-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 11:25:14AM -0700, Robert Jerrard wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 11:12 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > > I'd like to begin writing my coursework for college in LaTeX, but I've > > no clue where to start. I began by installing the vim-latexsuite > > package, but that didn't seem to really work too well (The help pages > > are both missing), and I have no clue where to start to learn LaTeX. > > > > Any point in the right direction would really help! > > > > Also, for the Debian related question; What package would people out > > there recommend for compiling and viewing LaTeX? > > Hi Michael, how much do you know about LaTeX so far? >
Thus far all I know is LaTeX is some sort of a graphical language (Ala HTML) for text and image control to create documents. > Installing texlive typically gives you what you need for compiling. > Depending on the content of your work you may find xdvi sufficient for > displaying the finished result. When I have documents with graphs, xdvi > does not always handle the result properly and so often use dvips to > create a ps file that can be view with any postscript viewer. > So far I've used the latex <file> command to compile a .dvi file for viewing; What's the best way to process a .tex file into a .pdf? > I typically write LaTeX in a text file using emacs. Have a .emacs file > and have auctex installed allows helpful automatic colouring of text so > commands show up separately to regular text, etc. > I use vim-full, which automatically has syntax coloring for .tex files, which is very useful. I love Vim, I've yet to find a single file that hasn't had proper syntax coloring. - -- If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. - Richard Stallman -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHScIdg6qL2BGnx4QRAiJnAJ0cOyCDhGNIKnwKloewMfEYQugnpgCfdUkd 2fEUmyosgj2w5CzEwVbTU9U= =NJx8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]