So you want to typeset LaTeX locally

Nowadays, we have the luxury of ‘cloud LaTeX services’ like Overleaf, but sometimes you will run into timeout issues because you used a bit too many images.
It will never be a problem if you can just typeset LaTeX locally, so here’s the setup I use for my purposes.
Note that I need a CJK environment, or more specifically, I need to be able to typeset Japanese characters.

Well, this is a shameless plug but this is my blog, so here goes;

Did you notice that the sidebar on this blog now has an ad?

If you are reading this on smartphones, sorry, sidebar is only available on the desktop version of this website. Try viewing it from tablet or PC!

Don’t worry, this is not a tracking ad. It is a static ad that I’ve placed. Audiostock is a website where I sell some “stock music.”

The compilation I wrote about in this blog is now on sale at pixiv BOOTH!

https://hokudaidtm.booth.pm/items/4290097

Fruits Cooktail - 北大DTMサークルNMPASS - BOOTH

2022秋M3にて頒布したアルバム、[Fruits Cooktail]のダウンロード版です。 果物をテーマに部員が作曲したオリジナル楽曲を10曲収録しています。 ロング版のクロスフェードはリンクよりご覧いただけます。 https://youtu.be/tJ4Vyaz2Ztk

hokudaidtm.booth.pm

New release: FRUITY COCKTAIL

Read the article on DEV.to

Shields.io is a “service for concise, consistent, and legible badges in SVG and raster format, which can easily be included in GitHub readmes or any other web page.”

Their service takes query parameters to their API endpoint to generate a badge / shield. For example:

https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Find%20me%20on&message=GitHub&color=181717&style=flat&logo=github

becomes:

I was planning to use this in this website, when I realized a problem; it is hard to maintain. While it may be rare to change the content of those shields, it would be nice to have a maintainable way to put a shield on my blog.