[AUCTeX] AUCTeX has a logo!

[Mosè Giordano]

Dear all,

yesterday a new version of AUCTeX was released and Tassilo promptly
updated the package on GNU ELPA and it is already live, so probably
many of you already got it. Let me thank all people who contributed
for this release come true.

As a first act after the new release, I added a new logo for AUCTeX to
the repository. There has been a thread on this mailing list a while
ago about the logo, there was a good consensus on the design but then
the discussion stalled. I went bold and installed it. For anybody
using git, the LaTeX source of the logo is under etc/ directory. Just
open the file with AUCTeX and issue C-c C-a to view the output (you
may need a recent TeX distribution to compile the document). People
not using git can grab the file from
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=auctex.git;a=blob_plain;f=etc/auctex-logo.tex;hb=HEAD

You can see the logo in action also in our website:
https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/ Two PNG versions are available:

* smaller: Loading Image...

* larger: Loading Image...

I hope you'll enjoy it!

Bye,
Mosè

[Uwe Siart]

Dear Mosè, dear AUCTeX team, dear contributors,

Many thanks for your great work! No need to say that Emacs and AUCTeX
are simply the best available tools for working on LaTeX documents.
--
Uwe

Post by Mosè Giordano
Dear all,
yesterday a new version of AUCTeX was released and Tassilo promptly
updated the package on GNU ELPA and it is already live, so probably
many of you already got it. Let me thank all people who contributed
for this release come true.
As a first act after the new release, I added a new logo for AUCTeX to
the repository. There has been a thread on this mailing list a while
ago about the logo, there was a good consensus on the design but then
the discussion stalled. I went bold and installed it. For anybody
using git, the LaTeX source of the logo is under etc/ directory. Just
open the file with AUCTeX and issue C-c C-a to view the output (you
may need a recent TeX distribution to compile the document). People
not using git can grab the file from
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=auctex.git;a=blob_plain;f=etc/auctex-logo.tex;hb=HEAD
* smaller: https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/img/auctex-logo-128.png
* larger: https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/img/auctex-logo.png
I hope you'll enjoy it!
Bye,
Mosè
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[Denis Bitouzé]

yesterday a new version of AUCTeX was released [...]

Many thanks for all this nice work...

I hope you'll enjoy it!

Indeed!

[Tamas Papp]

Hi,

I was under the (apparently mistaken) impression that discussion stopped
because the logo was finalized. In any case, I am happy that it is now
"official".

Also, thanks for the new release! AUCTeX continues to be an unparalleled
tool for working with LaTeX.

Best,

Tamas

Post by Mosè Giordano
Dear all,
yesterday a new version of AUCTeX was released and Tassilo promptly
updated the package on GNU ELPA and it is already live, so probably
many of you already got it. Let me thank all people who contributed
for this release come true.
As a first act after the new release, I added a new logo for AUCTeX to
the repository. There has been a thread on this mailing list a while
ago about the logo, there was a good consensus on the design but then
the discussion stalled. I went bold and installed it. For anybody
using git, the LaTeX source of the logo is under etc/ directory. Just
open the file with AUCTeX and issue C-c C-a to view the output (you
may need a recent TeX distribution to compile the document). People
not using git can grab the file from
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=auctex.git;a=blob_plain;f=etc/auctex-logo.tex;hb=HEAD
* smaller: https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/img/auctex-logo-128.png
* larger: https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/img/auctex-logo.png
I hope you'll enjoy it!
Bye,
Mosè
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auctex mailing list
https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/auctex

[Arash Esbati]

Hi Mosè,

Post by Mosè Giordano
yesterday a new version of AUCTeX was released and Tassilo promptly
updated the package on GNU ELPA and it is already live, so probably
many of you already got it. Let me thank all people who contributed
for this release come true.

Again, many thanks to you both for managing the release process.

Post by Mosè Giordano
As a first act after the new release, I added a new logo for AUCTeX to
the repository. There has been a thread on this mailing list a while
ago about the logo, there was a good consensus on the design but then
the discussion stalled. I went bold and installed it.

Great! I have only one question reg. the placement of logo: Does it
make sence to put the logo in the banner? Idea is attached.

Besides, all fine. Thanks.

[Mosè Giordano]

Post by Arash Esbati
I have only one question reg. the placement of logo: Does it
make sence to put the logo in the banner? Idea is attached.

I already tried that last year, but didn't like it too much, because I
think it makes the header too high (or we should shrink the logo
thumbnail).

BTW, suggestions are welcome from anyone (including comments on
Arash's proposal). Volunteers willing to refresh the screenshots
page are encouraged ;-)

Bye,
Mosè

[Arash Esbati]

Post by Mosè Giordano

Post by Arash Esbati
I have only one question reg. the placement of logo: Does it
make sence to put the logo in the banner? Idea is attached.

I already tried that last year, but didn't like it too much, because I
think it makes the header too high (or we should shrink the logo
thumbnail).

I'd vote to shrink the logo thumbnail and put it in the banner, but it's
your call.

Post by Mosè Giordano
BTW, suggestions are welcome from anyone (including comments on
Arash's proposal). Volunteers willing to refresh the screenshots
page are encouraged ;-)

Glad you mentioned it, was also next on my list ;-) I think nowadays
mere screenshots doesn't fit the bill anymore -- how about captured gifs
from Emacs/AUCTeX?

Best, Arash

[Arash Esbati]

Post by Arash Esbati
Glad you mentioned it, was also next on my list ;-) I think nowadays
mere screenshots doesn't fit the bill anymore -- how about captured gifs
from Emacs/AUCTeX?

Following up myself, my idea would be to create small .gif's for
different features instead of screenshots. Example is attached for new
&-counting feature in tables.

What do others think?

[Mosè Giordano]

Hi Arash,

sorry for not getting back to you earlier, sometimes I miss some
messages to reply to.

Regarding the position of the logo, I like that currently its
background color is different from the surrounding color (which is
recalled, instead, by the text color). With your proposal the
background color of the logo would be much closer to the surrounding,
which would make it less visible, IMHO.

Post by Arash Esbati

Post by Arash Esbati
Glad you mentioned it, was also next on my list ;-) I think nowadays
mere screenshots doesn't fit the bill anymore -- how about captured gifs
from Emacs/AUCTeX?

Following up myself, my idea would be to create small .gif's for
different features instead of screenshots. Example is attached for new
&-counting feature in tables.
What do others think?

Many AUCTeX's features are very much related to interactivity, so an
animation would serve well the goal of showing off the power of this
editor. The only thing I don't like in your gif is that it's too
fast, it's difficult to see what's happening, but I guess you
can easily fix this.

In any case, I'd be really happy to see contributions also from
non-developers, so they can give back to the project ;-)

Bye,
Mosè

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Great! Thank you very much for the logo and AUCTeX!

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