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Download the ISO and mount it by typing: sudo mkdir /media/texlive sudo mount -o loop Downloads/texlive2010.iso /media/texlive/ navigate to the mount point and run the installation script cd /media/texlive sudo ./install-tl The following things have to be changed during the setup followed by the “Enter” key: Enter C to change collections Enter A to deselect [...]

In this post I assume that you have already downloaded the ETH LaTeX font and have a texlive installation up and running… To install the LaTeX ETH font manually (just for one local user) you have to set the following folder structure in your home folder: texmf |– fonts | |– map | |– tfm [...]

Today I’m going to tell you, how you can customize the autocompletion feature of the Gedit LaTeXPlugin (LP). If you use the command \usepackage{XY}, the LP will look for a file with the name XY in the following directory: .gnome2/gedit/plugins/LaTeXPlugin/completion/ So if you want autocompletion for the package XY, you have to tell the LP [...]

As we set up LaTeX in the previous blog entry, it’s now time to make our LaTeX-publishing-life easier with Snippets. Snippets is a plugin shipped with gedit that helps you enter code, that you use very often. All you have to do is activate it! Open gedit, go to: Edit->Preferences->Plugins and activate Snippets (“Schnipsel” in [...]

Hi all! Because of the lecture “Halbleiterbauelemente” I became interested in LaTeX, which is known for its excellent way to write formulas. For an introduction to LaTeX read the excellent Book The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e by Tobias Oetiker. First of all, we install LaTeX on your system by typing the following [...]