My longest (six months!) A-Z Challenge ever. I got through it, though.
This one was very strange. I’d started with a planned theme, then immediately jumped the tracks and did something else.
I’ve done flow of consciousness for the challenge, and I’ve done the challenge where I knew where I was going. I’ve never done one that needed so much research and experimentation and thought to get everything straight.
I’m not going to claim a successful completion of the challenge, because I overran the time so massively. I will still call this a victory.
I did get there in the end. Just in time for my annual vacation, when hopefully I can get all of this implemented!
| Published | Post | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-23 | Z-A Index | This post. |
| 2025-09-22 | Yet More Refactoring | Expanding on/reprising the LaTeX Refactoring post now that I know more. |
| 2025-09-21 | Extending Style Use | Applying object heading styles to chapter and section headings. Another milestone, of a sort. |
| 2025-09-15 | Works! IT WORKS! | Built my first layout files, with one importing the other, and got the expected output. |
| 2025-08-24 | Variations. So Many Variations | Enumerating all the types of build options, and how to incorporate them in my make system. |
| 2025-08-03 | Unexpectedly Easy | Thinking and realizing the table changes will be easier than I expected. |
| 2025-07-16 | Tables! Tables! Tables! | Changes I want to make to table layout. |
| 2025-07-14 | Sections and Tables and Parts, Oh My! | Exploring the use of tables as section headings. |
| 2025-06-08 | Rules are Rules | Working out how to represent all the settings, and workflow adjustments. |
| 2025-04-19 | Quick Thoughts | Describing how the taxonomy files will be split into taxonomy and styles. |
| 2025-04-18 | Power of Abstraction | Exploring the similarities and differences between section headings and object headings. |
| 2025-04-17 | Onward and Upward | Expanding on the layout options and interactions I want to support. |
| 2025-04-16 | Never Give In, Never Surrender | … and yet, despite progress not being great, the wizard is undeterred. |
| 2025-04-15 | Midpoint Status Check | List of A-Z posts so far, with word counts. Assessment of progress (hint: not great) |
| 2025-04-14 | LaTeX Refactoring | Cataloguing the LaTeX elements I’ll need to define. |
| 2025-04-12 | Knowing What I Need | Describing the style permutations I expect to need. |
| 2025-04-11 | Just Checking Just Lines | An experiment to see how game object headers look in ‘printer friendly’ (wireframe only) mode. |
| 2025-04-10 | Inventory of Styles | Presenting a variety of styles I expect to want available. |
| 2025-04-09 | Helper Changes | How to capture the style information in my taxonomy ‘helper’ files. |
| 2025-04-08 | Groundwork for Next Steps | Preparing for the changes I need to make. |
| 2025-04-07 | Flowing my Work | Updating my workflow diagram, to make room for all the new behavior. |
| 2025-04-05 | Epiphanies | Realizations that will make it easier to automate conversion of DOT diagrams to TikZ matrix diagrams. |
| 2025-04-04 | Drawing in a Matrix | Show how the DOT matrices can be converted to TikZ diagrams, manually. |
| 2025-04-04 | DOT Layout as Matrix | Show how DOT, the way I use it, lays diagrams out in a matrix. |
| 2025-04-03 | Change in Direction | I announce the change from ‘small gods’ to ‘how can I make my publishing workflow work better?’ |
| 2025-04-02 | Books I’m Reading | I picked up some books about LaTeX, the publishing software I used. What found derailed my A-Z plans. |
| 2025-04-01 | Announcing the Lineup | Announcing the small gods I was going to write about this A-Z Challenge. |