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(Message started by: p00 on Mar 13^th, 2003, 10:40pm)

Title: Where to get LaTeX?
Post by p00 on Mar 13^th, 2003, 10:40pm

Hi. Where do you recommend that I download a copy of LaTeX? There are so many versions out there, I'm intimidated. I'd appreciate it if you can suggest one to me. I'm mainly going to be just typing up homework and notes.

Title: Re: Where to get LaTeX?
Post by towr on Mar 14^th, 2003, 12:21am

For windows there's miktex.
I think any linux has it in in its distribution.

You could also try lyx, it's a graphical latex editor..

Title: Re: Where to get LaTeX?
Post by william wu on Mar 16^th, 2003, 5:25pm

Ditto to what towr said. I use MikTeX, and I use the very handy WinEdt editor to write up the files. Just google for "WinEdt".

I also recommend you check out xfig for making diagrams that can be included in your LaTeX files. You can run xfig on unix. If you don't want to change from Windows to Unix/Linux, you can do what I did and install cygwin. Xfig is great for easily drawing technical diagrams such as state machines, binary trees and flowcharts.

I am a self-proclaimed LaTeX + xfig badass. I highly recommend you get a laptop, teach yourself LaTeX, and start typing your homework and lecture notes in real-time. You'll make everyone else's coursework look like a train wreck. It's also great for making amazing crib sheets.

Title: Re: Where to get LaTeX?
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Sep 27^th, 2003, 11:49pm

MathType is downloadable from a Chinese students' website at around 1-3pm GMT, as well as some other goodies.

ftp://fermat:fermat@162.105.91.100:21/reserve/mathematics/software
ftp://movie:movie@dyatpk.3322.org:21/soft/

Title: Re: Where to get LaTeX?
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Jan 31^st, 2004, 5:45pm

There is also techexplorer and MathML equation editor downloadable from http://www.integretechpub.com/products/techexplorer.php4

Title: Re: Where to get LaTeX?
Post by John_Gaughan on Jan 31^st, 2004, 9:36pm

I just typed in "latex" and "xfig" and both times Bash found them in my path, in /usr/bin :-)