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diff --git a/latex.html.markdown b/latex.html.markdown index 29a9f638..9edc057e 100644 --- a/latex.html.markdown +++ b/latex.html.markdown @@ -95,8 +95,9 @@ to the source code. Separate paragraphs by empty lines. -You need to add a backslash after abbreviations (if not followed by a comma), because otherwise the spacing after the dot is too large: -E.g., i.e., etc.\ are are such abbreviations. +You need to add a tilde after abbreviations (if not followed by a comma) for a +non-breaking space, because otherwise the spacing after the dot is too large: +E.g., i.e., etc.~are are such abbreviations. \section{Lists} Lists are one of the easiest things to create in \LaTeX! I need to go shopping @@ -140,8 +141,7 @@ about! Operators are essential parts of a mathematical document: trigonometric functions ($\sin$, $\cos$, $\tan$), logarithms and exponentials ($\log$, $\exp$), -limits ($\lim$), etc.\ -have pre-defined LaTeX commands. +limits ($\lim$), etc.~have pre-defined LaTeX commands. Let's write an equation to see how it's done: $\cos(2\theta) = \cos^{2}(\theta) - \sin^{2}(\theta)$ @@ -200,24 +200,24 @@ We can also insert Tables in the same way as figures. \begin{table}[H] \caption{Caption for the Table.} % the {} arguments below describe how each row of the table is drawn. - % The basic is simple: one letter for each column, to control alignment: + % The basics are simple: one letter for each column, to control alignment: % basic options are: c, l, r and p for centered, left, right and paragraph - % optionnally, you can add a | for a vertical line + % optionally, you can add a | for a vertical line % See https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Tables for more details \begin{tabular}{c|cc} % here it means "centered | vertical line, centered centered" - Number & Last Name & First Name \\ % Column rows are separated by & + Number & First Name & Last Name \\ % Column rows are separated by & \hline % a horizontal line 1 & Biggus & Dickus \\ 2 & Monty & Python \end{tabular} % it will approximately be displayed like this - % Number | Last Name First Name + % Number | First Name Last Name % -------|--------------------------- % because of \hline % 1 | Biggus Dickus % 2 | Monty Python \end{table} -\section{Getting \LaTeX{} to not compile something (i.e.\ Source Code)} +\section{Getting \LaTeX{} to not compile something (i.e.~Source Code)} Let's say we want to include some code into our \LaTeX{} document, we would then need \LaTeX{} to not try and interpret that text and instead just print it to the document. We do this with a verbatim @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ environment. By now you're probably wondering how to compile this fabulous document and look at the glorious glory that is a \LaTeX{} pdf. -(yes, this document actually does compile). +(Yes, this document actually does compile). Getting to the final document using \LaTeX{} consists of the following steps: @@ -274,13 +274,13 @@ There exists two main types of links: visible URL \\ % You can not add extra-spaces or special symbols into shadowing text since it % will cause mistakes during the compilation -This package also produces list of thumbnails in the output pdf document and +This package also produces list of thumbnails in the output PDF document and active links in the table of contents. \section{Writing in ASCII or other encodings} By default, historically LaTeX accepts inputs which are pure ASCII (128), -not even extened ASCII, meaning without accents (à, è etc.) and non-Latin symbols. +but not extended ASCII, meaning without accents (à, è etc.) and non-Latin symbols. It is easy to insert accents and basic Latin symbols, with backslash shortcuts Like \,c, \'e, \`A, \ae and \oe etc. % for ç, é, À, etc @@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ The selected font has to support the glyphs used for your document, you have to \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \end{verbatim} -Not that there also exists LuaTeX and XeLaTeX that were designed to have builtin -support for UTF-8 and case ease your life if you don't write in a latin alphabet. +Since LuaTeX and XeLaTeX were designed with built-in support for UTF-8, making +life easier for writing in non-Latin alphabets. \section{End} @@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ That's all for now! ## More on LaTeX -* The amazing LaTeX wikibook: [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX) +* The amazing LaTeX Wikibook: [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX) * An actual tutorial: [http://www.latex-tutorial.com/](http://www.latex-tutorial.com/) * A quick guide for learning LaTeX: [Learn LaTeX in 30 minutes](https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Learn_LaTeX_in_30_minutes) +* An interactive platform to learn LaTeX (installationfree) [learnlatex.org/](https://www.learnlatex.org/) +* Stack Exchange's question and answer site about TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt, etc. [tex.stackexchange.com](https://tex.stackexchange.com/) |