LATEX

B. R. Chandavarkar,Wireless Information Networking Group (WiNG), CSE Dept., NITK, Surathkal.

• A document preparation system,• WYSIWYM,• Focus on the content not the format,• LaTeX is based on Donald E. Knuth's TeX typesetting

language or certain extensions. LaTeX was first developed in 1985 by Leslie Lamport, and is now being maintained and developed by the LaTeX3 Project. 

• Structure of the Latex documents:\documentclass[ ]{ }--- preamble ---\begin{document}--- body ----\end{document}

TeX distributions• The set of programs that make possible to

compile TEX and LATEX documents is called a TEX typesetting or a TEX distribution. There are many TEX distributions available for different operating systems:– MiKTeX for Windows– TeX Live for Linux and other UNIX-like systems– MacTeX redistribution of TeX Live for Mac OS X– teTeX for Linux and other UNIX-like systems, now is no longer

actively maintained– proTeXt is based on MiKTeX

LaTeX editors• There are many advanced text editors specifically

dedicated to LATEX for the most popular operating systems, some of them can be downloaded for free while others are proprietary software:– Open source: AUCTEX, GNU TeXmacs, Gummi, Kile, LaTeXila,

MeWa, TeXShop, TeXnicCenter, Texmaker, TeXstudio, TeXworks– Freeware: LEd, WinShell– Proprietary/Shareware: Inlage, Scientific WorkPlace, WinEdt

LATEX Compilation File Flow

Example 1: Basic .tex fileExample 2: .tex with titleExample 3: Basic formatting – abstract,

paragraphs & newlinesExample 4: CommentsExample 5: Fonts, ParagraphExample 6: Mathematical ExpressionExample 7: Mathematical Expression

(Superscript & Subscript)Example 8: Fractions and BinomialsExample 9: Aligning equationsExample 10: Tables