OverviewOverview

• Installing the engine• Choosing a GUI Editor• Customizing LaTex • Bibliography Manager• Equation Editor • LaTex Help Files

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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