LaTeX

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Welcome to the reference page for LaTeX

This page is meant to a be a clearing house for useful information, packages, programs, and techniques for using LaTeX.

Contents 1 Tutorials 2 Reference 3 Packages 4 Programs 4.1 Emacs 4.2 Mac OS X 4.3 Windows 4.4 Linux, etc. 5 Miscellaneous

Tutorials

• A Guide to LaTeX
• LaTeX talks given to TCD NetSoc
• "Another excellent latex tutorial", sent out by Abbas
• A Gentle Introduction to TeX (covers TeX rather than LaTeX)

Reference

• The Not So Short Guide to LaTeX 2ε (or LaTeX2e in 87 minutes)
• A LaTeX Command Summary
• A two-page LaTeX reference card
• Another two-page reference card (more maths based)
• The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List
• Hypertext Help on LaTeX Commands -- an excellent reference.

Packages

• CTAN: the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network; search for packages.

Packages I use:

• algorithms (although I should check out algorithmicx)
• newalg
• resume (I have tweaked this style; I will eventually put them online)
• IEEEconf, IEEEtran, acmconf
• SIunits
• tweaklist -- customize list spacing
• equationarray -- An advanced version of eqnarray
• TCD thesis template
• mathpartir - Typesetting inference rules

Programs

Emacs

If you use Emacs, check out AUCTeX.

Mac OS X

• TeXShop -- a decent, Cocoa-based LaTeX editor. Missing some features, but it's a good syntax highlighter, and has an embedded PDF viewer. I no longer use it for editing, but use it for viewing PDFs in conjuction with Emacs.

• BibDesk -- An excellent graphical BibTeX-bibliography manager.

Windows

• MiKTeX -- A free LaTeX/TeX implementation for Windows.

• WinEdt -- A shareware editor. I haven't used it, but I've heard that it's grand. A general text editor, with a LaTeX bias.

Linux, etc.

• Kile -- A LaTeX front-end for KDE; what I use under Linux.

Miscellaneous

• Fine-tuning float placement
• LaTeX Tips and Tricks
• LaTeX and Mac OS X
• A random set of guidelines, some of which I found very useful.
• Tex Resources from UIUC Maths