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Originally Posted by i_got_a_mohawk  Hi guys, not been around much recently, how you all doing?
Basically have had it dumped onto me that I should learn how to use LaTeX, that is the typesetting language, and not at all related to my kinky weekends. Annnnyyyyhoowwss . . .
Looking for any advice on places to look for learning to use LaTeX, any good books on it, which programs are the best to work with etc. etc.
Cheers!
- Will |
Hi. I use LaTeX a lot in documenting my research. It's got a pretty steep learning curve, but once you get used to it, it creates some great documents, especially if you use a lot of equations. It helps if you're kind of computer-savvy, if not it can be tough to use. Also, it's very platform independent. I use linux, pc and mac, and it works pretty much the same on each.
There's a lot of info out there on the web, but start with The (Not So) Short Introduction to LaTeX2e available here ->
http://www.latex-project.org/guides/
Also this guy has a nice tutorial ->
http://www.andy-roberts.net/misc/latex/index.html
I haven't bothered getting any books, because pretty much everything you need to know is on the web somewhere. Just ask google anything.
Installation instructions, start here ->
http://www.latex-project.org/ftp.html
A user community here ->
http://www.latex-community.org/
Which computer platform are you using?
In Windoze, I use WinEdt as a LaTeX friendly text editor ->
http://www.winedt.com/. MiKTeX is the typesetting installation ->
http://miktex.org/.
On the Mac, I use TeXShop ->
http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/
In linux, I use Kile ->
http://kile.sourceforge.net/
That should keep you occupied for a while!! Have fun!
Kevin
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