LaTeX

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Misc

Beginner’s guide

http://ctan.math.washington.edu/tex-archive/info/lshort/english/lshort.pdf

Installing Latex

sudo apt install texlive

sudo apt install texmaker

Characters that must be escaped

# $ % ^ & _ { } ~ \

Comments:

Use %

Block comments:

\begin{comment}
Stuff to comment
\end{comment}

Note: block comments require:

\usepackage{verbatim}

Formatting

Italicize

The cake was \emph{huge} for a cup cake

Bullets

$\bullet$

Or:

$\cdot$(for a small dot)