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Comment on Bold vectors in LaTeX by Mark

Mark — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:05:34 +0000

This, you might say, has the disadvantage that \boldsymbol leaves the Latin letters in italic font.

However, it is possible to combine both effects by simply applying both commands as I just found out. The resulting \vec redefinition would be:

\let\oldhat\hat
\renewcommand{\vec}[1]{\boldsymbol{\mathbf{#1}}}
\renewcommand{\hat}[1]{\oldhat{\boldsymbol{\mathbf{#1}}}}

Comment on Bold vectors in LaTeX by Mark

Mark — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:55:16 +0000

Thanks!

Works fine for Latin letters. But the Greek letters will be displayed as if no \vec{} was applied.

An alternative to \mathbf is \boldsymbol which makes everything bold including the Greek letters. So just replace \mathbf by \boldsymbol if you want that effect.

Comment on Fox & Geese in Haskell: Part 2 by Alex

Alex — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:35:15 +0000

That’s great, thanks. I need to find some time to update this and finish the series.

Comment on Remember the Reason for the Season by Alex

Alex — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:33:41 +0000

Thanks!

Comment on Fox & Geese in Haskell: Part 2 by someguy

someguy — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:18:42 +0000

Also, cool game!

Comment on Fox & Geese in Haskell: Part 2 by someguy

someguy — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:17:09 +0000

in order for it to work with the latest release, you should change the “gameInWindow” function of the main for the new “play”.
replacing the main by:

dis = InWindow “Fox & Geese” windowSize windowPos

main = play
dis
white
10
(newGameState ((fromIntegral (fst windowSize)), (fromIntegral (snd windowSize))))
drawGame
handleInputEvent
gameStep

Comment on Remember the Reason for the Season by someguy

someguy — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:44:01 +0000

(comment not related to this post at all)

I just discovered your blog while googling a problem i had with latex. It’s great!. Definitely the coolest blog i’ve read in a while.
Keep up.

A fan

Comment on Easy Scientific Notation In LaTeX by Katie

Katie — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:24:34 +0000

Thank you! Just used this in my Master’s Thesis!

Comment on So You Occupied Wall Street? Now What? by Edwin

Edwin — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:40:43 +0000

This is a farce. To think this is a waste of time for activists is naive at least.
Sure they are disorganized, but unlike the tea party, they didn’t have the benefit of top-down organization.
Sure their demands are nebulous, but if you look at the published demands (they are published), they become much less so.
Sure sleeping in a tent on public ground does not seem like a useful activity for those wanting to change the world, but most every other system for change has inherent flaws built into it–giving the leaders of the movement a stake in the system they’re trying to dismantle, giving those with money a long head start against those without it, etc.
The reality is that ows movements throughout the world will not survive the winter if activists don’t support them with sources of shelter, heat, food and legal protection. It doesn’t matter that the same people stay there throughout the winter, just that enough people stay there to prevent marginalization. Once spring and summer hit, the people will flock in droves to camp in support ows.
If people don’t think this will have an effect, wait until next year’s election. IF ows makes it through the winter, it will be the primary driving force in the election, forcing progressive wins across the US at every level of govt. And if that isn’t something you want to see, then gtfo.

Comment on Double Pendula by Alex

Alex — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:32:55 +0000

IE before version 9 didn’t support the canvas element that I used for the graphics. I used some javascript that is supposed to load a plugin so that the canvas tag works in IE 8 and 7, but I guess it doesn’t work correctly. I don’t have a windows computer to test it on, so thanks for letting me know.