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Which TeX should one start out with? [closed]
Ever since learning Vim, I've felt slow going in anything else. Lately I've been writing my notes and other small documents in Markdown using Vim. I've decided to to take it a step further by ...
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Separation of content structure and style in LaTeX?
In HTML, over the last decade or so, there has been a strong push toward complete separation of content structure and style. Most websites are now built using HTML for structural mark-up, and CSS for ...
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Creating a ConTeXt/LaTeX hybrid module
I have a simple titlepage, which I want to make available for ConTeXt- as well as LaTeX users. Each should just type \usemodule[myTitlepage], or \usepackage{myTitlepage}, respectively.
I want to do ...
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ConTeXt using LaTeX style files
I've just discovered ConTeXt for the first time, and it looks pretty sweet. However, it is near-useless to me if I cannot use LaTeX style files for formatting (i.e. for journal/conference papers).
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File extensions of LaTeX-related files
In addition to the .tex and .dvi or .pdf files, TeX/LaTeX/ConTeXt produces and uses lots of other files. What do they do? Which ones are used to create the document and which ones are automatically ...
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What typesetting system should I use?
I have no experience with TeX or any other typesetting system.
I am going to university soon and have been told that I should learn LaTeX as it will help with bibliographies and essay writing. I am ...
