latex-wochenende/slides/intro.en.md

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@title First steps with L^AT_EX

@content In order to compile the script for this tutorial, a few steps have to be followed, which are explained in the next slides.

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@title Digression: Opening a command prompt

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• For the following tasks, we are going to need a command prompt.

• It can be opened in different ways, depending on your operating system.

• Windows: Press the Windows key and type in cmd, press Enter.

• MacOS: Press the Command key and the space bar simultaneously, then type in Terminal and double click on Terminal.

• Linux: Press Ctrl + Alt + T.

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@title Installing the compiler

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• The compiler translates our L^AT_EX code into a properly formatted PDF document.

• Depending on your operating system, different compilers are available:

  • Windows: MikT_EX
  • Linux: T_EXLive (preferably texlive-full)
  • macOS: MacT_EX

On Windows, please open the MikT_EX Console once and search for updates.

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@title Installing the editor

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• An editor can be downloaded once the compiler has been installed.
• For editing LaTeX documents, any text editor works fine, e. g., Notepad++ or VSCode.
• For beginners, we recommend T_EXstudio due to its LaTeX-specific features.
• Download and install T_EXstudio.

@slide(layout=content-only) @title Compile the script for the first time

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• Download the project archive from the VC.
• Unzip the archive.
• Open the file main-exercises.tex in T_EXstudio. It is located in the root directory of the archive.
• Compile main-exercises.tex by pressing ⏩
• A few new files will be generated by the compilation.

Windows users: In order to enable file endings, click the view tab in the file explorer, and select *file name extensions*. This helps differentiating the different ``main`` files.