Introduction to Latex Course, UoM 2009

This site hosts material used for the introduction to latex course for Honours/MSc students given at The University of Melbourne.

Exercises

• Log in
• Press ALT + F2, enter gnome-terminal
• Create a working directory: mkdir latex
• Change your current working directory: cd latex
• Create an empty file for editing: touch exercise.tex
• Open the file for editing: xemacs exercise.tex & (Feel free to use your favourite editor!)
• Write your document!
• Compile your latex document: latex exercise.tex
• Preview it: evince exercise.dvi
• Once you're finished, convert it either into ps or pdf: dvipdf exercise.dvi exercise.pdf or dvips exercise.dvi exercise.ps

• Error handling: If an error is encountered, type one of the following letters to continue:
  • x stops immediately and exits the compilation
  • ENTER ignores the current error and carries on
  • r carries on, in case of errors does not stop anymore
  • q carries on quietly as best as possible
  • h tries to give you more help
  • i (followed by a correction) inputs a temporary correction and carries on

Tools & References

• Online LaTeX Equation Editor
• Detexify2 - LaTeX symbol classifier
• xemacs-refcard-a4.pdf
• tex-refcard-a4.pdf

• LyX – The Document Processor: WYSIWYG editor for the creating of Latex documents
• mikTeX: Latex type setting for Windows
• XEmacs: highly customizable open source text editor
• Comprehensive Tex Archive Network: collection of materials related to the Tex typesetting system.
• The LaTeX Beamer Class Homepage: LaTeX class that allows you to create a beamer presentation
• AMS-LaTeX: various extensions for Latex from the American Mathematical Society

• LaTeX Wikibook

• Masters Handbook - Melbourne School of Graduate Research

Material

• Slides
• Latex Project Template