Discussions

Here are some topics of interest, along with a form to add your thoughts (see below). Categories are listed here — click on a category’s “twistor” to see the boards under each, and click on a board’s twistor to see its topics. Click on a topic link to go to that page.

Special note for FORUM visitors

Visitors following old links to the CTS "forum" will be redirected to this Discussions area. The old forum has been closed and removed. If you want a look at a specific product's bug reports, please try its GitHub issues list. Some general discussions are now in this area.

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Computer Science — Discussion on computer science topics.

 

Typography and Typesetting — Making documents that look good, whether on-screen or on dead trees.

 

Crimes against readers — bad typography   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:05 PM

 

Compositing logos and accented letters   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:03 PM

 

Truly Smart Quotes   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:36 PM

 

Balanced multiple columns on a screen   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 3:57 PM

 

Why do lawyers shout so much?   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:41 PM

 

Some online resources   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:27 PM

 

Kerning on-the-fly   Last updated Sun, 30 Apr 2023 at 12:26 PM

 

Why semantic markup?   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:42 PM

 

Intelligent WYSIWYG   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:50 PM

 

Reflowing text   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:26 PM

 

Footnotes and smelly feet   Last updated Thu, 24 Aug 2023 at 2:58 PM

 

The umlaut and the dieresis   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:31 PM

 

Paragraph shaping   Last updated Sun, 30 Apr 2023 at 12:08 PM

 

Practical Computing — Code snippets, ideas, best practices, etc.

 

Null-terminated strings in C   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:51 PM

 

Pointer discipline in C   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:25 PM

 

URL rewriting made easy   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:38 PM

 

Building an application framework   Last updated Sun, 03 Sep 2023 at 12:36 PM

 

What's in a name?   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:41 PM

 

User Interface issues   Last updated Wed, 11 Jan 2023 at 5:44 PM

 

CGI animation   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:00 PM

 

Historical Computing — Discussion of real life early computers, and "what if" alternate possibilities.

 

What could Charles Babbage have done with modern computer architecture?   Last updated Sat, 04 Mar 2023 at 8:50 PM

 

Mechanical analog computers   Last updated Wed, 30 Aug 2023 at 11:13 PM

 

Other historic computers   Last updated Sun, 03 Sep 2023 at 10:48 AM

 

Historic computer pioneers   Last updated Mon, 06 Mar 2023 at 1:49 PM

 

Compiler Theory and Design — What does it take to write translators, interpreters, and compilers?

 

General guidelines and resources   Last updated Fri, 20 Jan 2023 at 10:18 AM

 

Philosophy and approach of compiler design books   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:25 PM

 

Equal versus Equal   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:09 PM

 

Detecting unset variables   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:07 PM

 

Useful stuff   Last updated Mon, 03 Jul 2023 at 2:30 PM

 

Computers and the Real World — Use and abuse of computing in science, technology, and everyday life.

 

Calculating sales tax for online stores   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 3:59 PM

 

Charge postage on emails   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:01 PM

 

Dealing with online incivility   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:07 PM

 

Redaction and Watermarking   Last updated Thu, 12 Jan 2023 at 1:06 PM

 

The Rise of AI   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:30 PM

General — Things that don't quite fit into another category.

 

The English Language — Discussions about the English language, especially concerning typesetting and computer usage.

 

Before you post... some resources   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 3:57 PM

 

Trivial chase   Last updated Fri, 16 Jun 2023 at 11:57 AM

 

This vs. That   Last updated Thu, 08 Jun 2023 at 6:54 PM

 

It's Its Problem!   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:50 PM

 

A pregnant pause   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 3:57 PM

 

The AP Dumb Squad   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:29 PM

 

Politics and Miscellany — Non-computer discussions that don't fit in elsewhere.

 

Crowd-sourced earthquake predictions   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:06 PM

 

Congressional districts cetermined by computer   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:48 PM

 

Updating the House of Representatives   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 5:00 PM

 

Electoral College reform   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 5:04 PM

 

The Bill of Rights   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 5:26 PM

 

The True Story of the Second Amendment   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 5:39 PM

 

Benderama equation   Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 5:43 PM

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