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LaTeX Introduction

LaTeX Introduction. Wenguang Wang Department of Computer Science University of Saskatchewan February 28, 2000. What is LaTeX. How to pronounce LaTeX? (Lah-tek, or Lay-tek) A typesetting program, not a word-processor Macros of TeX (Donald E. Knuth) Current version LaTeX2 

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LaTeX Introduction

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  1. LaTeX Introduction Wenguang Wang Department of Computer Science University of Saskatchewan February 28, 2000

  2. What is LaTeX • How to pronounce LaTeX? (Lah-tek, or Lay-tek) • A typesetting program, not a word-processor • Macros of TeX (Donald E. Knuth) • Current version LaTeX2 • Designed for producing beautiful books, thesises, papers, articles... • De facto standard for writing academic papers

  3. Why LaTeX, not Word? • Professional result • Platform, version independent (Unix, Windows…) • Pre-set standard formats (for paper, thesis…) • Bibliography management • Fast, professional math equations typesetting • Free available • The commands are easy to learn • Never crash, never lose your file • Can compile very big books (unless your document is more than 70,000 pages!)

  4. Disadvantages • You need other software (xfig) for pictures (Word picture can be used in LaTeX) • Spelling/grammar checking is not as convenient as those in MS Word (emacs+ispell is good) • Not WYSIWYG (try klyx and lyx on /grad/wew036/bin) • Remember some commands • Not straightforward for creating complex tables • Not integrated with other MS Office products

  5. Where to get LaTeX? • Unix: • Skorpio, buzz, all ultra* machines in our department • Windows • MikTeXhttp://www.miktex.de/ • WinShell, a free LaTeX editor • Emacs for Windows, ispell for Windows • Where to get help? newsgroup comp.text.tex • http://www.cs.usask.ca/grads/wew036/latex/ • Introduction and tips for LaTeX

  6. How To Run LaTeX • Edit emacs myfile.tex • Compile latex myfile F5 (WinShell) • View the dvi file xdvi myfile (UNIX) F7 (WinShell) yap myfile (Windows) • Dvi --> PostScript dvips myfile F8 (WinShell) • View PostScript gv myfile (UNIX) F9 (WinShell) Use gsview (Windows)

  7. BibTeX--Bibliography Management • Bibliography database file mybib.bib • Command \cite{biblabel} • How to compile • latex myfile • bibtex myfile • latex myfile (may need to run twice) • “.bib” file template (see my home page) • Two bibliography servers (see my home page) • Powerful search engines • BibTeX file included

  8. Spell checking by emacs+ispell • Edit  Spell  Check Buffer • Edit  Spell  Continue Check • Commands: • Space: keep unchanged • a: accept this word for this session • i: insert to my directory • <num>:replace the word • x: exit spell checking

  9. LaTeX Skeleton % my first LaTeX file \documentclass{article} % preamble \usepackage{graphicx} \begin{document} \section{This is a section} \subsection{This is a subsection} First paragraph is here. Second paragraph is here. \end{document}

  10. Now let’s learn by samples We concentrate on what you can do, not how do you do.

  11. Thank you! For more details, check my home page: http://www.cs.usask.ca/grads/wew036/latex

  12. How to run LaTeX myfile.tex Edit myfile Resolve compile error Resolve cross-reference latex myfile myfile.dvi xdvi myfile (UNIX) yap myfile (Windows) myfile.ps dvips myfile print

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