{"id":4638,"date":"2015-10-10T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=4638"},"modified":"2015-10-10T10:12:34","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T14:12:34","slug":"latex-tips-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=4638","title":{"rendered":"LaTeX Tips for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> After years of resistance, I&#8217;ve come to like LaTeX and now prefer it&#x2014;particularly through Org mode&#x2014;over than <code>troff<\/code>. The thing is, I mostly don&#8217;t write in LaTeX; I write in Org mode and just export the Org mode to LaTeX. Sometimes, though, it makes more sense to write directly in LaTeX using the wonderful(!) AUCTeX. When I do, I tend to forget the fine details. <\/p>\n<p> Fortunately, Nick Higham has an excellent set of <a href=\"https:\/\/nickhigham.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/29\/top-tips-for-new-latex-users\/\">LaTeX tips<\/a>. Although they were intended for n00bs (mostly his students) they also serve as a great refresher for those who don&#8217;t use LaTeX everyday. They serve as a reminder of how to use LaTeX correctly. If, like me, you&#8217;re an occasional LaTeX user&#x2014;or more correctly, don&#8217;t write <i>directly<\/i> in LaTeX often&#x2014;you may find it helpful to read Higham&#8217;s tips before you start a new writing project. It will save you time looking up those fine points as you write. <\/p>\n<p> Definitely worth a read. I&#8217;ve bookmarked it for handy reference. There is also a PDF if you prefer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of resistance, I&#8217;ve come to like LaTeX and now prefer it&#x2014;particularly through Org mode&#x2014;over than troff. The thing is, I mostly don&#8217;t write in LaTeX; I write in Org mode and just export the Org mode to LaTeX. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=4638\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92],"class_list":["post-4638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-latex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4639,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4638\/revisions\/4639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}