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Learn how to install Latex tools like Miktex, Ghostview, and LatexEditor. Follow instructions for Miktex setup and MeWa updates. Get familiar with path settings, Ghostscript, and view PDFs on Windows and Mac OS. Explore examples and basic templates. Improve your understanding of Bibtex for references.
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Graduate Thesis SeminarWeek 1:Latex and HTML Jonas Braasch
You need • A latex distribution (e.g., Miktex) • A post script viewer (e.g., Ghostview) • A Latex editor (e.g., LatexEditor) Install everything in this order, follow default instructions
Miktex • Miktex (etc 2.4) http://www.miktex.org/Setup.aspx e.g., basic-miktex-2.4.2207.exe (~ 32 MB).
Latex Editor • E.g., the MeWa Latex Editor • http://www.meshwalk.com/latexeditor/ • E.g., version 1.4.0 • http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home5/pg03053527/latexeditor/LaTeXEditorSetup.exe
MeWa Updates • MiKTex Path: • C:\Program Files\MiKTex 2.7\miktex\bin • Ps2pdf • "C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.61\bin\gswin32c.exe" -dCompatibilityLevel=1.3 -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile="$(FileTitle).pdf" "$(FileTitle).ps“ • Pdf view • "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" "$(FilePath)$(FileTitle).pdf"
Typical path settings • C:\texmf\miktex\bin • C:\gstools\gsview\gsview32.exe
Ghostview • http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html • Install Ghostscript first: • e.g ver 8.53. gs853w32.exe on • http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/get853.htm • Then install Ghostview: • E.g. 4.7 gsv47w32.exe on • http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/get47.htm
Mac OS • http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/default9.html • http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html • MacGSView 2.0b3
Changes to the layout Please note that you can make many changes to the general layout. We will not get into that because we could easily spend the next two hours on it.
In Windows, you can view the dvi file with the program yap, which is distributed with the MikTex package.