Looks like Wikibooks is an excellent resource. ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert cole <rkcole72984@xxxxxxxxx> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca, Date: Thursday, Mar 1, 2012 08:09:23 PM Subject: Re: LaTeX and big writing projects > > > Thanks for the replies, Liz and Justin. > > I came across a free LaTeX book [1] at Wikibooks [2]. The book is > evidently a featured book there due to its good content and formatting. > It is downloadable as a PDF as well as it is readable online. I have not > read through it yet, but it looks to be a 295 page book. Here is a brief > description of the book from its main Wikibooks page: > > This is a guide to the *LaTeX* markup language. It is intended that this > can serve as a useful resource for everyone from new users who wish to > learn, to old hands who need a quick reference. > > I am going to search for tutorials as well, and hopefully I can just > print them to PDF. My Internet connection, though fast as it is, can be > slightly flaky sometimes, so I like to have materials on-hand. > > I plan to possibly start reading this book after I finish the current > book which I am reading. I actually have a book which I began writing > while I was still using windows (it was a fictional novel), and I may > just port it over and redo it using LaTeX. I stopped writing it sometime > back in 2004...I hope to pick it up and finish it one day. > > Once again, thanks for the replies. > > Take care, everyone. > > [1] http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX > [2] http://www.wikibooks.org/ > > On 03/01/2012 06:51 PM, Justin Harford wrote: > > I learned LaTeX back in 2006 by reading on the internet. I also took a semester class in 2007, but I mostly learned from the online tutorials. > > On 01-03-2012, at 16:12, Liz Hare wrote: > > > >> Hi Robert, > >> > >> I'm not Jason, but I wrote my dissertation in LaTex 14 years ago. Back then, I had someone read me the print books that had been written on the subject. I'm not sure what resources are out there now, but I bet there is a lot of online documentation. It's also helpful to look at the .tex files for documents others have written that have similar features to those you want. > >> > >> It was great. I had way more control of the formatting and tables than I ever could have had with a word processor. I think if you are taking on a project like writing a thesis or a book, it's definitely worthwhile. > >> > >> The disappointing part was that once I finished the degree and made it out into the real world (working in the life sciences), I couldn't use it much. Journal articles had to be submitted in Word. I didn't have any coworkers who knew LaTeX and so many documents, like grant applications, had to be in word processing files. If I had the opportunity to work on a large writing project now, I'd have a lot to re-learn, and things have probably also changed a lot since then. But I still use the notation from LaTeX to communicate with sighted people about equations. > >> > >> Liz > >> > >> Liz Hare PhD > >> Dog Genetics LLC > >> doggene at earthlink.net > >> http://www.doggenetics.com > >> > >> On 3/1/2012 6:47 PM, Robert cole 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. > >>> > >>> 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! > >>> > >>> Take care, and my apologies for my diversion from the original topic. > >>> > >>> [1] http://makeplaylive.com/ > >>> > >>> On 03/01/2012 03:17 PM, Jason White wrote: > >>>> Littlefield, Tyler<speakup at braille.uwo.ca> wrote: > >>>>> emacs. I love it, especially with emacspeak. > >>>> And to be more specific, AucTeX mode for anything complicated and > >>>> Org-mode for > >>>> notes and other simple documents. > >>>> > >>>> I wrote my thesis in Emacs, with BRLTTY operating the braille display and > >>>> emacspeak for speech output, and, of course, Git for revision control > >>>> of the > >>>> files. TeX gives better typeset output, reputedly, than popular word > >>>> processors and you can use a good text editor such as Emacs for input. > >>>> I've > >>>> been using LaTeX instead of a word processor since 1998, so there was > >>>> no doubt > >>>> as to what tool to use when it came to writing my thesis. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Speakup mailing list > >>>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Speakup mailing list > >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
