A widely used document markup language which allows precise control over how a document is laid out. Written as LaTeX, this language is widely used in technical and academic papers for it's various features, including hyperlinks, references, table of contents generation, bibliographies, indexing, ...
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Keyboard layout for math
I usually need to write math with LaTeX, and after seeing this question: Entering unicode math symbols. I came here with some small questions.
I find that not perfectly comfortable, and I was ...
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How to enable cloud9-latex-plugin
I recently installed cloud9 on my server to provide a platform for collaborative text writing and tried to install the latex plugin following the instructions in README:
This plugin introduces ...
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How to highlighting the Latex coding in the Ms Office
I have a latex file.if i put those Latex content in MsOffice this want to be highlighted automatically.Like notepad++. Is there is any plugin is availabe?
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Generate an alphabetic index from a spreadsheet
I have a text file of lecture topics from my physics class that looks like this:
1/14,Galilean relativity,Einsteinian relativity,Minkowski space,Henri Poincare,,
1/16,Lorentz transformations,Velocity ...
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Converting showoff presentation to LaTeX
Is there a way to convert a ShowOff presentation to LaTeX?
Apparently, ShowOff uses Maruku as a renderer, and Maruku supports LaTeX, so it should be possible, but I'm wondering how to do it.
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Changing the default latex generate command in AucTeX
I downloaded AucTeX off of M-x package-list-packages and I've enabled AucTeX in my .emacs with
(load "~/.emacs.d/elpa/auctex-11.86/tex-site.el" nil t t)
When I type C-c C-c I would like to by ...
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Making emacs/AucTeX open Acrobat on Windows
How can I configure emacs 24 (with AucTeX) on MS windows so that I can bind a key to
compile the latex document in the active buffer and then open the resulting pdf in acrobat?
Can the same technique ...
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Changing character encoding via Shellscript with TextExpander [closed]
Introduction
I'm learning how to type with LaTeX and I've found that the character encoding is very important to get good results. I find myself copying parts from pdf documents such as problem ...
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Portable LaTeX + visual editor required [closed]
I'm a software developer. It happens to me that I need to write some code and/or documentation using different computers in different places. As you can understand, it's a bit annoying to install all ...
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SublimeText LaTeXTools: Build doesn't render a PDF
I'm using the LaTeXTools plugin for SublimeText 2, and when running the build, the build system compiles the TeX and invokes Evince, but a PDF file is never rendered and thus, Evince complains, "No ...
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How to typeset math [closed]
I'm Trying to build a documentation system for my clients, with a focus on math editing and the following requirements :
should store math formulas, in a versionnable way (hence plain text ? ie. ...
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Math formulas in emails
Is there a way to enter LaTeX (or similar) formulas into an E-Mail and get them rendered as typeset formulas on the receiving side, perhaps with cooperation of the receiving party? My preferred mail ...
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Is there a tool for windows that creates formula-pictures out of a text-formula
I am looking for a tool that would batch process text-files containing formulas (possibly latex style) and convert them into a gif/png/jpg. Since I want to do a batch conversion, the tool ideally runs ...
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How to make vim change a date when a section of a file was edited?
I'm using latex as a diary with sections for each subject. I manually add date of creation and modification to each element of text (section, subsection, subsubsection, ...). Is there a way to make it ...
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How can I switch between pdflatex and xelatex conversion in Sublime Text 2?
I often switch between compiling "classic" LaTeX and XeTeX documents.
Sublime Text 2 has a package called LaTeXTools that allows you to build LaTeX documents via a simple CmdB. Neat.
The build file ...
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How do I get my MacTeX version?
If I wanted to report a bug, how could I find my MacTeX version via command line?
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Using the IfWinActive keyword in AutoHotKey
This question about the use of AutoHotKey is specific to a Windows LaTeX editor called TeXnicCenter.
So, I was trying to write my first AutoHotKey (AHK) script, and wanted the shortcuts to be ...
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Disable MathML output of eLyXer
eLyXer is a standalone LyX to HTML converter. In the resulting file, equations are formatted as MathML, and the file itself starts with an XML tag.
This causes two problems:
LibreOffice does not ...
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Highlight/mark/indicate certain lines in LaTeX in Emacs
I use Emacs to edit LaTeX source. I preface notes which I have made with % as required, so that they are considered as comments. These lines appear in Emacs in a different face.
However, when working ...
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Compiling LaTeX document makes Google Drive crash
I've the issue that when I compile a LaTeX document that is located inside my Google Drive this will after a few turns make the OSX Google Drive application crash.
As this is an important document I ...
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Batch import of eps inside Openoffice-Writer
I have a huge quantity of eps images, generated by another huge quantity of gnuplot scripts. Is there a way to import them inside an Openoffice Writer document (.odt) at once?
I'm about to try the ...
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Automated printouts from a wireless printer
I have a wireless printer which is always on, and an always on fanless Linux server.
Looking at the mprinter project on Kickstarter I started to wonder if there is a way for me to prepare an ...
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Change definition of paragraph text object in Vim?
I asked a question in the (La)TeX stack exchange and it was recommended to me that I see whether I could get an answer here. The question can be found here.
The basic question is this: can I tell Vim ...
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Automatic LaTex document generation from Excel spreadsheet
I have some data in an Excel file from which I have to generate a report. I repeat this task fairly regularly and am looking to automate it. I have a LaTeX project into which I usually just copy data ...
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Typing math formulas in LaTex and getting them in MathType format?
I am asked to type some math formulas that can work in Microsoft Office and MathType equation editor.
But I only have access to Ubuntu 12.04 near me, there is LibreOffice available under Ubuntu as ...
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How can I perform a full texlive installation (all packages) in CentOS?
Title say it all, how can I install texlive and all the packages so I can run tex2pdf on CentOS? I'm rather used to Ubuntu and all this yum business is driving me nuts.
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How to turn marked text into footnote in word
I have a microsoft word file (originally from latex) that is littered with footnotes in between a \footnote{} tag. Here is an example
This is some text in MS word.\footnote{I would like to turn
this ...
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From latex to word through vector graphics
Maybe what I say is crazy and nonsense, but this could be the right way to convert from LaTeX to word.
As you may have noticed, there are some conversors form LaTeX to word, correct me if wrong but ...
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LaTeX alternative [closed]
In the last couple of years, I've been writing my short notes in LaTex, just because of the math formulae typesetting capabilities.
I want to switch to another typesetting system because I fear I ...
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How to show line number common to more files in emacs?
I have a LaTeX project that consists of one master file and other files (mainly chapters) that are included in the main file via the \input command:
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt,oneside,openany]{book}
...
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Display title of next slides on top of slide?
You maybe know the slides created using Latex and the Beamer class, they have the titles of the next slides in the header, please see e.g. this screenshot (taken from this article). How can I do this ...
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Good documentation tool that is not Latex? [closed]
I am far from being a expert in Latex but I'm ok to document my projects with it. Though I would seldom find people in the corporate word eager to learn latex and going along with the documentation. ...
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using markdown and latex in email
Is there a fast and easy way to use both,
Markdown
LaTeX
in emails? I love the way to format questions the way it is supported on StackExchange.
I want to use both, because I love the simple way ...
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Adding commands to TextMate's LaTeX bundle
I wish to add a host of commands (e.g., \enquote) to TextMate's LaTeX bundle. I wish to do that both for correct colour highlighting and for auto-completion (with the Esc or Tab key).
Where is the ...
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Does a JS/PHP script exist for converting ASCII to LaTeX?
Does a JS/PHP script exist for converting ASCII to LaTeX?
I need the users on my webpage to be able to write in ASCII, while my server does all the calculating of the math in the LaTeX format. ...
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vim “gq}” command to re-wrap paragraph, and LaTeX
How can I make this command not wrap things like \item?
For example:
\begin{enumerate}
\item this might be a long paragraph that spans multiple lines
\item blah
\end{enumerate}
if I run "gq}" ...
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Vector graphics formats: SVG , EPS or PDF [closed]
How does the vector graphics formats svg , eps and pdf compare against each other(Quality, filesize etc)?
If I can generate(eg matplotlib) plot in any of the above formats, which format should I ...
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Portable pdf-viewer which supports video embeddings produced by latex movie15 or media9 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Portable pdf-viewer where I can configure which external movie player is used
Is there any portable pdf-viewer for windows which supports embedded videos produced by ...
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Convert TeX fragments to PNG images
There are various embedded TeX-like formulas found on Wikipedia and other places such as:
\begin{array}{rcl} Y' &=& Y' + 16\\ U &=& U + 128\\ V &=& V + 128 \end{array}
They ...
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typesetting system
All my life I used Microsoft Office on Windows for document writing and then Libre(Open)Office on Linux. This is not a bad software, but not perfect and I have some complaints. Now on my usual desktop ...
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Convert LaTeX equations to Word 2007/2010 equations [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to put LaTeX formulas in Word 2010?
I'd like to rephrase the LaTeX Equations in MS Word/OpenOffice? question: Is there, by now, any software that can parse LaTeX ...
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How to create production quality “high density” tables (e.g. statistical tables) and mathematical formulae in scribus?
I have justv started using Scribus. I am thinking of creating an academic publication using Scribus. The publication will have a lot of statistical tables and mathematical formulae.
I am thinking of ...
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Amazon EC2 (Linux) + RDS (MySQL) + PHP + pdflatex = LaTeX to PDF online
I would like to have a website capable of converting LaTeX documents to PDF online. So for example user types in some raw LaTeX (document), I'm saving it into my MySQL database and I'm able to convert ...
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Markdown to LaTeX conversion with a custom preamble using Pandoc
I know that I can use the -H or --include-in-header commands to include a custom preamble in the generated output. The problem is now that Pandoc includes my preamble but puts another preamble in ...
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Keep Latex, PDF and MS-Word in sync
My CV is written in Latex using moderncv. Whenever I need an updated copy, I convert it to PDF.
Unfortunately, some employers insist on Microsoft Word. This is a real pain, because I lose the ...
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How can I save a website as a vector graphic?
I'm looking for a solution to save a single web page or a section of it as a vector graphic in my latex document. Do you know a tool, trick or service which helps to do this?
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Powerpoint 2003: Including TOC on each slide (like Latex beamer)
Is there any way or template to make Powerpoint presentations that show the TOC showing the current progress on each slide?
I want to achieve something like what can be done using Beamer in LaTeX.
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How to put LaTeX formulas in Word 2010?
I have a problem to convert directly equations from Mathematica *(copied as LaTex) in Word 2010. Is there any option?
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Which gnuplot terminal type should I use in org-babel-gnuplot with latex export
All gnuplot examples on http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-gnuplot.html use the png terminal. However, when exporting to latex I'd rather like to generate vector graphics. ...
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Type math formulas in LaTeX way in Microsoft Word?
I wonder if there is some free solutions for typing math formulas in LaTeX way in Microsoft word document (Office 2007)?
