I’ve been using NotePad++ but I’ll try TexnicCenter. This is just another example of how poorly designed this is or more accurately, what you get if you DON’T design software. The ulem package overrides \emph with underlines anyway if you don’t call \normalem. In the end, I’m just going to use underlines (isn’t it pathetic that I can’t use ITALICS?). I’m sure it was great in the 70s but I think it’s fine time somebody create a new platform that actually uses the advances of modern operating systems and computer science principles. However, this did not work as documented. The fontspec package looked promising as the documentation claimed that I can pick another font just for italics and bold. I think it needs a separate italics font even though it works fine in any modern application. The \textsl, \textit, \emph, none of it works. That’s like trying to compare Photoshop with Picasa. I’m sure making mailing labels in Tex would be a royal pain as well. Word is great for doing what it’s designed to do, which is office word processing not making documents for publishing. The problem could really be in the font itself.īy the way, which IDE are you using? TexnicCenter? I’ve been using it together with the MikTex package manager, the autocomplete and code insertion features are really nice. And now that I’m finished (yay), I must say that I’d do it this way again any time.Ĭoncerning the problem at hand, I haven’t used Japanese writing yet in Tex, but I think that the answers at StackOverflow are quite sound. While I did have some problems on the way, most of them could be resolved within an appropriate timeframe. I’ve been writing my diploma thesis with Latex, which was my first real Tex project and my largest writing project. I can say that at least the German groups are quite helpful, I guess the international groups are similar. If you can’t accomplish something within a certain time frame, post the problem on one of the Tex help groups and turn to something else for the time being. Most packages do have good documentation, at least the more common ones, try to look it up on the net. I for one always have problems with changing or resetting page numbering in Office/OpenOffice, which is really easy to do in Tex.Ī few hints: Try to keep your \usepackage section clean, use only what you really need. In the Office programs, you also might run into problems. It sucks (it being the general situation, not Tex) if you run into a wall while using Tex, but all the other time, it is superior to using MS Office in my opinion. Why don’t you write the book in Word? Exactly, because Tex does have the upper hand! This entry was posted in Technical, Textbook by taekk. Was I seeing things again? Or did some other package just break it? In the meantime, I’m going to try to reinstall my Tex package because I could have sworn my italics were working at some point. I’ve posted more details on my dilemma on a programming site here. I can’t get bloody italics to show up in a Japanese font! We ain’t gonna tolerate no stinkin document-thingy round here, boy. Documentation? Whoa, don’t get ahead of yourself with this fancy pants documentation. Don’t even think about a single source of documentation. There’s all sorts of packages doing god knows what to each other with no sort of hierarchy, inheritance, black box protection, or namespace. This whole hodgepodge of crap is what you get when you have absolutely no API, no architecture, nor any sort of standard and instead have a bunch of people do whatever the hell they want. I’m having some hiccups because TeX, LaTeX, XeTeX, whatever the hell you want to call it SUCKS! The fact that you can’t even come up with a single name to identify what you’re talking about is a perfect example of the ass shit this monstrosity has become. I haven’t been posting lately because I’ve been trying to focus on my book which I’ve decided to call “Tae’s Complete Guide to Japanese”.
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