1. Brief intro to L
ATEX
Veronika Heimsbakk
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ATEX
2. ∠ A document markup language.
∠ Released in 1984.
∠ L
ATEXan abbreviation for Lamport TEX.
‡ https://github.com/latex3/latex2e
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ATEX
3. TEX
TEX (τχ) is an abbreviation τχνη—TEXNH—technē. Greek for art and craft, root
for technical.
∠ Released in 1978 by Donald Knuth.
∠ Typesetting system.
∠ Developed to let anyone on any machine could create books and documents of
high quality.
∠ https://www.tug.org/texlive/devsrc/Build/source/texk/web2c/tex.web
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4. Installation
∠ TeXworks, Kile, Vim, Emacs etc.
∠ Package handling: MikTeX, MacTeX
∠ apt-get install texlive
∠ Browser based Overleaf1
1 https://www.overleaf.com/
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5. Mitt første dokument
documentclass[a4paper, 10pt]{article}
begin{document}
My first document!
end{document}
A lot of options for documentclass.
documentclass[options]{class}
∠ Options: font size, paper size, twoside/oneside, landscape etc.
∠ Class: book, article, report, minimal, beamer etc.
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6. Packages
For language and type faces.
usepackage[norsk]{babel}
usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
A lot of packages for anything! More on this later...
usepackage{hyperref}
usepackage{mathtools}
usepackage{listings}
usepackage{graphicx}
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7. Author and title
title{Introduction to LaTeX{}}
author{Veronika Heimsbakkveronika.heimsbakk@capgemini.com}
begin{document}
maketitle
end{document}
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8. Sections
section{Section}
This is section 1!
subsection{Sub section}
This is section 1's first sub section.
subsubsection{Sub sub section}
This is section 1's first sub section's sub section!
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11. Fonts
textbf textit texttt underline
Bold Italic Typeface Underscore
textbf{Bold}
bfseries{Bold}
textit{Italic}
itshape{Italic}
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12. Fonts, packages
∠ Several packages for font styling.
∠ soul, color, . . .
st textcolor{red}{Rød tekst}
Strike through Red text
caps so
Small Capitals s p a c e y s t u f f
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13. Fonts, sizing
tiny Example text
scriptsize Example text
footnotesize Example text
small Example text
normalsize Example text
large Example text
Large Example text
LARGE Example text
huge Example text
Huge Example text
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14. Fonts, type faces
normalfont Example text
rmfamily Example text
sffamily Example text
ttfamily Example text
A lot of type faces to explore in L
ATEX. Check out http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/
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17. table
Table Table Table
one two three
four five six
seven eight nine
Table: Example of a table.
begin{table}[h!]
centering
begin{tabular}[h!]{|l|r|c|}
textbf{Table} textbf{Table} textbf{Table}
hline
one two three
four five six
seven eight nine
end{tabular}
caption{Eksempel på en tabell.}
label{tab:example}
end{table}
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18. References
∠ May use label for references.
∠ Example på reference to tabel 1.
∠ pageref, ref, cite
Example på reference to tabel ref{tab:example}.
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19. References
Need tagging of reference.
sec: section
subsec: subsection
fig: figure
tab: table
eq: equation
itm: enumerated list item
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21. Figure placement
h here
t top of page
b bottom of page
! Override internal L
ATEXparameters that fixes good float for the position
H Equal to ht!
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22. Lists, itemize
∠ This is a list element.
∠ This is another list element.
begin{itemize}
item
This is a list element.
item
This is another list element.
end{itemize}
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23. Lists, enumeration
1. This is a list element.
1.1 This is another list element.
begin{enumerate}
item
This is a list element.
begin{enumerate}
item
This is another list element.
end{enumerate}
end{enumerate}
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24. Lists, description
* This is a list element.
Element This is another list element.
begin{description}
item[*] This is a list element.
item[Element] This is another list element.
end{description}
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25. Emph, footnotes and verbatim
Everything is allowed in verbatim (except from verbatim).
This is a verbatim.
This is a emph.
Example text with footnote.2
emph{ ... }
footnote{ ... }
2This is a footnote.
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26. Hyperlinks
Include the package hyperref.
http://tug.org/
TEX Users Group web site
veronahe@ifi.uio.no
url{http://tug.org/}
href{http://tug.org/}{TeX{} Users Group web site}
href{mailto:veronahe@ifi.uio.no}{veronahe@ifi.uio.no}
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27. Mathematics
Environment from TEX
$ ... $ % In-line equation
$$ ... $$ % Highlighted equation
In-line equation ∀x ∈ X, ∃y ≤
Highlighted equation
∀x ∈ X, ∃y ≤
forall x in X, quad exists y leq epsilon
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28. Mathematics
Environment, new in L
ATEX
( ... ) % In-line equation
[ ... ] % Highlighted equation
In-line equation ∀x ∈ X, ∃y ≤
Highlighted equation
∀x ∈ X, ∃y ≤
Alternative ways of writing equations
∠ begin{equation}
∠ begin{align}
∀x ∈ X, ∃y ≤ (1)
align will enumerate equations.
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29. Symbols
Symbol Command
∩ cap
∪ cup
⊆ subseteq
≡ equiv
∈ in
/
∈ notin
∧ land
∨ lor
|= models
∅ emptyset
Λ Lambda
λ lambda
∠ The Comprehensive L
ATEXSymbol List
∠ L
ATEXWiki Mathematics
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30. lstlistings
1 public class Code {
2 public static void main ( String [ ] args ) {
3 System . out . println ( Hello , world ! ) ;
4 }
5 }
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32. lstlistings
begin{lstlisting}
public class Code {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(Hello, world!);
}
}
end{lstlisting}
Load code by using lstinputlisting{source_filename.py}
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34. Bibliography
A simple reference system included in L
ATEX.
begin{thebibliography}
bibitem{tolkien77}
J.R.R. Tolkien,
textit{The Silmarillion},
George Allen Unwin, United Kingdom,
1st edition,
1977.
end{thebibliography}
Use cite to reference to bibitem{tolkien77}
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