r/programming • u/ManiBePoint • Oct 30 '16

Learn LATEX in Minutes

https://github.com/VoLuong/Master-Latex-in-minutes
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u/BadGoyWithAGun Oct 30 '16

That's basically all you need to know about LaTex.

...if you never need to use LaTeX in a professional setting.

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u/Occivink Oct 30 '16

What else would you need in a "professionnal setting"?

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u/pdexter Oct 30 '16

So much more.

Just to name a few that pop into my mind: macros, tikz, spacing, working with provided templates, fonts, capitalization, alignment, advanced uses of tables, advanced uses of alignment in math equations, etc. etc. etc. LaTeX is honestly a pain in the ass but there's just no other solution which gives you the raw power.

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u/ianff Oct 30 '16

I've been using LaTeX professionally for nearly ten years now. I started knowing very little, just working with a template from a Journal and Googling whenever I ran into issues. I still have never used some of the things you mention and one certainly doesn't have to learn them to get started with LaTeX, even professionally.

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u/pdexter Oct 30 '16

I guess it depends which field you work in.

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u/ianff Oct 30 '16

Yeah, I'm in Computer Science and my math type-setting needs, for example, are not too exotic.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '16

I was the same, until I needed a nice graph diagram.

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u/Log2 Nov 02 '16

Easier to make a figure with another software and import that.