LaTeX at CERN (July 2011)

TeXLive 2011

At the end of July 2011 the TeX Collection 2011 was released by the international TeX Usergroup TUG. It comprises TeXLive, proTeXt, MacTeX, and a CTAN snapshot. This version, TeX Live 2011, has been made available at CERN on AFS (for Linux) and NFS (for Windows). The files in the TeXLive distribution are regularly updated on the CTAN repository sites. Usually once a month files files that were changed on CTAN are copied with the help of the tlmgr utility to the CERN AFS and NFS TeXLive directory trees (the last such update was made on 26 July 2011).

• Details about the 2011 Linux installation (the 2011 distribution is available as previous);
• Details about how the 2011 Microsoft Windows installation NICE.
• Details about how to download and install the 2011 TeX Live distribution on your Mac.

Note: No formal active support for (La)TeX is available at CERN.

Information about LaTeX

LaTeX3 project files

The LaTeX3 project is a long-term research project to develop the next version of the LaTeX typesetting system. Consult the official project page for more details.

Herbert Voß' Math mode

Explanation of the advantages of using (La)TeX for writing publications with a lot of mathematical material. Important facts about existing options and several additional LaTeX packages are described, especially AMS math. Very interesting reading for those who want to typeset mathematics correctly.

The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List

Document compiled by Scatt Pakin that lists over 2800 symbols and the corresponding LaTeX command to generate them.

The LaTeX Companion (Second edition, 2004)

An up-to-date description of over 200 packages using nearly 1,000 fully tested examples in over 1100 pages. It shows how LaTeX can be extended to typeset all types of publications--from memos to encyclopedias, from complex scientific papers to poetry in most of the world's languages (available from the COBS Service at CERN).

The LaTeX Graphics Companion (Second Edition, 2007)

Complement to the LaTeX Companion in the area of graphics. This revised reference describes techniques and tricks needed to illustrate LaTeX documents. Presenting a number of packages that extend or modify LaTeX's basic illustration features, it explains how to produce the most effective graphics and provides solutions to the most commonly encountered problems (available from the COBS Service at CERN).

The LaTeX Web Companion

A book by Michel Goossens and Sebastain Rahtz published in 1999. It describes the relation of LaTeX to Web languages, such as HTML and XML drawing on an example from HEP.

Feynmf

Drawing Feynman Diagrams with LaTeX and METAFONT

Catalog

Graham J. Williams' Catalogue of TeX and LaTeX packages

TeX FAQ

Frequently asked questions about TEX (maintained by UKTUG)

TeX FuA

Fragen und Antworten (FAQ) über TeX und DANTE, Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung TeX e.V.

FAQ TEX

Foire aux questions (FAQ in French)

LaTeX-short (PDF)

Une courte introduction à LaTeX2e (in French)

Don Knuth

Prof. D.E. Knuth's home page at Stanford

TUG

Info about TUG, the international TeX User Group

Unicode

Unicode Web Page

Dictionaries

All Free Dictionaries project

Ethnologue

Ethnologue and World Genetic Tree of Languages