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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-05-25 22:41:39 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-05-25 22:41:39 +0000
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latex-doc-ptr update (25may09)
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@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ that point. So instead, in addition to naming such a reference,
it points to a selection of docs that may be of value to a variety
of users.
-ToDo:
- 1) Would like to recommend a tutorial that would have a person go from
-no installed software to a first document, good-looking, containing some
-math, in an afternoon.
+See also http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/first-latex-doc .
License:
public domain
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@@ -30,20 +30,16 @@ run ``\texttt{texdoc \textit{name}}'' at a command prompt.)
\subsection{Starting out}
The article
-\href{http://tug.org/pracjourn/2005-1/waud/waud.pdf}
- {\texttt{\SLASH begin\{here\} \% getting started}}
-gives a thorough description aimed at a complete beginner.
+\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/info/first-latex-doc/first-latex-doc.pdf}{Getting something out of \LaTeX}
+walks a beginner through writing a sample document.
In particular, to use \LaTeX{}, users must install a \TeX{} distribution,
such as
-MiK\TeX{} on Windows, or
-\TeX{}~Live on
+\href{http://miktex.org/}{MiK\TeX{}} on Windows, or
+\href{http://www.tug.org/texlive/}{\TeX{}~Live} on
a Unix system such as GNU/Linux or on Windows,
-or Mac\TeX{} on Macintosh OS~X.
+or
+\href{http://www.tug.org/mactex/}{Mac\TeX{}} on Macintosh OS~X.
-Online tutorials have been created by
-\href{http://www.andy-roberts.net/misc/latex/}{\package{Andy Roberts}}
-and the
-\href{http://tug.org/tutorials/tugindia/}{\package{TUGIndia user group}}.
@@ -54,6 +50,8 @@ and the
The most widely-recommended introduction is
\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/info/lshort/}
{\package{The Not-So Short Guide to \LaTeXe}}.\texdoc{lshort}
+Another good one is from the
+\href{http://tug.org/tutorials/tugindia/}{\package{TUGIndia user group}}.
For typesetting mathematics, use the
the American Mathematical Society's
AMS-\LaTeX{} package,
@@ -190,7 +188,7 @@ program extends \TeX{}:
it can directly produce web-friendly PDF files, as well as the
traditional DVI format.
For instance, this document was generated under \TeX{}~Live with
-\verb!pdflatex latex-doc-ptr.tex!.
+\verb!pdflatex latex_doc_ptr.tex!.
A further extension to that,
\href{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XeTeX}{\package{\xetex}},\texdoc{xetex}
can use fonts from your underlying computer platform,