LaTeX for Linux
A Vade Mecum
Published on 11. May 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXXI, 568 pages
978-0-387-98708-8 (ISBN)
Description
l With the advent of Linux and its increasing popularity, people who have split their person alities, working a Unix machine during the day and a Windows machine at home at night, have been transforming their home computers into Linux boxes. Others, who run large programs on Unix with no problem, are tired of being told there is not enough memory to compile or run their programs in DOS and older Windows, especially when they have invested in extra memory, which, apparently, these operating systems ignore. And the need to revamp an entire software wardrobe in shifting from one buggy version of Windows to another may make Bill Gates happy, but does little for the rest of us. Linux is a particu larly attractive alternative, in that it provides an integrated configuration and a wealth of interesting packages. As it gets easier to install Linux, it becomes more popular, so there are more people out there to whom you can tum for advice. This means it gets easier and simpler to install. Witness the number of books on installing and running Linux,2 even for people who have never used Unix. There is even a journal devoted exclusively to Linux. The Linux Jour 3 nal provides general coverage ofhardware and software issues, with timely articles, some ILinux is the Unix-type operating system, whose kernel was constructed by Linus Torvalds from scratch.
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Edition
1st ed 1999. Corr. 2nd printing 1999
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
XXXI, 568 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
1111 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-387-98708-8 (9780387987088)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4612-1462-5
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Content
I. Reading Latex.- 1 What A Latex Command Does.- 2 Concepts: How Latex Operates on Text.- 3 Document Classes.- II. Preparatory tasks.- 4 Constructing practice.tex, A Practice File.- 5 Setting Emacs Keys for Common Constructions.- 6 Viewing and Printing Marked Up Files.- 7 Dealing With Errors.- III. Writing Latex.- 8 Latex-Reserved Single-Character Commands.- 9 Single-Word Instructions.- 10 Newcommands and Macros.- IV. Formatting in Text Mode.- 11 Fonts.- 12 Accents, Dingbats, Standard and Nonstandard Codes.- 13 Manipulating Space.- 14 Lists.- 15 Aligning and Indenting Text.- 16 Floating Objects.- 17 Footnotes.- 18 Cross-Referencing.- 19 Literal Text and Silent Text.- V. Formatting in Math Mode.- 20 Math Symbols, Alphabets and Grammar.- 21 Single Line Math Modes.- 22 Arrays: Multi-Line Math Mode.- VI. Formatting in Box Mode.- 23 Box Mode.- VII. Enhancements to the Text.- 24 Creating Pictures and Graphics.- 25 Inserting Completed Pictures and Graphics.- VIII. Completing the Document.- 26 Bibliographic References.- 27 Making A Table of Contents.- 28 Making an Index.- 29 Creating A Glossary.- IX. Designing Style Sheets.- 30 Measurements: Counters and Lengths.- 31 A Page Template.- 32 Creating A Style Sheet.- A.2 Controlling the Processing of Files.- A.3 Summary.- B Converting Html to Latex and The Reverse.- B.1.1 The HTML Markup.- B.1.3 The Latex output.- B.2.2 The Resulting HTML Code.- B.3 Summary.- C List of References.- D Index and Glossary.