It would be really nice if an article series on LaTeX were published. Especially for those of us interested in large scale projects and how to combine LaTeX with notes and the various different LaTeX implementations, their pros and cons.
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Yes, I would support that.
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And once in a while a review of a LaTeX package or two would also be nice.
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Maybe click on āvoteā?
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Can we start with a guide as to what is latex, and why I should know or use it. For me its a type of Rubber glue, but I know nothing.
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One could not easily write a review of Latex on the forum .
Discourse supports Latex math expressions, but not the other parts of Latex like headings and tables and figures and document style.
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How many screenshots are possible per post? Perhaps a screenshot of the final result below an example would do?
There is a limit of number of bytes (total including pictures). I cant remember exactly how much.
This post
did not reach the limit.
It would be possible to do a Latex topic with screenshots mixed with code boxes.
Itās pronounced Laytech. Itās definitively not a type of rubber glue.
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Because the X is actually the Greek letter Chi
Te\Chi was chosen by Donald Knuth as the name of his famous TeX software which conquered the world of typesetting. It is an absolutely fantastic piece of programming and has been referred to as " a triumph of logic over convention"
LaTe\Chi is built on top of Te\Chi
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Ok when I did the google search I got
Cannot wait for the results, could be quite an eye opening !
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You might be interested in this. Itās not about a substance :")
EDIT:
Sorry, I didnāt mean to insult anyone.
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That is a well written introduction to Latex
There is also the classic Leslie Lamport book.
āLatex. A Document Preparation System. Users Guide and Reference Manualā
Addison Wesley 1986
ISBN 0-201-15790-X
What do you think we might write in addition to those?
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Thing is, these arenāt exactly quick finds on the internet. When people start looking for latex, they get the rubbery substance, sometimes even porn.
Telling people what latex is and how to get started using it might be very helpful.
I found this on latex itself. Quite a lot and pretty complete, except on the installation part, which it basically glosses over.
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OK, I think we should use these references rather than repeat material.
Maybe show some example jobs?
Maybe an FAQ?
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