Group Tools

This page contains files from various tutorials and help sessions that I have written for the group. Nothing fancy.

On-campus users: a more complete version of this site that is only accessible to MU users (on-campus or through the VPN) is available.

• An AWK Primer (my favorite resource for all things AWK)

• Resources for L^AT_EX beginners (and experts!)

  • The Not So Short Introduction to L^AT_EX by Tobias Oetiker (you probably want the PDF on letter paper)

  • L^AT_EX Resources for Beginners on the L^AT_EX Community forum

  • A Graduate Student's Guide to L^AT_EX and AMS-L^AT_EX by Rafal Ablamowicz

• L^AT_EX resources and extensions

  • CTAN, the Comprehensive T_EX Archive Network

  • The L^AT_EX Community, including the L^AT_EX Forum

  • T_EX–L^AT_EX Stack Exchange, a question-and-answer site

  • The UK List of T_EX Frequently Asked Questions

  • L^AT_EX Templates by Matt Mastin

  • L^AT_EX Beamer Themes by Rogier Koppejan (maintained by Simon Legner)

  • The T_EX Font Guide by David Wright

  • TeXample.net, examples of what T_EX can do

  • Beamer: A L^AT_EX class for producing presentations and slides by Till Tantau, updated by Joseph Wright and Vedran Miletic

  • PGF and TikZ: Graphic Systems for T_EX by Till Tantau, an introduction to using the PGF T_EX-based graphics library and its user-friendly syntax layer, TikZ (“TikZ ist kein Zeichenprogramm,” i.e., “TikZ is not a drawing program”)

  • Chemfig: a T_EX package for drawing molecules by Christian Tellechea

  • clsguide: L^AT_EX 2_ε for class and package writers

• BibT_EX resources and help

  • CTAN BibT_EX page

  • BibT_EX-ing by Oren Patashnik, a summary of how to build your BibT_EX database

  • Tame the BeaST: The B to X of BibT_EX by Nicholas Markey, a guide to the guts of BibT_EX (for seasoned users)