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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 PDF
• Depending on your operating system, different compilers are available
• Windows: MikT_EX
• macOS: MacT_EX
• Linux distributions: T_EXLive
  • Debian-based distributions: run sudo apt install texlive-full
  • other distributions: see the T_EXLive website

Make sure to install the full version with all packages, if you can!

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@title Installing the editor

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

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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.