Robert cole <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> wrote: >Jason, > >Sorry to divert this, but I have read about you writing your thesis >using LaTeX on the Orca list in the past. I was always curious and >wanted to ask you what resources you used to learn LaTeX. I've been >working to learn both vi and Emacs, and I think I would rather use LaTeX >than a GUI word processor for different projects. > There are many good resources on the Web. I learned LaTeX in the late 90s when there weren't so many excellent online sources. Here is one of the newer online books: http://latex.silmaril.ie/formattinginformation/ and if you want a reference: http://home.gna.org/latexrefman/ and I've found parts of the LaTeX wikibook useful: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX There are editor extensions for LaTeX in both Emacs and Vim, which can make your task even easier. Simple documents are easy and complicated documents are possible. >As far as the Raspberry Pi goes, I am definitely planning on getting one >(or more, if possible) when they are offered with cases. It is so >wonderful to see all of these nice flashy Linux systems coming out. > >Although the price is out of range for me right now, I'd like to get my >hands on a KDE Plasma Active powered Spark tablet [1] one of these days. >this looks like a very promising device, especially as KDE is seeming to >become more accessible thanks to QT-AT-SPI, Orca, and all of the other >projects which are being developed. This is definitely getting exciting! It is indeed, and I expect it to become more so over time. KDE is the first Linux desktop project to have an arrangement with a hardware developer, but Gnome, and probably also Unity are interested in tablets and other mobile devices. LWN have published very good articles on this topic and I would recommend them as the best source of news and commentary related to Linux. http://lwn.net/
