bsmirks / latex_learning

A repository for my LaTeX documents for learning purposes

LaTeX learning

This repository is a compilation of instances where I write a document in LaTeX as a means of sharpening my grammatical and technical skills.

Compiling a .tex file

This section assumes you are running MacOS. Please see documentation for your OS otherwise.

Prerequisites

Before starting:

1. Ensure you have installed a tool capable of compiling LaTeX, such as MacTeX.
2. Know how to type a command in your terminal.

Generating a PDF

Generating a PDF of a .tex file is stupid easy.

With pdflatex:

1. In your terminal, pdflatex /path/to/.tex.

With latexmk, you can run the following command without an argument to genrate a PDF for each .tex in the current directory, or you can specify a .tex file to run for:

1. In your terminal, latexmk -pdf or latexmk -pdf /path/to/.tex.
2. (Optional) - In the directory where the .tex was compiled, the tool will create some temp files that you can optionally delete. To clean them up with the tool, latexmk -c.

Index

This section is a list and description of each document I have written in LaTeX.

• ww2_artillery - An essay I had to write as busy work per my platoon sergeant. The topic of this one was the 'Role and Implementation of Artillery in the European Theatre of WWII'.