tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31969655276426498512012-02-22T13:18:19.325+01:00Articles about topics ranging from technology and software to scientific research. Occasional book reviews. Topics of general interest such as lifestyle, and nutrition. Exploration of blogs and the technical side of blogging.Benjamin Auffarthhttps://profiles.google.com/118440342400845052454noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196965527642649851.post-272575041658916892009-10-28T17:55:00.012+01:002009-12-16T22:12:15.091+01:00

In articles about programming it is very important to embed source code so that people can see the code and even download it directly. Sometimes I include code snippets in my posts and the code reads much nicer if the syntax is highlighted. There are different ways to embed source code from different programming languages in HTML and in this post I comment on them. The different methods for

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This post explains how to create print-quality figures in Matlab. The process is efficient and results in editable vector-graphics that you can include in any document including Microsoft Word, Open Office, or latex. Before you create your figures you might also want to check my article on combinations of linestyles and markers to have clear plots in black-and-white and color. IntroductionThere

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Again, it took me several minutes to find the command for element of in latex. For the record, it's \in. Here are some more useful commands for common sets in algebra. \let\mathnumsetfont\mathbb \newcommand\Nset{\mathnumsetfont N} % set of positive integer numbers \newcommand\Zset{\mathnumsetfont Z} % set of integer numbers \newcommand\Qset{\mathnumsetfont Q} % set of rational

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In latex it's really easy to write mathematical formulas. When I use OpenOffice, should I have to push buttons in the formula editor? No! I googled latex openoffice and found OOoLatex. There is no package yet for ubuntu, but installation is quite fast, following the detailed instructions in this forum post, which can mostly just be pasted directly into the terminal. So now I can enter formulas

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You can make great posters with LaTex. However hand-positioning elements through coordinates, adjusting size and margins can be very time-consuming and awkward. Already for quite some time I wanted to post about a particular latex poster template. I used it for two posters in ECRO 2008 and later a poster for FET 2009. I like about this library that it is very elegant and that conversion from

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