LaTeX tips
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This will be a repository of tips for using LaTeX. To add a tip, just create a link below, for example: Separating the Red Sea and save the page. The link will be red. Just click on the red link and you will automatically be editing the page. Nothing like a blank canvas to share your hard-gleaned wisdom!
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Recommendations for downloads
- Best Windows LaTeX compiler Miktex
- Best Windows editor TeXnicCenter
- Best Mac editor TeXShop
- Best Mac compiler MacTeX
- A Linux Integrated LaTeX Enivronment Kile
- For any Linux/Unix system, simply use your favourite Unix editor to type the mylatex.tex file. Here is a basic list of Unix commands. To check your spellings, you can say
ispell mylatex.tex (.tex extension may be omitted, I think)
in the shell.
General setup
- Compiling the LaTeX using pdfTeX allows the creation of pdf files as the final product and the inclusion of graphics created as pdf files from some other source. For many people this is more convenient than using postscript files which may be the default for LaTeX compilers and editors. pdfTeX works nicely with images produced as pdf files (see R/General Information on Plotting).
Useful Links
- Great resource to get started and have questions answered: LaTeX WikiBook
- A quick cheat sheet of all the things you forget. Cheat Sheet
- Good reference on figures, captions, positioning and other headaches: Importing Graphics in LaTeX
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