard work now coming to fruition on making MathML accessible.  If my calculations are correct, it will be online here at dinnertime.

samcarter

The timetable for TUG'25 is online: https://tug.org/tug2025/program.html

samcarter replying to CarLaTeX

:D

CarLaTeX

:D

CarLaTeX replying to samcarter

I'm sick reading it