my notes after first look

[maphy-psd]

Ideas for xsim:

• autopoints: see auto- and subpoints (or \addpoints-extended) #2
• Variations of an Exam: see future plans in the doc
• Filling in the Blanks: 0da1de7
• grade distribution: bbddda1
• command to set exercise property

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autopoints:
can xsim sum the points (set with addpoints) automatic? After a first look, i think it's possible with a small change of the syntax, right?

Use \addpoints in solution:
When i create a exam then i write down my solution and set points afterwards. With the help of the autopoints exsheets print the points automatic. But i have to set the addpoints in the question env. It's possible to make \addpoints usable in a solution env and xsim prints the sumpoints in the exercise env?

Variations of an Exam:
the exsheet's \SetVariations function is missing. For me it's a useful function. In "Future Plans" have you mentioned it.

I like the "Collecting Exercises" feature! 👍

Now i convert my exsheets template to a xsim template.

[cgnieder]

• autopoints – not quite as easy as I thought at first but I should be able to implement sth
• *\addpoints* – not at the moment; in principle it should be possible to add
• variations – yes, as I have written there: the plan is to add a document class which will of course feature some kind of \SetVariations. This might still take a while, though, so don't expect it to be added soon.

[maphy-psd]

Thank you for you answer!

After working with xsim i have other comments.

Filling in the Blanks:
~ After a second look i "miss" some exheets' possibilities. The \blank and \examspace command aren't supported yet, right? ~ (I saw the xsim.blanks.code.tex)

grade distribution
The exsheet's \DeclareRelGrades was really useful. It's possible to create this function in xsim?

exsheet's type
With the type function it can easily change a exam to a exercise. With xsim i declare a boolean exercise property exam. The env template checks the boolean property and prints "Exercise" or "Question". It's possible to create a command to set a exercise property to all (printed) exercises? (Background: I have an exercise archive and collect my exercises or exams from that archive by ID of the exercises.)

Bug: \printsolutions
The heading of \printsolutions is wrong. It prints Lösungen zu den Exerciseen. Maybe \ExerciseType don't get translate with \XSIMtranslate?

Idea: measure the remaining space of a line
Sometimes i use this to fill (with the \blank) the textline. But it uses tikz and therefor not useful for the xsim package.

Question: LaTeX3 coffins?
Why you don't use the LaTeX3 coffins feature in xsim anymore?

[cgnieder]

• exsheets' type: you can simply do: \xsimsetup{exercise/name = Aufgabe}
• »It's possible to create a command to set a exercise property to all (printed) exercises?« I don't understand the question.
• remaining space of a line: why not simply

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}

bla \hrulefill\par
bla

\end{document}

• coffins: the headings of exsheets often were unnecessarily complicated. The template mechanism is far more flexible.

[cgnieder]

BTW: I opened a new issue for the bug you detected. I see this issue here as a discussion thread. I need extra issues for concrete bugs.

[maphy-psd]

\hrulefill omg..sometimes it's to simply 😟

»It's possible to create a command to set a exercise property to all (printed) exercises?« I mean something like \xsimsetup{exercise/property = {points=2}} This command set [points=2] to all exercises.

 \begin{exercise}[points=2]
 text
\end{exercise}
 \begin{exercise}[points=2]
 text2
\end{exercise}

is the same as:

\xsimsetup{exercise/property = {points=2}}
 \begin{exercise}
 text
\end{exercise}
 \begin{exercise}
 text2
\end{exercise}

Background was to set exam=true (But with your \xsimsetup{exercise/name = Aufgabe} it's easier). You can withdraw this idea.

I have edited my starting post to summery up this discussion.

Happy Easter! 🐰

[cgnieder]

I just added \SetExerciseProperty:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xsim}

\begin{document}

\ForEachPrintedExerciseByID{
  \SetExerciseProperty{#1}{#2}{points}{2}
}

\begin{exercise}
  foo
\end{exercise}
\begin{exercise}
  bar
\end{exercise}

\end{document}

It should be trivial to wrap this up in a custom command. :)

[maphy-psd]

Pretty easter gift! :)

[cgnieder]

Regarding the relative grade distribution: the question is how to exactly implement it: exsheets had exactly two kinds of points: points and bonus points. The feature only used the points for calculation. xsim in theory can have lots of different kinds of points and lots of different kinds of exercise types: which ones should be used here? Per type and per goal? Only per goal? Overall? Probably user definable, I guess…

[maphy-psd]

I think that xsim has to have a function like \GivePoints{grade}{goal} which only gives you a points value in dependence of a degree and the total goal. \DeclareRelGrades would determine the distribution.

With the grade template the user has many possibilities to create the grade table he wants. So I think per goal is the 'default' behavior, isn't it?

[cgnieder]

ab06cf6

[cgnieder]

bbddda1

[cgnieder]

0da1de7

[maphy-psd]

sry for my long silence. the last weeks/month of a schoolyear are stressful.

i'll look at your commits. thanks for that.

[cgnieder]

I close this now as all your open points from the opening post seem to be implemented now.