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New Coder Posts: 24 Topics: 21
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July 24, 2009, 04:21:01 AM
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Well, Latex is a markup language to make pdf files . Winedt software can be used to write contents with proper heading, columns with proper latex tools. Side margins, sizes are adjustable for setting up a page for a pdf file. The .tex file can then be converted into .pdf file using pdflatex command.
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Code Guru Gender:  Posts: 1399 Topics: 85
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July 24, 2009, 04:34:28 AM
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I would argue that it is not a programming language, although it is turing complete so I can see why people term it as such.
I use Latex lots and lots and I have to say, pdflatex isn't the best option for producing PDFs..... it does something funny to the graphics (I use eps for graphics btw, GIMP lets you convert all graphics into eps and it does the bounding box for you which makes things simpler.) Instead I use latex to produce the dvi then dvipdf to generate the pdf - using this method I have never had any problems.
Latex really is a great package, it can be annoying at times (especially when you want to place items absolutely) but for large documents it is invaluable. On windows MiTex is a really popular port and editor. On Linux I use the latex package that comes with and KDE's Kate editor for writing the contents
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Regular Coder Posts: 53 Topics: 2
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August 03, 2009, 09:00:05 PM
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I agree, it's not a programming language. It's a markup language. HTML is similarly not a programming language. Postscript is a programming language though, interestingly enough.
Anyway, LaTeX is my preferred means of generating print documents. I like it a lot more than using Word or anything like that, that's probably the programmer in me, though.
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