A Beginner’s Guide to LATEX September 12, 2005（新手指南乳胶2005年9月12日）.pdf

A A Beginner’s Guide to LT X E David Xiao dxiao@ September 12, 2005 1 Introduction A LT X is the standard mathematical typesetting program. This document is for people who have never used E A LT X before and just want a quick crash course to get started. I encourage all students in mathematics and E A theoretical computer science to learn L T X so you can use it to typeset your problem sets; your TA’s will E love you if you do. For a more comprehensive introduction, check out /tex-archive/info/lshort/english/lshort.pdf. A 2 How to find and use LT X? E A There are Windows packages for LT X, though typically I prefer to use it on a Unix system (e.g. OS X, E A Linux, Solaris). You will find that most university clusters have LT X installed. If you prefer, you can install E it on your home system; it is easy to find via Google or your search engine of choice. I will assume that you are using a Unix system for the rest of the guide. A I recommend using an editor like emacs or vi to edit L T X. If you are uncomfortable with these, then E A any plaintext editor will