How to make LaTeX PDF output copy-and-pasteable and searchable

How to make LaTeX PDF output copy-and-pasteable, searchable and diffable

Have you ever tried to diff a PDF file generated by pdflatex? Have you ever tried to copy and paste from one? If so, your face probably looked as surprised as mine after you attempted it: it doesn’t work! The characters that make it to your clipboard are gibberish, even though the PDF looks entirely normal.

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Our inability to be perfect does not constitute failure.

Our inability to be perfect does not constitute failure.

Such a comforting sentence. And such a necessary sentence, because it’s so true.

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Unsere Unfähigkeit zur Perfektion ist nicht gleichbedeutend mit Versagen.

Unsere Unfähigkeit zur Perfektion ist nicht gleichbedeutend mit Versagen.

Ein wunderbarer Satz. Und ein sehr notwendiger Satz, weil er so wahr ist.

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Kallithea: open-source SCM Github Klon mit Mercurial integration

Kallithea

Vor ein paar Tagen wurde ich auf Kallithea aufmerksam, einen open source Wettbewerber für GitLab, Github etc.

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Kallithea: open-source SCM Github competitor with Mercurial integration

Kallithea

Recently I became aware of Kallithea, an open-source competitor to GitLab, Github and the like.

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guiding process improvement in small companies

Process improvement in small companies

Somehow handling your project feels so hard — but your instinct tells you it needn’t be. Your instinct is right.

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