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diff --git a/posts/latex.md b/posts/latex.md deleted file mode 100644 index e1f4163..0000000 --- a/posts/latex.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,129 +0,0 @@ -[meta]: <title> (My LaTeX setup) -[meta]: <subtitle> (How to set up a simple LaTeX environment with XeTeX and latexmk) -[meta]: <author> (Loek) -[meta]: <date> (January 24 2022) -[meta]: <tags> (software, latex, git) -[meta]: <cover> (/img/latex.png) - -I started using LaTeX instead of MS Word about two years ago, and I've never -regretted the decision. I switched out of frustration because Word makes it -really easy to mess up your document structure without you noticing. - -## Cool features LaTeX gets you - -- Automatically numbered figures with references that automatically update -- Really simple bibliography management with `biblatex` -- Packages that help you typeset scientific things like chemistry or physics -- Professional looking output documents with very little effort -- Automation of repetitive things with macros -- It's a plain text format, so it works well with `git` or other version - control software -- Probably more - -## Installation - -This guide is for Arch Linux and it's derivatives, but you can use -[pkgs.org](https://pkgs.org) to find the mentioned packages if they're under a -different name in your distro's package manager. - -### Required packages - -- `biber` -- `texlive-most`, containing: - - `texlive-bibtexextra` - - `texlive-core ` - - `texlive-fontsextra ` - - `texlive-formatsextra` - - `texlive-games` - - `texlive-humanities` - - `texlive-latexextra` - - `texlive-music` - - `texlive-pictures` - - `texlive-pstricks` - - `texlive-publishers` - - `texlive-science` - -tl;dr - -``` -# pacman -S texlive-most biber -``` - -### Force XeTeX compiler with latexmk - -To force latexmk to use the `xelatex` compiler instead of `pdflatex` you can -create `~/.config/latexmk/latexmkrc` with the following content: - -``` -$pdflatex = "xelatex %O %S"; -$pdf_mode = 1; -$dvi_mode = 0; -$postscript_mode = 0; -``` - - -## Hello world - -> I have recently made another repository on my profile for template files, you -> can find it [here on github](https://github.com/lonkaars/templates) or [here -> on git.pipeframe.xyz](https://git.pipeframe.xyz/lonkaars/templates). It -> includes a latex starting point with more commonly used packages, and other -> files I tend to copy from other projects - -LaTeX uses a lot of auxiliary files for compilation, so it's a good idea to -create a new directory for every document. After creating a new directory, -create a .tex file and open it with a text editor. - -```tex -\documentclass[12pt, a4paper, dutch]{article} -\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} -\usepackage{babel} - -\bigskipamount=7mm -\medskipamount=4mm -\parindent=0mm - -\begin{document} -Hello world! -\end{document} -``` - -This is the starting point I generally use for all my documents. It uses a4 -paper and 2.54cm margins, which is the default in Word (in Europe). Because -most of my documents are in Dutch, I add the `dutch` option to my document -class, and import the babel package for correct word breaking and built-in -latex heading translations. I also disable paragraph indenting, and modify the -`\bigskip` and `\medskip` distances. - -After creating the .tex file, you can run `latexmk <your .tex file>` to compile -the document. When it's done, you should have a new .pdf file in your directory -with the same name as the .tex file. - -Keep in mind that you can probably install an extension for your text editor to -have it automatically compile and refresh your document for you. If you're -using Visual Studio Code, you can use the [LaTeX -Workshop](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=James-Yu.latex-workshop) -extension, and for vim I use [vimtex](https://github.com/lervag/vimtex) with -[coc-vimtex](https://github.com/neoclide/coc-vimtex) for -[coc](https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim). - -## Notes - -### LaTeX and git - -Because LaTeX creates a lot of temporary files, you should add the following to -your repository's `.gitignore`: - -```gitignore -*.aux -*.bbl -*.bcf -*.blg -*.fdb_latexmk -*.fls -*.log -*.out -*.run.xml -*.synctex.gz -``` - |