Help:Tex and LaTeX
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"TeX is a powerful tool for creating professional-quality typeset text and is unsurpassed at typesetting mathematical equations, scientific text, and multiple languages." (excerpted from a review of Making TeX Work (see below))
- Vendor homepage
- TeTeX distribution home page
- TeX User Group home page
- MIKtex home page
- Software availability
- windows (ask if you would like it installed on your system)
- MMAE servers
- command to type to run
- (see below)
- Documentation
- For documentation on TeX and LaTeX, please refer to the book list and WWW references below.
- Some documentation is available via info in /opt/tetex-202/info
- Some distribution specific documentation is in /opt/tetex-202/share/texmf/doc/tetex or /opt/csw/share/texmf/doc/tetex/
- External documentation
- Yahoo: Computers: Desktop Publishing: TeX
- LaTeX: A document preparation system
- Help on LaTeX
- Location of example files
- check websites
- cd /opt/local/tex/ssd/
- meta:Help:Formula has a partial list of supported symbols.
- Unoffial UCF Thesis and Dissertation on LATEX 2e
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[edit] Additional notes
LaTeX puts many sophisticated canned formats on top of TeX and takes the burden of formatting the document out of your hands almost completely.
Many journals are currently accepting computer readable LaTeX material (article style, two column format) directly. Let me know if you want details.
TeX is a raw typesetting engine; its direct use is not generally recommended except for very simple or very esoteric material.
[edit] Commands available
- Compile & format a TeX document
- tex document.tex
- Compile & format a LaTeX document
- latex document.tex
- Preview a compiled document
- xdvi document.dvi
- Convert to postscript for printing
- dvips document.dvi
- Preview a postscript document
- gs document.ps
- Convert postscript to another printer format
- See the page on Ghostscript. Please consult the documentation for these commands for further details.
Please ask for tutorials on LaTeX or TeX if you need them.
Additional subcommands are in /opt/tetex-202/bin/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/
[edit] Books on TeX and LaTeX
- A Document Preparation System: LaTeX, by Leslie Lamport; Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition, 1984.
Tutorial based with reference guide. - The LaTeX Companion by Goossens, Mittelbach and Samarin, Addison Weslesy, 1984.
Describes many of the new extras that come with LaTeX 2e. - The TeXBook, by Donald Knuth. Tutorial based with exercises and reference guide.
- Making TeX Work, by Norman Walsh; published by O'Reilly & Associates.
Overview of the TeX software system.
[edit] WWW links about TeX
- Yahoo: Computers: Desktop Publishing: TeX
- LaTeX: A document preparation system
- Help on LaTeX
- See also the Wikipedia entry for LaTeX and TeX, including a list of frontends.
[edit] Third party TeX editors
- WinEDT (commercial)
- Vim-LaTeX
- TeXnicCenter
[edit] TeX in the Wiki
Some limited TeX support is available in this wiki. If something doesn't work, please tell us. Here are some examples:
See also:
