CS 6824: Advanced Topics in Computational Genomics
Fall Semester, 2012
Books and Links on LaTeX
LaTeX Books
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Guide to LaTeX (Fourth Edition).
Helmut Kopka, Patrick W. Daly.
2003.
This is the LaTeX book I use the most. I have copies of the third edition in my office and at home. -
LaTeX: A Document Preparation System (Second Edition)
Leslie Lamport.
1994.
This is the original book on LaTeX from the author of LaTeX. It is definitely dated. -
The LaTeX Companion (Second Edition).
Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Johannes Braams, David Carlisle,
Chris Rowley.
2004.
This is a good book to help you make the most out of LaTeX, especially packages. - Wikibooks LaTeX. A free introduction to LaTeX.
Useful LaTeX links
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Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN)
TeX is the assembly language under LaTeX. At CTAN, you can find free distributions of both TeX and LaTeX for a variety of platforms. Most Linux distributions that use some kind of package or module installer have a teTeX package available. -
TeX User's Group (TUG)
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proTeXt —
a TeX distribution for Windows
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The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX
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LyX: The Document Processor
A cross-platform document processing system that can be used as a graphical front end to LaTeX.
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