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(Semi-)automatic directory-tree in LaTeX

7. August 2012 by tom 16 Comments

The dirtree package produces really nice directory trees. The input follows a predefined structure. Manually typing all directories and files in a root directory is painful, even for a relatively short number of items. I wrote a short perl script that outputs the file structure in the right format. It works on Linux and Mac … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Introduction, LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: automatic, bash, directory tree, dirtree, LaTeX, Linux, Mac OS X, perl, terminal, usepackage, Windows

Offline package documentation with texdoc

22. April 2008 by tom 2 Comments

Every package in Latex comes with its documentation. Hence, most LaTeX-distributions contain the “complete” documentation by default, which is accessible without an internet connection. In order to access a documentation file of any package, go to the command line and type: For example, to open the documentation of the hyperref package, use: The texdoc command opens … [Read more…]

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Installing LaTeX on Windows & Mac OS X

4. July 2007 by tom 4 Comments

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Posted in: Introduction, LaTeX Tagged: installing, LaTeX, LED, Mac OS X, MacTex, MikTex, TexShop, Windows




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