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--- resources:latex [2012/09/16 02:56] – jonathan
+++ resources:latex [2012/09/23 19:09] (current) – jonathan
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 ====== Latex ======
-===== Tutorials =====
+===== LaTex Tutorials =====
-You can google for Latex tutorials (there are many). There is a quick and simple introduction [[http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwilkins/LaTeXPrimer/TypicalInput.html|here]]
+You can google for Latex tutorials (there are many).
+  *There is a quick and simple introduction [[http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwilkins/LaTeXPrimer/TypicalInput.html|here]]
+  *For mathematics we use the B-style (for some of the symbols) and the AMS package [[ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/tex/doc/amsmath/short-math-guide.pdf|AMS]].
-I use [[http://miktex.org|MikTex]] on windows and [[http://www.tug.org/texlive/|Texlive]] on my mac (the MacTex distribution). Both distributions come with a free from-end GUI called TexWorks.
+I use [[http://miktex.org|MikTex]] on windows and [[http://www.tug.org/texlive/|Texlive]] on my mac (the MacTex distribution). Both distributions come with a free front-end GUI called TexWorks.
 ''Birthday-Book.zip'' (in the ''Misc'' folder in the SVN) is the template for doing requirements documents. The main tex file ''birthday-book.tex''. This file in turn uses ''defns.tex'' (which in turn uses a number of styles in the folder ''sty''). See below for how to compile these files into PDF.