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Who wrote “What are TeX, LaTeX, and friends?”
Who wrote What are TeX, LaTeX, and friends? I want to reference it in my article.
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Starting point for getting more familiar with TeX/LaTex etc
Background: I've been using what I would call LaTex for ~4 yrs to typeset assignments, reports, essays and tutorial notes. I have been using "TexShop" (for Macs) - mostly because it was simple when I ...
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Online references for creating advanced macros?
I am looking for online references for creating advanced macros for LaTeX.
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Is Tex/LaTex appropriate for my situation
Is TeX a good idea for my current situation?
I'm currently maintaining documentation for a piece of software, so I came up with my own .doc template with the official company header/footer. Since ...
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What is the minimum one needs to know to use TikZ?
I am fed up with the poor quality of the pictures in the papers written by my graduate students and am trying to convince them to use TikZ. I know of three ways to begin learning TikZ:
The TikZ ...