Latex: mudanças entre as edições
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You can install the '''VimLaTex extension'''[vim.org]. It enables compiling and | You can install the '''VimLaTex extension'''[http://vim.org]. It enables compiling and | ||
looking up a portion of the formatted text from the source code, as well as | looking up a portion of the formatted text from the source code, as well as | ||
debugging, seeing error messages, and having shortcuts for most LaTeX commands. | debugging, seeing error messages, and having shortcuts for most LaTeX commands. |
Edição das 02h21min de 15 de abril de 2012
LaTeX is system for "formatting" (typsetting) papers, books, etc. It is the standard for engineering and scientific communications.
Intro
Typesetting, writing or formatting your LaTeX paper is like writing a program. You edit a plain text file and then compile it. The "executable" is a .pdf or .dvi file which you then visualize. You can usually click on a section of the output document and go back to the text code and vice-versa.
Advantages
- Writing large documents with LaTeX is easy to manage, as it does not weigh down your
computer too much, and it has automatic management and generation of cross-references, indices, table of contents, and formatting of bibliography.
Practical Usage
In Unix systems, it is customary to use a very good text editor such as Vim or Emacs. In other, uncool, systems, you might have to conform to a specific IDE.
Basics
There are two ways to use latex. One is using PDFLaTeX which will produce a .pdf as output. The other is using plain LaTeX which will produce a .dvi. The advantage of the latter seems to be that it is a bit faster. However, PDFLaTeX seems the way to go in modern times.
PDFLaTeX
In pdflatex you compile your file the following way (assuming that your paper is called paper.tex):
pdflatex paper bibtex paper pdflatex paper.tex pdflatex paper.tex
Assuming that your paper is called paper.tex.
Figures can be included many image formats. If you have vector graphics (a.k.a. line graphics), you should alwasy use PDF format for them.
Plain LaTeX
In plain LaTeX you compile your file the following way (assuming that your paper is called paper.tex):
latex paper bibtex paper latex paper.tex latex paper.tex
Figures can be included many image formats. If you have vector graphics (a.k.a. line graphics), you should alwasy use 'EPS (encapsulated postscript) format for them. There is a script called 2eps that User:V1z can mail to you, to do the conversions.
Editors and IDEs
Vim
You can install the VimLaTex extension[1]. It enables compiling and looking up a portion of the formatted text from the source code, as well as debugging, seeing error messages, and having shortcuts for most LaTeX commands.