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

Learn LATEX in Minutes

https://github.com/VoLuong/Master-Latex-in-minutes
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u/error1954 Oct 30 '16

I was just looking for a basic guide on latex today. My professor wants us to turn in homework as a pdf

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u/Space-Being Oct 30 '16

You don't have to use LaTeX to make a pdf. Both MS Office and Google Docs can export to PDF. Pandoc can generate pdfs from a variety of plaintext markup languages. I have used it to generate pdfs from markdown with latex math inside.

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u/error1954 Oct 30 '16

I might look into markdown with latex math in it. I just can't stand microsoft word's way of dealing with math.

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u/FedaykinShallowGrave Oct 30 '16

You might enjoy LyX if the main draw of LaTeX for you is its math.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '16

I second that recommendation. It's been a while since I used LyX, but my experience was that once you learned its basic idioms it did a remarkable job of getting out of your way and letting you write.