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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2012-03-17 23:10:28 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2012-03-17 23:10:28 +0000
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+Changelog for bchart
+====================
+
+Version 0.1.1:
+- New "value" option for bars
+- Discussion of known issue with "Dimension too large" error
+
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@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
\title{
\texttt{bchart}: Simple Bar Charts in \LaTeX
\medskip\\
- \large Version 0.1.0
+ \large Version 0.1.1
}
\author{Tobias Kuhn}
-\date{22 November 2011}
+\date{16 March 2012}
\begin{document}
@@ -152,6 +152,22 @@ The \texttt{plain}-flag can be used to prevent the value of the bar to be displa
\end{bchart}
\end{quote}
+With the \texttt{value}-option, the value to be displayed to the right of the bar can be modified:
+\begin{quote}\small
+\begin{verbatim}
+\begin{bchart}[step=2,max=8]
+ \bcbar[value=six]{6}
+ \bcbar[value=III]{3}
+\end{bchart}
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{quote}
+\begin{quote}
+\begin{bchart}[step=2,max=8]
+ \bcbar[value=six]{6}
+ \bcbar[value=III]{3}
+\end{bchart}
+\end{quote}
+
\section{Skips}
@@ -360,7 +376,9 @@ These three ways to change the size of the chart can all be combined to produce
\section{Known Issues}
-There is currently one known issue with this package. When using fractions in the \texttt{step}-option, sometimes rounding errors become apparent:
+There are some known issues with this package. Below, they are discussed and workarounds are presented.
+
+When using fractions in the \texttt{step}-option, sometimes rounding errors become apparent:
\begin{quote}\small
\begin{verbatim}
\begin{bchart}[step=0.2,max=1]
@@ -387,5 +405,28 @@ As a workaround, the \texttt{steps}-option can be used instead, where all marks
\end{bchart}
\end{quote}
+Another known issue is the fact that you can get a \LaTeX{} error message saying ``Dimension too large'' when using large numbers:
+\begin{quote}\small
+\begin{verbatim}
+\begin{bchart}[max=20000]
+ \bcbar{18000}
+\end{bchart}
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{quote}
+A possible workaround is moving the decimal point of all numbers by a couple of digits and manually adding the real value with the \texttt{value}-option:
+\begin{quote}\small
+\begin{verbatim}
+\begin{bchart}[max=20]
+ \bcbar[value=18000]{18}
+\end{bchart}
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{quote}
+\begin{quote}
+\begin{bchart}[max=20]
+ \bcbar[value=18000]{18}
+\end{bchart}
+\end{quote}
+This is only a partial workaround though, since the numbers on the x-axis cannot be manually modified.
+
\end{document}