IdeaWazaWiki - User contributions [en]

Archive:Fanboy

2008-08-15T22:38:46Z

84.137.192.102:

{{Otheruses4}}
{{cleanup-rewrite}}

'''Fanboy''' (sometimes spelled '''fanboi''') is a term used to describe an individual who is devoted to a single subject in an emotional or fanatical manner, or to a single point of view within that subject, often to the point where it is considered an obsession.

The term is most commonly associated with adolescent and teenage males but can be applicable to any age or sex, and is mostly applied by others as a derogatory label.

==History==

According to the [[Merriam-Webster]] Collegiate Dictionary, the earliest known use of the term "fanboy" in an English-language publication dates to 1919.<ref name="mw">[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fanboy fanboy. (2008)]. In Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Retrieved July 7, 2008.</ref>

In [[comic book]] culture, a 1982 reference is 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," who are describing the extreme measures they would go to, including moving to San Francisco, to preserve their comics.

Also published in 1982, a comic strip appeared in Jim Engel and Chuck Fiala's "Fandom Confidential" comic. In the strip, Jim and Chuck met comic artist/writer [[John Byrne]] and collapsed into "mindless paroxysms of adoration." The John Byrne character responded that they were "a couple of fanboys in bondage" (a play on words referring to a [[List of Monty Python's Flying Circus episodes#10. E. Henry Thripshaw.27s Disease|Monty Python sketch]] in which an Elizabethan era character reads what she claims to be a new Shakespeare work called "Gay Boys in Bondage". <ref>[http://www.byrnerobotics.com/FAQ/listing.asp?ID=7&T1=Miscellaneous+Questions#154 Byrne Robotics: FAQ]</ref> Another early use is in a smart-alec editorial reply by "[[Ambush Bug]]" to a letter in his comic in [[1985]].

By 1990 the term was being used in [[popular music]] and [[science fiction]] circles<ref>
[http://groups.google.com/groups/search?lr=&safe=off&num=10&q=fanboy&safe=off&qt_s=Search&as_drrb=b&as_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=1&as_maxm=1&as_maxy=1990 USENET use before 1990]
</ref>, and as electronic entertainment gained popularity, the term became increasingly applied to [[computer]]s and [[video game consoles]] - with people often developing an obsessive loyalty towards one platform or brand.

Current subjects of such obsessive loyalty include areas of: [[TV show]]s; [[film|movie]]s; [[music]]; [[anime]]; [[comic book]]s; [[car]]s; [[video game console]]s, [[video games]] and [[MMORPG]]s; and [[computer]] [[operating system]]s, [[computer Hardware|hardware]] and [[software]]—and more recently politics.
<ref>
[http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/11/whos-nuttier-ap.html "Who's Nuttier, Apple Fanatics or Ron Paul Enthusiasts?", Wired Magazine]
</ref>
<ref>
[http://www.blogmaverick.com/2007/02/03/the-fanboy-culture/ "The Fanboy Culture", Mark Cuban, blogpost]
</ref>

"Fanboy" was added to the [[Merriam-Webster]] Collegiate Dictionary in 2008.<ref>[http://www.welt.de/english-news/article2186069/New_words_in_the_Merriam-Webster_dictionary_.html New words in the Merriam-Webster dictionary] [[Die Welt]] online, 7 July 2008</ref>

==Fangirl==
The term fangirl, while similar, often carries slightly different connotations - often applied to any enthusiastic female fan regardless of obsessive qualities or not, and is often used with overtones of "[[teenybopper]]". Depending on context, "fangirl" may be used or perceived as a derogatory label.

==Media==

Popular depictions of Fanboy stereotypes include the [[Comic Book Guy]] on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and columnist [[Larry Groznic]] from the satirical newspaper ''[[The Onion]]''. In the songs of the fannish [[parody]] [[musician]] [[Luke Ski]], many characters proudly consider themselves ''fanboys.''

===Comic books===
*[[Sergio Aragonés]]' ''Fanboy''
*[[Galactic Storm]]'s ''Fanboy''

===Television===
*''[[The Simpsons]]''' [[Comic Book Guy]] refers to himself as a fanboy.
*''[[Freakazoid!|Freakazoid]]'''s [[freakazoid!#Other characters|Fan Boy]]

===Radio/podcasts===
*[[Fanboy Radio]]
*Fanboy Planet.com[http://www.fanboyplanet.com]

===Movies===
* [[Fanboys (2003 film)|''Fanboys'' (2003 film)]], a New Zealand short film
* [[Fanboys (2008 film)|''Fanboys'' (2008 film)]], an American comedy film

==See also==
* [[Addiction]]
* [[Cyberstalking]]
* [[Editor war]]
* [[Anorak (slang)|Anorak]]
* [[Astroturfing]]
* [[Otaku]]
* [[Obsession]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/02/17/fanboys/ A look at fanboys from the game industry perspective]
* [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fanboy Fanboy at Merriam-Webster]
* [http://www.netjak.com/review.php/1013 Dissecting the Fanboy Mind] - A discussion of the fanboy behavior in regard to video games.
* [http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=6463 The trial of the Fanboy] - A criticism of the fanboy concept and overusage of the term.

[[Category:Fandom]]
[[Category:Anime and manga terminology]]

[[de:Fan#Konsum]]
[[fr:Fanboy]]

TeXnicCenter

2007-04-19T18:05:10Z

84.137.130.43: /* Without forward search */

{{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 [[TeX Live]] 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")][DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][FileOpen("%bm.pdf")]
server: acroview
topic: control

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

Close document before running (La)TeX:
[x] DDE command
command: [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][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: [DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][FileOpen("%bm.pdf")][MenuitemExecute("GoBack")]

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]]

[[Category:Free TeX editors]]
[[Category:TeX SourceForge projects]]

[[de:TeXnicCenter]]
[[es:TeXnicCenter]]
[[fr:TeXnicCenter]]
[[nl:TeXnicCenter]]
[[pl:TeXnicCenter]]
[[sv:TeXnicCenter]]