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152.3.43.176: fixed link to aaron lauda

2013-06-10T15:52:44Z

fixed link to aaron lauda

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	==Placing labels on arrows in XY-pic==		==Placing labels on arrows in XY-pic==
	(I learned this trick from [http://www.~~math.columbia~~.edu/~lauda/ Aaron Lauda]; I haven't seen it documented anywhere)		(I learned this trick from [http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~lauda/Aaron_Laudas_Page/Home.html Aaron Lauda]; I haven't seen it documented anywhere)
	\xymatrix{asdfasdf \ar[r]^{f} & a }		\xymatrix{asdfasdf \ar[r]^{f} & a }
	produces the label "f" in a stupid place, half-way between the centers of the two entries, instead of where you'd like it to be, half-way along the arrow. One way to handle this is to do something like <code>\ar[r]^(.7){f}</code> but that is fairly unsatisfying because you have to calibrate the (.7) by eye. There is another way, which is to use		produces the label "f" in a stupid place, half-way between the centers of the two entries, instead of where you'd like it to be, half-way along the arrow. One way to handle this is to do something like <code>\ar[r]^(.7){f}</code> but that is fairly unsatisfying because you have to calibrate the (.7) by eye. There is another way, which is to use

131.215.108.83: /* BibTeX without a separate .bib file */

2012-02-14T19:36:48Z

BibTeX without a separate .bib file

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	==BibTeX without a separate .bib file==		==BibTeX without a separate .bib file==

	~~asdfe~~

	[http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.dvi dvi] [http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.tex tex]		[http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.dvi dvi] [http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.tex tex]

131.215.108.83: /* BibTeX without a separate .bib file */

2012-02-14T19:30:34Z

BibTeX without a separate .bib file

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	==BibTeX without a separate .bib file==		==BibTeX without a separate .bib file==

			asdfe

	[http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.dvi dvi] [http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.tex tex]		[http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.dvi dvi] [http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.tex tex]

131.215.108.83: Undo revision 914 by 131.215.108.83 (talk)

2012-02-14T19:20:07Z

Undo revision 914 by 131.215.108.83 (talk)

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	\ar[r]^-{f}		\ar[r]^-{f}
	which will automatically place the label "f" half-way along the arrow. If you want the label .7 of the way ''along the arrow'', you can do <code>\ar[r]^-(.7){f}</code>.		which will automatically place the label "f" half-way along the arrow. If you want the label .7 of the way ''along the arrow'', you can do <code>\ar[r]^-(.7){f}</code>.
	~~fas~~

	== {{todo\|should really add some stuff about \show here}} ==		== {{todo\|should really add some stuff about \show here}} ==

131.215.108.83: /* Placing labels on arrows in XY-pic */

2012-02-14T19:18:28Z

Placing labels on arrows in XY-pic

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	\ar[r]^-{f}		\ar[r]^-{f}
	which will automatically place the label "f" half-way along the arrow. If you want the label .7 of the way ''along the arrow'', you can do <code>\ar[r]^-(.7){f}</code>.		which will automatically place the label "f" half-way along the arrow. If you want the label .7 of the way ''along the arrow'', you can do <code>\ar[r]^-(.7){f}</code>.
			fas

	== {{todo\|should really add some stuff about \show here}} ==		== {{todo\|should really add some stuff about \show here}} ==

Anton: /* Placing labels on arrows in XY-pic */

2011-12-06T18:48:19Z

Placing labels on arrows in XY-pic

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	\ar[r]^-{f}		\ar[r]^-{f}
	which will automatically place the label "f" half-way along the arrow. If you want the label .7 of the way ''along the arrow'', you can do <code>\ar[r]^-(.7){f}</code>.		which will automatically place the label "f" half-way along the arrow. If you want the label .7 of the way ''along the arrow'', you can do <code>\ar[r]^-(.7){f}</code>.

			== {{todo\|should really add some stuff about \show here}} ==

Anton: Reverted edits by 84.238.224.47 (talk) to last revision by Anton

2011-11-22T19:13:05Z

Reverted edits by 84.238.224.47 (talk) to last revision by Anton

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	Now I'm like, ~~well duh! Truly thanfkul for your help~~.		Sometimes I find a solution to a TeXnical problem, and I think everybody should know about it. Some of these things are totally obvious, but (as far as I know) non-standard.

			You may also want to check out my [[advice on real-time TeXing]].

			==BibTeX without a separate .bib file==

			[http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.dvi dvi] [http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.tex tex]

			$Bib\TeX$ has the nice feature that it makes your bibliography
			nicely; the entries are all formatted the same way, and it is
			easy to change that format. However, it is annoying that you
			have to have a separate <code>.bib</code> file to contain all your
			bibliography entries. Fortunately, it is not too hard to build
			the <code>.bib</code> file into the <code>.tex</code> file. To illustrate,
			the source of [Ant06] is (sorta) included below.
			Note that you have to run $\LaTeX$, $Bib\TeX$, $\LaTeX$, $\LaTeX$, as
			usual when you use $Bib\TeX$.

			<pre>
			\documentclass{article}
			\usepackage{verbatim}
			\begin{document}
			Bib\TeX\ has the nice feature that it makes your bibliography
			nicely; the entries are all formatted the same way, and it is
			easy to change that format. However, it is annoying that you
			have to have a separate \verb\|.bib\| file to contain all your
			bibliography entries. Fortunately, it is not too hard to build
			the \verb\|.bib\| file into the \verb\|.tex\| file. To illustrate,
			the source of \cite{this_file} is (sorta) included below.
			Note that you have to run \LaTeX, Bib\TeX, \LaTeX, \LaTeX, as
			usual when you use Bib\TeX.

			%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
			%%% main text goes here %%%
			%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

			\bibliography{\jobname}
			\bibliographystyle{alpha}

			\openout0= \jobname.bib
			\write0{
			@book {this_file,
			AUTHOR = {Anton},
			TITLE = {This document},
			YEAR = {2006},
			}
			%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
			%%% more bib entries go here %%%
			%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
			}
			\end{document}
			</pre>

			'''References'''<br>
			[Ant06] Anton. [http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.tex ''This document.''] 2006.

			==How to draw the Fox-Artin wild arc with pstricks==

			<code><pre>
			\documentclass{article}
			\usepackage{pstricks}
			\usepackage{multido}
			\begin{document}
			\[\begin{pspicture}(-7.6,-.5)(7.32,2.5)
			\newdimen\totaljump % This measures where the orgin is
			\newdimen\jumpinterval % This measures how much the origin moves each time
			%%%%% First we draw the left hand side. Because we are utilizing borders, we have %%%%%
			%%%%% to draw from left to right, so compute by hand what the unit should be. %%%%%
			\psset{unit=0.17293822569mm,border=.05,linewidth=.03}
			\totaljump=-75mm
			\jumpinterval=0.17293822569mm
			\multido{}{20}{
			% Move the origin to the appropriate place %%%%
			\psset{origin={\totaljump,0}, unit= 1.25, border=.05, linewidth=.03}
			% Draw a piece of the curve
			\pscurve(-.1,.1)(-.2,.3)(0,1.5)(1,.7)(2.3,.3)(2,-.05)(1.1,-.2)(1,-.1)
			% Scale the jumpinterval by .8 and increment totaljump
			\multiply\jumpinterval by 5 \divide\jumpinterval by 4
			\advance\totaljump by \jumpinterval
			}
			%%%% Now we draw one piece of the curve in the middle %%%%
			%%%% to get the two ends to match up nicely. %%%%
			\psset{unit=1.5cm,border=.05,linewidth=.03}
			\pscurve(-.15,.12)(-.2,.3)(0,1.7)(1,.7)(1.8,.3)(1.6,-.05)(1.1,-.2)(.95,-.15)
			%%%% Now draw the right hand side %%%%
			\psset{origin={12mm,0}}
			\totaljump=12mm
			\jumpinterval=12mm
			\multido{}{20}{
			\advance\totaljump by \jumpinterval
			\multiply\jumpinterval by 4 \divide\jumpinterval by 5
			\pscurve(-.1,.1)(-.2,.3)(0,1.5)(1,.7)(1.6,.3)(1.4,-.05)(1.1,-.2)(.9,-.1)
			\psset{origin={\totaljump,0}, unit= .8, border=.05, linewidth=.03}
			}
			\end{pspicture}\]
			\end{document}
			</pre></code>
			[[File:Fox-artin.png]]

			==Placing labels on arrows in XY-pic==
			(I learned this trick from [http://www.math.columbia.edu/~lauda/ Aaron Lauda]; I haven't seen it documented anywhere)
			\xymatrix{asdfasdf \ar[r]^{f} & a }
			produces the label "f" in a stupid place, half-way between the centers of the two entries, instead of where you'd like it to be, half-way along the arrow. One way to handle this is to do something like <code>\ar[r]^(.7){f}</code> but that is fairly unsatisfying because you have to calibrate the (.7) by eye. There is another way, which is to use
			\ar[r]^-{f}
			which will automatically place the label "f" half-way along the arrow. If you want the label .7 of the way ''along the arrow'', you can do <code>\ar[r]^-(.7){f}</code>.

84.238.224.47: TktNCXuQ

2011-11-22T16:30:30Z

TktNCXuQ

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	~~Sometimes I find a solution to a TeXnical problem, and I think everybody should know about it. Some of these things are totally obvious, but (as far as I know) non-standard.~~		Now I'm like, well duh! Truly thanfkul for your help.

	~~You may also want to check out my [[advice on real-time TeXing]].~~

	~~==BibTeX without a separate .bib file==~~

	~~[http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.dvi dvi] [http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.tex tex]~~

	~~$Bib\TeX$ has the nice feature that it makes your bibliography~~
	~~nicely; the entries are all formatted the same way, and it is~~
	~~easy to change that format. However, it is annoying that you~~
	~~have to have a separate <code>.bib</code> file to contain all your~~
	~~bibliography entries. Fortunately, it is not too hard to build~~
	~~the <code>.bib</code> file into the <code>.tex</code> file. To illustrate,~~
	~~the source of [Ant06] is (sorta) included below.~~
	~~Note that you have to run $\LaTeX$, $Bib\TeX$, $\LaTeX$, $\LaTeX$, as~~
	~~usual when you use $Bib\TeX$.~~

	~~<pre>~~
	~~\documentclass{article}~~
	~~\usepackage{verbatim}~~
	~~\begin{document}~~
	~~Bib\TeX\ has the nice feature that it makes your bibliography~~
	~~nicely; the entries are all formatted the same way, and it is~~
	~~easy to change that format. However, it is annoying that you~~
	~~have to have a separate \verb\|.bib\| file to contain all your~~
	~~bibliography entries. Fortunately, it is not too hard to build~~
	~~the \verb\|.bib\| file into the \verb\|.tex\| file. To illustrate,~~
	~~the source of \cite{this_file} is (sorta) included below.~~
	~~Note that you have to run \LaTeX, Bib\TeX, \LaTeX, \LaTeX, as~~
	~~usual when you use Bib\TeX.~~

	~~%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%~~
	~~%%% main text goes here %%%~~
	~~%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%~~

	~~\bibliography{\jobname}~~
	~~\bibliographystyle{alpha}~~

	~~\openout0= \jobname.bib~~
	~~\write0{~~
	~~@book {this_file,~~
	~~AUTHOR = {Anton},~~
	~~TITLE = {This document},~~
	~~YEAR = {2006},~~
	}
	~~%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%~~
	~~%%% more bib entries go here %%%~~
	~~%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%~~
	}
	~~\end{document}~~
	~~</pre>~~

	~~'''References'''<br>~~
	~~[Ant06] Anton. [http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.tex ''This document.''] 2006.~~

	~~==How to draw the Fox-Artin wild arc with pstricks==~~

	~~<code><pre>~~
	~~\documentclass{article}~~
	~~\usepackage{pstricks}~~
	~~\usepackage{multido}~~
	~~\begin{document}~~
	~~\[\begin{pspicture}(-7.6,-.5)(7.32,2.5)~~
	~~\newdimen\totaljump % This measures where the orgin is~~
	~~\newdimen\jumpinterval % This measures how much the origin moves each time~~
	~~%%%%% First we draw the left hand side. Because we are utilizing borders, we have %%%%%~~
	~~%%%%% to draw from left to right, so compute by hand what the unit should be. %%%%%~~
	~~\psset{unit=0.17293822569mm,border=.05,linewidth=.03}~~
	~~\totaljump=-75mm~~
	~~\jumpinterval=0.17293822569mm~~
	~~\multido{}{20}{~~
	~~% Move the origin to the appropriate place %%%%~~
	~~\psset{origin={\totaljump,0}, unit= 1.25, border=.05, linewidth=.03}~~
	~~% Draw a piece of the curve~~
	~~\pscurve(-.1,.1)(-.2,.3)(0,1.5)(1,.7)(2.3,.3)(2,-.05)(1.1,-.2)(1,-.1)~~
	~~% Scale the jumpinterval by .8 and increment totaljump~~
	~~\multiply\jumpinterval by 5 \divide\jumpinterval by 4~~
	~~\advance\totaljump by \jumpinterval~~
	}
	~~%%%%~~ Now ~~we draw one piece of the curve in the middle %%%%~~
	~~%%%% to get the two ends to match up nicely. %%%%~~
	~~\psset{unit=1.5cm,border=.05,linewidth=.03}~~
	~~\pscurve(-.15,.12)(-.2,.3)(0,1.7)(1,.7)(1.8,.3)(1.6,-.05)(1.1,-.2)(.95,-.15)~~
	~~%%%% Now draw the right hand side %%%%~~
	~~\psset{origin={12mm,0}}~~
	~~\totaljump=12mm~~
	~~\jumpinterval=12mm~~
	~~\multido{}{20}{~~
	~~\advance\totaljump by \jumpinterval~~
	~~\multiply\jumpinterval by 4 \divide\jumpinterval by 5~~
	~~\pscurve(-.1,.1)(-.2,.3)(0,1.5)(1,.7)(1.6,.3)(1.4,-.05)(1.1,-.2)(.9,-.1)~~
	~~\psset{origin={\totaljump,0}, unit= .8, border=.05, linewidth=.03}~~
	}
	~~\end{pspicture}\]~~
	~~\end{document}~~
	~~</pre></code>~~
	~~[[File:Fox-artin.png]]~~

	~~==Placing labels on arrows in XY-pic==~~
	(I ~~learned this trick from [http://www.math.columbia.edu/~lauda/ Aaron Lauda]; I haven~~'~~t seen it documented anywhere)~~
	~~\xymatrix{asdfasdf \ar[r]^{f} & a }~~
	~~produces the label "f" in a stupid place, half-way between the centers of the two entries, instead of where you'd~~ like ~~it to be~~, half-way along the arrow. One way to handle this is to do something like <code>\ar[r]^(.7){f}</code> but that is fairly unsatisfying because you have to calibrate the (.7) by eye. There is another way, which is to use
	~~\ar[r]^-{f}~~
	~~which will automatically place the label "f" half-way along the arrow. If you want the label .7 of the way ''along the arrow'', you can do <code>\ar[r]^-(.7){f}</code>~~.

Anton: /* BibTeX without a separate .bib file */

2011-10-27T18:29:35Z

BibTeX without a separate .bib file

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	[http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.dvi dvi] [http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.tex tex]		[http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.dvi dvi] [http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.tex tex]

			$Bib\TeX$ has the nice feature that it makes your bibliography
			nicely; the entries are all formatted the same way, and it is
			easy to change that format. However, it is annoying that you
			have to have a separate <code>.bib</code> file to contain all your
			bibliography entries. Fortunately, it is not too hard to build
			the <code>.bib</code> file into the <code>.tex</code> file. To illustrate,
			the source of [Ant06] is (sorta) included below.
			Note that you have to run $\LaTeX$, $Bib\TeX$, $\LaTeX$, $\LaTeX$, as
			usual when you use $Bib\TeX$.

			<pre>
			\documentclass{article}
			\usepackage{verbatim}
			\begin{document}
			Bib\TeX\ has the nice feature that it makes your bibliography
			nicely; the entries are all formatted the same way, and it is
			easy to change that format. However, it is annoying that you
			have to have a separate \verb\|.bib\| file to contain all your
			bibliography entries. Fortunately, it is not too hard to build
			the \verb\|.bib\| file into the \verb\|.tex\| file. To illustrate,
			the source of \cite{this_file} is (sorta) included below.
			Note that you have to run \LaTeX, Bib\TeX, \LaTeX, \LaTeX, as
			usual when you use Bib\TeX.

			%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
			%%% main text goes here %%%
			%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

			\bibliography{\jobname}
			\bibliographystyle{alpha}

			\openout0= \jobname.bib
			\write0{
			@book {this_file,
			AUTHOR = {Anton},
			TITLE = {This document},
			YEAR = {2006},
			}
			%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
			%%% more bib entries go here %%%
			%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
			}
			\end{document}
			</pre>

			'''References'''<br>
			[Ant06] Anton. [http://stacky.net/files/selfcontainedBibTeX.tex ''This document.''] 2006.

	==How to draw the Fox-Artin wild arc with pstricks==		==How to draw the Fox-Artin wild arc with pstricks==

Anton: /* Placing labels on arrows in XY-pic */

2011-10-08T21:47:41Z

Placing labels on arrows in XY-pic

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	==Placing labels on arrows in XY-pic==		==Placing labels on arrows in XY-pic==
	(I learned this trick from [http://www.math.columbia.edu/~lauda/ Aaron Lauda]; I haven't seen it documented anywhere)		(I learned this trick from [http://www.math.columbia.edu/~lauda/ Aaron Lauda]; I haven't seen it documented anywhere)
	~~<pre>~~\xymatrix{asdfasdf \ar[r]^{f} & a }~~</pre>~~		\xymatrix{asdfasdf \ar[r]^{f} & a }
	produces the label "f" in a stupid place, half-way between the centers of the two entries, instead of where you'd like it to be, half-way along the arrow. One way to handle this is to do something like		produces the label "f" in a stupid place, half-way between the centers of the two entries, instead of where you'd like it to be, half-way along the arrow. One way to handle this is to do something like <code>\ar[r]^(.7){f}</code> but that is fairly unsatisfying because you have to calibrate the (.7) by eye. There is another way, which is to use
	<~~pre~~>\ar[r]^(.7){f}</~~pre~~>		\ar[r]^-{f}
	but that is fairly unsatisfying because you have to calibrate the (.7) by eye. There is another way, which is to use		which will automatically place the label "f" half-way along the arrow. If you want the label .7 of the way ''along the arrow'', you can do <code>\ar[r]^-(.7){f}</code>.
	~~<pre>~~\ar[r]^-{f}~~</pre>~~
	which will automatically place the label "f" half-way along the arrow. If you want the label .7 of the way ''along the arrow'', you can do
	<~~pre~~>\ar[r]^-(.7){f}</~~pre~~>