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What is LATEX?
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Origin
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* Donald **Knuth**, 1977–1986: typesetting system **TeX**τεχ → /tɛç, tɛx, tɛk/ for The Art of Computer Programming
* Leslie **Lamport**, from 1980s: software package **LaTeX** made TeX easier to use
Donald KnuthLeslie Lamport
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Reasons for using LaTeX: macrotypography
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This paragraph shows the effect of varied line heights in combination with varied line lengths.
For this purpose, a little more text is needed to make it look like an actual paragraph. For this purpose, a little more text is needed to make it look like an actual paragraph. For this purpose, a little more text is needed to make it look like an actual paragraph. For this purpose, a little more text is needed to make it look like an actual paragraph. For this purpose, a little more text is needed to make it look like an actual paragraph. For this purpose, a little more text is needed to make it look like an actual paragraph. For this purpose, a little more text is needed to make it look like an actual paragraph. For this purpose, a little more text is needed to make it look like an actual paragraph.
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short & tight
@normal-tight
normal length and tight leading
@wide-tight
long lines and tight leading
@narrow-medium
short & medium
@normal-medium
normal length and leading
@wide-medium
long lines and medium leading
@narrow-loose
short & loose
@normal-loose
normal length and loose leading
@wide-loose
long lines and loose leading
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Reasons for using LaTeX: microtypography
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slanted (distorted)
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straight
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italic (separate font)
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small font scaled up
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separate appropriate fonts
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big font scaled down
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Reasons for using LaTeX: plaintext
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* reliable undo
* easy versioning
* independence of proprietary software
* source code readable in the long term
* easy cooperation with other software
* no distraction by formatting or embedded media
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Procedure of this workshop
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**Goal:** you are going to build your own little LaTeX manual based on our [LaTeX script](https://github.com/fs-wiai/latex-script/).
* learning by doing
* understanding how LaTeX works
* details can be looked up later
**Outline:**
1. ~~What is LaTeX?~~
2. How does LaTeX work?
3. Basic structure of a LaTeX document
4. Project structure
5. Lots of features
6. Reference management
7. Outlook