Re: [OT] LaTeX
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On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 11:25:14AM -0700, Robert Jerrard wrote:
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> On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 11:12 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> > I'd like to begin writing my coursework for college in LaTeX, but I've
> > no clue where to start. I began by installing the vim-latexsuite
> > package, but that didn't seem to really work too well (The help pages
> > are both missing), and I have no clue where to start to learn LaTeX.
> >
> > Any point in the right direction would really help!
> >
> > Also, for the Debian related question; What package would people out
> > there recommend for compiling and viewing LaTeX?
>
> Hi Michael, how much do you know about LaTeX so far?
>
Thus far all I know is LaTeX is some sort of a graphical language (Ala
HTML) for text and image control to create documents.
> Installing texlive typically gives you what you need for compiling.
> Depending on the content of your work you may find xdvi sufficient for
> displaying the finished result. When I have documents with graphs, xdvi
> does not always handle the result properly and so often use dvips to
> create a ps file that can be view with any postscript viewer.
>
So far I've used the latex <file> command to compile a .dvi file for
viewing; What's the best way to process a .tex file into a .pdf?
> I typically write LaTeX in a text file using emacs. Have a .emacs file
> and have auctex installed allows helpful automatic colouring of text so
> commands show up separately to regular text, etc.
>
I use vim-full, which automatically has syntax coloring for .tex files,
which is very useful. I love Vim, I've yet to find a single file that
hasn't had proper syntax coloring.
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