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[Miguel de Benito Delgado <address@hidden>]

Hi,

  I just noticed my idiotic email software forgot again to send to the list. This is my previous reply to Marc's email.

From: Miguel de Benito Delgado <address@hidden>
Date: Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [TeXmacs] texmacs formation
To: marc lalaude-labayle <address@hidden>

Hi Marc,

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:38 PM, marc lalaude-labayle <address@hidden> wrote:

- could you tell me how to do exercises with solutions compiled or not

Two ways, the easy and the fun:

 * Use folded environments (Insert->Fold->Folded->Environment): place your questions in the first part  (folded) and the answer in the second. Then you can use the items in the "Dynamic" menu (activate with Tools->dynamic) to fold / unfold one or all questions with a keypress. Then export this. See the attached file "tensor2.tm" for an example (exercise not mine). This solution has the problem that editing inside folded environments may become slow for large ones.

* Use scheme: write your file normally, then use the scheme procedure "select" to extract those environments you want. This is the most flexible but requires a few lines of code. See the attached "subtree-extraction.tm" for an example. You may simply copy the scheme code to your init file and adapt it as you wish. I hope it is self-explanatory!

- could we have a place where people share their init-files (documented) and their style files. I really would like to know how to customize several things but don't manage to. Reading some of your init files would really help i think (as reading a macro file in latex whan i started using it)

This would be awesome. The current texmacs.org server should be ok I guess, but then we'd need one of these:

* someone to install/program a web content management system (very easy but that someone needs server access, which currently only Joris and Denis have AFAIK.) and *maintain it* (that's the hard part).

* someone to program a simple CMS within texmacs as many other applications do (a simple dialog box to download plugins|styles|extensions|files|whatever should do). I've toying with this idea for a while, but I'm too busy right now...

Best,

--
Miguel de  Benito.

On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 10:44 PM, Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi,

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 08:38:37PM +0100, marc lalaude-labayle wrote:
> in my high school, a friend will offer in a few weeks a latex formation.

Sounds quite ridiculous an idea, at high schools...

> Here a brief translation :
> - mathematical formula
> - variations table (typical french tool to study functions' monotony)
> - import geogebra images (geogebra is THE most used software in french
> secondary schools)
> - proba trees
> - powerpoint type presentation
> - exercises, with solutions that can appear on the pdf or not : depends on
> your choice
> - TOC, list of exercises, and so on
> - creation of te file from within python
> - electrical circuits, chess problems ...
>
> In my dream, i would like to offer exactly the same formation (same goals)
> but with texmacs.

I think that people should stop thinking in terms of LaTeX.
What about:
  - Showing a live computer algebra session.
  - Dynamically modifying a presentation or class material with folds.
  - Drawing some graphics with mathematical formulas inside.
  - Editing a table.
  - Write a short program to customize the editor.

Anyway, we are of course interested in any kind of useful class material
if you decide to make some.

> So my questions :
> - could you tell me how to do exercises with solutions compiled or not
> - couls we hace a place where people share their init-files (documented)
> and their style files. I really would like to know how to customize several
> things but don't manage to. Reading some of your init files would really
> help i think (as reading a macro file in latex whan i started using it)

I'll be back on that later.

Best wishes, --Joris

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