Basic Latex tutorial:
- Unix (teTex package)
- Edit filename.tex with your
favorite editor, e.g. gedit under gnome, or emacs.
- Create filename.dvi by the invocation
latex filename - Create
postscript filename.ps by the invocation
dvips filename -o filename.ps
Create filename.pdf by the invocation pdflatex filename
Print to the default printer with the invocation dvips filename Create html
with the invovation latex2html filename - Windows (Winedt/miktex)
- Edit filename.tex with winedt, from the start menu.
- Invoke latex by pushing the latex button or using the accessories menu.
-
Preview with yap from the accesories menu.
- Print from the file menu or create pdf
from the pdf submenu of the accesories menu.
- Winedt has many buttons and menus for
inserting elements of latex syntax into your files.
- Mac (OzTex)
- Edit
filename.tex with alpha or bbedit lite.
- The program alpha has many buttons
and menus for inserting elements of latex syntax into your files.
- Process, print and preview with OzTex.
Here is a local sample document (pdf | html | tex) illustrating
basic mathematical constructions in latex.
Other references (e.g Math
Symbols) and instructions for including pictures
are at our web page TeX Sources.
Last modified:
February 1, 2005
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