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{ Monthly Archives } October 2007

New Git Google Talk

Another Git talk from Google, this time from Randal Schwartz that nicely complements Linus Torvalds’ previous Google talk.

LaTeX and DOI numbers

Most academic journals in my field publish online as well as print. Increasingly, it is more convenient for me to download an article than to go to the library (especially since my University library has the appalling policy of allowing people to check out journals—which means that there is good chance that what you are […]

What is Direct Quotation?

What is direct quotation?

You might think the answer is clear—it is the direct transcription of another’s words. In some contexts, however, it can be unclear what counts as a direct transcription. If that’s right, then direct quotation is vague, and its representation in structural markup is an idealization.

Though I am no historian of philosophy, I […]

Email Links in LaTeX-Generated PDFs

File this under “Easy To Do in LaTeX If You Know What You Are Doing”. Nothing to brag about, but it took some time to hit upon a solution, so I thought I would share. The url package helps to correctly typeset urls and email addresses—increasingly common in letters, CVs, and bibliographies. When used in […]

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