Added section about tikz plans to Coda
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@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ The \textsf{FlashCards} package (and note that it is written in CamelCase) allow
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The truly nice thing about the \textsf{FlashCards} package is that it automatically sets up the cards for two-sided printing. That is, if the front of your document looks like this:
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\label{cards}
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\begin{center}
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\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.6]
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\draw (0,0) rectangle (11,4);
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\section{What I Learned About \LaTeX{} While Creating This Issue}
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\subsection{Easy Ways with \textsf{tikz}}
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I included some illustrations of card layouts back on page \pageref{cards}. Since these are just rectangles, I knew I could create them pretty easily using the \textsf{tikz} package. All I needed were the coordinates where the three rectangles would begin and end, and the coordinates of the nodes where I would put the letters.
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As it turns out, this was difficult to figure out using my mind alone—there was too much guesswork. I'm a big fan of having the right tools to do a job and then using those tools. I see no point in being a martyr. So I pulled out the best tool I had for this: graph paper and a pencil. No guess work, just straight lines and a bit of counting. I felt like I was in my eighth grade geometry class again, and I actually enjoyed it.
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Protip: draw it on paper first.
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\setlength{\fboxsep}{0pt}
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\setlength{\fboxrule}{0.5pt}
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\begin{center}
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\fbox{\includegraphics[scale=0.30]{tikz-on-paper}}
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\end{center}
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%\newpage % Use only to keep the afterword together if we end up with orphans
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\section{Afterword}
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