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diff --git a/script2col.rst b/script2col.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c61565f --- /dev/null +++ b/script2col.rst @@ -0,0 +1,222 @@ +.. Objectives +.. ---------- + +.. At the end of this tutorial, you will + +.. 1. Get acquainted to LaTeX. +.. #. Know why we prefer LaTeX? +.. #. Know the advantages and disadvantages of typesetting documents +.. using the LaTeX approach. +.. #. Have a description, of a typical work flow; which uses LaTeX to typeset +.. documents. +.. #. Recognise and differenciate between LaTeX commands, LaTeX comments and +.. special characters, spacing and actual document content. +.. #. Create and compile a very simple LaTeX document. + +.. Prerequisites +.. ------------- + +.. 1. Installing LaTeX + + +.. Author : Harish Badrinath < harish [at] fossee [dot] in > + Internal Reviewer : Kiran Isukapatla < kiran [at] fossee [dot] in > + External Reviewer : + Langauge Reviewer : + Checklist OK? : 25-Feb-2012 + +Script +------ + + + ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the first slide containing title, name of the production | Hello Friends and welcome to the tutorial on 'Introduction to LaTeX'. | +| team along with the logo of MHRD }}} | | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the "Objectives" slide }}} | At the end of this tutorial, you will | +| | | +| | 1. Get acquainted to LaTeX. | +| | #. Know why we prefer LaTeX? | +| | #. Know the advantages and disadvantages of typesetting documents | +| | using the LaTeX approach. | +| | #. Get a brief idea on typical work flow; which uses LaTeX to typeset | +| | documents. | +| | #. Know LaTeX commands, LaTeX comments and | +| | special characters, spacing and actual document content. | +| | #. Be able to create and compile a simple LaTeX document. | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the "Pre-requisite" slide }}} | Before beginning this tutorial, we would suggest having a working installation | +| | of LaTeX on your computer. You can do this by completing the tutorial on | +| | "LaTeX Installation". | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the "Introduction" slide }}} | LaTeX began as TeX, a computer program originally created by | +| | Donald E. Knuth. It was designed mainly to aid typesetting | +| | of text and mathematical formulae. | +| | | +| | It is a typesetting program that produces excellently typeset documents. | +| | Typesetting is placing text onto a page with all the style formatting defined, | +| | so that the content looks as intended. It is extensively used for producing | +| | high quality scientific and mathematical documents. It may also be used for | +| | producing other kinds of documents, ranging from simple one page articles to | +| | complete books. | +| | | +| | LaTeX is pronounced Lah-tech or Lay-tec. | +| | TeX is pronounced Tech. TeX is also the first syllable in the Greek word for | +| | technology. | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the "Why LaTeX?" slide }}} | Why we prefer LaTeX? | +| | (a) LaTeX offers excellent visual quality. | +| | (b) Handles typesetting and lets you focus on content. | +| | (c) Makes writing complex Math equation(S) extremely simple. | +| | (d) It is also a standard used widely, especially by the scientific community. | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the "Why LaTeX? ..." slide }}} | We can define LaTex as a document based markup language. This sentence is | +| | deceptively simple, as it reveals a lot about LaTeX. We now break this sentence | +| | up as follows | +| | Mark-up: a system of annotating text, adding extra information to specify | +| | structure and presentation of text. | +| | Document based markup: you don’t have to worry about each element individually. | +| | | +| | This is essentially a fancy way of saying,LaTeX handles typesetting and lets | +| | you focus on content rather than appearance. | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the "Advantages of using LaTeX" slide }}} | Some of the advantages of using LaTeX approach to typesetting are | +| | (1) Easy availability of professionally crafted layouts/templates. | +| | (2) Typesetting of mathematical formulae is supported in a convenient | +| | environment. | +| | (3) Typesetting for most cases can be done with very little learning curve | +| | using easy to use/understand commands, that only specify the logical structure | +| | of the document. | +| | (4) Presence of lots of add-on packages. | +| | (5) It encourages creation of well structured texts. | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the "Disadvantages of using LaTeX" slide }}} | Some of the disadvantages of using LaTeX approach to typesetting are | +| | (1) Designing a whole new layout is difficult. | +| | (2) LaTeX is not a word processor, for example, the document author | +| | is not expected to worry about presentation details like the size of font. | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the "LaTeX input file format" slide }}} | LaTeX input files are simple ASCII text files that are processed by a TeX | +| | processing engine. | +| | Next comes the question of compiling LaTeX input files and viewing the output | +| | typeset document. | +| | The process is a little different from other markup languages like HTML. | +| | We compile ASCII text files into typeset files that are normally DVI, | +| | Postscript or PDF files. | +| | The latex command converts LaTeX input files into dvi files. | +| | We can view DVI files on Gnu/Linux using xdvi. | +| | Further, DVI files can be converted either to a post script file, using the | +| | dvips command or to a PDF file using the dvipdfm command. | +| | The command pdflatex is used to convert LaTeX input files directly to pdf files. | +| | The resultant PDF files can be viewed using standard applications | +| | on most platforms | +| | (Eg: evince on Gnu/Linux). PDF file are also widely supported. | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the "Commands,Comments&Special Characters" slide }}} | Like most utilities in Linux, LaTeX is case sensitive. Commands begin | +| | with a backslash. LaTeX environments have a begin and end marker. The begin and | +| | end document commands, mark the beginning and the end of the content of the | +| | LaTeX document. The text in between the begin and end commands is typeset in | +| | the output document.Any content after <\end{document}> is ignored. The type of | +| | document that is being currently typeset in LaTex, is identified with the | +| | documentclass command. LaTeX then, typesets the document accordingly. | +| | | +| | All the commands in LaTeX begin with a \\. An environment begins with a begin | +| | command and ends with an end command. | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the "Commands,Comments&Special Characters ..." slide }}} | But, how do we write comments with in the document. % character is used | +| | to indicate comments. Anything written after a % symbol in a | +| | line, is ignored. | +| | But what if we wanted to insert the % symbol in the document? We can do so by | +| | escaping it with a \\ (backslash). % is one of the many special characters in | +| | LaTeX. The others are shown on the screen. All of them, except the \\ itself, | +| | can be inserted by escaping it with a \\. To insert a \\ in our document, | +| | we use the command \textbackslash. | +| | | +| | What would happen if we escape a \\ with a \\? | +| | A double backslash is actually another command. It inserts a new line in the | +| | typeset document. Normally LaTeX automatically spaces the given input optimally. | +| | But, sometimes we have to insert manual line breaks. The <\\\\> | +| | command or <\newline> | +| | command is used to insert a newline in the output document. A | +| | single line break in the input document, doesn't cause any change in the | +| | output document. | +| | | +| | A single empty line causes a change in paragraphs in the output. Multiple | +| | empty lines are equivalent to a single empty line. Similarly, multiple spaces | +| | are treated as a single space. | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the "Typesetting a minimal document" slide }}} | Now, try to create a simple LaTeX document. Pause the tutorial and type the | +| | content shown on the screen in a text editor. Save the file as temp.tex | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{continue from paused state}}} | Now we compile the commands in the LaTeX input file that is, temp.tex into a | +| {{{ Show the "Compiling to DVI & PDF" slide }}} | typeset file. | +| | | +| | The first alternative is to compile LaTeX input file into a DVI | +| | file. We use the latex command for this purpose. For compiling the LaTeX input | +| | file temp.tex into a DVI file, we use the following command | +| | | +| | <latex temp.tex> | +| | | +| | The output file would be temp.dvi. | +| | | +| | The other alternative is to create PDF files from LaTeX input files. | +| | We use the pdflatex command for this purpose. For compiling the LaTeX input | +| | file temp.tex into a PDF file, we use the following command | +| | | +| | <pdflatex temp.tex> | +| | | +| | Please note that, throughout this course we shall be using pdflatex to compile | +| | our documents. | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the "Summary" slide }}} | This brings us to the end of this tutorial. In this tutorial, we have learnt | +| | | +| | 1. About LaTeX. | +| | #. why we prefer LaTeX. | +| | #. About the advantages and disadvantages of typesetting documents | +| | using the LaTeX approach. | +| | #. A description, of a typical work flow; which uses LaTeX to typeset | +| | documents. | +| | #. The ability to recognize and differentiate between LaTeX commands, LaTeX | +| | comments and special characters, spacing and actual document content. | +| | #. To Create and compile a simple LaTeX document. | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the "Self assessment questions" slide }}} | Here are some self assessment questions for you to solve | +| | | +| | 1. Convert the temp.dvi created during the course of this tutorial to | +| | temp_1.ps using the dvips command. Verify that the two files | +| | indeed look the same. | +| | | +| | 2. Convert the temp.dvi created during the course of this tutorial to | +| | temp_1.pdf using the dvipdfm command. Verify that the two files indeed look the | +| | same. | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the "Solutions" slide }}} | And the answers, | +| | | +| | 1. dvips -o temp_1.ps temp.dvi | +| | | +| | 2. dvipdfm -o temp_1.pdf temp.dvi | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the SDES & FOSSEE slide }}} | Software Development techniques for Engineers and Scientists - SDES, is an | +| | initiative by FOSSEE. For more information, please visit the given link. | +| | | +| | Free and Open-source Software for Science and Engineering Education - FOSSEE, is | +| | based at IIT Bombay which is funded by MHRD as part of National Mission on | +| | Education through ICT. | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the ``About the Spoken Tutorial Project'' slide }}} | Watch the video available at the following link. It summarises the Spoken | +| | Tutorial project.If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and | +| | watch it. | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the `` Spoken Tutorial Workshops'' slide }}} | The Spoken Tutorial Project Team conducts workshops using spoken tutorials, | +| | gives certificates to those who pass an online test. | +| | | +| | For more details, contact contact@spoken-tutorial.org | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the Acknowledgements slide }}} | Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the "Talk to a Teacher" project. | +| | It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, | +| | Government of India. More information on this mission is available at the | +| | given link. | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| {{{ Show the Thankyou slide }}} | Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and found it useful. | +| | Thank you! | ++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |