Comments on: Using LaTeX: The Basics [part I] http://polishlinux.org/tex/latex-the-basics-part-i/ All About GNU/Linux and BSD - reviews, comparisons, articles Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:08:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Dmitriy Kropivnitskiy http://polishlinux.org/tex/latex-the-basics-part-i/#comment-84946 Dmitriy Kropivnitskiy Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:44:08 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/tex/latex-the-basics-part-i/#comment-84946 Thank you for the article. Albeit this is a fairly good beginner's primer to Latex, there are several documents out there (including official latex documentation) that explain basic document structure and syntax. I wonder if you are planning to write a more advanced article about other document classes (letter for example), libraries, fonts and ways to find out more information about available features on your own. Thank you for the article. Albeit this is a fairly good beginner’s primer to Latex, there are several documents out there (including official latex documentation) that explain basic document structure and syntax. I wonder if you are planning to write a more advanced article about other document classes (letter for example), libraries, fonts and ways to find out more information about available features on your own.

]]> By: reader http://polishlinux.org/tex/latex-the-basics-part-i/#comment-83741 reader Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:52:15 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/tex/latex-the-basics-part-i/#comment-83741 I think the article is nice. It uncovers some aspects of LaTeX. For those beginners that do not want to bother too much about the syntax, or they want to learn it later, I suggest to use Lyx <a href="http://www.lyx.org/" rel="nofollow"> http://www.lyx.org/</a> I think the article is nice. It uncovers some aspects of LaTeX. For those beginners that do not want to bother too much about the syntax, or they want to learn it later, I suggest to use Lyx http://www.lyx.org/

]]> By: dvk http://polishlinux.org/tex/latex-the-basics-part-i/#comment-82108 dvk Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:20:09 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/tex/latex-the-basics-part-i/#comment-82108 Texmaker and Kile are nice frontends for latex on linux. Texmaker and Kile are nice frontends for latex on linux.

]]> By: Guillermo Garron from Go2Linux http://polishlinux.org/tex/latex-the-basics-part-i/#comment-81965 Guillermo Garron from Go2Linux Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:53:05 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/tex/latex-the-basics-part-i/#comment-81965 Hi, I have been investigating about Tex and Latex a week ago, to write an article about it, at http://go2linux.org (some friend from stumbleUpon asked me for it), nice article BTW, will help me on my job. Hi, I have been investigating about Tex and Latex a week ago, to write an article about it, at http://go2linux.org (some friend from stumbleUpon asked me for it), nice article BTW, will help me on my job.

]]> By: Ubersoldat http://polishlinux.org/tex/latex-the-basics-part-i/#comment-81876 Ubersoldat Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:59:54 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/tex/latex-the-basics-part-i/#comment-81876 Cool article, I just hope that also you can point out how versatile is to work with TeX and vim. I made plenty of essays while on college using LaTeX and now my resume and some presentations, but in todays world I feel ashamed that the standard are doc files and that most people don't know what TeX or LaTeX are. I'll wait for your other posts and see if you can bring anything new. Cool article, I just hope that also you can point out how versatile is to work with TeX and vim. I made plenty of essays while on college using LaTeX and now my resume and some presentations, but in todays world I feel ashamed that the standard are doc files and that most people don’t know what TeX or LaTeX are.

I’ll wait for your other posts and see if you can bring anything new.

]]> By: Patricio F. Ortiz http://polishlinux.org/tex/latex-the-basics-part-i/#comment-81802 Patricio F. Ortiz Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:24:25 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/tex/latex-the-basics-part-i/#comment-81802 It's great to see articles mentioning TeX and LaTeX. I've used it for years and typing math's formulae is another of TeX's strong points. What I would like to mention is that there is a lot of support for TeX/LaTeX in the web, the so called TUG (TeX Users Group) are really great source of information. TeX/LaTeX is really strong in academia and in the groups in Germany are particularly active. Another point worth mentioning is that TeX is actually a computer language, designed by one of the big names in modern computer applications: Donald Knuth. LaTeX is one of its many "wrappers". A good number of the modern books you see in press have been typeset using TeX/LaTeX. After so many years, TeX is truly cross platform: Linux, PC, Mac, etc. and no matter in which system you work, the result is device independent. It’s great to see articles mentioning TeX and LaTeX. I’ve used it for years and typing math’s formulae is another of TeX’s strong points. What I would like to mention is that there is a lot of support for TeX/LaTeX in the web, the so called TUG (TeX Users Group) are really great source of information. TeX/LaTeX is really strong in academia and in the groups in Germany are particularly active. Another point worth mentioning is that TeX is actually a computer language, designed by one of the big names in modern computer applications: Donald Knuth. LaTeX is one of its many “wrappers”.

A good number of the modern books you see in press have been typeset using TeX/LaTeX. After so many years, TeX is truly cross platform: Linux, PC, Mac, etc. and no matter in which system you work, the result is device independent.

]]> By: Zaine Ridling http://polishlinux.org/tex/latex-the-basics-part-i/#comment-81721 Zaine Ridling Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:59:20 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/tex/latex-the-basics-part-i/#comment-81721 Fantastic article, and info I need to know. I tried to get LaTeX working on Linux recently but persistently stumbled. I create and keep all my important files and content in text form anyway, since it carries across clients, platforms, and time itself. Fantastic article, and info I need to know. I tried to get LaTeX working on Linux recently but persistently stumbled. I create and keep all my important files and content in text form anyway, since it carries across clients, platforms, and time itself.

]]> By: bob http://polishlinux.org/tex/latex-the-basics-part-i/#comment-81294 bob Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:47:30 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/tex/latex-the-basics-part-i/#comment-81294 I always get a little happy when I see an article on LaTeX. When I was doing my graduate work I found that if I took the little extra time (I've used LaTeX a lot in my past, so anytime I chose to use it, it doesn't add a lot to my work time), almost everytime my papers would come back as an A. They just looked so damn good. If someone else starts to use it, good. I always get a little happy when I see an article on LaTeX. When I was doing my graduate work I found that if I took the little extra time (I’ve used LaTeX a lot in my past, so anytime I chose to use it, it doesn’t add a lot to my work time), almost everytime my papers would come back as an A. They just looked so damn good.

If someone else starts to use it, good.

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