LaTeX tutorial info.

ToolTutorials/LaTeX/LaTeX.tex

+\documentclass[12pt,fleqn]{article}
+
+\usepackage{url}
+\usepackage{hyperref}
+\hypersetup{colorlinks=true,
+    linkcolor=blue,
+    citecolor=blue,
+    filecolor=blue,
+    urlcolor=blue,
+    unicode=false}
+
+\setlength {\topmargin} {-.15in}
+\setlength {\textheight} {8.6in}
+
+\newcommand{\be}{\begin{enumerate}}
+\newcommand{\ee}{\end{enumerate}}
+\newcommand{\bi}{\begin{itemize}}
+\newcommand{\ei}{\end{itemize}}
+\newcommand{\bc}{\begin{center}}
+\newcommand{\ec}{\end{center}}
+\newcommand{\bsp}{\begin{sloppypar}}
+\newcommand{\esp}{\end{sloppypar}}
+\renewcommand{\labelenumii}{\theenumii.}
+
+\begin{document}
+
+\bc
+
+{\Large \textbf{CAS 741/CES 741}}\\[2mm]
+{\large \textbf{Dr.~Spencer Smith}}\\[2mm]
+{\large \textbf{McMaster University}}\\[6mm]
+{\LARGE \textbf{LaTeX}}\\[4mm]
+{\large Revised: September 7, 2017}
+
+\ec
+
+\medskip
+
+\noindent
+The purpose of this lab is for you to gain familiarity with the LaTeX
+typesetting language.  All of the documentation deliverables will be written
+using LaTeX.
+
+\subsection*{Components of Lab}
+
+\be
+\item Introduction to LaTeX
+\item LaTeX Exercises
+\ee
+
+\subsection*{Details}
+
+%Assume students have no knowledge of LaTeX
+
+%BEGIN INTRO SCRIPT
+%
+
+% What is LaTeX?
+%	Pronounced "La-Tech" or "Lay-Tech"
+%      Based on tex, written by Donald Knuth
+%	Basically a programming language for writing documents
+%	Content of the document is separate from the formatting
+%		Encourages authors to focus on the content, not the design
+%	Designed by sciences/engineers/mathematicians for writing technical documents
+%	Can export from .tex to a variety of file formats
+
+% Basic breakdown of a standard LaTeX document
+%	Starts with some formatting instructions
+%		\usepackage is like "import" from Python/Java or "include" in C
+%	Main document starts with \begin{document} and must end with \end{document}
+%	All commands start with a \
+
+% Useful commands
+%	Add a newline with \\
+%	Add section/subsection headers with \section, and \subsection
+%	Text modifications:
+%		Bold text with \textbf{text}
+%		Italicize text with \textit{text}
+%		Fixed-width (ie. for code) with \texttt{text}
+%	Lists come in two flavours: numbers and bullet points
+%		Numbered list begin with \begin{enumerate} and end with \end{enumerate}
+%		Bullet point lists begin with \begin{itemize} and end with \end{itemize}
+%		Add items with \item
+%		Abbreviations: 
+%			\be = \begin{enumerate}
+%			\ee = \end{enumerate}
+%			\bi = \begin{itemize}
+%			\ei = \end{itemize}
+
+%
+% The students will likely not have enough time to review/do everything in this lab.
+% They should stop looking at the links and tutorial pages on LaTeX after about 30
+% minutes
+% They should then work on the lab exercises (questions 1 to 4) for about 30 minutes.
+% They should then start working on creating the 3XA3 folders and files for 
+% about 30 minutes
+% All teams should finish the ``Once you are comfortable with LaTeX'' part
+% before the end of the lab
+%
+%END INTRO SCRIPT
+
+Please review the following links to learn about LaTeX:
+
+\bi
+\item An introduction to LaTeX : \url{https://www.LaTeX-project.org/about/}
+\item LaTeX installation: \url{https://www.latex-project.org/get/}
+\item Official documentation: \url{https://www.latex-project.org/help/documentation/}
+\item LaTeX  tutorials: 
+	\bi
+	\item \url{https://www.LaTeX-tutorial.com/tutorials}
+	\item \url{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-kXtWdjtmw}
+	\item \url{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoDv0qhyysQ}
+	\ei
+\ei
+
+When using LaTeX, the typical approach for citations is to use BibTeX
+(\url{http://www.bibtex.org/}).  Using BibTeX a database of reference (bib file)
+is processed by the bibtex command to generate the references in the required
+format.
+
+\subsection*{Exercises}
+\be
+\item Find a random photo online (this can be of anything). Create a document
+  with a photo in it. Make sure to cite the photo correctly.
+\item Reproduce the following table in your document:
+
+\begin{tabular}{l|c||rr|}
+\multicolumn{1}{l}{} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Header 2} & \multicolumn{1}{r}{Header 3} & \multicolumn{1}{r}{Header 4} \\
+\cline{2-4} \cline{2-4}
+row 1 & cell 1 & cell 2 & cell 3 \\ \cline{2-4}
+row 2 & cell 4 & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{ cell 5 } \\ \cline{2-4}
+\end{tabular}
+
+\item You can use \texttt{\textbackslash section} and \texttt{\textbackslash
+    subsection} to organize your documents. How many levels down can you go?
+  Does \texttt{\textbackslash subsubsection} work? How about
+  \texttt{\textbackslash subsubsubsection}?
+\item Create numbered sections (or subsections) in your document as well as
+  sections without numbers (like in this document).  \ee
+
+  Once you are comfortable with LaTeX, do the following in your
+  repo: \be
+\item Add folders following the BlankProjectTemplate from our course repo
+\item Compile problem statement, as is
+\item Write the details for your problem statement
+\item Create the outline of you SRS document in LaTeX
+\item Add a citation to your SRS.
+\item Set-up your editor so that the text is hard wrapped at 80 characters.
+\ee
+
+\end{document}
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