[main]Notes on TeXmacs

List of all the articles

A list of all the articles in the website, ordered by the most recent modification time.


WishlistSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

This wishlist collects suggestions for improvements and nice ideas for addition to TeXmacs. These should be of limited scope and somewhat reasonable technical difficulty. It is mostly meant for developers or technically savyy users to collect good ideas. It should be clear that the functionality is not already provided in some form. This wishlist must not be used for very broad and vague requests (e.g. “make the program more versatile and powerful").

Standard Output and Standard Error on Microsoft WindowsSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

We show how to see TeXmacs' standard output and standard error on Microsoft Windows.

Adding a dialog to build websitesSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

In this article we document the construction of a user interface to the website building facilities of TeXmacs.

TeXmacs and HTMLSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

In this article we discuss question related to conversion from/to HTML.

Tetris with TeXmacs tablesSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

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Template articleSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

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SchemingSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

We discuss some aspects of the choice of the Scheme language implementation used in TeXmacs.

Composing TeXmacs graphics with SchemeSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

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Embedding graphics composed with Scheme into documentsSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

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Implementing previews for link targetsSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

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Status of Plugins for TeXmacsSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

We review the current status and limitations of the various plugins on Windows/Mac/Linux.

An overview of TeXmacs from altitudeSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

A rapid overview/executive summary of the TeXmacs system.

New list typesSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

How to define new list types in TeXmacs.

Modular graphics with SchemeSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

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Keyboard shortcuts for menu itemsSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

How to write a keyboard shortcut for a menu item—and searching for text in TeXmacs Scheme files.

Notes on TeXmacsSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

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The Macro editor and easy macro modificationSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

The Macro editor is a shortcut tool for examining and modifying macro definitions; it can be used as well to write a new macro starting from an existing macro. We look at its use with the help of two examples.

List of all the articlesSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

A list of all the articles in the website, ordered by the most recent modification time.

Jolly codersSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

This page gather informations on the activities of the TeXmacs hacking group.

Font mechanicsSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

We describe the various mechanisms and features of TeXmacs font handling, from the user interface at the level of the document to the inner workings of the various fonts types at the level of the C++ source code. To support the use of a wide variety of fonts in the typesetting of technical documents, TeXmacs implements sophisticate algorithms to synthetize or replace the missing glyphs.

A list of documents created with TeXmacsSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

We gather here some examples of documents created with TeXmacs to showcase the daily usage of the system. We indicate when sources are included since looking at examples is a great way to learn.

Example of TikZ figure embedding within a documentSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

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Editorial scope and author guidelinesSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

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Development resources and ideasSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

This page contains idea and resources pertaining to the development of TeXmacs.

Customizing the color of code snippetsSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

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Creating a Bibliography Style for TeXmacsSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

This tutorial covers customizing one of the premade TeXmacs bibliography styles to use for your project.

Contribution guideSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

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Compiling TeXmacs on Ubuntu 22 with Guile3 and Qt5 Sat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

This guide describes how to compile TeXmacs on Ubuntu 22 with Guile 3 support and Qt 5.

Compile TeXmacs on the Raspberry PiSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

Unfortunately, there is no prepackaged TeXmacs for RaspberryPi OS, because of its ARM chipset. Likewise there are no precompiled binaries, but it is not hard to built it yourself.

Community linksSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

We gather here links to websites and blogs discussing TeXmacs.

Implementing comments in TeXmacsSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

We discuss the implementation of comments in TeXmacs documents. This is a new feature introduced by Joris in r13254 with some additions in subsequent revisions, the current description is based on revision r13256.

Build TeXmacs using CMake and MXE on WSL for Windows Sat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

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Build TeXmacs using CMake and Homebrew Sat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

This article serves as a guide for TeXmacs contributors and developers on macOS. We talk about how to build and test GNU TeXmacs on macOS using CMake and Homebrew.

Awesome GNU TeXmacsSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

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A wishlist for TeXmacs articlesSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

It would be useful to have some short articles or tutorials covering the topics listed here below. This article collects them in the hope that someone will contribute them to the blog. They can also be considered interesting exercises to improve one own TeXmacs knowledge: learning by teaching. In case you manage to cover, even partially, one of the topic, please add a remark here to point to relevant material. If the topic is covered, move it to the “Already covered” section.

TeXmacs and the art of mathematical writingSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

A blog post which presents the motivations behind the design of TeXmacs from a personal perspective.
[by @maxgubi]

Example of TikZ figure generation with the Graph pluginSat Jan 4 00:35:40 2025 UTC

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