Everyone knows the problem, in Latex a figure or table takes the whole width of a page. Even though you can have several figures/tables next to each other (see posts on minipage and subfigure), with none of these techniques it is possible to have floating text around a figure or table. Here is how you … [Read more…]
First include the “listings”-package into your document: \usepackage{listings} Basics Now you have basically two possibilities. Either you type/copy your source code directly into the Latex document: \begin{lstlisting} place your source code here \end{lstlisting} The other possibility is to directly include the source file: \lstinputlisting{filename.java} This is particularly useful if you are still editing your source … [Read more…]
Natbib is a reimplementation of the \cite command, providing both, author-year and numerical citations.You can get the distribution as well as the documentation from CTAN.Apparently, my previous post on this topic was not providing sufficient information in order to automatically create lists for multiple citations, e.g. [1,2,3, 5] -> [1-3, 5].Here is how it definitely … [Read more…]
Obviously, LaTeX cannot only generate articles, reports and books, but also slides for presentations. This blog-entry is not an extensive introduction to slide-creation in LaTeX, but shows the basic concepts in a simple environment. There are other, more sophisticated commands than we introduce here, which are more powerful. But for simple slides with text and … [Read more…]
You probably know how to add comments in Latex using the reserved character %. Many LaTeX editors provide functionality to comment/uncomment entire paragraphs of your document. However, what if you are using a basic text editor or prefer not to use a menu button? The comment package solves this by defining the comment environment. … [Read more…]