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OverviewOverview
• Installing the engine• Choosing a GUI Editor• Customizing LaTex • Bibliography Manager• Equation Editor • LaTex Help Files
(*click on icons to go to website)
Installing the EngineInstalling the Engine
• Engine compiles the LaTex source into the final document (pdf, dvi…)
• Gerben Wierda’s Tex i-package – Essentially Unix tetex ported to OsX– http://www.rna.nl/tex.html
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GUI Editor - TexShopGUI Editor - TexShop
• TexShop provides way to edit document in GUI– Instead of using the terminal and command line
programs• TexShop produces PDF as default output!
• Built in viewer, highlights formatting tags• Palette for symbols, environments…• Command completion (\beg `esc` - \begin)• http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/
texshop.html
GUI Editor - TexShopGUI Editor - TexShop
GUI Editor - TexShop PaletteGUI Editor - TexShop Palette
GUI Editor - TexShopGUI Editor - TexShop
• Also a lot of drag and drop functionality– Citations– Pdf (tiff, jpg…also) to Office programs
• Set up project root (ideal for thesis)
Customizing LaTexCustomizing LaTex
• Installs standard teTex engine (/usr/local/tetex/bin…), but customized files go in local directory:
• ~Library/texmf/tex - preamble, definitions, style files
• ~Library/texmf/bibtex - bibliography style files (*.bst’s)
Customizing TexShopCustomizing TexShop
• Custom files go in local directory as well:
• ~Library/TexShop/__________– Templates– Menus– Command Completion– Macros– …
BibDeskBibDesk
• Manages a bibliography database (*.bib)
• http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/
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Equations - TexFoGEquations - TexFoG
• Alternative to using the palette in TexShop to format equations
• Save frequently used equations as well
Equations - LaTeX Equation Equations - LaTeX Equation EditorEditor
• Uses iTeX engine described above to set equations
• Drag equation image to Word or PowerPoint - Alternative to Equation Editor for LaTex users
LaTex HelpLaTex Help
• Hypertext LaTex help files ported to X help viewer
• http://itexmac.sourceforge.net/Download.html
LaTeX on X - LinksLaTeX on X - Links
• http://latex.yauh.de/links_en.html