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@@ -1,54 +1,54 @@
-This is a short worked example on how to write and build a Latex
document. Note,
this is not a primer on the language! You should get hold of the [Not so short Introduction to Latex|http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/english/lshort.pdf] for a decent
introduction to the language
.
+This is a short worked example on how to write and build a [LaTeX]
document. ''
Note that
this is not a primer on the language!''
You should get hold of the [Not so short Introduction to Latex|http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/english/lshort.pdf] for a more complete
introduction.
-!! Writing your .tex file
+!! Writing your <tt>
.tex</tt>
file
-Because this is just a trivial example on how to use Latex
, not on how to actually write Latex
documents, my example .tex file won't contain a lot. There's
plenty more you can do with Latex
than I'm demonstrating below - make sure you read the better references mentioned above.
+Because this is just a trivial example on how to use [LaTeX]
, not on how to actually write [LaTeX]
documents, my example <tt>
.tex</tt>
file won't contain a lot. [LaTeX] can do
plenty more than I'm demonstrating below -
- make sure you read the better references mentioned above.
-Edit a file called example.tex, and put the following text in it:
+Edit a file called <tt>
example.tex</tt>
, and put the following text in it:
-<verbatim>
-\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report}
-\pagenumbering{roman}
+
<verbatim>
+
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report}
+
\pagenumbering{roman}
-\title{Latex Example}
-\author{Daniel Lawson}
-\date{\today}
+
\title{Latex Example}
+
\author{Daniel Lawson}
+
\date{\today}
-\begin{document}
+
\begin{document}
-\maketitle
+
\maketitle
-\begin{abstract}
+
\begin{abstract}
-\end{abstract}
+
\end{abstract}
-\tableofcontents
+
\tableofcontents
-\newpage
+
\newpage
-\section{Introduction}
+
\section{Introduction}
-This is a quick introduction to using Latex.
+
This is a quick introduction to using Latex.
-\subsection{Example}
+
\subsection{Example}
-Here is a subsection.
+
Here is a subsection.
-\section{Conclusion}
+
\section{Conclusion}
-In conclusion, this example doesn't show a lot. Go read the Not So Short Introduction to Latex
for more information.
+
In conclusion, this example doesn't show a lot. Go read the Not So Short Introduction to \LaTeX
for more information.
-\end{document}
-</verbatim>
+
\end{document}
+
</verbatim>
!! Building it
-Seeing as we're not doing anything complicated with latex
, we only need to parse the file once. If you were doing more complicated things, such as including a bibliography, you'd need to run a few more programs. See LatexMakefiles on more tips for that.
+Seeing as we're not doing anything complicated with [LaTeX]
, we only need to parse the file once. If you were doing more complicated things, such as including a bibliography, you'd need to run a few more programs. See LatexMakefiles on more tips for that.
-Run "
latex example.tex"
in the directory you saved your example.tex in earlier.
+Run <tt>
latex example.tex</tt>
in the directory you saved your <tt>
example.tex</tt>
in earlier.
<verbatim>
$ latex example.tex
This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3.7)
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@
Output written on example.dvi (4 pages, 1180 bytes).
Transcript written on example.log.
</verbatim>
-This completed successfully, outputting some extra files created by latex
on the way - the .aux and .toc files are used for internal references. The dvi file is the first output file,
+This completed successfully, outputting some extra files created by [LaTeX]
on the way -
- the <tt>
.aux</tt>
and <tt>
.toc</tt>
files are used for internal references. The <tt>.
dvi</tt>
file is the first output file.
You can view this with a program called xdvi:
<verbatim>
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@
</verbatim>
!! Making it useful
-DVI is a DeVice Independent
format, which in theory makes it really useful. However, it tends to be harder to view in Certain Operating Systems
. Instead, you should convert your .dvi to a postscript (.ps)
or PDF file:
+DVI is a __D__e__v__ice __I__ndependent
format, which in theory makes it really useful. However, it tends to be harder to view in Certain OperatingSystem~s
. Instead, you should convert your <tt>
.dvi</tt>
to a PostScript
or [
PDF]
file:
<verbatim>
$ dvips example.dvi -o example.ps
This is dvips(k) 5.86e Copyright 2001 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@
$ dvipdf example.dvi example.pdf
$ ls *ps *pdf
example.pdf example.ps
<texc.pro>. [1] [1] [1] [2]
+</verbatim>
-You can now view these with a postscript
or pdf
viewer, such as gv
or acrobat reader
.
-
-</verbatim>
+You can now view these with a PostScript
or [PDF]
viewer, such as GhostView
or AcrobatReader
.
