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Please give me FeedbackWritten on 14.03.24 by Friedrich Günther Hi all, to improve upon the course, your feedback would be greatly appreciated. You will have the opportunity to evaluate until Friday, 22nd of march. Suggestions for material are as welcome as suggestions for handling of examples etc. I know the selection of material may sometimes seem strange at… Read more Hi all, to improve upon the course, your feedback would be greatly appreciated. You will have the opportunity to evaluate until Friday, 22nd of march. Suggestions for material are as welcome as suggestions for handling of examples etc. I know the selection of material may sometimes seem strange at first glance, but my goal is to provide some value that is not easily found elsewhere -- at least for beginners. In my mind it will turn out how helpful the course was once you start working on your first project, hopefully finding some support in the slides. Best, Friedrich |
Time and date are fixed!Written on 27.02.24 (last change on 27.02.24) by Friedrich Günther Hi all, the course will take place March 6th to 8th in Lecture Hall II, building E2.5. On each day, there will be two blocks of material from 10.00 to 12.00 respectively 13.00 to 15.00. I have prepared slides for the last iteration, those are already online here. Decks 2 and 3 might change a little… Read more Hi all, the course will take place March 6th to 8th in Lecture Hall II, building E2.5. On each day, there will be two blocks of material from 10.00 to 12.00 respectively 13.00 to 15.00. I have prepared slides for the last iteration, those are already online here. Decks 2 and 3 might change a little for next week. Best, Friedrich |
Final call, please vote for the starting dateWritten on 23.02.24 (last change on 23.02.24) by Friedrich Günther Hi all, so far there have been 16 votes for the starting day. If you plan on attending the course in person, please vote by tomorrow evening! I need this information to book a fitting room. Best, Friedrich |
Second Iteration in the week from March 4th to 8thWritten on 11.12.23 by Friedrich Günther Dear all, A second iteration of this course will take place in the week from March 4th to 8th in 2024. Again, the course will be three days long. You may vote here for the starting day of the course in this week. The content will largely remain similar to the first course, but examples and… Read more Dear all, A second iteration of this course will take place in the week from March 4th to 8th in 2024. Again, the course will be three days long. You may vote here for the starting day of the course in this week. The content will largely remain similar to the first course, but examples and exercises will be added. Best, Friedrich |
Blockkurs Einführung in LaTeX / Introduction to LaTeX
From Wednesday, 6th of march, to Friday, 8th of march, the second iteration of this introductory course to LaTeX will take place. Each day, there will be two time slots: 10-12 and 13-15. The place is lecture hall 2 in building E2.5. The course will be geared towards students of mathematics, but students from other faculties are welcome, too! Like last year, the course will follow the notes that can be found in "Materials". The course will be a voluntary affair without the award of credit points. A (n incomprehensive) list of covered topics:
- Basic mechanisms of LaTeX, crude typography, fonts and advice
- Horses for courses: Document classes, presets and how to find existing material
- Links, references, index
- Bibliography using BibLaTeX and biber, sources for bibliographic information
- Typesetting mathematics (general rules of thumb, nice to know environments and hacks from IEEEtrantools, mathtools, etc.)
- Basic 2D sketches using TikZ, an overview over pgfplots, tikzcd
- Setting up modular documents
- Typesetting source code
- LaTeX beamer
- Letters
The idea for this course is part interactive, part slides. Participants are encouraged to bring laptops. For an easy start Overleaf can be used. For unix based systems, help for installation of a local TeX distribution can be provided.
Please register as soon as possible and let me know what language (english/german) you would prefer. According to the number of to be participants, a room will be chosen and organisation will be finalised. Please use the comment function for wishes on extra material.