Department of Computer Science LaTeX Resources
Custom LaTeX Classes and Packages
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U of S Thesis document class (Version 1.4.16, 2011/06/03, Mark Eramian)
- Conforms to CGSR Thesis Prepearation Guide.
- Suitable for both paper and electronic theses.
Update 1.4 16: this is a bugfix release. The table of contents no longer disappears when the nofigurelist class option is used.
New in 1.4.15: default margins are now 1 inch on all sides for ETD. Former behaviour of a 4cm left margin for theses that are to be printed and bound can be enabled by a document class option.
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General LaTeX References
Online Resources
Recommended Print Resources
- H. Kopka and Patrick W. Daly, A Guide to LaTeX (fourth edition), Addison-Wesley, 2004.
- Frank Mittelbach and Michel Goossens, The Latex Companion (second edition), Addision-Wesley, 2004.
- Leslie Lamport, LaTeX: A Document Preparation System (second edition), Addison-Wesley, 1994.
- M. Goossens, F. Mittelbach, Sebastian Rahtz, Denis Roegel and Herbert Voß, The LaTeX Graphics Companion (Second Edition), Addison-Wesley, 2008.
Specific LaTeX Topics
Software
Editors (in no particular order)
| Name | Description | Platform(s) |
| Texmaker |
An integrated LaTeX Editor, or as the authors call it, "development environment". |
[Linux/Windows/MacOS X] |
| WinEdt |
A text editor that can be used with LaTeX. |
[Windows] |
| TeXShop |
A LaTeX Aware editor for the Macintosh. Features integrated preview. |
[MacOS X] |
| TeXnicCenter |
A LaTeX IDE designed to work with MiKTeX (see below). |
[Windows] |
| GNU TeXmacs |
A WSYIWYG LaTeX editor. |
[Windows/Unix] |
| Kile |
A "user friendly TeX/LaTeX editor for the KDE desktop environment". Resembles TeXShop in many ways. |
[Windows/Linux/MacOS/SPARC with KDE installed] |
| Lyx |
A LaTeX editor that is self described a a WYSIWYM (what you see is what you mean) word processor. |
[Windows/Linux/Unix/MacOS] |
| BibDesk |
A nice BiBTeX front-end. |
[MacOS] |
| JabRef |
A Java-based GUI front-end for managing BibTeX databases. |
[Java >= 1.4.2] |
LaTeX Distributions
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