|
Description |
LaTeX is a typesetting system which is very suitable for producing
scientific and mathematical documents of high typographical quality.
The system is also suitable for producing all sorts of other documents, from
simple letters to complete books. |
Version installed |
Ubuntu 22.04:
TeX Live 2022/dev/Debian (from the Ubuntu repositories)
|
Usage |
At the command prompt, type:
latex filename.tex |
Upgrade Notes |
Some info
about the TeXlive release can be found in the
TeXLive
release history.
|
Manuals and
Documentation |
The
TeX Users Group begin page and the LaTeX
project site are excellent starting points: there you can find
pointers todocumentation, help, FAQ, software, style files, etc.
Another site collecting manuals and guides is
https://mirror.gutenberg-asso.fr/tex.loria.fr/.
Also, you can obtain documentation at the command prompt:
texdoc document_name
where document_name is the name of a latex related document
(extension is not necessary); most of them are contained in the
TeXlive distribution. For example the names of some important manuals
are: epslatex, guide,
usrguide,
symbols.
Finally, the Introduction
to LaTeX by Onno Pols gives a basic introduction to LaTeX.
|
SIE contact |
Nicola Caon
–
– tel: 5383
– office: 1.124
|
Additional Info |
LaTeX is
included in TeXLive distribution, which also includes other related
programs: TeX, pdfTeX, e-TeX, ConTeXt, METAFONT, METAPOST, dvips,
xdvi, BibTeX,etc. Other external or local style files, not included
in the main distribution, are in a local (texmf-local)
directory.
|
|