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Post by GFK_of_xmaspast » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 3:34 PM UTC

mci wrote: post #35

thomasahle wrote: post #12

From various tutorials I feel my knowledge of latex is very top down, and not very deep. I just recently realized that {} are not needed for singletons, so I may for instance write \frac12 for 1/2. Can anybody recommend a more bottom up guide? Something more similar to learning a programming language, where you start with the basic syntax and build on features iteratively? Is Knuth's book the best way to go? Or is th…

> I just recently realized that {} are not needed for singletons Trick question: What will you get by TeX-ing this document? $\acute a\acute{a}\acute{{a}}$\'a\'{a}\'{{a}}\end

Post by s_kilk » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 3:38 PM UTC

Tehnix wrote: post #46

mynewtb wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you deal with 'the cloud' not being under your control? Can you sync the documents from sharelatex to your local file system automatically?

They support syncing to and from Dropbox directly https://www.sharelatex.com/dropbox . So you can work offline, use your own editor etc.

Post by semi-extrinsic » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 3:41 PM UTC

pwdisswordfish wrote: post #25

Most materials about LaTeX I tend to find on the web seem to be of the 'programming by StackOverflow' variety, i.e. 'copy this snippet of code, tweak it to your needs and compile'; they don't teach you about what the code actually does, how it interacts with everything else, and there is no syntax specification apart from series of digressions like 'oh, by the way, if you wish to achieve effect X, you can use option…

Post by pjmlp » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 3:48 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #48

Sometimes I wonder: why can't LaTeX be just as simple as HTML, or perhaps even simpler? Except perhaps for pagination and available default fonts, HTML practically fulfills all my formatting needs. (Note: HTML includes MathML, a mathematical formula markup language). And for automatically numbering tables and figures, one can easily write a script that is completely independent from the underlying formatting language…

Post by CalChris » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 3:52 PM UTC

  \usepackage{microtype}
  \usepackage[hang,font=bf]{caption}
  \usepackage{natbib}
  \usepackage[unicode=true]{hyperref}
  \usepackage[noabbrev,capitalise,nameinlink]{cleveref}
  \usepackage{amsmath}
  \usepackage{csquotes}
  \usepackage{minted}
  \usepackage{inconsolata}
  \usemintedstyle{bw}
  \usepackage{float}
  \usepackage{siunitx}
  \usepackage{booktabs}
  \usepackage{url}
  \usepackage{graphicx}
  \usepackage{textcomp}
  \usepackage{fixltx2e}