tikzsymbols

Overview

The tikzsymbols package v4.12a (2021/12/14) contains symbols created using tikz.

This package provides:

• various emoticons
• cooking symbols
• trees
• other symbols (e.g. Penrose-Triangle (Triban), chair, coffeecup, etc.)
• some tools to create your own tikzsymbol

FAQ

See documentation

Changes

• v1.6 Several bugs fixed and some options added.
• v1.7 New symbols and some bugs fixed
• v2.0
  • Bug fixed, now option tree=on/off is working again,
  • new symbols: \Triban, improved BasicTree code.
  • New option: marvsoym (see documentation for more details).
• v2.2
  • Included \@ifpackageloaded, now symbols can have negative scale,
  • Did something else, I can't remember.
• v2.25 Changed some code
• v2.5
  • New option: draftabsolute (symbols are replaced by text and LateX becomes faster again). Changed manual a bit.
• v3.0
  • Symbols are stored inside a save-box and are used via \usebox,
  • New option: draft=absolute (old option is still useable, but obsolete),
  • Changed output of draft=absolute,
  • New option: prefix=<prefix>, adds a <prefix> to all commands,
  • New option: usebox=true/false If false the symbols aren't stored inside a box,
  • See manual for more changes.
• v3.0a New cooking-symbols: \grater, \bottle
• v3.0b Deleted some non-ASCII characters.
• v3.0g
  • Removed a bug caused by me messing up with commands.
  • Removed package calc and replaced \setlength with \pgfmathsetlength
  • Reworked some code of the symbols.
  • Did not change the manual.
• v3.0h Created a bug in the process of fixing the last bug, added the forgotten \fi.
• v3.01alpha Copied the 2e code and started rewriting the code in LaTeX3.
• v3.38 Nearly finished rewriting.
• v3.40 Now everything is coded in LaTeX3.
• v3.40-v3.95 Various fixes and changes.
• v3.95 New emoticon \(d)Changey.
• v4.0 Finished reworking the code.
• v4.01
  • Added a known problem to the documentation.
  • New Symbol: \rollingpin (and of course the german equivalent \Nudelholz)
• v4.02
  • Added option baseline=true/false to fix a bug occurring with todonotes
  • New Symbols: \cChangey and \dcChangey
• v4.06
  • New Emoticon: \(d)Sleepey.
  • New Emoticon: \SchrodingersCat.
  • New option: global-scale.
  • New option: symbol-scale.
  • \tikzsymbolsset now raises a warning if a load-time option is used.
  • Some minor fixes.
• v4.07 Option usebox is now usable during the document.
• v4.10
  • Added FAQ.
  • All files are now derived from the .dtx file.
  • New option: append-style.
  • New option: remember-picture.
  • Internal change: baseline.
  • Deleted invisible sign.
  • New symbolpair: \Knoblauchpresse and \garlicpress.
  • Option draft and final now set the internal draft boolean locally.
  • Reworked sizes of the plain vanilla draft boxes.
• v4.10a Bugfix: Forgot to remove colors from \Strichmaxerl
• v4.10b Bugfix: Replace deprecated \c_zero by 0
• v4.10c Bugfix: Added dimension to xshift and yshift for \Fire, \Candle and \(d)Laughey
• v4.12
  • New (public) command to define symbols: \tikzsymbolsdefinesymbol
  • Some other auxiliary functions \tikzsymbolsprovideandusesavebox, \tikzsymbolssetscaleabs, \tikzsymbolsscaleabs.
  • Continuing with \tikzsymbols_create_draftbox:nn, \tikzsymbols_create_squared_draftbox:n and \l_tikzsymbols_if_opt_draft_bool
  • New symbols: \Heart and \dHeart
  • New symbol: \Maskey
• v4.12a
  • Fixing final option.

Requirements

• expl3 & xparse
• tikz
• xcolor
• xspace
• l3keys2e

This file contains

• README
• tikzsymbols.pdf
• tikzsymbols.dtx
• tikzsymbols.ins

License

This material is subject to the LATEX Project Public License 1.3c. See

https://www.latex-project.org/lppl/

for the details of that license.