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[Miguel de Benito Delgado <address@hidden>]

Hi Marc,

On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 9:31 AM, marc lalaude-labayle <address@hidden> wrote:

Anyway, thank you Miguelm : i tried with folded/unfolded but for long problems, if you want to hide answer after the question it seems to be uneasy to write.

Indeed. AFAIK folded environments are implemented as tables and these can be quite slow to typeset. As a workaround you can type outside the folded environment then cut&paste. But this is obvious, sorry.

 

For the scheme code, i don't even know where i have to pu an init file and which parts of code i should copy in this file ... in fact, within ubuntu, i have a svn compiled version and such a file doesn't exist in my .TeXmacs folder.

You should have a file ~/.TeXmacs/progs/my-init-texmacs.scm. If you don't, just create it empty with any text editor you like and add the scheme code in the file I sent you. This means everything inside the "scheme" sessions, except for the two calls "(pick-questions (current-buffer))" and "(pick-answers (current-buffer))" which are there just to show what was just done. If you have any questions please do ask.

 

There is one in the /bin/local... but i don't want o break everything if i make a mistake !

There's no risk of breaking anything by modifying your ~/.TeXmacs/progs folder (unless you already have stuff in there which you are using, but this seems unlikely based on what you say).

 

By the way, when i put an E. Corcelle plugin in my .TeXmacs folder (in the plugins folder), it doesn't change anything (for example with euklides). Does anyone have any hint ?

I suggest you start a new thread for this topic. Someone who knows what E. Corcelle is might know what to do. I could only guess in the dark and provide some generic tips...

 

Best,

--
Miguel de  Benito.

 

ML

2014-03-03 8:38 GMT+01:00 HG <address@hidden>:

Miguel use texmacs as intelligent email :) lol
salut

Le 03/03/2014 06:53, Miguel de Benito Delgado a écrit :

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