TeXnicCenter

2007-03-04T03:18:49Z

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{{Infobox_Software |
name = TeXnicCenter |
logo = |
screenshot = [[Image:Texniccenter.png|300px|TeXnicCenter screenshot]] |
caption = TeXnicCenter screenshot |
developer = The TeXnicCenter Team |
latest_release_version = 1 Beta 7.01 |
latest_release_date = [[June 18]], [[2006]] |
operating_system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] |
genre = [[LaTeX]] |
license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] |
website = [http://www.texniccenter.org www.texniccenter.org] |
}}
'''TeXnicCenter''' is a [[free software|free]] [[open source]] [[Integrated development environment|IDE]] for the LaTeX typesetting language. It uses the [[MiKTeX]] or [http://www.tug.org/texlive/ TeXLive] distributions. It allows the user to type documents in [[LaTeX]] and to compile them in [[Portable Document Format|PDF]], [[DVI file format|DVI]] or [[PostScript|PS]]. A menu gives access easily to precoded elements and environments (formulas, symbols, sections). It also allows for the creation of projects to organise and access the sections and environments of documents, and to insert a bibliography (using [[BibTeX]]) and an index (using [[MakeIndex]]).

To use TeXLive 2005 distribution, you need to make a minor change to the output profiles by replacing each of the output argument options with their Unix format variants (even for running on Windows), e.g. the command line arguments "%pm" becomes "%Pm" and "%bm" becomes "%Bm".

==Acrobat integration==
TeXnicCenter has the ability to integrate with [[Adobe Acrobat]], such that recently compiled PDF files are opened automatically, and existing open PDF files are closed automatically upon recompilation. This is done using ''[[Dynamic data exchange|DDE]] calls'' to Acrobat, documented in [http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/acrobat/sdk/pdf/iac/IACOverview.pdf Acrobat Interapplication Communication Overview] and [http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/acrobat/sdk/pdf/iac/IACReference.pdf Acrobat Interapplication Communication Reference]

===Integration setup===
You can insert the following lines of command in TeXnicCenter to integrate it with Acrobat. This particularly enables you to compile your files in pdf without having to close the previous document first (necessary in the default option).

Integration is setup in the ''Build'' → ''Define Output Profiles'' menu option. Select a profile "LaTeX=>PDF" or "LaTeX=>PS=>PDF", and click on the viewer window.

===Without forward search===
To simply (re)open the document in the Acrobat Reader, use :
view project's output:
[x] DDE command
command: [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][FileOpen("%bm.pdf")]
server: acroview
topic: control

forward search:
[x] DDE command
command: [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][FileOpen("%bm.pdf")]
server: acroview
topic: control

Close document before running (La)TeX:
[x] DDE command
command: [DocClose("%bm.pdf")]
server: acroview
topic: control

===Manual forward search===
Alternatively, the following command can be used for "view project's output" and "forward search". It opens the pdf-document on page <pageno>+1:
command: [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][DocGoTo("%bm.pdf",<pageno>)]

===Semi-automatic forward search===
A much more useful solution would be to use the [http://www.tug.org/applications/hyperref/manual.html <tt>hyperref</tt> package]:

1. Make sure the <tt>hyperref</tt> package is loaded: <tt>\usepackage{hyperref}</tt>

2. Define the following command: <tt>\def\acrobat{\hyperdef{jump}{here}{}}</tt>

3. Change the "view project's output" and "forward search" DDE command (as described earlier on) to:
command: [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][FileOpen("%bm.pdf")][DocGoToNameDest("%bm.pdf","jump.here")]

4. Use somewhere in the text (usually, where you are currently working…) the new command <tt>\acrobat</tt> and, after (re)opening, the reader should jump to that location.

Note that steps 1. and 2. have to be done in the header of your document. If you use pdfTeX, you should load the <tt>hyperref</tt> package via <tt>\usepackage[pdftex]{hyperref}</tt>; if you use dvips, load it using <tt>\usepackage[dvips]{hyperref}</tt>. If several <tt>\acrobat</tt> commands are issued, the reader always jumps to the "latest" one.

===Open and jump back to previous position===
If you want Acrobat to reopen the file after a recompilation at the exact same location as it was just before, and ''if you have the full version of Acrobat'' (the following is ''not'' supported by the free Acrobat Reader!) set the "view project's output" and "forward search" DDE command to:

command:[AppHide()][MenuitemExecute("GoBack")][AppShow()][DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][FileOpen("%bm.pdf")][AppShow()]

Note that Adobe Reader supports only the following DDE messages: AppExit, CloseAllDocs, DocClose, DocGoTo, DocGoToNameDest, DocOpen, FileOpen, FilePrint, FilePrintEx, FilePrintSilent, and FilePrintTo. In order to support the MenuitemExecute functionality, a full version of Adobe Acrobat is required.

== External links ==
* [http://www.texniccenter.org/ TeXnicCenter homepage]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/texniccenter/ TeXnicCenter] on [[SourceForge]]

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Archive:Fanboy

2006-08-02T21:46:43Z

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:''For the comic book character, see [[Fan Boy]]. For the film, see [[Fanboys (film)]]''

'' '''Fanboy''' '' or '' '''fanboi''' '' is a term used to describe an individual (usually male, though the feminine version ''fangirl'' may be used for females) who is utterly devoted to a single subject or [[hobby]], often to the point where it is considered an [[obsession]].

In [[computing]], the word is used somewhat differently - referring to someone [[Computer zealotry|slavishly supportive]] of their preferred operating system, computer programming language or brand of computer hardware[http://thedailywtf.com/forums/AddPost.aspx?PostID=24177&Quote=True][http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/06/02/when-the-bough-breaks][http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2005-10-25-008-26-OS-HL-SW-0002][http://www.osnews.com/permalink.php?news_id=14891&comment_id=133439].

==History of fanboys and the term==
The term originated in [[comic book]] circles, to describe someone who immersed himself in the fictional worlds of comics and the culture of comics fandom. The term is often used in a derogatory manner by other less obsessed fans. In the songs of the fannish [[parody]] [[musician]] [[Luke Ski]], many characters proudly consider themselves ''fanboys''. The term is most commonly associated with adolescent and teen males but can be applicable to any age or sex. Common subjects of reverence by fanboys are [[TV show]]s, [[film|movie]]s, [[music]], [[anime]], [[car]]s, [[video game console]]s, [[video games]], [[operating system]]s, [[MMORPG]]s, and [[software]] companies.

The stereotypical image of the fanboy is as an unkempt, socially awkward, young man who may be perceived as a loud mouthed [[pseudo-intellectual]]. A popular depiction of this stereotype is the [[Comic Book Guy]] on ''[[The Simpsons]]''.

The earliest use of the word "fanboy" has been dated to 1982, to the cover of the "Official Underground and Newave Comix Price Guide". On this cover page are sketched overweight, overzealous comic book collectors wearing T-shirts that state "Fanboys of America," and are describing the extreme measures they would go to, including moving to San Francisco, to preserve their comics. Another early use is in a smart-alec editorial reply by "[[Ambush Bug]]" to a letter in his comic in [[1985]].

Many fanboys can display an intense obsession with the object of their affections. This is often shown by their devotion to a company/product/character, often to the detriment of their sense of veracity or critical judgment. This condition often coincides with bouts of heavy denial and a marked resistance to any type of meaningful or significant change in the status quo of the obsession, as noted in the controversy surrounding the introduction of [[Green Lantern]] [[Kyle Rayner]].

==Trivia==
The word "Fanboys" can be a mnemonic for the [[Grammatical conjunction|coordinating conjunction]]s of the English language: "for", "and", "nor", "but", "or", "yet", and "so".

==Media==
===Comic Book===
*[[Sergio Aragonés]]' ''Fanboy''
*Doug Holverson's "Fanboy" (anthropomorphized rotary fan obsessed with comics, who uses his electrical plug for a hand). Dates from the prolific minicomic wave of the 1980s.

===Television===
*''[[The Simpsons]]'''s [[Comic Book Guy]]
*''[[Freakazoid!|Freakazoid]]'''s [[freakazoid!#Other_characters|Fan Boy]]

===Radio/Podcasts===
*[[Fanboy Radio]] - [http://fanboyradio.com]
*Drooling FanBoy - [http://droolingfanboy.com]
*iFanboy - [http://www.ifanboy.com]
*[[The Fanboy Smackdown Podcast]] - [http://www.fanboysmackdown.com]

===Webcomics===
*Fanboy Almanac (webcomic) - [http://fanboyalmanac.com Fanboy Almanac]
*[http://www.ngeb.net/fanboys Fanboys web comic]
*[http://www.fogclub.net Fanboy Otaku Gamers Club web comic]
*[http://www.fanboysonline.com Fanboys!! Beyond Geekdom!!! (webcomic)]
*[http://www.fanboys-online.com Fanboys-Online]

===Video Games===
*[http://www.dsfanboy.com DS Fanboy]
*[http://www.pspfanboy.com PSP Fanboy]
*[http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com Nintendo Wii Fanboy]

It is also noted, if you are ever approched by any Final Fantasy VII fanboys, run like the wind. For their stupidity can lower your brain-cells. Very fast.

==See also==
* [[Addiction]]
* [[Otaku]]
* [[Anorak (slang)|Anorak]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fanboy Urban dictionary: fanboy]
* [http://www.netjak.com/review.php/1013 Dissecting the Fanboy Mind] - A discussion of the fanboy behavior in regards to video games.

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