Re: How hard would this be?(Learning LaTex)
On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 09:42:31AM -0400, Johan Kullstam wrote:
> Jon Dowland <dowland@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:21:41 -0500, cecil <xeys_00@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Someone told me today at lunch that what with my "wierd obsession", as
> > > he called it, to perhaps go without a gui(X), I should try "that latex
> > > thingie". My buddy is a real wordmaster. LOL. I did some reading up on
> > > it; it's interesting. I never knew that you could do all that with no
> > > window system. Does anyone here use it on a regular basis, and if so,
> > > how hard is it to use, setup, print, etc?
> >
> > I used it to write up my 3rd year project, and I think it probably
> > ended up being as useful as writing it in microsoft word (not taking
> > into account of course the unavailability of word for linux).
> >
> > Much of the power that latex has exists now in word: e.g. automatic
> > contents building.
>
> How about automatic equation numbering like this?
>
> Sample
> x = 3 (4)
> and
> y = 14 (5)
>
> I want little numbers at the end of the line, with auto-increment
> please. I do NOT want some horrible "Equation 4" caption under the
> equation.
>
I think mathtype can do this although I am not sure. It is much better
then equation editor although I still can't stand the thing ;-)
> I do a lot of maths and find word to be rather inadequate and very
> awkward.
>
I find word to be rather inadequate for just about anything (I
sometimes use it to attach several scanned pages for a fax and to fix
my girlfriends formating but thats about it).
For math work I find the description inadequate a bit of an
understatement. I would go more with the feeling you get when someone
is sticking needles in you while someone else is frying you at the same
time over a not so small fire 8-P
> > I used bibtex for references which was a blessing
> > and a curse. The appearance was significantly more attractive than
> > anything I could concoct in word; and the typesettings is second to
> > none. However some of the limitations/annoyances really built up and
> > got on my nerves.
> >
> > I adopted a vim script called `vim-latexsuite' mid way through and
> > found it very helpful; especially `auto-folding' which collapses each
> > section up until you ask it to be expanded.
> >
> > Find and print out a good reference sheet and try out vim-latexsuite,
> > an emacs equivalent if thats your poison or an environment such as
> > kile or lyx.
> >
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> > Jon Dowland
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