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=TeX (generally)=
 
=TeX (generally)=
As of October 2007 we are using the 2007 TeX Live distribution of TeX and
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We use the TeX Live distribution of TeX and related files.  The particulars of which version and where it is located depend on the machine in use.
related files.
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You can browse local documentation on TeX Live and its packages by going to
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'''On login.math and beyonce.math:'''
http://math.berkeley.edu/~vojta/tex-doc . Files of particular interest
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The version currently in use is the 2013 version, with some later changes (hence it
to beginners include:
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identifies itself as "2014-dev").  This was implemented in the first week of March, 2014.
* [http://math.berkeley.edu/~vojta/tex-doc/english/lshort-english/lshort.pdf The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e] -- an introduction to the LaTeX language
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You can browse local documentation on TeX Live and its packages by going to '''/local/depot/texlive-2013'''.
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'''On keira.math and office machines running local copies of Ubuntu Linux:'''
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These machines run the 2009 version. You can browse local documentation by going to the directory '''/usr/local/texmf-texlive'''.
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Files of particular interest to beginners include:
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* [http://mirrors.ctan.org/info/lshort/english/lshort-letter.pdf The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e]—an introduction to the LaTeX language
 
* [http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/tex/ LaTeX tips]
 
* [http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/tex/ LaTeX tips]
* [http://math.berkeley.edu/~vojta/tex-doc/english/comprehensive/symbols-a4.pdf Table of Mathematical Symbols]
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* [http://mirrors.ctan.org/info/symbols/comprehensive/symbols-letter.pdf Table of Mathematical Symbols]
  
You can also see
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More good starting points for TeX and LaTeX information are:
[/computing/help/TeX our old TeX help]
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* [http://www.tug.org/ TeX Users Group Home Page] The best online information about TeX.  It indexes useful information if you don't know what TeX is, if you want to learn TeX and/or LaTeX, or if you've been using them for years.  In particular, see their web page on [http://www.tug.org/interest.html#doc help and documentation]. They also run one of the main sites of the [http://ctan.tug.org/ Comprehensive TeX Archive Network].
instead, but be warned that many of these documents refer to LaTeX 2.09
 
instead of LaTeX 2e, which is installed here and which has been the
 
"modern" version of LaTeX since 1993.
 
 
 
More good starting points for TeX and LaTeX information:
 
* [http://www.tug.org/ TeX Users Group Home Page] The best online information about TeX.  It indexes useful information if you don't know what TeX is, if you want to learn TeX and/or LaTeX, or if you've been using them for years.  They also run one of the main sites of the [http://ctan.tug.org/ Comprehensive TeX Archive Network].
 
 
* [http://www.tug.org/texlive/ TeX Live Home Page].
 
* [http://www.tug.org/texlive/ TeX Live Home Page].
 
* [http://www.latex-project.org/ LaTeX home page].
 
* [http://www.latex-project.org/ LaTeX home page].
 
* [http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/ Donald E. Knuth's home page].
 
* [http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/ Donald E. Knuth's home page].
* [http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hartke/computer/latex/survey/survey.html Free math fonts for TeX and LaTeX]
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* [http://mirror.ctan.org/info/Free_Math_Font_Survey/en/survey.pdf Free math fonts for TeX and LaTeX]
  
 
Some [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page WikiBooks] are also available for TeX:
 
Some [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page WikiBooks] are also available for TeX:
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Links to special topics on TeX include:
 
Links to special topics on TeX include:
  
* Writing your thesis in TeX:  the '''ucthesis''' document class
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* Writing your thesis in TeX:  the '''ucbthesis''' document class
** [[ucthesis readme file]] (documentation)
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** [[ucbthesis readme file]] (links to documentation)
** a [/computing/help/TeX/samples/thesis/ sample thesis]
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** a [/~vojta/thesis/ sample thesis]
** [[Submitting your thesis electronically]]
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** [[Preparing your Ph.D. dissertation using LaTeX]]
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** [[Preparing your master's thesis using LaTeX]]
 
* Writing letters in TeX:  [[ucbletter|the '''ucbletter''' document class]]
 
* Writing letters in TeX:  [[ucbletter|the '''ucbletter''' document class]]
 
* [[pdftex|Using TeX to create ''pdf'' files]]
 
* [[pdftex|Using TeX to create ''pdf'' files]]
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  | [/~vojta/thesis/ latex]
 
  | Writing a thesis in LaTeX (same as the above link)
 
  | Writing a thesis in LaTeX (same as the above link)
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| Writing a letter or memo in LaTeX
 
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  |colspan=2| [[tex sample metapost|tex and amstex]]
 
  |colspan=2| [[tex sample metapost|tex and amstex]]
 
  | [[latex sample metapost|latex]]
 
  | [[latex sample metapost|latex]]
 
  | A sample MetaPost document, with a label
 
  | A sample MetaPost document, with a label
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| [[latex sample embedded metapost|latex]]
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  | [[tex sample rsfs|tex]]
 
  | [[tex sample rsfs|tex]]

Latest revision as of 11:18, 10 March 2014

TeX (generally)

We use the TeX Live distribution of TeX and related files. The particulars of which version and where it is located depend on the machine in use.

On login.math and beyonce.math: The version currently in use is the 2013 version, with some later changes (hence it identifies itself as "2014-dev"). This was implemented in the first week of March, 2014. You can browse local documentation on TeX Live and its packages by going to /local/depot/texlive-2013.

On keira.math and office machines running local copies of Ubuntu Linux: These machines run the 2009 version. You can browse local documentation by going to the directory /usr/local/texmf-texlive.

Files of particular interest to beginners include:

More good starting points for TeX and LaTeX information are:

Some WikiBooks are also available for TeX:

Links

Links to special topics on TeX include:

Some Samples

Some TeX samples are available:

latex Writing a thesis in LaTeX (same as the above link)
latex Writing a letter or memo in LaTeX
tex and amstex latex A sample MetaPost document, with a label
tex and amstex latex A sample embedded MetaPost figure
tex amstex latex Using Ralph Smith's Formal Script (rsfs) fonts for nicer script characters
amstex latex Using Cyrillic text
amstex latex Using Cyrillic symbols
latex Using Romanian characters
amstex latex Bold Greek letters