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Mathematics in LaTeX
Easy typesetting of mathematical expressions is one of the most excellent features of LaTeX. A very wide range of mathematical options is supported and makes it one of the reasons why people in academia love LaTeX. After all, writing these expressions is quick, efficient and easy, even for complex formulas. Even if you have never used LaTeX, you will probably have seen formulas made with the (La)TeX engine. Wikipedia is one of the websites that relies on (La)TeX for mathematical expressions.
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A Short Introduction to Creating TikZ Figures
Drawing native LaTeX figures is often done using the TikZ library. This is a huge package, so I won’t even try to cover all the material. Instead, some simple examples that illustrate the power of TikZ are shown below. To give an idea of how massive TikZ is: its manual has over 1000 pages!
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Installing Apps with Wine and Creating a Quick Launch Command
There are many alternatives to Windows-only programmes for most tasks. However, sometimes you really need to run the Windows version. A virtual machine (VM) is a possible solution, but requires a lot of space on your computer and runs the entire Windows OS. For some programmes, this is the only way to run Windows programmes. However, others can be installed in Wine.
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Introduction to LaTeX
There has already been written a lot about whether or not you should use LaTeX. So here, yet another (blog) post that tries to convince you to use LaTeX (when needed) and how to use it. It only sketches a brief introduction to the typesetting system. In later posts, I will highlight several aspects of LaTeX in greater detail.